Presented at INSYNC 21

Session ID: 100440

It seemed so simple—migrate a relatively small legacy database from DB2 to Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse. Nobody knew the dark secrets this database was hiding before the SOW was signed and the project was underway, but by then it was too late! Follow along as a well-planned project grows from unassuming and ordinary into a monster, devouring everything in its path and tossing aside timelines! A twisting tale, full of wrong turns and peril, heroes and villains, challenge, failure, ultimately ending with... Wait, you didn't think I'd give away the ending, did you?

This session is not a reference or a how-to. It's more of a what-not-to-do, reflecting and laughing (in hindsight) at a series of unfortunate circumstances and mistakes. It's a set of lessons in resilience and determination. It's about overcoming technical obstacles and human objections, and leveraging the tools and features in OCI so they all lived... Well, let's not spoil things!

Presented at INSYNC 21

Session ID: 101720

The death of Oracle Forms has been greatly exaggerated. Despite 2 decades of development, Forms is still the backbone of thousands of mission-critical applications worldwide. But where do our tried and true Forms stand while all systems are undergoing a user experience revolution or moving to the cloud? In this session, we will show how Oracle Forms is now a full member of Oracle’s cloud, mobile, and even Chat ecosystem. We will review the 4 ways that you can extend your existing Forms investments to the cloud, including:

-“Lift-and-Shift” your Forms servers to Cloud Servers - OCI
-Extending your applications using Oracle’s rapid development tool Visual Builder Cloud Service (VBCS)
-Leveraging existing business logic through Chat interfaces using Digital Assistant cloud service
-Doing DevOps using Developer Cloud Service.

The answer to how to bring your Forms into the next generation will be revealed during this session. Along with live demos and Q&A.

Presented at INSYNC 21

Session ID: 101010

Infrastructure as code is the process of managing and provisioning computer data centers through machine-readable definition files, rather than physical hardware configuration or interactive configuration tools (by Wikipedia). On this vibrant session you would learn the differences between “configuration orchestration” and “configuration management” tools, and how emergent technologies such as Vagrant, Terraform, and Ansible fit and can be used to define, manage and provision a datacentre infrastructure or even build and maintain portable virtual environments.

The future is here, let's take advantage of it today!

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Transitioning to leadership requires a broadening for the technical associate. This broadening is not simply changing from technologist to a manager, but also provides new opportunities for an associate to explore. How does one create an identity as a leader? How does one create his team's identity? How does this transition fit into the individual's aspirations? This session helps prepare people who are interested in leadership and people who just made the transition.