Many database management tasks become more difficult as you move from hundreds of millions of rows and hundreds of gigabytes to data to billions of rows and terabytes of data. Such tasks include ingesting data quickly while maintaining indexes, changing schemas without downtime, supporting many connections, replication, and backup. For some scaling problems (connections, and…

In the latest versions of Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle has combined their ADF Framework with JavaServer Faces resulting in a technology they call ADF Faces. The attribute set of these elements are so rich, developers may be wondering if the art of Java programming is becoming obsolete. This presentation will show some of the incredible features…

All DBAs know a thing or two about partitions. We know the various types of partitions, when we think we should use partitions, etc. However, most DBAs don't know the events that occur in the background when the various types of partitions are used. How do indexes behave when partitions are introduced? This session takes…

Attendees are introduced to the new and improved features of Oracle 11g (both Oracle 11g R1 and Oracle 11g R2) that directly impact application development. Special emphasis is placed on features that reduce development time, make development simpler, improve performance, or speed deployment. Specific topics include: New SQL functions, virtual columns, result caching, XML improvements,…

This presentation will focus on the Oracle Clusteware/RAC Installation and Management by using a 16-node 11.2 installation. We will talk about design consideration including pre-reqs, hardware and network setup. We will go over all the Clusterware/RAC installation steps with screenshots. We will then focus on managing this 16-node 11.2 Clusterware/RAC DB including the use of…

Oracle WebCenter Content 10g functionality was effectively contained in one container - the Content Server. This fact alone made it easy to deploy, administer, and customize. However, for all of these easy capabilities, the product was somewhat lacking on the scalability and performance side. With Oracle WebCenter Content 11g, and the inclusion of Oracle Weblogic…

This is a two-part session that will take place on Monday and Tuesday. Oracle 11g databases can scale to handle tremendous volumes of data, but some effort is involved to avoid the dastardly villians that would sabotage your success. This presentation will help DBAs avoid the villainous techniques and pitfalls in code and schema designs, as well as summon the super-heroes that can assist you in creating super-scaled data applications.

Discuss best practices, challenges and configurations involved in implementing enterprise content management at Oracle. In this session, we will discuss how Oracle successfully leveraged our market leading Webcenter Content solution for document management, digital asset management and Web content management; Oracle Universal Records Management for retention schedule management and e-discovery needs; The session covers details…

What do you do when the business requirements you have for security are not provided by either WebCenter Portal or WebCenter Content? This session will cover two actual case studies. The first is an example where WebCenter Content was integrated with Oracle Entitlement Services to provide configurable and find-grained controls. The second is an example…