Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Mark Hurd Discusses Impact of Big Data on Our World

On a recent visit to Baylor University in Texas, Oracle President Mark Hurd talked to students about the impact of big data on our world.
Watch the video.

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 24-APR-2014

RDBMS

From Julian Dontcheff's Database Blog: Online reorganization enhancements in Oracle 12c.

From The Oracle Instructor: Initialization Parameter Handling for Pluggable Databases in #Oracle 12c.

Oracle Database 12c New Partition Maintenance Features, from Insights from an Oracle University Classroom.

Oracle Database 12c: Introduction to a Multitenant Environment with Tom Kyte.

Indexing

From Richard Foote's Oracle Blog: Estimate Index Size With Explain Plan (I Can’t Explain).

Cloud Computing

From the SOA & BPM Partner Community Blog: Cloud Integration – A Comprehensive Solution,White Paper.

ADF

From the WebLogic Partner Community EMEA blog: Mobile Design Patterns with Oracle ADF Mobile.

Hadoop

Using Sqoop for Loading Oracle Data into Hadoop on the BigDataLite VM, from RittmanMead.

UNIX and LINUX

From Kyle Hailey: Oracle Cross Platform Provisioning: Magic from the Mess.

How-to Install NetBeans 8.x All on Linux Mint 16 Petra 32/64bit Easy Visual-Guide, from Tutorial for Linux.

Solaris

From Jeff Victor's Blog: Oracle Solaris 11.2 Launch.

Hyperion

From Metavero: First Look – 11.1.2.3.

EBS

From the Oracle E-Business Suite Support Blog

So I heard about the R12.1.3+ EBS Wide RPC, how is that different than the 12.1.3 Procurement Rollup Patches?

Introduction to the Install Base Analyzer

Notice Something Different in My Oracle Support Recently?

Webcast: E-Business Tax Series, Session 6 – Migrating From 11i To Release 12

Where Can One Find Help with Inventory Intercompany Invoicing?

Webcast: E-Business Tax Series, Session 5 – Fiscal Classification Types & Their Creation For Tax Calculation From A Manufacturing Perspective

Want to Know More About Sales Lead to Cash Business Process?

...and Finally

From Michael Shermer, the Skeptic in Chief: Why people believe weird things, a TED talk.

We've spoken many times here at the Infogram of the potential mixed blessings of artificial intelligence. There is a new film out that relates, and CinemaBlend.com has a clip.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

E-Business Suite 12.1.3 Patching 
Oracle 12.1.3+ E-Business Suite Recommended Patch Collection 1 is now available.  It was posted on MOS March 28. For more information, please refer to "Oracle 12.1.3+ E-Business Suite Recommended Patch Collection 1 [RPC1] (Doc ID 1638535.1)", published on My Oracle Support. 12.1.3+ EBS RPC1 can be applied at level of E-Business Suite 12.1.3. An additional source of information for customers interested in the New Recommended Patch Collection for EBS 12.1.3 is Steven Chan's Blog.

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 17-APR-2014

RDBMS and Performance

Frequently Misused Metrics in Oracle, from The Oracle Alchemist.

Some notes from Tyler Muth on Oracle Database 10.2 De-Supported.

Also from Tyler Muth, a quick posting on Create Bigfile Tablespace – Oracle Managed Files (OMF).

Recovering a standby over the network in 12c, from Martin's Blog.

Data Pump Enhancements in Oracle Database 12c, from the ORACLE-BASE Blog.

DBAAS

From the dbi services blog: Implementing Oracle Database as a Service (DBAAS).

GoldenGate

MONITORING ORACLE GOLDEN GATE FROM SQL DEVELOPER, from the DBASOLVED blog.

SOAP

How to restrict data coming back from a SOAP Call, from Angelo Santagata's Blog.

Oracle Internet Expenses

Oracle Fusion Expenses - Mobile app for R12, from the Oracle Internet Expenses blog.

APEX

APEX 5 first peek - Themes & Templates, from grassroots oracle.

EPM Mobile

A new video introducing EPM Mobile is available on YouTube. You can find this video, and other EPM videos, here: http://www.youtube.com/user/OracleEPMWebcasts

Security

CVE-2013-5211 Input Validation vulnerability in NTP, from the Third Party Vulnerability Resolution Blog.

...and Finally

From the ever-useful LifeHacker: This Tipping Infographic Shows Who Expects Tips, and How Much.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Mark Hurd’s Latest Blog Explains Why Customer-Obsessed Marketing Is Your Next Competitive Edge

Oracle President Mark Hurd has posted his latest LinkedIn Influencer blog, “Customer-Obsessed Marketing Is Your Next Competitive Edge.” 

Mark Hurd, President, Oracle

In this new blog, Mark writes, “Marketing executives are leading the charge to convince their organizations of the inherent danger in today’s highly digitized buyer-seller relationship. And they’re doing that by proving that “your customers are only one click away from your competitors” is more than just a clever phrase—it’s the difference between being a market leader and going out of business.
 
"The good news is that as marketing executives strive to develop new customer-engagement models, to optimize multiple channels formerly in conflict and generate new revenue streams, they now have access to world-class marketing-automation tools, which have the potential to keep more prospects from making that one-click jump to a competitor…

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 10-APR-2014

Security

The Heartbleed vulnerability is causing a major stir. Here are a couple of articles to help clarify what you should do and when:

From lifehacker LastPass Now Tells You Which Heartbleed-Affected Passwords to Change.

and another good article from Mashable: The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now.

