Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 27-FEB-2014

Performance

At Oracle SQL Tuning Toools and Tips: Meet “edb360″: a free tool that provides a 360-degree view of an Oracle database.

Oracle on Solaris

From OTN: Oracle Solaris for IBM AIX Users.

OIM

From Proactive Support - Identity Management: Sustaining Engineer Release Announcment OIM Bundle Patches Released.

Java

From the Java Platform Group, Product Management blog: Managing multiple Java versions.

WebCenter

From Proactive Support - WebCenter Content: Attend this LIVE Webcast to learn about the latest enhancements to WebCenter Content 11.1.1.8!

Cloud Computing

You want documentation? Yah, we got that: Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service.

Mobile Computing

Oracle Joins Mobile Security from The VAR Guy.

Coding Oracle

From that JEFF SMITH: How to Start the PL/SQL Debugger.

Oracle VirtualBox

From Unixmen: Oracle VirtualBox 4.3.8 Has Been Released!

JD Edwards White Paper

New white paper: Solution-in-a-box: Best practices for deploying JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on Oracle Database

Appliance.

Business Computing

Podcast: Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Disruptive Tech, from ArchBeat.

Business Analytics

Oracle runs a question of the week survey. Here's the one for this week: Do you feel that data security concerns in the cloud are diminishing?

Public Sector Roundtable

Oracle is presenting a roundtable called Empower the Enterprise. Technology Your Way.

FutureTech

A discussion on Ray Kurweil, Google, and the future of the world...as seen through robotic eyes: Are the robots about to rise? Google's new director of engineering thinks so… at The Guardian.

And speaking of the future, this time the near future, here are some Tech Predictions for the Year of the Horse from ...and they shall know me by my speling errors.

Books

I’m a big fan of Safari books. Here’s a new one making a splash in tech circles: Oracle ADF Enterprise Application Development – Made Simple Second Edition.

...And Finally

How to write boffo copy and presentations: 12 Writing Exercises That Will Transform Your Copy Today. (Hint, don't actually use the term 'boffo' in your presentations).

From TOXEL.COM: Ads vs Real Fast Food. Looks to me like McDonalds did the best on this.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Ellison Honors Steve Jobs at Business Hall of Fame
This is very different than my usual technical posts, but I think it is very worthwhile.  Be sure to watch the embedded video in the article to hear Larry give a touching tribute to his friend, Steve Jobs. 

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 20-FEB-2014

RDBMS

A couple of neat items from Jonathan Lewis at Oracle Scratchpad, as always:

11.2.0.4 Upgrade

and

Caution – hints

What Happens When Active DB Duplication Goes Wrong?, from Pythian.

From the Database administrator workshop: How to recover a table in a pluggable database from a backup.

A lot of good hands on is starting to come out for 12c, both day to day operations and taking advantage of new features.

From TwelveC: Oracle 12c: How to setup your database to support extended datatypes?

From COMPUTERWORLD: Oracle 12c database to get speedy SAP certification.

Runtime Load Balancing Advisory in RAC 12c, and Runtime Load Balancing Advisory in RAC 12c-addendum, at Martins Blog.

From Oracle In Action: 12C : SQL MANAGEMENT BASE STORES PLAN ROWS TOO.

SQL Developer

From that JEFF SMITH: Auto-Replace in Oracle SQL Developer?

At Galo Balda's Blog: SQL Developer’s PL/SQL Debugger and Oracle 12c.

Coding

The Best Resources to Learn to Code, from Lifehacker.

How-to Install the Best Perl IDE for Oracle Linux Step-by-Step Easy Guide. from, Tutorial for Linux.

Java

At DZone: Free Java Profiling with Oracle Java Mission Control

OID

From Gökhanatil: Tips And Tricks For Installing Oracle Internet Directory.

SOA

Humantask Assignment in Oracle BPM Suite and SOA Suite, at the AMIS Technology Blog.

APEX

At daust_de :: Oracle XE / APEX: Oracle APEX Listener - support for Apache Tomcat.

EBS

From Oracle E-Business Suite Technology

Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 Certified with EBS 11i on Additional HP Platforms

Oracle Access Manager 11.1.2.2 Certified with Oracle E-Business Suite

E-Business Suite Release 12.2 available on Windows x64

From Oracle E-Business Suite Support Blog:

Demantra Performance and Setup Analyzer Script and Monitoring Tool

Troubleshooting Assistant Now Available for Invoice Validation!

Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) 6.3.3 is now available!

EBS Business Process Advisor: CRM Channel Revenue Management

ASCP Integration with Oracle Transportation Management

RUP-IT! For Inventory, Warehouse Management and Receiving

Service Items Can Now be Promotional Get Items

Learn More About EBS R12.2

At Integrigy: Oracle E-Business Test and Development Databases and PCI Compliance.

