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Public Sector Specialists with Oracle Cloud Applications
Oracle Cloud Applications provide State and Local Governments with powerful tools to deliver public services efficiently and effectively through automated workflow, mobile computing, embedded analytics, and a modern user interface. In addition, our clients realize the benefits of cloud deployment, including a simplified ownership experience, the ability to transact anywhere at any time, improved security and performance, and continuous innovation through automatic Quarterly Updates.
Services and Tools
- Implementation Services for Oracle ERP, HCM, and Budgeting Cloud
- Platform Migration from PeopleSoft and E-Business Suite to Oracle Cloud Applications with Less Effort and Cost
- Oracle Cloud Support Subscription through the Sierra-Cedar Optimization Program
- Oracle Cloud Assessment Workshop
Public Sector Specialists in AWS
As an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, Sierra-Cedar has developed innovative services to help its clients leverage AWS Public Cloud for the deployment of packaged applications, such as PeopleSoft and E-Business Suite, as well as custom-developed applications. Our industry focus on Public Sector allows us to better understand your unique industry challenges and offer proven strategies and solutions.
Services and Tools
- Cloud Readiness Workshop
- AWS Migration Services
- AWS Staff Augmentation (Architect, DevOps)
- Disaster Recovery (DR) Setup and Migration
We’ve Delivered 2,500+ PeopleSoft Projects to Government and Education Clients
Sierra-Cedar is one of the eight original PeopleSoft Alliance Partners and has been delivering PeopleSoft solutions [HCM, FIN, and Campus Solutions] for more than 25 years. Our consultants have experience implementing every PeopleSoft module and release as well as deep Public Sector experience.
Services and Tools
- Implementation Services
- Upgrade Services
- PeopleSoft Hosting Services
- Application Management Services and Staff Augmentation
- PeopleSoft Fluid Deployment and Enhancements
- PeopleSoft Training
Public and Private Cloud Hosting, Infrastructure, Disaster Recovery, Application Fixes
Sierra-Cedar has offered managed services since 1999 and is one of the largest independent providers of Oracle Application Management Services. Sierra-Cedar’s Managed Services practice supports approximately 600 hosted Oracle ERP environments.
Services and Tools
- Application Hosting
- Application Management Services
- Remote Managed Services
- Upgrade Lab Services
- PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM) and PeopleSoft Test Framework (PTF) Services
- Break-Fix, Enhancements, Development
- Oracle Cloud Automated Testing Service
Featured Content
In this timely webcast, Lucas County (OH) and Sierra-Cedar discuss how Oracle Cloud Applications’ advanced functionality and agility enable the County to continue financial operations and support well-informed, real-time executive decision making during the pandemic crisis. Learn how the County is growing stronger and operating more effectively with Oracle Cloud Applications through its response to the disruption.
The State Bar of California replaced its Oracle JD Edwards system with Oracle Cloud Applications: Financials, Procurement, Budgeting, Human Resources, and Payroll. The goal was to improve processes, utilize business intelligence, and enhance the user experience in a highly secure environment.
Our Clients Say
It Best
Going live on Oracle Cloud Applications in January 2020 allowed Lucas County to continue doing business without missing a beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. Oracle Cloud Applications enabled us to work efficiently and timely from any location. Decision makers are able to receive real-time accurate data to make the best decisions possible during this crisis, which has been a blessing. We thank Sierra-Cedar for its dedication, hard work, and professionalism in helping us complete our Oracle Cloud Applications conversion on time and on budget.
Sierra-Cedar assembled a very talented and skilled team to guide and partner with our King County project team, and the project came in on time and under budget. This was a significant achievement given the County’s highly customized Time and Labor module. Sierra-Cedar brought the right mix of project management, technical, and functional expertise and partnered well with our business and technical teams. I appreciated the open communication and collaboration with Sierra-Cedar’s project team, their dedication to supporting the aggressive timeline,and their prompt attention to resolve issues quickly. I could not have asked for a better result.
Sierra-Cedar did a fantastic job on this project, helping us define the requirements, design the solution, and build the solution for us. The consultants that they brought in were brilliant. They were knowledgeable and had the required Public Sector experience to meet our complex requirements. They went above and beyond to help and patiently address the needs of our users. We are extremely happy with the services provided by Sierra-Cedar, and we plan to work with them again in the future.
