Oracle BI EE 10.1.3.4.1 and Essbase Connectivity – Fragmentation on Essbase Sources

In our BI EE – Essbase session in OOW, we covered 2 important use cases in bringing BI EE and Essbase together. They are
1. Horizontal Federation
2. Vertical Federation
There is one more use case that only BI EE as a reporting tool can do on an Essbase source(not possible in Smartview or any other Hyperion reporting [...]

Collaborate09 thoughts…

I’ve been meaning to write up my thoughts from this years IOUG Collaborate event.  Ian Abramson, the president of the IOUG, has a nice series of write ups on the event itself – starting with day 1 through day 3 and then a wrap-up post.  He describes it as a three day event – but [...]

After the Storm – Oracle Open World and a New Podcast

I’ve had a week back at the office following Oracle Open World in San Francisco and had some time to reflect on all that went on. If you have been following various blogs and write ups about the event you’ll have heard about the various dinners bloggers or Ace’s attended, which, while they may [...]

Start-ups in a Down Market? Absolutely…

Many of you know that I came to Oracle through the acquisition of OctetString. You may not realize that I co-founded OctetString in early 2001, which was during the last downturn. In fact, we were negotiating our first software sale when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred.
So I read with great interest Jason Calacanis’s email (and [...]

Start-ups in a Down Market? Absolutely…

Many of you know that I came to Oracle through the acquisition of OctetString. You may not realize that I co-founded OctetString in early 2001, which was during the last downturn. In fact, we were negotiating our first software sale when the 9/11 terrorist attacks occurred.
So I read with great interest Jason Calacanis’s email (and [...]

Oracle Validated Integrations Continue to Provide Value to Partners and Customers

Oracle Press
Release

Oracle Validated Integrations Continue to Provide Value to Partners and Customers
More than 500 Validated Integrations Delivered Through Oracle PartnerNetwork Application Integration Architecture for Partners Initiative to Reduce Risk and Cost for Customers
Redwood Shores, CA – August 10, 2009
News Facts
Further providing customers a simplified, low-risk and tested path to integrations, Oracle [...]

Develop with Oracle Fusion Middleware and win a trip to Oracle HQ

Today – while looking for information on the OTN I fell over the below invitation ..
The Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer Challenge is looking for submissions in three exciting technology areas:

SOA-based applications or Web services

Web 2.0/Ajax-based user interfaces or mashups

Java-based applications demonstrating the combined use of Oracle and Open Source software

.. which [...]

Role of QA in DBA Team

Hi Tom,
I have a general question regarding role of QA team in DBA Group. Generally, i see QA teams for all other groups like projects,products, development needs.
But i did not hear having a QA Team exclusively for a DBA Group, means a QA team w…
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Oracle® Launches New Continuous Delivery Model for PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions

Oracle Press
Release

Oracle® Launches New Continuous Delivery Model for PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions
First Enhancement Pack Continues Path Toward Service-Oriented Architecture
Redwood Shores, Calif. – July 14, 2009
News Facts
To support its higher education customers today and help prepare them to better meet student, faculty and staff needs tomorrow, Oracle has launched a new Continuous [...]

Notes about tracing from the Collboration Summit

A bit late, but nevertheless…
These are some notes I took at the Collab Summit in San Francisco. I posted these notes already on the systemtap mailing list, but I thought they are worth of a blog entry.
Some of the slides, not all of them, are here: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/slides
Our tracing session went well, I think it was [...]