Scientific Computing

One Billion Stars, 30,000 Light Years, And Petabytes Of Data, Oracle goes cosmic. from Forbes.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Watch New Video to Discover the Seven Ways ORACLE TEAM USA Sails Like Successful IT Teams
ORACLE TEAM USA successfully defended the 34th America's Cup in 2013 in San Francisco. Oracle’s new video, “Seven Ways Oracle TEAM USA Sails Like Successful IT Teams,” features captivating sailing footage while Oracle CIO Mark Sunday and ORACLE TEAM USA’s Ian Burns discuss how innovation happens, lessons IT can learn from the team's success, and important parallels between great sailors and top IT pros.

Oracle CIO Mark Sunday (right) talks with ORACLE TEAM USA’s Ian Burns.

You can view the almost 10-minute video on

• YouTube
• Facebook
• Oracle Media Network

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 13-FEB-2014

Exadata

At Julian Dontcheff's Database Blog: Oracle Exadata myths and misconceptions.

Solaris

At Solaris Defined Networking ;-): Oracle Solaris 11 Integrated Load Balancer.

Certification

Registration Open: Oracle Database 12c: Installation and Administration (1Z0-062), at the Oracle Certification blog.

Development

OTN Developer Day: Pre-Workshop Setup Instructions: Hands-on Database Application Development.

From enkitec: CLOB Data in a Region, How to retrieve one or more CLOB fields into a PL/SQL region.

WLS

Some good stuff posted over at WEBLOGIC COMMUNITY: Additional new material WebLogic Community.

IAM

From Online Apps DBA: Oracle IAM 11.1.2.2 Certification Matrix – Supported JDK, WebLogic, OS.

And from the same blog: Upgrade Oracle IAM (OES) from 11gR2 (11.1.2.0/1) to 11gR2 PS2 (11.1.2.2) lessons learned

Java

Creating MS Word reports with Java at the REWOO Blog.

At the really well named ...and they shall know me by my speling errors. blog: 8Cool Things About Java Streams.

NetBeans

At A Wicket Diary: NETBEANS 8 NIGHTLY: IMPRESSIVE FIRST DAY.

Python

From DZone: Blaze: A Python Compiler for Big Data.

Okay, and now an article on the dark side of Python, which should probably be considered a security vulnerability and countermeasures created: How to kick everyone around you off wifi with Python, from Dan McInerney.

Finally, for those of you getting in touch with your academically inclined geek using Python, there is this: A Study of Python's More Advanced Features Part I: Iterators, Generators, itertools, at Math U Code.

HR

From Modern HR in the Cloud, take the survey: What is Your Opinion on Cloud and HCM?

...And Finally

10 Signs Your Geek Lost That Loving Feeling, from InformationWeek..

Soon you’ll be able to curse at traffic AND your stupid computer at the same time: U.S. Agencies Take Significant Step Toward Wirelessly Connecting Vehicles To One Another from Singularity Hub.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

With the latest My Oracle Support upgrade to MOS 6.8, My Oracle Support Community will share the same platform as Oracle Technology Network (OTN) Community. Refer to Note:1614073.1 for an overview.

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 06-FEB-2014

Your faithful editor is a bit under the weather this week, so a bit of a short issue, but some bits and pieces of interest nonetheless.

RDBMS

Log Buffer #357, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs, a posting of links blog like the Infogram, is out with a new issue. From Pythian.

From Oracle Scratchpad: Minus.

Performance

At Striving for Optimal Performance: Extension Bypassed Because of Missing Histogram.

SQL Developer

From that JEFF SMITH: Oracle SQL Developer 101: PLSQL Compiler Warnings, Errors and the Right Gutter.

Future

Computing is a moving target. This article from Infoworld discusses fundamentals of business models and the future from my boss many, many levels up the tree: Ellison: Facebook is new model for business applications.

JD Edwards

New white paper: Solution-in-a-box: Best practices for deploying JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on Oracle Database Appliance.

Siebel

From Siebel Essentials: Upgrade Notes: Siebel Innovation Pack 2013 - Part 2.

WebCenter

From Oracle WebCenter Alerts: Upcoming WebCenter Customer Advisory Board (CAB) Meetings in March and April, 2014.

Assigning a User Roles for Specific Asset Groups, from the Ops Center blog.

OBIEE

From RittmanMead: Testing Oracle Direct Connector for HDFS as an Alternative to Hive ODBC for OBIEE11g.

Education

From WebLogic Partner Community EMEA, news on Oracle Database 12c: Administration Workshop.

...And Finally

World's first paperless public library in US Bexar County, Texas. Okay, I was one of the people who ordered a Kindle in the first four hours it was available (and all 10k of them were sold out). But I still feel this odd twinge when seeing this ‘library’ without books. Guess I’m a hybrid, part digital, part dinosaur.

GATES SPENDS ENTIRE FIRST DAY BACK IN OFFICE TRYING TO INSTALL WINDOWS 8.1. Okay, I get that this is a spoof, but wouldn't it be epic if it was true? I remember reading once that he put his whole palatial mansion on Windows, with a system that turned on big wall scale screens when you came in...but couldn't turn it off totally and the system kept him up all night making buzzing sounds.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Oracle's Cloud
Here is an interesting article where Larry Ellison and Mark Hurd discuss Oracle's Cloud Growth and it's future.