Working with Sierra-Cedar has been a rewarding experience. We have found them to be unique in this market space. They are large enough to be able to flexibly address resource needs; however, unlike many of the larger firms, Sierra-Cedar’s ability to adapt to project changes and creatively resolve project challenges when presented make them a great partner to work with.
We selected Sierra-Cedar after an extremely lengthy and complex procurement process and have not been disappointed. Their level of professionalism, business acumen in the public sector, and extremely knowledgeable team members were just a few reasons they were selected. We have a great relationship to date and expect that continue into the future.
Sierra-Cedar has been a trusted and valuable partner of the NYS Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) for a number of years. With Sierra-Cedar’s assistance, OSC has been able to overcome critical challenges and implement a number of important projects. Sierra-Cedar offers resources that are knowledgeable about Oracle/PeopleSoft products and skillful in moving large and small projects from concept to completion.
Sierra-Cedar has been our “go to” PeopleSoft services provider. They have demonstrated a solid commitment to our success. Despite the lean budgetary years with very little consulting dollars to spend, they have stood by our side to help us optimize our applications and prepare our team for the road ahead.
These experienced resources have demonstrated a genuine concern for our success as their first priority, and they have designed and implemented the configuration and business process solutions needed in support of NMDOT’s mission-critical systems. They have always been able to furnish the right resource at the right time for us, even when our needs require a “needle in a haystack” or urgent response.
When our director told us to pull out all the stops and pay our people on September 14, we knew that failure was not an option. We were counting on Sierra-Cedar and they came through. On the days immediately following September 11, payroll was elevated to a mission critical system at The Port Authority. Employees were depending on those paychecks. But members of the Sierra-Cedar team were undaunted. They rolled up their sleeves and put in long hours despite the trauma of September 11.
In those initial days following the storm, I was struck by the resolve and determination of the Port Authority and Sierra-Cedar team; not once was it said, “Just delay payroll a couple of days, people will understand considering the circumstances.” On behalf of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, please accept my deepest gratitude for all the tireless efforts the Sierra-Cedar staff performed responding to Hurricane Sandy.
Nassau County’s decision to have its PeopleSoft environments hosted by a third-party application services provider was driven by financial and operational constraints. Sierra-Cedar was the successful bidder due to their wealth of experience in the field and their understanding of the County’s needs, and we have not been disappointed with the results.
In the hours and days immediately following the attacks, you couldn’t tell the difference between Sierra-Cedar and Port Authority staff in terms of their dedication. These people barely survived themselves, yet continued to work through the night, and long days and nights thereafter, helping the Port Authority through its most difficult tragedy. While I always knew that Port Authority staff can do the impossible, I never expected that “miracle worker” would be one of Sierra-Cedar’s job functions. I can never thank them enough.
This project represents a significant undertaking as NY OSC’s PeopleSoft environment is significantly customized to handle a complex Payroll operation that bi-weekly pays approximately 250,000 state employees in more than 500 payroll agencies with 46 unions and 110 negotiating units. The aforementioned is one of many successes that we have celebrated with Sierra-Cedar team and look forward to continuing the legacy of outstanding solution delivery that we have experienced for more than 12 years.
Hosting of our PeopleSoft applications by Sierra-Cedar has delivered a high degree of availability and reliability for the City of Milwaukee. In addition, we have been very satisfied with Sierra-Cedar consulting service who has performed upgrades in the HRMS and Financial environments. We value the relationship we have built over the years.
Key Insights
Lucas County Reaches New Heights with Oracle Cloud Applications: Highlights from the May 21st Webinar
In January 2020, Sierra-Cedar and Lucas County, Ohio brought live Phase One of the County’s Oracle Cloud investment: Oracle Financials, Procurement, and Budgeting Cloud Services. Weeks later COVID-19 hit, and operations changed overnight for the [...]
Sierra-Cedar Helps Lucas County Migrate from PeopleSoft to Oracle Cloud Applications
May 7, 2020 – Alpharetta, GA – Sierra-Cedar, Inc. announced Lucas County, Ohio’s go-live on Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud and Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud solutions. The 11-month effort replaced PeopleSoft Financials and [...]