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Feature Article

A skills gap: Companies say visa rules treat fashion models the same as tech entrepreneurs

Robert Hoffman, an Oracle VP, says the U.S. government's "surreal system" for issuing H1-B visas gives a fashion model (the next Heidi Klum) the same chance at a visa as a tech entrepreneur (the next Andy Grove) who generates jobs.
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Vertical ERP: Multisite metal fabricator chooses Infor SL as its standard ERP system

Defiance Metal Products, a precision fabricator of metal parts and assemblies, has selected Infor ERP SL 8.0 (formerly SyteLine) to manage manufacturing operations at four facilities in the United States. The system was chosen for the specific functionality built into the software for metal fabrication companies.
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Application integration: Oracle announces new technology connections

Oracle reports new integrations between Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Applications and the Oracle E-Business Suite R12, as well as enhanced support across Oracle's core BI foundation software, Hyperion Essbase and Oracle BI Suite EE Plus.
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Visual business intelligence: Transpara's KPI solution certified for Windows Server 2008

Transpara claims its Visual KPI Web-based software is the first operations intelligence solution to earn Windows Server 2008 software certification.
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