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Editor's Note: HR's Data Imperative
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Rick O'Herron  
Companies talk about data-driven decisions, but 80% of HR practitioners say their company leaders still rely on "gut feelings" to make people-based decisions, a 2015 survey by the Human Capital Institute and Oracle finds. That helps explain why the better use of data, in one form or another, fuels each of what Oracle HR expert Bertrand Dussert calls "the four big bets every HR organization should be making". His article on this subject and the supporting infographic describe big strategic bets CHROs should make in 2016, including sharpening their team's data analysis skills. Those bets also include moving away from annual performance reviews—in part because they don't generate strong data and feedback. Dussert warns, though, that even with powerful HCM and the best-possible data, "HR leaders need to moderate expectations that managing performance will be fun."
Better data is one of the big benefits Overhead Door CIO Larry Freed sees after moving his company to a cloud-based HCM platform. After the company acquired its largest competitor, Freed sought to help the human resources department modernize. Using cloud-based HCM unified the two employee bases and eliminated paper-based processes—a shift that brought opportunities for the HR department to focus on higher-value work.

—By Rick O'Herron, Oracle Director, Content Strategy
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How a Stereo Pioneer Changed Its Tune for the Wireless World
D+M built its reputation over decades as a pioneer of high-end home stereo equipment, with its Marantz receivers and Denon hi-fi components. Now, as it enters a new market for wireless, smartphone-connected speakers, the company is using cloud-based customer service applications to meet the different set of service expectations of its new generation of customers.
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Get Started with Oracle Cloud
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Ebook: Marketing Automation Simplified  Arrow
News: Oracle Enables Communications Service Providers to Transform Business with Cloud-Based Network Services  Arrow
Trials, Demos, and Briefings: Oracle Cloud  Arrow
Deploying Oracle Applications Unlimited on Oracle Cloud
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Oracle Applications Unlimited on Oracle Cloud  
Many businesses consider their Oracle Applications Unlimited systems, such as Oracle E-Business Suite and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, to be mission-critical, and the idea of replacing them is simply a nonstarter. But now these applications can run on the cloud; Oracle Applications Unlimited workloads are now certified to run on Oracle Cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS).
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Why Companies Are Making the Journey to the Cloud
One thing is clear: cloud apps offer a glaring speed-of-innovation advantage over conventional software, enabling companies to add new software features every few months, compared to every three to four years with software maintained on premises. In fact, this speed of innovation is the single most important benefit companies get from cloud software, according to Steve Miranda, Oracle's executive vice president, applications development.
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