Thursday, June 27, 2013

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 27-JUN-2013

RDBMS

It’s here! 12c, that is, and there are lots of posts and pointers to it showing up:

From Pythian: Oracle 12c RAC On your laptop, Step by Step Guide. To which I say: Fine, putting 12c RAC on your laptop. Pretty cool. But can you put it on a tablet?

From That Jeff Smith:


From Upgrade your Database - NOW!: Oracle Database 12c is available for download now!


Performance

Pythian asks the question: Do you know if your database is slow? I’d say it’s from all the people on the phone yelling at you, but they actually go into a bit more detail.

RAC


SOA


Fusion



Linux


Solaris

Opentext releases Opentext Archive Storage Server 10.5 on Solaris 11, at the Solaris and Systems Information for ISVs blog.

Staying Entertained the Oracle Way


At Oracle Technology Network's Blog: It's Not TV- It's OTN: Top 10 Videos on the OTN YouTube Channel.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor
My Oracle Support Quick Reference Guide
We are pleased to announce the availability of a new support resource for customers, the My Oracle Support Quick Reference Guide. This new resource provides step-by-step instructions of how to use basic features in My Oracle Support. If you are new to My Oracle Support or may need a refresher on setting up and using some of the basic features check out the My Oracle Support Quick Reference Guide.

Monday, June 17, 2013

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Register Now for Oracle OpenWorld
Oracle OpenWorld will be September 22 -26 in San Francisco.  It will feature hundreds of technical sessions and keynotes by industry leaders.  Learn more and register at:  http://www.oracle.com/openworld/index.html

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Oracle Priority Support Infogram for 13-JUN-2013

Big Data

An introduction from the Cubegeek: Big Data - Part One.

RDBMS

Summing up this excellent series from The Oracle at Delphix:  Database Thin Cloning: Summary.

At the edifyingly named Learning is not a spectator sport blog: can you lock part of a table ?

Another discussion by Jonathan Lewis over at the Oracle Scratchpad on SQL*Net Compression – 2.

Also at Scratchpad, some thoughts on the sometimes notorious SQL NOT IN construct: Not In Nasty.

Storage

Pythian discusses a matter of some controversy on storage hardware: Hard drive Inner or Outer.

Linux

From The Linux Juggernaut: Understanding free command in Linux/Unix.

Application Framework (FW)

From The Shorten Spot blog: New version of What's New in FW4 whitepaper.

Fusion

From the Fusion Applications Implementations Solutions blog: How to customize the user experience in Fusion Apps - Part 1 Composer Security Expressions.

Java


MySQL


Forms


OEM

Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Configuration Best Practices (Part 1 of 3), at the Enterprise Manager Best Practices blog.

Book Reviews

O'Reilly is using an interesting approach for a book that will be of interest to a lot of our customers when it's out: Continuous Enterprise Development. They've opened it on GitHub for reviews and comments. Check it out here.

…And Finally

It's good to see that 3d printers are going mainstream, but kind of a surprise that the price is actually higher than some of the more prototypical models already available. From TechCrunch: The New “Handmade” (Part Three).


Monday, June 10, 2013

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

New MOS community: Enterprise Manager Certification

We have just launched a new community in the My Oracle Support Enterprise Manager Category called Enterprise Manager Certifications. The goal of this community is to address customer certification and availability questions around the EM Product Suite, integrated apps, and the technology stack.  Also, check out the official Oracle EM Support Twitter account:  https://twitter.com/oracleEMSupport.

Stay current on the latest Oracle Enterprise Manager Support news and events including important product announcements, alerts, updates, new releases, patches, webcasts and much more.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 06-JUN-2013


Big Data

Pythian is hosting a webinar: From Hype to Reality – Big Data Best Practices Emerge.

RDBMS

From the Oracle at Delphix: Database Thin Cloning: Copy on Write (EMC).

From Oracle Scratchpad: Parallel DML.

RMAN

At the Laurent Schneider blog: Rman backup compression.

OS

Clusterware Startup, from Oracle database internals by Riyaj.

Indexing

Continuing the series at Richard Foote’s Oracle Blog: Clustering Factor Calculation Improvement Part III (Too Much Rope).

MySQL


GlassFish


APEX


From Dimitri Gielis Blog: My thought on APEX 5.0 plans.

JDev/ADF

At Andrejus Baranovskis's Blog - JDev/ADF Samples list: JDev/ADF sample - Cache Results for ADF Iterator Property.

BI




Monday, June 3, 2013

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Oracle on YouTube
Did you know that there are a large number of technical Oracle videos available on YouTube.  Watch Larry Ellison's OpenWorld 2012 keynote speech and more at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4BPuQ0Da6k.

Official, Youbetcha Legalese

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