tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.comments2024-01-03T04:18:17.453-08:00Ahmed's UniverseAHMED LIMAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-49279806121149891092021-08-28T07:58:29.587-07:002021-08-28T07:58:29.587-07:00A foreign artist decides to leave Catalonia after ...A foreign artist decides to leave Catalonia after 30 years living here, as he can no longer bear Catalan nationalism: <br />In English in "Financial Times": https://www.ft.com/content/d039eda6-ddfa-43c7-8ca0-91d370c25017<br /><br />https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20210824/7678358/sean-scully-barcelona-catalan-nacionalismo.htmlAhmed Limamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534190129185337256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-79403325087828887412021-08-28T07:20:32.762-07:002021-08-28T07:20:32.762-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ahmed Limamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534190129185337256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-5217651406890520622020-06-10T03:00:31.829-07:002020-06-10T03:00:31.829-07:00Today HBO decided to remove from its library GWTW ...Today HBO decided to remove from its library GWTW on the basis that it is a racist movie. The stupidity of the politically correct movement knows no bounds. The movie only describes what the Deep South was like in the 19th century. If we now cannot bear to see on the screen things we don't like, then we should ban movies that show rape, murder and robberies. We should rename Washington, D.C. because it bears the name of a slaveowner whose face should no longer adorn the $1 bill. This is the height of silliness: Are we going now to rewrite history? George Orwell was right: the 1984 new Inquisition is right here. Isn't ironic that GWTW is the first movie to give an African American an Oscar? Rather than spend our time and energy to censure the PAST, we should adopt policies that fix CURRENT racism-related issues. That's what is needed. But then maybe it's easier the change the past than the present. Ahmed Limamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534190129185337256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-53047336930238701022020-03-24T14:18:09.867-07:002020-03-24T14:18:09.867-07:00Latest Cataloonacy: Catalan government subsidizes...Latest Cataloonacy: Catalan government subsidizes outfits that claim that Shakespeare and Cervantes were.. Catalans! <br /><br />Read the Guardian article:<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/09/catalonia-pays-3-to-firms-linked-to-shakespeare-was-catalan-theory<br /><br />AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-48914678857555263582020-03-24T14:16:02.761-07:002020-03-24T14:16:02.761-07:00How exhilarating it was to wake up the next day an...How exhilarating it was to wake up the next day and see my wish, my call, my request materialized into reality. Against all odds, "Parasite" won. As my friend Mehdi Tounsi said, my name should be NostrAhmedus.AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-33728202380630411002020-01-25T10:33:10.435-08:002020-01-25T10:33:10.435-08:00Great article by famed US columnist George F. Will...Great article by famed US columnist George F. Will on the lies and deceits of the Catalan secessionist movement:<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/catalan-secessionists-ladle-a-soup-of-fiction-and-paranoia/2020/01/23/b5e62280-3e0a-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html<br /><br />Ahmed Limamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534190129185337256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-12160793757831529922019-12-16T02:12:58.885-08:002019-12-16T02:12:58.885-08:00Happy 80th, GWTW, for your longevity matched only ...Happy 80th, GWTW, for your longevity matched only by that of my fellow-Paris resident, Olivia de Havilland, 103. Ahmed Limamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534190129185337256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-21516182003978157682019-10-26T08:58:16.447-07:002019-10-26T08:58:16.447-07:00Interview of a Catalan student being bullied just ...Interview of a Catalan student being bullied just because she doesn't agree with the independence movement:<br /><br />http://videos.elmundo.es/v/SC5owWESzpI-vivir-bajo-la-dictadura-independentista-aulas-de-odio-en-cataluna<br /><br />No difference from Nazi Germany or Communist regimes (brainwashing students) and the linguistic cleansing similar to ethnic cleansing seen in former Yugoslavia<br /><br />AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-31173708535037173312019-07-12T11:58:57.107-07:002019-07-12T11:58:57.107-07:00Spain's best-known international singer is Cat...Spain's best-known international singer is Catalan but Catalan nationalists hate her because she sings in Spanish and when she goes to Grammy shows she doesn't denounce Spain's "repression" of hernative land.<br /><br />Great Guardian article;<br />https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/12/rosalias-spanishisms-upset-catalonias-language-purists<br />AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-88802876332005685142019-05-11T23:58:34.282-07:002019-05-11T23:58:34.282-07:00And another one from a major French IT magazine: L...And another one from a major French IT magazine: Le Monde Informatique<br /><br />http://bit.ly/30hkPvp<br />AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-12480529371363013112019-05-11T23:50:58.267-07:002019-05-11T23:50:58.267-07:00Spain's leading daily, "El Pais" pic...Spain's leading daily, "El Pais" picked up the story:<br /><br />http://bit.ly/30fUHRe<br />AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-76181298505007398792019-05-07T00:24:20.801-07:002019-05-07T00:24:20.801-07:00Perfect timing. Just a couple of days after I publ...Perfect timing. Just a couple of days after I published my blog post denouncing workplace bullying (and 9 years after I first did it in my book, "High-Tech Planet: Secrets of an IT Road Warrior) ), a high-profile trial opens in France. The former CEO and senior executives of France Telecom (now Orange) face up to 1 year in jail, accused of bullying 38 employees until they committed suicide. <br /><br /><br /><br />Name and shame those rogue companies, and the bullying managers in their midst, and take them to CRIMINAL court.<br /><br /><br /><br />https://www.ft.com/content/f5f51b74-716a-11e8-aa31-31da4279a601<br />AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-46124969039158073282019-01-01T09:23:22.121-08:002019-01-01T09:23:22.121-08:00Adding a Globe & Mail article on a new bid to ...Adding a Globe & Mail article on a new bid to replace Phoenix: http://globe2go.