Thoughts on Change Data Capture

In little over a month I will be in Las Vegas speaking at Collaborate 10. There is a lot of BI / DW talks this year and for the first time with BIWA Training Days branding. Rittman Mead will be there at the conference giving talks on each of the conference days. If you are [...]

How Do I Start Learning Oracle ADF and JDeveloper 11g

Last week I finally added google tracking on a per entry to my blog, and turns out that one of the most popular entries I did is “How do I Start Learning JDeveloper and ADF” – the only problem is that was created back in the 10.1.3 days.
So here is an update with links to [...]

In the Field: "Driving Down Costs"

Use “new” functionality within Oracle Database to save money and
simplify operations.
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How Do I Start Learning Oracle ADF and JDeveloper

Last week I finally added google tracking on a per entry to my blog, and turns out that one of the most popular entries I did is “How do I Start Learning JDeveloper and ADF” – the only problem is that was created back in the 10.1.3 days.
So here is an update with links to [...]

Collecting Detailed Logs from BPEL 10.1.3.4

In 10.1.3.4 Oracle added a significant new feature to help diagnose problems in the BPEL Process manager.  This feature allows you to turn up logging for a a test and run thread dumps every ten seconds.  When you are done you can download the logs and thread dumps as a single zip file to either [...]

North America Security Summit Coming to a Location Near You!

With tightened budgets, how can you improve information security while complying with regulatory mandates? And save money? The answers are at NetworkWorld’s Security Inside Out Summit, exclusively hosted by Oracle in nine North America cities. When you attend, you’ll meet industry experts, and learn about:
• New approaches to identity management and database security
• Proven practices [...]

A thief disguised as a USERGROUP

Yesterday I got informed that the “Wordlwide SQL SERVER USERGROUP” has again added content from my blog to their site.
This is the second time already that this strange organization steals my posts and demands money from their “MEMBERS” to look at it. I had them remove my posts already in 2006.
This …
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Arrived in San Francisco…

I arrived safely at San Francisco. My trips to OpenWorld are never without drama. My first flight was delayed due to problems at Frankfurt, making it look like I would miss my connection. Fortunately a slot opened for us and we got to Frankfurt 15 minutes late, instead of the original estimate of 40 minutes. [...]

SUN CUSTOMERS – Oracle Plans To…

1. Spend more money developing SPARC than Sun does now;
2. Spend more money developing Solaris than Sun does now;
3. Have more than twice as many hardware specialists selling and servicing SPARC/Solaris systems than Sun does now;
4. Dramatically improve Sun’s hardware performance by tightly integrating Oracle software with Sun hardware.
“We’re in it to win it. IBM, [...]

BI Meetup at Open World San Francisco?

One of the major benefits of going to Oracle Open World is the chance to meet up with people you don’t see very often. With this in mind, I was thinking of organizing a “BI Meetup” for one evening during the conference, probably at the Thirsty Bear just down the road from the Moscone Center. [...]