Middleware continues to be the unsung hero as customers, employees, and other end users try to be more mobile and stay connected longer. Added to this is a new challenge for Oracle Fusion administrators: providing services for an increasing plethora of devices that respond to and take action in the real world. Middleware services play…

Friends, Romans, countR-MAN, lend me your ears...... Database backup - the winter of our discontent.Duplicate and restore .... True is it that we have seen better days..... O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou RMANeo? There are benefits to faster backups, as they also lead to faster batch jobs. This is the short and the long of…

Your company’s Disaster Recovery (DR) plan is obviously a technical function executed by the technical staff, so why is DR even entioned in a Professional Development presentation? That it would even be in such a presentation is exactly the point.  Some technical aspects of our IT world truly need to be fully understood by the…

Too many of us have been taught that views are nothing more than stored SQL statements. The goal of this presentation is to challenge this notion. Or, to be precise, to take you one step further, from technicalities to the huge role that well-designed views can play in contemporary database solutions. Current views are very…

Bootstrapping a WebCenter Sites developer on a new or established project can take more time than it should.  Learn how to set up an environment effectively and efficiently.  Leverage maven, WebCenter Sites Developer tools and GIT to bootstrap a developer in minutes not days. PowerPoint

  Starting from a single department, Faribault Foods has leveraged WebCenter Content to accelerate growth throughout the company.  From streamlining business processes to providing a single repository for content, Faribault Foods stands as a testament to the fact that the goal of a unified enterprise content management strategy is not only possible for small business,…

For a DBA the occasional need to script outside the database is necessary. Python works well for simple and complex scripting tasks. Learn why you should utilize Python in your scripting arsenal.

This session provides advanced best practices for upgrading and/or migrating Oracle databases.  Depending on specific system configurations, requirements and business needs, there are numerous methods for performing this vital activity and choosing the right one is critical. This session is designed to provide the database professional with practical information to make the right decisions on…

The undead and non-living have the potential to drain the life source from the living. While this concept is entertaining on the big-screen, in your IT organization it could mean a disaster of apocalyptical proportion.  Take a journey into the world of Zombie projects as we take the vital signs of an undead project, call in…

Managing risk in a major implementation shouldn’t be thought of as a gamble.   This presentation will explore what risks have the potential to kill your project time lines & budget, which risks are inherent and never ignored, and which risks - when mitigated effectively - are speed bumps along the way. If you are managing…