Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 27-NOV-2013

WebCenter

Top Reasons You Need A User Engagement Platform, from the Oracle WebCenter Blog.

Java

From OTN: JavaFX Integration Strategies.

Upgrades

Oracle Database 12c is available for download now! we are informed by Upgrade you Database - NOW!

Patching

From Pythian: getMOSPatch.sh – Downloading Patches From My Oracle Support.

OEM

Automate RAC Cluster Upgrades using EM12c, form the Oracle Enterprise Manager blog.

Utilities

From Eddie Awad's tweet feed: Accessing SSL encrypted websites using UTL_HTTP and ORAPKI command line utility, at the iAdvise blog.

Storage

From Pocket-lint: This time next year you could be pre-ordering a 60TB HAMR hard drive.

Performance

The Hotsos Symposium 2014 will be held March 2-6, 2014 in Irving, TX. This is always one of the best, if not the best performance conferences for Oracle professionals. We have a a discount code for Oracle Priority Service customers that will get you $250 off on the symposium: 14BSYMRK.

EBS

At the Oracle E-Business Suite Technology blog:

EBS 11i Certified with DB 11gR2 for Oracle Solaris 11 on SPARC

Can You Use Third-Party Tools to Modify Your EBS Database?

Quarterly E-Business Suite Upgrade Recommendations: November 2013 Edition

Oracle VM Templates Available for E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2

From the Oracle E-Business Suite Support Blog:

Easily Understand Oracle Loans Tables – Oracle Loans Diagnostic Just Released!

Certain Payables GDF Patches Are Available For R12.2 Customers

Mobile Field Service: Store and Forward Training

Webcast: R12: Business Flow Accounting In Financials Accounting Hub (FAH)

Fundamentals of Asset Move Functionality

Optimizing Calculation Performance in Oracle Incentive Compensation

HCM: North American Payroll Year End Checklist

AutoVue

How-To: AutoVue Bug Status Tracking & EmailNotifications, from Oracle's AutoVue Enterprise Visualization Blog.

AI/Cognitive Computing

From Medical Press: World's largest disease database will use artificial intelligence to find new cancer treatments.

The Big Picture

From Building Real Software, some thoughts on: Technical Debt - How much is it Really Costing you?

...And Finally

Well, first it was checkers, then chess, now that most ancient and sophisticated of all human games has fallen to the computers: Superfast rock-paper-scissors robot 'wins' every time, from the BBC.

Not satisfied with the grand experiment of having our living space roiling with RF signals from Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and intelligent devices keeping up on the latest device news through the airwaves (“toothbrush still charging? Check! Refrigerator making ice? Check!), now comes a kind of hyper-fast strobe light that actually transmits data: What's the Deal with Li-Fi (Light-Bulb-Based Wireless Hotspots)?

CHEFS, GUITAR HEROES, EVEN DOCTORS NOW ON DEMAND WITH GOOGLE HELPOUTS, over at the Singularity Hub. This is a very intriguing trend. This is a kind of souped-up CraigsList of services. 

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 21-NOV-2013

RDBMS

Jonathan Lewis pointed out this interesting article on conversions at SQLfail: When is SYSDATE != SYSDATE?

Another angle on relational systems vs. hierarchical/object oriented is this article from Sarah Mei: Why You Should Never Use MongoDB.

At Database Journal: Compression and Advanced Compression in Oracle 11.2.

Test Cases

Making a test case can be a challenge, and usually comes along just when everyone is breathing down your neck. Good posting on Oracle 11g SQL Test Case Builder(原创) from CzmMiao的博客生活.

Performance

The Hotsos Symposium 2014 will be held March 2-6, 2014 in Irving, TX. This is always one of the best, if not the best performance conferences for Oracle professionals. 

ODI

Oracle Data Integrator 12c release : Part 2, from RittmanMead.

SOA

SOA Proactive Support brings us: Scripted SOA Diagnostic Dumps for PS6 (11.1.1.7).

Utilities

From Pythian: How to Download Oracle Software Using WGET or CURL.

Endeca

Oracle Endeca Information Discovery 3.1 and Self- Service Data Mashup capability, from RittmanMead.

Exadata

Data Warehousing and the Oracle Exadata System – Intel Chip Chat – Episode 279, from Connected Social Media.

Oracle Linux

Spacewalk 2.0 provided to manage Oracle Linux systems, from Wim Coekaerts Blog.

MySQL

From Ronald Bradford, the MySQL Expert blog: What SQL is running MySQL.

Federal Customers

Coming up on 20-NOV-2013: Oracle 7th Annual Federal Forum.

