Oracle Priority Support Infogram for 29-MAY-2014

RDBMS

From Database Journal a 'who watches the watchers?' kind of article: Are There Safeguards to Prevent the DBA from Dropping a Table?

Several good things, as always, from Kyle Hailey:

Database Thin Cloning : clonedb (Oracle)

Which to tune ? Application, Database or Hardware ?

RDBMS Performance

At All things Oracle Jonathan Lewis has the latest installment of his series on execution plans: Execution Plans part 5: First Child Variations.

Engineered Systems

From Julian Dontcheff's Database Blog: Cross-Platform Transportable Database and Oracle Engineered Systems.

GoldenGate

Ffrom the Oracle A-Team Chronicles: Oracle GoldenGate: Automated Recovery From TCP/IP Network Errors.

Oracle Support

Check out Chris Warticki's useful site: #Oracle News, Info and Support.

MySQL

From IT World Canada: Oracle releases MySQL Fabric web database utility.

OVM

From VitalSoftTech: Oracle VM VirtualBox Tutorial: Connecting Applications from your Desktop to a database on VirtualBox.

OBIEE

From the Business Analytics - Proactive Support blog: OBIEE Version 11.1.1.7.140527 Now Released.

Java

From The Java Source: Technical Article: Experimenting with Java Timers.

BI

Fixing IE for Oracle BI and Hyperion Workspace Compatibility, from the Art of Business Intelligence Blog.

EBS

From the Oracle E-Business Suite Support Blog:

Fixed Assets Recommended Patch Collections

Procurement and E-Business Suite Product Analyzers .. Can you use this tool to resolve your SR?

Webcast: AutoInvoice Overview & Data Flow

Process Manufacturing (OPM) Actual Costing Analyzer Diagnostic Script

Your Feedback on Oracle Asset Tracking

DCOGS Balance Breakup Diagnostic in OPM Financials

Troubleshooting Enterprise Asset Management Transactions

HR

From Modern HR in the Cloud: The Importance of Collaboration, Analytics, and Mobile Technologies for Modern HR.

Computing

This article over at O'Reilly Radar is making noise in the blogosphere: The tools in the Distributed Developer's Stack make development manageable in a highly distributed environment.

Business Computing

From the Harvard Business Review: An Introduction to Data-Driven Decisions for Managers Who Don’t Like Math

Kscope

At Archbeat the meeting of technology and Chinese philosophy: Kscope 2014 Preview: Data Modeling and Moving Meditation with Kent Graziano.

...and Finally

An item from Sharene Vitani, Infogram Contributor: The History of Money: A Visual Guide to the Evolution of Currency, at Mint.com.

From CultOfMac: Microsoft and Skype may have just invented the world’s first real universal translator.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Mark Hurd’s Latest Blog Explains Why the Internet of Things Is Really the Internet of People


Oracle President Mark Hurd has posted his latest LinkedIn Influencer blog, “The Internet of Things Is Really the Internet of People".

Mark Hurd, President, Oracle

In this new blog, Mark writes, “As I speak with CEOs around the world, our conversations invariably come down to this central question: Can we change our corporate cultures and the ways we train and reward our people as rapidly as new technology is changing the work we do, the products we make, and how we engage with customers?”  Read the blog to find out what Mark says are the three things CEOs must do.

Oracle Priority Support Infogram for 22-MAY-2014

OVM

From Oracle's Virtualization Blog: Live Webcast: Oracle VM - Design Considerations for Enterprise Scale Deployment coming up on June 10th.

OTN

Did you know about the The OTNArchBeat Daily? Now you do!

RDBMS

From Kyle Hailey, one of the leading lights of the Oak Table, Date conversions.

From the same author: Sampling Performance Data on Oracle.

RDBMS and Linux

From The ORACLE-BASE Blog: Oracle 11gR2 and 12cR1 on Oracle Linux 7 beta.

Retail

From GIGAOM RESEARCH: Retail 2.0: the convergence of wearables, iBeacons and big data.

SOA

Using Oracle’s Edition-Based Redefinition to support multiple SOA Suite revisions with the database adapter, from the AMIS TECHNOLOGY BLOG.

IoT

From The Java Source: IoT Developer Challenge Countdown.

Java

JavaFX Scene Builder 2.0 is available.

Ops Center

From the Oracle Ops Center blog: Help in the UI.

Identity Management

Into the identity management scene? Find yourself thinking of ways to challenge family members to make sure they haven't been spoofed while you slept? Okay, that means you're TOO MUCH into IM. But if your interest is normal and healthy check out Brad Tumy's The Identity & Access Mgmt Daily.

