There are many hypes and terminologies in the business intelligence (BI) world today. Terminologies like enterprise data warehouse, data mart, data mining are generally associated to BI. But it is not necessary what BI really is. In the beginning of this presentation, the presentator will provide a quick overview of what BI is. After the…

The release of OBIEE 11.1.1.6 provides the ability to develop an Oracle BI repository as a collection of XML documents instead of a single binary RPD file. Included in this functionality is the ability to configure the OBIEE Admin Tool to interact with third-party Source Control Management (SCM) systems as a way of version-controlling the…

We explore the costs involved in setting up an Oracle-Cloudera Big Data servers to handle US Navy related research problems. Being a small technology shop with limited manpower and budget does not mean being denied access to the latest technology. We are a Oracle Middleware shop and want to see how we can leverage our…

Best practices for Big Data from the authors of the Oracle Big Data Handbook from Oracle Press (being published in 2013). This presentation will discuss use cases where big data is appropriate to be used with the Oracle Database (either on Exadata or other hardware) in order to satisfy requirements. The presenters will describe the…

This presentation will cover several real world examples of using Big Data with public sector customers (both civilian and defense customers). We will discuss use cases for the Oracle Big Data Appliance (including a Healthcare customer). We will also discuss use cases for the Oracle Big Data Connectors (including a security customer).

You have big data and want to use it to gain a competitive advantage but you're just not sure how to get out of the gate. How do you uncover the right business problem to tackle first? What project will deliver more immediate ROI? What are the key technology considerations? How you can start with…

Aggregate navigation describes the functionality that BI systems have to use summary level data instead of detail level data for faster data access and report performance. When using Oracle Business Intelligence 11g and Oracle Database 11g, we can choose which “engine” we want to handle summary management and the navigation between different levels of granularity:…

Interested in what to do with the vast, unstructured social data on sites like Twitter and Facebook? This presentation will help you discover how to combine social network data, advanced analytics and visualization to find important patterns in the social web. Demonstrations will use Oracle R and Oracle Business Intelligence with real-world data sets to…

Business intelligence dashboards organize and present analytical data and reports for executives, managers, and analysts, but their design is often more a result of haphazard placement and chance than conscious strategy. Oracle BI 11g is perhaps the most complete and comprehensive Business Intelligence platform technology, but because it is so powerful and flexible, careful consideration…

Did you know that there is a free data modeling tool from Oracle that has basically all of the same features as licensed data modeling tools? It is called Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler. This powerful tool can help with your dimensional and relational modeling from the logical model to the physical model. It can…