In the past i have done work involving setting up the system to generate email notifications, and even sending SMS messages, upon completion of tasks (mainly long-running batch processes). This article shows how you can take this a step further by embracing new technologies.

It’s certainly going to be interesting to experiement with this idea. Lewis demonstates the advantages from a DBA perspective, however i’d like to experiement from an applications user angle…Imagine getting your EBS install sending you a Tweet to say that your monthly payroll process has completed. Perhaps providing a summary of errors/warnings etc (probably totals, as you’d struggles with the 140 character limit).

Taking this idea on a bit – what about being able to Tweet back? Would there be a way of getting it to process a response and kicking off some other process?

The opportunities are endless