Supply Chain

A Customer Centric Approach To Supply Chain: Supply Chain Journey Mapping (SCJM), from the Oracle Supply Chain Management blog.

EBS

IMPORTANT

If you have not already applied these patches and you are on 12.2, please read over this posting from Oracle E-Business Suite Technology and consider applying the patches: Important Updates to EBS 12.2 AD and TXK Tools

From the Oracle E-Business Suite Support Blog:

Email Center Training Available

Wishing There Was More Information on Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) for Procurement?

Troubleshooting iStore Order Placement

Payables Subledger Accounting Explained!

OPM LCM Transactional Data Diagnostics

Tuxedo

From Panorama Consulting Solutions: Oracle Introduces Latest Release of Oracle Tuxedo ART 12c.

Security

A really detailed rundown on How Spammers Spoof Your Email Address (and How to Protect Yourself), from lifehacker.

Business

Noticed that the recruiters seem to be awfully quiet and the paycheck a lot more stable than the climate? This National Review article might confirm your suspicions: What STEM Shortage?

...and Finally

From io9: These Are The Surprising Jobs You'll Be Doing By The 2030s.

From SPLOID: The best optical illusions of 2014 are truly mind-bending stuff.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

America's Cup 2010 Winner Comes Home
OK, this is not technical at all.  But, it is really cool.  Watch how they moved USA 17 Trimaran, the 2010 America's Cup winner, to the lake at Oracle Corporate Headquarters.  It involves a huge helicopter:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152412541383766&set=vb.113897213765&type=2&theater

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 14-MAY-2014

RDBMS

From The Arup Nanda Blog: Restoring Controlfile When AUTOBACKUP Fail.

From Integrigy: PreInstall RPM Makes Oracle Database Installation Easy.

Indexes

From My Possible Pasts: Index Health Check.

OEM

From DBA Kevlar: OEM After Hours Notification Schedule Option- Part I.

Oracle Multitenant

Topic:	Oracle Multitenant: Configuration and Customization Fundamentals-20140410 1448-1
Recording date:	Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:48 am
	Eastern Daylight Time (New York, GMT-04:00)
Panelist Information:
Duration:	1 hour 30 minutes
Description:	This one-hour session is recommended for technical Managers and DBA's who are looking into the potential benefits of using Oracle Multitenant . The session will cover some base operations for a Multitenant setup but the main focus will be on guidance to the customization options Topics include: * Brief Overview over the Multitenant Architecture * Customize Oracle Multitenant for your Needs

Internet of Things

Can you say buzzword? The blogosphere is awash in article on the Internet of Things (IoT, as opposed, I suppose, to iOS):

Plug into the Internet of Things - Webinar, from Oracle Fusion Middleware.

The Emerging Operating System for the Internet of Things, from database trends and applications.

And from CiOL: Oracle announces Internet of Things Developer Challenge.

Security

From Security Inside Out: Human Error is Greatest Risk to Data Security...

Linux

From Wim Coekaerts Blog: Unbreakable Linux Network APIs available.

SOA

Working with Oracle Security Token Service in an Architecture Involving Oracle WebLogic and Oracle Service Bus, from the SOA & BPM Partner Community Blog.

Programming

stackoverflow is a very useful site. Here is an Oracle-related example: Connecting to Oracle Database through C#?

Oracle on the Mac

From Mac Update: Information on how to create SQL graphically with SQL Editor.

OAUG

Check out the latest news from the Oracle Applications Users Group: OAUG News.

CSS

7 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with CSS, from The David Walsh Blog, by way of Eddie Awad's Tweetage.

EBS

From the Oracle E-Business Suite Support Blog:

Demantra Install & Configure

How to Create Invoices from iSupplier

Negative Usage Billing in Service Contracts

OPM LCM integration Key Setup Analyzer

Demantra Engine on Linux Install, Upgrade Troubleshooting Whitepaper

HRMS 11i Rollup Patch 9 (17774746) is Released

Business

Are you a data scientist, or strive to be one? Do you need to hire one? Some thoughts from CIO: 4 qualities to look for in a data scientist.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

My Oracle Support Accreditation

The My Oracle Support Accreditation Series delivers a targeted learning experience designed to increase your expertise with My Oracle Support core functions and build skills to help you leverage solutions, tools, and knowledge.  Advanced accreditation in the technical areas such as Database and E-Business Suite is also available.  Learn more at Note:1583898.1.

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 08-MAY-2014

EPM Videos

Some good EPM videos out on YouTube from OracleEPMWebcasts.

ADF

From DZone: Debugging Oracle ADF Mobile Applications: Part I.

