Databases continue to get bigger and bigger. The database management system and associated components have becomes more advanced to sift through large amounts of data. Why haven’t backup and recovery strategies kept pace? We will cover the questions you should ask yourself about your current backup and recovery strategy to help you evaluate the effectiveness…

This seminar is designed to be a primer on the Oracle Database Diagnostic and Tuning Packs. These packs have powerful tools which are not only good for DBAs but they can also help application developers test, diagnose and tune their code. The Diagnostic Pack has tools that analyze performance at the database instance level and…

In this article, Lipowitz demonstrates the unusual case where gathering statistics, and gathering statistics alone, drastically changes execution plans.

Customer trust, compliance risks, sensitive transactions, phishing, online fraud, and possible bad press. Do you have any of these concerns about your enterprise security? Put your mind at ease by implementing the Oracle Identity and Access Management Products to enhance and simplify your Enterprise Security. Learn how implementing the Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite…

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OCS (Oracle Collaboration Suite) is a legacy Oracle Middleware offering that was used by a team of researchers to run a KM (Knowledge Management) Portal for DoD (US Dept. of Defense) experimentation. While the team was amongst the beta users and the experience ground-breaking, over time OCS showed its age which necessitated the move to…

Many traditional Oracle developers are asking themselves if they should invest their time in the new middleware technologies. Despite many years of Java presence in the database, PL/SQL is still number one choice for most seasoned Oracle DBAs and developers. BPEL and middleware technologies are making the shift to occur allowing separation of integration from…

Oracle ADF is the framework used for both Oracle Fusion Applications and as the development platform for Oracle Fusion Middleware solutions. In this session we'll review the key layers and components that make up Oracle ADF and explain their roles and benefits. We'll then look into Oracle ADF's role in the overall Fusion Middleware solution…

This is a two-part session that will take place on Monday and Tuesday. The database landscape is evolving as new, scalable data stores emerge. Key value stores, large tabular stores, and document-oriented databases offer a compelling alternative to the traditional relational database. By removing joins and loosening ACID constraints, this new class of non-relational or…