Not sure how the city can trace bloggers who should pay this, but assuming they have that magic figured out, does it make sense to charge bloggers a fee at all? Philadelphia Bloggers’ License – $300 Fee | Geekosystem The economics of this are quirky. The cost of identifying and notifying bloggers has to outweigh [...]
Learn to search the Oracle Docs "What is the most important skill any Oracle DBA/Developer needs?" asks Oracle ACE Director Tim Hall. "Answer: Knowing how to search the Oracle documentation." (tags: oracle oracleace documentation otn database) Deep Dive into ADF with the ADF Insider (Shay Shmeltzer's Weblog) "In these seminars we are trying to target [...]
BNP Paribas cuts database size and maintenance time by more than half. InformationWeek blogger Doug Henschen recently spoke with BNP Paribus about their Oracle Exadata V2 deployment. Here are some highlights of that interview: BNP Paribas is using a half-rack deployment of Exadata V2. The deployment went live two weeks ago and serves as the [...]
Extensibility for non-Oracle platforms is one of the major strides forward in OWB 11gR2. The OWB 11gR2 Platform and Application Adapter Extensibility Cookbook describes everything needed to add new database platforms and ERP application adapters to Warehouse Builder: Creating your own platform definitions to define native types and map them to OWB’s built-in types Defining [...]
OpenWorld 2010 (@oracleopenworld) is fast approaching. It’s September 19-23 in San Francisco at the Moscone Center, under the big tent, at nearby hotels, pretty much all over the area of San Francisco. If you recall recent OpenWorlds, you’ll know it’s a huge (read 40,000 people) show, and this year will be no different because JavaOne [...]
Get Your Tuxedo On: Oracle Technology Network Virtual Developer Day Stay inside, turn up the A/C, and get up to speed on Oracle Tuxedo via free virtual conference sessions, labs, and peer networking. Next event on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Presenters include Todd Little (Chief Architect, Oracle Tuxedo) and Deepak Goel (Senior Director, Product Development). (tags: [...]
Continuing the series on OBIEE 11g new features, today we have another guest blogger to cover the new Chart Zoom feature. Today’s guest blogger is Arun Somayaji, another top OBIEE consultant and thought leader from our BI practice. OBIEE 11g New Feature Highlight: Chart Zoom By Arun Somayaji, Principal Consultant, Oracle Consulting One of the [...]
Hey, have you heard? The Java Road Trip bus may be stopping at a city near you this summer, starting June 14. And your peeps at Oracle Technology Network have donated some goodies. What is the Java Road Trip? Basically, we have packed a rock-star bus with demos (Java FX, Oracle ADF, Java EE 6, [...]
From I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER, an homage to gonzo journalism I found this post fascinating, “How The Mainstream Media Stole Our News Story Without Credit.” It’s about a news item you might have seen, namely the lawsuit a woman filed against Google after she followed Google Maps’ walking directions and was struck by a car [...]
Hey, have you heard? The Java Road Trip bus may be stopping at a city near you this summer, starting June 14. And your peeps at Oracle Technology Network have donated some goodies. What is the Java Road Trip? Basically, we have packed a rock-star bus with demos (Java FX, Oracle ADF, Java EE 6, [...]