Throughout my 16 years working with Oracle, I have accumulated a list of tips and techniques that assist with the development of Oracle based custom applications. These tips and tricks can be used to improve application performance, to streamline code, and to create higher quality applications. The speaker will describe each topic in detail as…

Essbase has changed dramatically through the 9 and 11 versions and in this webcast we'll redesign the Sample.Basic application to take advantage of these new features. You'll walk away with specific action items that you can apply against your own Essbase applications. Get the value from your upgrade and don't miss this chance to enhance…

1. Measuring and tuning Global cache performance We will breakdown the CR and CUR response time with few customer examples and show how it can be used to debug Global Cache performance. A script will be supplied to show the breakdown. 2. Tuning RAC background processes performance Earlier discussion of GC will lead tuning few…

Of all of the new features that are included in version 11gR2 of the Oracle Database, Edition Based Redefinitions could be the one that has the highest impact on the way we develop database centric applications. With Edition Based Redefinitions you can have multiple versions of the same object in your database schema in order…

One of the challenges developers often face during the development and testing phase is to get the test data timely populated in the development/ UAT databases. In the absence of data conversion programs, it becomes tedious manual effort to come up with test data so that various components of an application can be tested. Often…

This session includes key considerations for how to maximize the value of a Business Intelligence Solution by using forecasting. With Business Intelligence Solutions, many solutions are often only reporting information on an operational level. But, when forecasting is incorporated in with businesses intelligence solutions, businesses can make better plans, lower future costs, and drive the…

The first release of a new database version results in a flurry of books and articles, with most authors working off a beta release of "Release 1", and wary users waiting for "Release 2". We are now in this situation with Oracle Database 11gR1 in place and 11gR2 being rolled out. As a result, the…

Billy Cripe, Author, Blogger and Man in Kilt returns to talk about Enterprise 2.0 information architecture. Designing systems that understand context as well as information flow are critical to realizing the promise and benefit of E2.0. Before systems can be wired together you must understand the overlap and intersection of people, systems and information. Without…

This presentation will look at which 11gR1 & 11gR2 new features should be investigated for use. Most of the features that will be covered will be related to the DBA, but there will also be a few outside that realm. There will be simple examples to show the basic functionality of the following new features…

You have a heavy investment in Discoverer, why not leverage it? Don't throw it away, just migrate your metadata into an Oracle BI Solution and get the power of BI with data and definitions you are already familiar with