By Brendan Tierney The aim of Tierney’s article is to show readers how to get started with Oracle Data Miner, how easy it is to generate a data mining model and how to apply this to new data.

Quinlan offers a real-world case study on an SQL Plan Management implementation that has evolved throughout the past year and how it is being used in a large production environment that has mixed workloads, large batch and reporting processes.

Nanda provides a quick overview of Oracle’s newest “engineered systems” — Exadata, Exalogic, Exalytics, Big Data Appliance, Database Appliance and SPARC SuperCluster — in a concise, organized format.

In this crisp but powerful article, Lewis shows how you can think of ways that might makethat SQL more efficient by using a simple, two-table join.

Shukla takes a quick look at some of the aspects of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), akey technology component in modern applications. He offers developers or DBAs ways totroubleshoot and solve JVM-related performance issues.

In this article, Nanda teaches readers how to build a framework to capture the stats andwaits of an application in the context of connection pools running against RAC databases.

Schwartz presents the results of a study of emergency downtime issues that his employerPercona, an independent MySQL support provider, was asked to resolve. The article shedslight on what types of problems can occur in MySQL-based production environments withsome potentially surprising results.

Hull takes a look at MySQL and its strategic function in the enterprise landscape. He runs acomparison of MySQL and Oracle by looking at a cross section of features and lists whereboth landscapes share strengths.

Features The History of Essbase By Edward Roske Roske introduces Essbase by laying a foundation of what it is, how it got its start and how it is in use today. Through a more conversational approach, he details the stages of Essbase’s development and what users can expect from Oracle and Essbase in the future.…

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