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Issue #295 – 10th June 2021

"This week we bring you news of the EIS2021 conference (today!), the Community on PeopleSoft's UX, Account Reconciliation, AppClasses vs FuncLibs, Best Practises, the RSA Hack, the US Army, Rundeck, seeing Jim live and Weird Inventions."
Corrina, Editor
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EVENTS

EIS2021 - The Understated PeopleTool 

Version 1's Rob Swailes is presenting at CY2's Education Innovation Sessions 2021, which is later today (Thurs 10th June). 'The Power and Flexibility of JavaScript - The Understated PeopleTool' will cover some innovative ways we can use JavaScript in PeopleSoft. You can catch his presentation at 15:00 BST and repeated at 18:45 BST. He will be one of a whole host of other great presenters, such as Jim Marion, Sasank Vemana and of course the CY2 team. Click above to register for this free event.
FUNCTIONAL

The PeopleSoft Community on UX 

The last issue included feedback Rebekah Jackson received at Reconnect Envision on Kibana, this week shares the feedback on User Experience. 

PeopleSoft’s Account Reconciliation

Mahesh Kurdukar discusses PeopleSoft’s Account Reconciliation, functionality customers can use to enhance auditability and attain a more streamlined and accelerated Month End process.
TECHNICAL

App Classes or Function Libraries?

Most PeopleSoft developers will have pondered the AppClass/FuncLib choice many times. I have fond memories of lengthy debates with colleagues on the merits of one over the other. Jim explains how he selects the right tool for the right situation.

Best Practices with Updates & Inserts 

Chris Malek has published a new chapter in his Integration Broker Book about Best Practices with PeopleSoft Table Updates and Inserts. It covers some thoughts on the appropriate method to perform updates on PeopleSoft tables and using CI.

Full-size Website Screenshots

Have you ever had to take multiple screenshots to document a single lengthy website page? This twitter thread gives shortcuts to easy 'full length screenshots' on each browser.
READING

"Alexa, share my Bandwidth" 

Amazon's Echo devices are now officially sharing your internet connection. The shared low-bandwidth network Amazon Sidewalk began working on Echo devices this Tuesday. By pooling neighbours' internet bandwidth Amazon Sidewalk network can extend the working range of devices, ultimately helping them stay better connected to the internet.  

Single Customer Blitzes Internet

An internet blackout that knocked out some of the world’s biggest websites - including Amazon, Reddit, Twitch and the UK Government - on Tuesday was ultimately caused by a single customer updating their settings, the infrastructure provider Fastly has revealed.

The Full Story of the RSA Hack 

In 2011, Chinese spies stole the crown jewels of cybersecurity—stripping protections from firms and government agencies worldwide through the theft of seed values for the RSA SecurID keyfob tokens which many companies use for 2-factor authentication. Here’s how it happened ...
LISTENING

PeopleSoft Chat: US Army 

Listen to Colonel Gregory Johnson, Functional Management Division Chief of the US Army talk about how the Army uses PeopleSoft to modernise its' Human Resource system and build a 25-point talent profile for 1.3 million soldiers.

PSAdmin.io #291 – Mystery Indexes

This week on the podcast, Dan shares his investigation into a mystery index that was crashing his Elasticsearch instances and Kyle and Dan discuss if COBOL is a problem for PeopleTools.

PSAdmin.io #292 – Rundeck and Refreshes 

This week on the podcast, Dan discusses how he configures OpenSSH with Windows 2019, and Kyle shares his refresh process using Rundeck.
WATCHING

PeopleTools: Tips and Techniques Live

Please join Jim Marion as he presents his signature session "PeopleTools Tips and Techniques." In this 30-minute live stream he will cover Event Mapping, Configurations, and Regression Testing Configurations.
AND FINALLY

Weirdest Inventions of the 2000's 

A list of the 20 weirdest inventions of the last 20 years. There are some corkers in here, including the Slugbot, the Fish Skin Bikini, the Baby Mop and the Dogbrella. The less said about the final item the better.
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