GoldenGate

From the A-Team Chronicles: Oracle GoldenGate: Logdump.

RDBMS

Okay, this article from Database Journal describes how you can do something. I'd be interested in seeing what our readers think about it. Sounds like something you can do...but why would you want to? You can take off the safeties off on power tools too...but do you really want to? Modifying a Primary Key Index in Oracle 11.2.0.x.

From The Arup Nanda Blog: Restoring Controlfile When AUTOBACKUP Fail.

RAC

From Kyle Hailey: Cloning Oracle RAC in 5 minutes.

SQL

A history of NL (Nested Loops) from the Oracle Scratchpad.

SQL Developer

From that JEFF SMITH: Oracle SQL Developer: Configuring Object DDL Scripts.

and an announcement: Oracle SQL Developer & Data Modeler v4.0.2 Are Now Available.

OID

From Online Apps DBA: Backing up and restoring a small directory : OID 11g.

From the A-Team Chronicles: How Oracle Identity Manager Uses MDS.

Global Desktop

From Oracle's Virtualization Blog: Announcement: Patch Set Updates (PSUs) for Oracle Secure Global Desktop releases.

EBS

From Oracle E-Business Suite Technology:

Three Essential Reference Tools for E-Business Suite Upgrades.

Plans for Certifying Internet Explorer 11 with Oracle E-Business Suite

EBS R12 Pre-Install RPM Available for Oracle Linux 5 and 6

After Windows XP and Office 2003: E-Business Suite Implications

Best Practices for Deploying EBS 12.2 on Oracle Database Appliance

From the Oracle E-Business Suite Support Blog

Visit our Consolidated List of iSupplier Portal Code Fixes

Webcast: Lockbox Basics: Setup, Data Model & Troubleshooting

Are you using Import Standard Purchase Orders Program or Import Price Catalog Program?

Configuration Validation Resulted In Error(s) While Booking

May 21st Webcast: Task Management with Oracle Warehouse Management

Procurement Enhancement Request Community

US HRMS Customers Needing to Comply with 2014 OFCCP Section 503 & VEVRAA Regulations

Logistics Consolidated RUP9 Patch Released

Customer Service

From the New School Marketing Blog: Nice to tweet you: 3 ways to use Twitter for customer service.

...and Finally

From Smithsonian Science: Astronomers create first realistic virtual universe. I wonder if you can rent it out for parties?

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Deputy Editor

Oracle Magazine
The May - June issue of Oracle Magazine is now available.  Learn about Oracle Cloud Application Foundation, Java 8, Nonstop Partition Operations and more.  

Oracle Priority Service Infogram for 01-MAY-2014

RDBMS

From ORACLE-BASE: Capture Privilege Usage (DBMS_PRIVILEGE_CAPTURE) in Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1).

Whitepaper at OTN: Performant and scalable data loading with Oracle Database 12c.

SQL Developer

From our favorite source of SQL Developer lore, that JEFF SMITH: Oracle SQL Developer’s Best Kept Secret: Reports.

Exadata

An Exadata oldie but goodie from DBA Kevlar: Exadata Optimization Tips.

Security

Python discusses defusedxml 0.4.1 and XML security.

Programming

Okay, we all knew this in our heart of hearts, but Lifehacker finally wrote out the words: All Code Is Bad, So Don't Stress If Yours Sucks.

Oracle Support

Don't forget to check in on Chris Warticki's excellent #Oracle News, Info and Support site from time to time!

SOA

From ArchBeat: Podcast Show Notes: SOA and Cloud - Where's This Relationship Going?

Retail

From the Commerce Anywhere Blog: Personalization for Retail.

OMF

From Tyler Muth's Blog: Create Bigfile Tablespace – Oracle Managed Files (OMF).

Oralytics

From the Brendan Tierney - Oralytics Blog: Oracle Text and Oracle Data Miner.

GoldenGate

From DBASOLVED: MONITOR ORACLE GOLDEN GATE FROM SQL.

NoSQL

From Tools Journal: Oracle NoSQL Database 3.0 Launched, Extends Security, Performance, And Usability

Free Stuff

Free eBook from DABCC: Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Installation Guide on Linux.

...and Finally

Archaeologist Could Have Discovered the Tomb of Alexander the Great, from World News Daily. If this proves true (and they already found his father's tomb, so I think they actually have DNA to work with), this could be a huge discovery. Of course the folks at the archaeology museum in Istanbul where I saw the 'sarcophagus of Alexander the Great' may find it a bit unsettling.

From PolicyMic: 15 Famous Landmarks Zoomed Out Tell a Bigger Story.