A Refresh: The New Zirous Website
Over the last month, we at Zirous have been working to overhaul our website. With this refresh, we hope that our customers and potential clients find important information much easier. We hope that this site…
A Summer at Zirous
As interns at Zirous, we were given the task of building a minimum viable product for a new internal project, eventually named Knackle. Knackle is a web application that promotes productivity and collaboration. It will be an all-in-one, social organization tool that allows a group to create and execute a plan together.
Another z|customer Honoree
Zirous recognizes its customers who allow for further growth for both parties by realizing the potential of Oracle technology to solve their business challenges. We call it the z|customer award and last week, we were proud to present it to Renewable Energy Group (REG) in Ames, Iowa.
Moving Forward: New Specialization
As an Oracle Platinum Partner, Zirous’ exclusive relationship with Oracle allows us to invest our time and resources into achieving Oracle specializations. As a company, Zirous was able to boast 10 Oracle specializations. This week, we're…
Do You Have Enough Cache?
We all know that time is money and when repeatable transactions take up a bulk of system resources, your business could be losing cash. If this is your situation, now is the time to save that cash with cache.
Success Stories: Large Food Manufacturer
This food and dairy manufacturing company has locations all across the globe. In order to properly run and manage their business, especially during outages, the Company needed a process for integrating their corporate enterprise resource management software (Oracle EBusiness Suite) with their plant manufacturing execution software running at various manufacturing locations across the United States.
Single Sign On: Centralize and Automate Your Infrastructure
Simplified SSO for Enterprise Applications Oracle Access Manager (OAM) allows users of your applications or IT systems to log-in once and gain access to a broad range of IT resources. OAM provides an identity management and…
Get Groovy: 8 Questions about the Dynamic Language
Groovy is a lightweight, object oriented, dynamic language designed to supplement Java development.
“Get with the flow” with Kanban
One of the reasons I enjoy working at Zirous is we are always considering new ways to provide value to our customers. One way we learn and share new methodologies is through our internal ‘Lunch and Learns’. Recently, co-worker Kyle Fattig and I presented on Kanban, an interesting method for managing work focusing on just-in-time delivery.