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 [...]

Production Configuration Guidelines published

The Oracle Utilities Application Framework team in association with a number of product teams within the Tax And Utilities Global Business Unit and across Oracle have been performing various certification and performance tests.
As a result of information from those tests and feedback from customer sites around the world, a whitepaper has been released that outlines [...]

EBS 11i Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI) Certified on 11gR2 Database

The Client Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI) is now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i running on the 11gR2 Database.  Customers may continue using the client-installed ADI  after upgrading their E-Business Suite Release 11i environment to the 11gR2 Database.
This certification applies to all ADI functionality, including:

General Ledger Journal Wizard
Budget Wizard
Report Wizard
Analysis Wizard
Account Hierarchy Editor
Request Center
Assets [...]

Oracle E-Business Suite Customers can use Oracle Fusion Middleware Technology Today

Steven Chan, Director of Oracle E-Business Suite Technology Adoption Programs, speaks with Cliff about how customers can achieve the benefits of integrating new Oracle Fusion Middleware components in Oracle Application Server 10g with Oracle E-Business Suite environments today.

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Tech Article: Deploying RIAs in Mixed Environments

This article covers some mixed-environment deployment scenarios, that is, scenarios where you want your Java RIAs to successfully deploy and run in multiple types of environments.
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Data Warehouse Fault Tolerance: An Introduction

With so much of the blog devoted to OBIEE, OWB and Essbase lately, I felt like it was time to do a few database-related postings. In the past, when I’ve posted database content to the blog, I usually gravitate toward ETL-related features: those that waffle between database administration and ETL development. But this time I’m [...]

EBS 11i Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI) Certified on 11gR1 Database

The Client Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI) is now certified with
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i running on the 11gR1 Database. 
Customers may continue using the client-installed ADI  after
upgrading their E-Business Suite Release 11i
environment to the 11gR1 Database.
This certification applies to all ADI functionality, including:

General Ledger Journal Wizard

Budget Wizard

Report Wizard

Analysis [...]

Privacy watchdog warns about unacceptable level of data loss, highlighting the NHS

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is continuing to raise awareness of data loss and highlights that in 2010 companies need to do more to protect customer and patient information. In a recent report they quote;
“Unacceptable amounts of data are being stolen, lost in transit or mislaid by staff. Far too much personal data is still [...]

Support Insanity…

Question:  What’s the definition of insanity? (hint: see below for answer) 
Why am I still creating Service Request upon Service Request? Why do I expect someone else to solve a problem on a system they don’t manage? Why am I not getting proactive solution alerts and bug notifications? [...]

OpenWorld 2009: E-Business Suite Technology Stack Certification Roadmap

OpenWorld 2009 has kicked off with a bang.  As in previous years, I was invited to share our latest E-Business Suite technology stack certification roadmap with the OAUG EBS Technology Stack Special Interest Group (SIG) members.
Most of what I covered in this SIG discussion will be familiar to regular readers of this blog.  Even if [...]