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20 Feb 2012 Understanding Oracle Exadata Smart Scan
Learn how the Smart Scan feature of Oracle Exadata helps improve query performance by reducing the information sent between the database and storage layers.
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17 Feb 2012 Oracle E-Business Suite support goes more proactive
With Period Close Advisors, Oracle E-Business Suite users now have the opportunity to get in front of a problem before it happens.
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16 Feb 2012 Oracle-Taleo vs. SAP-SuccessFactors: a different feel
While Oracle’s acquisition of Taleo and SAP’s SucessFactors buy were both multi-billion human capital management deals, they’re very different, experts from Constellation Research said this week.
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15 Feb 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant names Teradata the top data warehouse vendor (SearchDataManagement.com)
Teradata is the overall leader among data warehousing software and hardware vendors, followed by Oracle and IBM, according to a new Gartner Magic Quadrant report.
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14 Feb 2012 Examining mobile applications for J.D. Edwards
Oracle recently announced some new mobile apps for J.D. Edwards. Expert Al Marmero talks about their benefits and potential drawbacks.
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09 Feb 2012 Oracle purchase of Taleo indicates rising SaaS trend
Oracle has spent $3.4 billion on Taleo and RightNow in the past few months, showing that it is serious about hosting applications in the cloud for its customers.
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08 Feb 2012 Making Monday the start of the week in Oracle SQL
One reader asks how to set up a report in Oracle SQL so that Monday is the first day of the week.
Oracle Advanced Analytics bundles R with Oracle Database
Oracle Advanced Analytics is the company’s newest announcement around data analytics, a market that Oracle seeks to blanket with products.
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07 Feb 2012 BI, collaboration lead SaaS trends
Software as a Service (SaaS) and the cloud are new to many IT pros, but they’re poised to grow in BI and collaboration, according to experts.
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06 Feb 2012 Oracle details integration with RightNow
Oracle has finalized its $1.5 billion acquisition of CRM SaaS provider RightNow Technologies, and to celebrate executives held a webcast outlining their future plans for all the CRM and cloud...
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02 Feb 2012 Company finds cloud ERP integration brings plenty of on-premises work (SearchManufacturingERP.com)
In-house Oracle expertise proved crucial to integrating Salesforce.com’s CRM application through the Informatica Cloud service.
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01 Feb 2012 Oracle partner struggles with Fusion, but gives thumbs-up
Texas-based Oracle partner eVerge Group has had difficulty moving from PeopleSoft to Fusion Applications, largely because the hosted model gives them less control of their application. But overall...
SAP could license HANA to Oracle (Eye on Oracle)
SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott told a German newspaper that the company could license HANA to Oracle, and it's really not that far-fetched.
Storing documents in an Oracle database
One reader asks if it is the best practice to store a document inside an Oracle database.
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26 Jan 2012 Forrester Wave: Informatica, IBM lead data virtualization tools market (SearchDataManagement.com)
Informatica and IBM are the top dogs in the data virtualization software market, thanks to a strong combination of “enterprise-class” features, according to Forrester Research Inc.
Oracle vs. SAP...in databases? (Eye on Oracle)
SAP's proclaims that it wants to be a leader in the database space, taking on Oracle and it's almost 50% market share.
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25 Jan 2012 Creating business rules for Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (SearchOracle)
Data units are the key to forming great business rules for Oracle Hyperion Financial Management, according to Brian Wilson from TopDown Consulting.
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Oracle purchase of Taleo indicates rising SaaS trend SearchOracle.com | 09 Feb 2012
Oracle has spent $3.4 billion on Taleo and RightNow in the past few months, showing that it is serious about hosting applications in the cloud for its customers.