Inside the Oracle BI Server Part 3 : BI Server In-Memory Joins

In the previous two postings in this series, I looked at the architecture of the Oracle BI Server, and how it processes incoming queries from Oracle BI Answers. In the latter article I touched on the concept of BI Server in-memory joins, and in this article I want to expand on this topic and look [...]

A Primer on Migrating Oracle Applications to a New Platform

In Support we field a lot of questions about the migration of Oracle Applications to different platforms.  This article describes the techniques available for migrating an
Oracle Applications environment to a new platform and discusses some of
the common questions that arise during migration.  This subject has been frequently discussed in previous blog articles but there still [...]

Oracle Magazine, March/April 2010

Oracle Magazine March/April features articles on enterprise software applications, application grid architecture, partitions, Tom Kyte on Edition-Based Redefinition, Oracle Application Express and much more.
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The IT Challenge of Aligning The Business With Strategic Goals

Peter Graham, VP and Practice Leader for Information Strategy and Architecture at Palladium Group, Inc discusses the role of IT in supporting the alignment of financial and operational plans with strategic goals.

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The Benefits of Oracle’s Reporting Tool, XML Publisher

During this session, Cliff speaks with Mike Tobin, IT Manager, Oracle Apps Development and Architecture for Qualcomm and Tim Dexter EML Publisher Group Product Manager for Oracle about what XML Publisher is, the business need or reporting headache this solution solves for organizations.

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What’s New with PeopleTools

Michael Ni, Vice President of Product Strategy at Oracle, goes through with Cliff the PeopleTools Roadmap that was outlined at OOW, discusses what’s in the latest release of PeopleTools and gives an overview of the new features that will be in the next few releases of PeopleTools. Michael also comments to Cliff about the [...]

US Department of Treasury’s HR Connect: Transforming Human Capital Management

Lynn Eddy, Associate CIO of the US Department of Treasury’s HR Connect Program Office, explains the origins and architecture of that innovative application, its impact on human capital management across the Federal Government, and the lessons involved for application implementers in the public sector (as well as across other industries).

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New Technical Paper On Metadata Services (MDS)

Learn about the underlying architecture for customization in Oracle ADF
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Automatic testing Oracle Service Bus using Hudson, maven and SoapUI

A lot of current projects are implementing some sort of service based architecture. Testing in this architecture becomes more complex. When implementing an OSB project with Scrum you test-automation is imperative. Scrum will require more frequent testing of your system. This is only feasible (in time and money) when you automate as much as possible.
 
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Maximizing Siebel Uptime

For all those of you who have a technical bent, we have published a white paper with our recommendations on how to devise an architecture to keep your Siebel application running. This is one of the many benefits of owning both the application and the technology stack.
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