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  • ODA Chatbot using Bucket Storage in Cloud

    You can easily setup static website with storage bucket in Cloud. Do you know that you can extend this setup for your ODA (Oracle Digital Assistant) Chatbot? This is provided as a JavaScript library for the Chatbot web channel. Continue reading

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  • Static Web Page with Buckets in Cloud

    In the old days, you will need to setup a web server in a physics server to host a static web site. You will also need an domain name or public IP for your website to be accessible via the public internet. Do you know that you can quickly setup a simple static web page… Continue reading

  • Sorry! You are not ready for Digital Transformation…

    Digital Transformation is pushing the demand on IT to achieve the impossible. Learning from the ERP era, we have understood the importance of user readiness and business alignment to IT. This is one of the key failures in many ERP project. Likewise, organisations are now placing a huge risk on digital transformation role that may… Continue reading

  • Cloud Agnostic

    Cloud agnostic is one approach adopted for multicloud strategy. You will need to utilise open source technology and not dependent on cloud providers. This allows your technology stack to easily switch or migrate to other cloud providers. In a way, this means you are cloud independent and not locked to a particular cloud providers. Continue reading

  • Freemarker Reserved Characters

    Freemarker syntax has some reserved characters like other programming languages. This will cause unnecessary debugging when you find errors happening without reasons. So, one of the checks you need to do is to check for reserved characters in your variable naming. Continue reading

  • Project Rules of Engagement

    In many projects, the rules of engagement is often vague and undefined. This is because standard communication plan assume a constant and stable environment. This is how waterfall projects are being run in the past. In agile projects, close collaboration is required and this blurred the formality of communication. To avoid misunderstanding, it is recommended… Continue reading

  • Process Driven IT

    There will be challenges when business is not aligned with IT. One of key reason is process driven IT. Processes forms many of the flow that business need for IT to flow with one another. If there is no processes, data will exist in silos with the rest of applications. Without processes, business can demand… Continue reading

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  • Application Sustainability Framework

    Sustainability framework will be creating a butterfly effect to downstream like product development or application development. There is not much guidelines for application sustainability framework because sustainability framework is produced at a holistic view. These are some points we can consider for application sustainability framework. Continue reading

  • Application Customisation is Costly

    The high customisation cost in turnkey project is driving many organisations to look to Cloud product. Another major factor is initial sunk cost for customised application. On the contrary, cloud costing model is “pay as you use”. Thus, there is little incentives to look for turnkey application. Continue reading

  • Singapore Ban Unvaccinated from entering Shopping Mall

    The inevitable ban finally arrives when Singapore announces that unvaccinated cannot “enter shopping malls or dine-in at hawker centres and coffee shops from Wednesday (Oct 13).” This will be seen as the final push to get the population vaccinated from COVID-19. It is another measures to help elevate the strain on medical services. Will this… Continue reading