Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

E-Business Suite 12.1 and 11.5.10 Support Extensions

Premier Support for E-Business Suite Release 12.1 has been extended by 31 months from May 2014 to December 2016.  The E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10 (11i10) Sustaining Support Exception is now provided through December 2015.  Learn more at Note:1495337.1. 

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 25-SEP-2013

All the bloggers, and with them almost all the blog entries are at OpenWorld this week, so a short issue, but there is big news:

Oracle Team USA wins 34th Americas' Cup

Greatest comeback since the Red Sox’ big series.

OOW

Lots of things going on at OOW, and PCWorld highlighted our cloud activities: Oracle takes the fight to Amazon, Salesforce.com with new cloud services.

RDBMS

From the Notes on Oracle blog: Oracle In-Memory Database.

From The ORACLE-BASE Blog: Cloud Control 12c Database Backup Jobs (Continued).

MySQL

From Balint's Blog: MySQL Connector/J with Fabric Support.

EBS

At Online Apps DBA, a continuation of the techno-saga: Install Oracle Apps (E-Business Suite) 12.2.x on Linux – Part II.

Java

A new diagnostic tool: JavaOne 2013: Java Flight Recorder Behind the Scenes, from The Java Tutorials' Weblog.

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Appliance

From the Oracle Database Appliance Blog: Implementing Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture (MAA) using Oracle Database Appliance (ODA).

…And Finally

Wanderlustmind lets us know that The Feynman Lectures on Physics are Available.

And from Science Daily…light sabers on the way.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

PeopleSoft HCM 9.2
Check out this article on the advantages of upgrading to PeopleSoft HCM 9.2. 

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 18-SEP-2013

OOW

Stay Current: Get the Oracle OpenWorld Mobile App.

Linked from Chris Warticki's Blog - Oracle Support: Behind the Screen with Oracle Support atOpenWorld.

Updated list of Oracle Advanced Customer Support Services at Oracle OpenWorld 2013.

Data Integration updates us on OOW: Data Integration and Data Virtualization For SOA: Session Preview.

Focus on Business Process Management at OOW

WebCenter at Oracle OpenWorld 2013.

Focus on Oracle Cloud at OOW.

APEX

From David Peake on Oracle APEX blog, a contest you can join at OOW: APEX OOW 2013 Schedule and Developer Challenge.

Linux

At the Scary Reasoner blog: The Life of I/O in the linux kernel.

MySQL

At the MySQL Enterprrise Backup blog: Skip Unused Pages with MySQL Enterprise Backup 3.9.0.

Primavera

At Primavera Inside Out: Rethinking Oracle Optimizer Statistics for P6.

SQL

Eddie Awad’s always interesting Tweet stream had a link to this article: 10 Easy Steps to a Complete Understanding of SQL.

SQL Developer

Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler 4.0 (4.0.0.820) EA2 is out.

And from that JEFF SMITH: SQL Developer 4 and the Oracle Diagnostics Pack.

EBS

Moving up the ladder? Oracle E-Business Suite Reducing Downtime Upgrading to 12.1 (Doc ID 1578187.1).

Certification

The September issue of the Oracle Certification E-Magazine is out.

Business

Want to get rich reading? Might not be as easy as you think: Business Books Won’t Give You an Edge, at PROFITguide.com.

…And Finally

From Web Journal 2.0: Nine Stunning 3D Printed Objects.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor


Enhancement Requests 
From time-to-time as you use Oracle products, you will find that the functionality you desire is not currently available through the product. In cases such as this, you should log an Enhancement Request. For more details on the Enhancement Request process, please see Document 214168.1 on My Oracle Support.  Note: If an Enhancement Request already exists, you will follow the same steps and request within the service request that your company be attached to the existing Enhancement Request

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 12-SEP-2013

OOW

As Oracle OpenWorld approaches, schedules keep rolling in. Here are a few of them:

Oracle Advanced Customer Support Services at Oracle OpenWorld 2013.

Sneak Peeks for My Oracle Support User Experience at OpenWorld, at the My Oracle Support blog.