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/iphone/homepage.aspx#_articleae4fbb5c-1637-41ce-b287-21ca7cf8f698<br /><br />AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-76801715100364489332018-05-04T02:08:40.560-07:002018-05-04T02:08:40.560-07:00Love the article, it explains in very easy to unde...Love the article, it explains in very easy to understand way things thatHR side of the business tends to undersestimate.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823299522579507472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-84918989013860641552017-10-20T13:07:53.132-07:002017-10-20T13:07:53.132-07:00Thanks for the interesting post. I would not do we...Thanks for the interesting post. I would not do well in such a hierarchical society.Roy Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010423942659554633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-63068115248817620022017-10-20T01:54:18.356-07:002017-10-20T01:54:18.356-07:00Excellent article by former German foreign ministe...Excellent article by former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer on the madness of the Catalan breakaway project : "Europe’s Attackers From Within": http://bit.ly/2yBAlWW<br /><br />Appeared today in "El Pais" in Spanish: http://bit.ly/2yBGkeu<br />AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-18387008351299426092017-09-23T07:30:16.572-07:002017-09-23T07:30:16.572-07:00ADP's Core HR is very limited, so much so that...ADP's Core HR is very limited, so much so that for many global projects they position SAP's SuccessFactors Employee Central. Why be more Catholic than the Pope? AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-37761017290898047702017-09-23T07:29:12.489-07:002017-09-23T07:29:12.489-07:00Infor was not included because it does not have a...Infor was not included because it does not have a global HR system of record worth its name. As soon as they scale up I will include themAHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-5399167313430831802017-09-23T07:28:10.948-07:002017-09-23T07:28:10.948-07:00As soon as you pay my fee I will embark on an exte...As soon as you pay my fee I will embark on an extension of this analysis. Or do you expect me to work for free?AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-3574080428357538022017-09-13T22:06:29.457-07:002017-09-13T22:06:29.457-07:00As a financial planner, I totally understand where...As a financial planner, I totally understand where you're <br />coming from. I read your site fairly often and I enjoy your posts.<br />I shared this on twitter and my followers enjoyed it too.<br />Kepp up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-84610701372801812622017-09-09T10:50:47.948-07:002017-09-09T10:50:47.948-07:00Working for a large US multi-national we have a nu...Working for a large US multi-national we have a number of those quadrant apps in use in the HR space. We do have Ramco for Singapore and India payrolls but core HCM is one of the established vendors. I was amused to see how Ramco capitalized on their new found status though by giving it a 'David vs Goliath' spin on their website. Agreeing with you that they're a small player but impressed that they're playing up on that image rather than giving it a full service marketing spin. HRIS Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08560404243236981649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-81872105674453656422017-09-08T12:55:25.280-07:002017-09-08T12:55:25.280-07:00I've been part of 3 RFPs and Implementations t...I've been part of 3 RFPs and Implementations that involved Oracle HCM, SF SAP and Workday. I'm a Enterprise Architect so I understand that, whilst not perfect in terms of capability, Workday's principles and technology strategy are so much better place than Oracle & SAP. I once described Oracle & SF SAP as a technology companies that happen to have a HR application whereas Workday, a HR company that truly understand the product. I have presented Total Cost of Ownership models for all three, the attractiveness with Oracle & SAP is the short term financial gain, but senior management seem to fall for it. Workday is clearly more expensive on licensing and initial capital outlay, but I do not believe it's more expensive over the long run if you consider the maintenance, f ups, delivery and complexity of both Oracle HCM and SP SAP. By the way, out of my three implementations, 2 have been Oracle and 1 Workday so I didn't always get my way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-70197048008271746872017-09-08T01:19:19.951-07:002017-09-08T01:19:19.951-07:00The purist (I mean the snob) in me would say there...The purist (I mean the snob) in me would say there is no such thing as "pure cloud". Only SaaS can be pure (Workday) or unpure/sullied/mock/faux/fake (Oracle Fusion, for instance). <br /><br />There is no inconsistency or snobbery in my rating Workday higher than SAP since Workday, no matter how limited its number of payrolls, delivers all pure SaaS whereas SAP is faux-SaaS and misleading customers by calling it Employee Central Payroll when it is SAP-based. Things may change when SAP delivers a global payroll based on SuccessFactors technology, which it is currently working on.AHMED LIMAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236581389052729195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-55253198332730498652017-09-07T07:31:33.763-07:002017-09-07T07:31:33.763-07:00GREAT blogs. However, I have to take you to task f...GREAT blogs. However, I have to take you to task for an inconsistency. You correctly state that WD's payroll is a "work in progress, with the last two countries released (UK, France)" Yet you score WD GLOBAL Payroll as YELLOW (average). Alternately, SAP runs true global payroll and you code it as RED (poor). I am drawn to the conclusion that this is because you are a technology purist (Can I say SNOB in a loving tone?) focused on "true" cloud. This may matter to some CIOs, but not to CHROs. If we are honest, there are few drawbacks to hosted cloud payroll (SAP) but WD for global payroll is a non-starter. I have to give you a red-card on an otherwise great article.ppolittehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267653486590286979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640523748298984700.post-62812178657341255172017-09-07T03:34:15.991-07:002017-09-07T03:34:15.991-07:00Looking forward to read that Latam blog post. than...Looking forward to read that Latam blog post. thanks from MX HRIS Project Manager Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298142348316948226noreply@blogger.com