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Here is a good whitepaper concerning the hot topic of cloud computing:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/architect/entarch/pdf/architectural_strategies_for_cloud_computing.pdf

PeopleSoft, EBS, Presenting

PeopleSoft

I was reading a post at the Grey Sparling Solutions blog today about the 'PeopleTools product team wants your input' and realized I'd never seen the PeopleSoft Technology blog.

And there's a really handy method for Identifying Application Engine Source Code over at The PeopleSoft DBA Blog.

EBS

From the Oracle E-Business Suite blog this week:

Recommended Database Parameters Updated for EBS 12

Internet Explorer 8 Certified with E-Business Suite Release 12

Presenting

Though it's not directly about APEX this week over at David Peake on Oracle APEX, it's still valuable material. He summarizes his advice from many years of public presentation here.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Contributor

Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is now available. Learn more at:
http://www.oracle.com/database/index.html

11gR2 RDBMS and OWB, Hyperion, EBS, Security, RDBMS Internals, Cloud Storage

Hyperion

Thinking about moving to 11? There's a good list of new features for you to consider over at the In 2 Hyperion blog.

EBS

New this week at the Oracle E-Business Technology Blog:

Thirteen New E-Business 12.1.1 Database-Tier Only Certifications for 10gR2

Spotlight on E-Business Suite Sessions at OpenWorld 2009

Interim Update: Certifying the 11gR2 Database with the E-Business Suite

11gR2 RDBMS

Ready to take 11gR2 out for a test drive? Here are some of the funnest bells and whistles to tweak, courtesy of the Structured Data blog:

Top 10 Oracle 11gR2 New Features

11gR2 OWB

Over at the Rittman Mead Consulting blog there is a series about OWB 11gR2 and BI EE. 11gR2 RDBMS got most of the fanfare, but there is a new version of OWB out as well, and it has some valuable features. See part one of a series on OWB 11gR2 and BI EE – Deriving the Business Model here.

Security

Summer R & R. That's Rest & Relaxation, or for some of us, Reading & Relaxation. But for Oracle's Chief Security Officer, Mary Ann Davidson, the relaxation comes in the form of a lot of interesting thoughts on cybersecurity and the nature of legislation (good and not so good). And there are even notes on summer reading to relax after the serious part.

RDBMS Internals

Do you stay awake nights wondering if buffer cache can be stored inside the shared pool? Then this posting on that very subject from Tanel Poder, internals guru, is for you.

In another posting at his blog he has some help for performance DBAs looking to find the hot spot (in Oracle's reality, a hot spot is not a really rocking club to be sought out, but a place of I/O contention to be avoided). The posting is called latch: cache buffers chains latch contention – a better way for finding the hot block.

Cloud Storage

Backblaze is making some noise. They released plans on how to build massive high density cloud storage arrays for $100 a terabyte, as Robin Harris reports over at Storage Mojo. My question is, once you have the cloud stored, do you have to take it out once in a while to air it out? Doesn't it zip back up into the sky when you do that? I'm just not as technical as I used to be.

Hyperion /proc, EBS, PeopleSoft

Hyperion

I found a new blog recently that has some good items: Ranzal & Associates Weblog.

Buried in the news and events on their main site (along with links to a whole bunch of webinars) is this really useful white paper: Hyperion System 9 Financial Management Subcube Architecture.

Better Life Through /proc

The old line from grainy documentary/industrial propaganda films was 'better life through plastic'. But Kevin Closson shows us how to find out a lot about an Oracle instance by exploring components in the Linux /proc directory. Give it a read here.

EBS

This week from the Oracle E-Business Suite Technology blog:

Critical Rollup Update for E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway Release 12.1.1

PeopleSoft

Ok, a link to a link to a link: Jim's PeopleSoft Journal has link to Rich Text Editor for PT 8.4x this week.

Contributions by Angela Golla, Infogram Contributor

The September / October issue of Oracle Magazine is now available. The featured product is Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/09-sep/index.html?msgid=8140209