Hadoop

Using Sqoop for Loading Oracle Data into Hadoop on theBigDataLite VM, from RittmanMead.

RDBMS

From The Oracle Instructor: Initialization Parameter Handling for Pluggable Databases in #Oracle 12c.

12c New Feature: Limit the PGA, from Peter's DBA Blog.

From The ORACLE-BASE Blog: Online Move Datafile in Oracle 12c

Oracle Internals

From the internals guru Tanel Poder: Oracle X$ tables – Part 1 – Where do they get their data from?.

High Availability

Improving Performance via Parallelism in Oracle Event Processing Pipelines with High-Availability, from the Oracle A-TEAM Chronicles.

Linux

From the dbwhisperer: Multi-threaded Oracle 12c architecture on Linux.

OIM

OIM 11g R2 Self Registration with CAPTCHA, from Oracle A-TEAM Chronicles.

Middleware

From Proactive Support - WebCenter Content: Free Learning Sessions on Oracle Fusion Middleware.

SOA

SOA Governance Through Enterprise Architecture, from the SOA & BPM Partner Community Blog.

Business

Presentations are serious business, which is why you have to look serious, but relaxed: 10 Body Language Tips Every Speaker Must Know (Infographic), from Entrepeneur.

EBS

Over at the Oracle E-Business Suite Support Blog:

Should You Apply The R12.1.3+ EBS Wide RPC or Wait for a Payables Specific RPC?

Learn All About Channel Revenue Management Rebates

Webcast: E-Business Tax Series, Session 2 – Basic Overview, Regime To Rate Setup & Transactional Flow (US Based Setup) From A Financials Perspective

Webcast: E-Business Tax Series, Session 1 – Prerequisites for Regime to Rate Flow Creation

Asset Tracking: How to Capitalize Serialized Normal Items Through Sales Order Shipment

How Can One Disable Continuous Price Breaks in R12?

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Oracle Learning Library Oracle Learning Library was designed to allow you to search for free online training content (OBEs, Demos and Tutorials) on OTN.

• Oracle by Example (OBE) tutorials provide hands-on, step-by-step instructions on how to implement various technology solutions to business problems. In addition to the following OBE tutorials, you can also access more product training at the Oracle University Knowledge Center.
• Demos provide an automated demonstration of a particular task with explanations on how the task is performed.
• Tutorials provide concept explanations, demos and step-by-step instructions for a particular product or topic.

To access the learning library click here.

Oracle Priority Service Newsletter for 03-APR-2014

RDBMS

From the Insights from an Oracle University Classroom blog: Using the Container Database in Oracle Database 12c.

Never miss a chance to read Tom writing about Oracle if you can: Tom Kyte writes about Oracle Database 12c Multitenant Option in Oracle Magazine.

From the DBA survival BLOG: Removing passwords from Oracle scripts: Wallets and Proxy Users

also on 12c: Oracle Database 12c Learning Library...

From INTERMEDIATE SQL: How to track SQL performance. Part 1: is it good to be “mean” ?

Jonathan Lewis over at Oracle Scratchpad is posing a challenge. Are you up for it? Diagnostics.

SQL Developer

From that JEFF SMITH: Oracle SQL Developer: Query Builder Video Demonstration.

ASM

From the ASM Support Guy: ASM in Exadata.

SOA

From ArchBeat: Video: SOA Principles, SOA Applications - Chris Ostrowski

Exadata

Over at Richard Foote's Oracle Blog: Exadata Storage Indexes – Part I (Beginning To See The Light).

Indexing

Also from the Oracle index guru Richard Foote: Indexing Foreign Keys (Helden)

MySQL

From MySQL on Windows: MySQL for Excel 1.2.1 has been released.

ADF

From ADF Practice: Binding Container Viewable Attribute.

and from Oracle ADF Stuff: Avoid double download of PDF in popup + inlineframe.

Java

From ...and they shall know me by my speling errors.: 8 Cool Things About Java Streams.

APEX

From the iAdvice blog: APEX 5.0: Modal dialogs have never been so easy!.

EBS

Over at the Oracle E-Business Suite Support Blog:

New Log Analyzer for Depreciation Error Logs

Experience a Smoother Period Close with the Inventory Analyzer

New Contracts RUP Patches Released

Workflow Analyzer v5.06 Released & Workflow Search Assistant

Webcast: Understanding Event Based Revenue Management & Revenue Contingencies

Intercompany Program Passing Incorrect CREATED_BY Details to Interfaces

What's NEW? 12.1.3+ E-business Suite Recommended Patch Collection 1!

New Feature! Balance Intercompany Journals Using Clearing Balancing Segment Value!

Using Additional Currencies for Reporting Purposes in General Ledger

Webcast: E-Business Tax (EBTax) Webcast Series April 22 - May 7, 2014

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Big Data Architecture
Everybody's talking about Big Data, but what are you doing about it? The latest OTN ArchBeat podcast just might help to get you started down the right path to Big Data. The panel for this discussion of Big Data Architecture includes Oracle ACE Director and Hadoop expert Gwen Shapira  and Oracle Big Data Handbook authors Tom Plunkett, Bruce Nelson, and Brian MacDonald.