Q&A topics include:
Any advice for a very small IT team in relation to the rest of the company? We want to do big upgrade successfully, but we may not be able to increase headcount despite projects moving forward.
How can we influence a leader to pause and focus more on the “why” when clarity is not there?
We're just starting to lead a project that failed seven years ago. We're trying it again with different technology. Any words of advice?

During Quest Forum Digital Event: PeopleSoft Week, Bob Block, PeopleSoft Product Strategy Director at Oracle, was joined by a panel of customers to discuss how PeopleSoft ERP customers are modernizing their user experience by rolling out Fluid applications.

Many IT professionals don’t feel like they’re making a difference. For various reasons, they feel undervalued and unappreciated. Those reasons range from executive absence, unrealistic expectations, inadequate budgets, shrinking headcount, to “shadow IT” efforts. I take these stories to heart because I, too, have experienced these disappointments. As such, these conversations motivate me to ask, “How do we stop the madness?”

The Critical Patch Update for January 2021 was released on January 19, 2021. Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible.

Every day, we hear how the world is changing through tech and innovation. But the strategies we use to lead our companies, teams and stakeholders don’t seem to match the need. There are plenty of battle scars to prove it: Gallup reports 70% of all change initiatives fail and that the US economy loses up to $150 billion a year due to failed IT projects. For me, this reality created a burning desire to help. -- Chris Laping

During Quest Forum Digital Event: Emerging Technology Day, Carlos Chang, Oracle Product Marketing, presented how Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, Oracle Analytics Cloud, and Oracle Digital Assistant offer seamless conversational access to make ad-hoc queries like never before. Data is the fuel for AI – the 21st century equivalent to what electricity did for the 20th century. AI will change everything, and companies that aggregate data from multiple sources, enriched with AI, will have a distinct advantage.

Learn more about one of our 2020 Distinguished Service Award winners - Pamela Ingram! Distinguished Service Awards are given to members of the community who have been recognized as those who embody Quest’s core values.

With the current environment in mind, our community depends on individuals and companies that go above and beyond for others now more than ever. It seems like a fitting time to recognize those that have been distinguished contributors to our community over the past year.