Arthur C. Clarke wrote that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." This has been proven true in many technologies, and it makes troubleshooting of that technology seem like art. But it is not art, it is process, and the intent of this presentation is to use a case study (i.e. resolving ORA-03136 "connection…

Oracle plans to launch the next generation of the Oracle database in 2013 and this will cause many customers to take a hard look at their underlying server/system architecture and ask a set of questions. Such as: Can my system handle the future growth of our business? What are the savings by consolidating databases and…

Preparing for an Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management (HCM) implementation project in the Cloud? Join us to learn how eVerge Group was able to rapidly deploy Oracle Fusion HCM in the cloud. eVerge Group started this project with expectations of resolving 3 ‘key’ goals: - Eliminate multiple HR systems by implementing a unified ‘Global solution…

In this Case Study, the over design of using GoldenGate (GG) to consolidate several databases (Oracle and SqlServer) into a single database running on Exadata X2-2 is dicussed. Beacuse of the large volume of transactions being replicated, significant GG tuning, Database configuration and system configuration were required. For added, sensitive data in the database require…

Maps communicate data faster and more intuitively than any other data visualization method. Map views are built-in in OBI 11g, but aren’t often used because some additional configuration work is needed. You’ll see how to leverage OBI’s native map views in BI dashboards, add geo spatial calculations to OBI analyses and queries, and determine which…

How do you win a job title? A promotion? Help your company win a new contract or release a new product? Ari Kaplan, former Cubs Statisitcs Manager speaks on what it means to win and how you can win in your career. Ari Kaplan is a leading figure in sports analytics, having worked with over…

Moving an ever growing mountain of data in and out of databases for analysis takes huge resources when today’s firms must find new ways to more with less. The answer? Bring the algorithm to the data and leverage the power of Oracle’s in-database analytical options, OLAP, Spatial, Data Mining, and Oracle R Enterprise. This session…

In almost every WCC implementation, there is some level of customization that takes place. Security, Workflow, Interface, Metadata, and Integrations are all subject to tweaking in order to meet specific business requirements. This presentation/document will cover some common elements that we have seen over the years with examples that you can try on your own.

This session will focus on CPU monitoring and capacity planning. We will highlight scenarios that are typically encountered on a massively consolidated environment, where, let's say you have 30+ databases and you want to know how much CPU cores they are using at a particular time interval. Before touching on the cool tricks, a deep…

With the emergence of various Engineered systems like Exadata, Exalogic, Exalytics and Big Data Appliance to name a few, how does a company evaluate the value proposition for their specific needs? This session will take a look at the check list for Exadata readiness, or a systematic evaluation process to determine the fit of Exadata…