….And Finally

A recent study showed that occasional distractions in the course of the work day are actually good for staying sharp and focused when you are working. Well here is the mother lode of distractions, a site consisting totally of those silly but engaging lists you see at the bottom of various website pages.

Oracle Priority Support Infogram for 15-NOV-2013

Performance

The Hotsos Symposium 2014 will be held March 2-6, 2014 in Irving, TX. This is always one of the best, if not the best performance conferences for Oracle professionals. 

Indexing

A good item to remember: Oracle 11g Invisible Index, over at CzmMiao的博客生活.

Linux

Oracle Linux Tips and Tricks: Using SSH, from Oracle's Linux Blog.

SOA

Oracle Service Bus JMS Deployments Utility, from the SOA & BPM Partner Community Blog.

RAC

Part two of a series from Pythian on Oracle RAC on the Cloud.

RDBMS

A detailed article on a rather controversial subject: Mixing databases usually not optimal, over at the Open Query blog.

APEX

Over at (YABAOAE) Yet Another Blog About Oracle Application Express: You don't lack APEX skills.....you lack Oracle skills.

VirtualBox

Oracle releases VirtualBox 4.3, from ZDNet.

VM

Interesting results from this study: Monster VM Study: Moves 3 RAC Nodes Under 180 Seconds!

Endeca

From RittmanMead: Oracle Endeca Information Discovery 3.1 and Self- Service Data Mashup capability.

Book Review

Oracle Essentials, 5th Edition, over at Wowebooks.com.

….And Finally

Really nice, detailed walkthrough of a British diesel sub that is now a kind of floating museum: Sound the depths of a submarine in Google Street View, from Google, via NBC News.

From the water…to the air, way up in the air: Crazy plane landing on a mountain.

Contributions by Angela Golla,  Infogram Deputy Editor

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Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 07-NOV-2013

Security

From The Guardian: 'Most cyberattacks come through simple failures' - security specialist.

EBS

At the Oracle E-Business Suite Support Blog:

Learn More About the PO Approvals Analyzer

Webcast: Applications Integration Architecture

CRM: New Rollup Patches Released

Webcast: Oracle Loans Overview - Features, Demonstration & Data Model

At the Oracle E-Business Suite Technology blog:

Securing Flexfield Value Sets in EBS 12.2

Getting Optimal Performance from Oracle E-Business Suite

OAM

Steps to Integrate Discoverer 11g with OAM 11g, from the Online Apps DBA blog.

Storage

A new breed of drives is on the way, the helium drive. According to this article at Foxnews the main challenge was keeping the helium sealed inside the drives. Why do I picture a scene in the future in which a storage admin person comes running into the front office and says in full Mickey Mouse tremulo: Helium leak in the server room! Mayday! Mayday!

Server Tech

At the eSTEP Blog: Announcing: Oracle's Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Card.

WebCenter

Product Support Webcast for Existing Customers: Oracle WebCenter Portal 11g User & Administration Tips, from the Oracle WebCenter Alerts blog.

At the same blog: Web Experience Management: Segmentation & Targeting - Chalk Talk with John.

NetBeans

Live HTML Preview, from the NetBeans Tips & Tricks blog.

Eclipse Java Code Formatter in NetBeans Plugin Manager, from Geertjan's Blog.

ADF

Responsive Design for your ADF Faces Web Applications, at Shay Shmeltzer's Weblog.

And from Mustafa Kaya's Weblog: A Great Work : ADF Architecture TV.

SGD

What's New in SGD 5.1? from The Fat Bloke Sings blog.

Press release: Oracle Secure Global Desktop Adds Support for Android Tablets.

RDBMS

From The Oracle Instructor: Performance Impact of Logical Standby on the Primary.

Compressing SQLPlus output using a pipe, from the Frits Hoogland Weblog.

GoldenGate

From Oracle's Data Integration blog: Replicating between Cloud and On-Premises using Oracle GoldenGate.

….And Finally

ZDNet tells us about something pretty exciting: Progress through processors: Intel's new Facebook app. I signed up right away (on Mac remember to download the app and watch performance, you may need to tone down its usage a bit to keep from overworking the system). This app lets researchers use the computing power of your unused cycles on your computer(s) to process things like malaria research and molecular mapping.

Speaking of research, something big is in the wings: Exclusive: 'Jaw-dropping' breakthrough hailed as landmark in fight against hereditary diseases as Crispr technique heralds genetic revolution.

And for those who love the great outdoors, yes, you can use a camp fire to charge your cell phone: Cool Hunting PowerPot by Power Practical: Boil water and charge your devices at the same time with this mobile thermoelectric generator. That way if a bear comes up on you suddenly you can say: ‘Can you hold on? I have to take this call.’

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

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