Focus On Oracle Spatial and Graph.

OpenWorld – Oracle Data Relationship Management, at the Oracle Master Data Management blog.

This session looks of particular interest to several of our large Priority customers: Industry Insight: Managing Cybersecurity [CON9376].

And of course there is lots of training to be had as well: Take Java Training at Openworld/JavaOne.

RDBMS

From the Learning is not a spectator sport blog: 12c FETCH FIRST.

From Jonathan Lewis over at Oracle Scratchpad: MV Refresh.

There is some good Oracle University material on Facebook. If you are on FB, here's a sample: Introduction to Oracle Database 12c by Herbert Bradbury.

Performance

Kyle Hailey has a recommendation on performance monitoring programs: Lab128 : secret DBA performance tool.

OEM

Kyle Hailey discusses EM 12c Snap Clone at his blog.

Indexing

Richard Foote, who with his knowledge of indexing no doubt qualifies as the world's most organized man (kind of like the most interesting man in the beer commercials, only without the beard and the beer), brings us this 12c item: 12c Indexing Extended Data Types Part I (A Big Hurt).

APEX

APEX 5.0 Impressions at Scott Spendolini's Blog.

SOA

SOA & BPM Partner Community Blog brings us: The Oracle Case Management API by Koen van Dijk.

And from Arch Beat: Video: Luis Weir on Oracle SOA Governance 11g Implementation.

Fusion

At the Fusion Applications Developer Relations blog, a review: August in Review.

Certification

From the Oracle Certification blog: just one test to Upgrade Your Certification to 12c.

Oracle Retail

Documentation in Oracle Retail Allocation 13.3., at the Oracle Retail Documentation blog.

Books

This is specific link for Oracle BI Publisher 11g: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Reporting, but I wanted to use it to remind you of the excellent Safari books online service. You can subscribe to search, browse and read thousands of technical books online, including mobile app access.

…And Finally

Are you an architect? If so, please try not to design large, expensive buildings that double as death rays: How This Skyscraper's 'Death Ray' Melts Cars, Sidewalks, Plastic.

Kyle Hailey’s Tweet stream had a link to this visually rich display of data: Relationship Timelines, at skyeome.net.

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 5-SEP-2013

RDBMS

At TANEL PODER'S BLOG: IT & MOBILE FOR GEEKS AND PROS, some info on where you can absorb some of Tanel's accumulated wisdom: Oracle Performance & Troubleshooting Online Seminars in 2013.

dbi Services discusses some 12c new features here: Oracle Database 12c: The secret of moving datafiles online.

Set Up and Manage Oracle Data Guard using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c. at Technet.

Performance

An article on key concepts that are often misunderstood from Kyle Hailey: Metrics vs Statistics.

At the ORACLE DIAGNOSTICIAN, free AWR analysis, he provides the couch, and you don't even need an insurance card: AWR.

RAT

Interested in Oracle's Real Application Testing (the charmingly named RAT)? This page is a good place to start your research.

Analytics

Oracle's Business Analytics - Proactive Support blog let's us now that: SmartView 11.1.2.5 released.

At the same blog: OBIEE 11.1.1.6.12 is the Final Regular Bundle Patch.

Java

Beefed Up Code Completion in NetBeans IDE 7.4, at Geerjan's Blog.

Security

At CSO: 6 technical measures to mitigate insider threats.

Data Mining

At Oracle Data Mining: Oracle Data Miner (Extension of SQL Developer 4.0) Integrate Oracle R Enterprise Mining Algorithms into workflow using the SQL Query node.

PHP

From PHP and Oracle: Christopher Jones' blog:  DTrace with PHP Update.

EBS

At Search Oracle: Online patching a game-changer in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.

WebCenter

At the Oracle WebCenter Blog: What WebCenter info will you gain this year at OpenWorld?

...and Finally

Solar-power materials head in a new direction: thinner, at Kurzweil.

From the Business Insider: 21 Photos That Will Make You Grateful For Your Commute.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

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