As part of PeopleSoft Industry Day 2019, representatives from the University of Colorado spoke about how the university handles load testing. Load testing is critical to the success of The University of Colorado, and the University Information Services team makes heavy use of load testing technology for both production readiness and troubleshooting in both production and non-production environments.

During the presentation, the group walked through four types of testing, the importance of identifying success criteria, identifying what you're trying to test and measure, integrating different types of testing, and more. Dive into the what, how, and why behind load testing at the University of Colorado!

PeopleSoft HCM Update Image 33 was recently released, and it contains a long list of helpful new features.

As part of the PeopleSoft HCM Configuration Series, Oracle's own Julie Alonso and Joe Willever presented on delivered features in PeopleSoft HCM that will help you with managing sensitive and personally identifiable information. The pair shared what PeopleSoft HCM currently provides for data deletion and employee content as well as how to leverage the recently enhanced Page & Field Configurator to allow your organization to mask any data field in PeopleSoft.

At RECONNECT 19, State of Minnesota's Rahul Nori provided a Query Manager deep dive for both technical and functional users. Nori covered basic tips and tricks for query writing, creating smart prompts, and using expressions wisely. He also covered what you can do to ensure that your system keeps your information safe and secure while keeping your database from spinning out of control.

During Quest Experience Week (QXW) 2019, we explored the world of chatbots, digital assistants, and the future. There are thousands of chatbots in use today, and if you’ve called or texted a customer services group, then you’ve likely encountered one. It's important to understand where chatbots are in use and what their value is to both the individual and the organization. There are both simple and more complex use cases for the implementation and use of chatbots and digital assistants within a modern ERP application.

David Bain, Sr. Director of PeopleTools Product Management, released a blog yesterday announcing the release of PeopleTools 8.58 on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The release will not be available for on-premises environments until the 8.58.03 patch. Until then, Oracle invites customers to take advantage of the many benefits offered by PeopleSoft Cloud Manager and of running PeopleSoft applications in the Oracle Cloud.

PeopleSoft OffBoarding provides a simple and intuitive way to help employees, managers, and others with the important tasks required when an employee leaves your organization.

Customers have been branding their PeopleSoft environments for many years with Classic PeopleSoft. This typically included rich websites. Now that PeopleSoft is moving to Fluid user interface, the concentration is shifting toward Fluid branding capabilities. There are many resources available for Classic branding, but since Fluid is the strategic direction for PeopleSoft, this PeopleSoft Spotlight Series video focused only on branding Fluid applications.

PeopleSoft Cloud Manager Image 10 was recently released and includes several new features and enhancements. Check out the release highlights.