ADF EMG at OOW’10 – a must attend event

The ADF Enterprise Methodology Group (ADF EMG) is happy to announce we’ve more sessions lined up at Oracle Open World 2010. As many readers will know, the ADF EMG is where ADF users get down and dirty in discussing their FMW experiences. This year we have 3 sessions: (Official on-schedule slot) S313445 – ADF Enterprise [...]

How to kill mySQL? Keep adding features…

I was reading this article the other day and it reminded me of a conversation I had at ODTUG about mySQL. I know nothing about Oracle’s plans for mySQL and I’m only a casual user of mySQL (for about 6 years), so don’t consider this an inside scoop, it’s just some idle whittering… If Oracle [...]

OWB 11gR2 – The Right Time with GoldenGate

The right time data warehousing presentation and demonstration using Oracle GoldenGate and OWB 11gR2 data warehouse operators at the recent ODTUG Kaleidoscope conference in Washington DC can be found below. It combines GoldenGate for replicating from a source to a stage system with OWB to process the changes using the dimension operator. I thought it [...]

OWB 11gR2 – The Right Time with GoldenGate

The right time data warehousing presentation and demonstration using Oracle GoldenGate and OWB 11gR2 data warehouse operators at the recent ODTUG Kaleidoscope conference in Washington DC can be found below. It combines GoldenGate for replicating from a source to a stage system with OWB to process the changes using the dimension operator. I thought it [...]

Looking back at ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010

In case you missed it (how is that possible?) last week was the annual ODTUG conference, Kaleidoscope in Washington DC. In this post I will share some of, what I consider, the highlights of this event. I always enjoy going to this conference, it’s nice to see old friends and make some new ones. During [...]

links for 2010-07-06

@myfear: Enterprise Software Development with Java: JRockit Mission Control Suite and WebLogic Server Oracle AVE Director Markus Eisele's short how-to  walks you through the most basic features and introduces some (unsupported) experimental plugins. (tags: otn java oracle oracleace weblogic) @thereallewisc: ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010 – Why Guess When You Can Know? "If you hang around Kaleidoscope [...]

links for 2010-07-02

#OTNVDD: Virtual Developer Day: Oracle Tuxedo Network with peers and Oracle Tuxedo architects and developers from North America, Europe and Asia.  Schedule and agenda Information on upcoming Virtual Conference Sessions and Virtual Labs.  (tags: oracle otn tuxedo events) Geertjan's Blog: Spotting the MVC Pattern in the NetBeans Platform "Why MVC, in particular?" asks Geerjan. "Because [...]

Of Buses, Surfboards, and Communities

Me and other members of the team, Vikki and Todd, specifically, had a blast at ODTUG’s Kaleidoscope conference earlier this week. That group knows how to run one, and the results show it: attendance was up 25% this year. Kudos to the organizers. (Incidentally, Oracle ACE Director Edward Roske is the conf chair for 2011, [...]

Of Buses, Surfboards, and Communities

Me and other members of the team, Vikki and Todd, specifically, had a blast at ODTUG’s Kaleidoscope conference earlier this week. That group knows how to run one, and the results show it: attendance was up 25% this year. Kudos to the organizers. (Incidentally, Oracle ACE Director Edward Roske is the conf chair for 2011, [...]

ODTUG: I’m back home…

I’ve just got back home from ODTUG. Unfortunately my bag didn’t make it. Continental have played a blinder on this trip. I had an 8 hour delay on the way there and they lost my bag on the way back. Fingers crossed it will turn up soon. My first happy birthday (I’m 41 today) message [...]