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Oracle analytics: Real time isn’t for everyone
Gaining business insights from company data is no longer just something on the organizational wish list; it's a must-have. But that doesn't mean it's free. Oracle shops starting up business analytics projects must take heed and determine what informa... E-Handbook
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How to evaluate data warehouse appliances
This e-book provides detailed expert advice on how to evaluate, select and prepare your organization for a data warehouse appliance. Find out about the best data warehouse appliances on the market and how to utilize them to ensure success. E-Book
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Efficiency more than a pipe dream with JD Edwards applications
The Womble Company, an industrial pipe coating company, needed more efficient JD Edwards reporting applications. Learn how they found the right match. Case Study
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In-memory technology pushes analytics boundaries, boosts BI speeds
In-memory appliances amp up business intelligence performance by moving processing off of disks. But cost and other issues need to be considered. Feature
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Collaborate 2013 Oracle user groups show guide
Collaborate 2013 is one of the biggest Oracle user group conferences of the year, and SearchOracle.com editors are on hand to cover it from start to finish. Collaborate 2013
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Hadoop for big data requires IT-wide teams, like Oracle Exadata
Oracle Exadata forces IT silos to talk to one another, and Hadoop big data projects will do the same. Feature
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Top 10 SAP versus Oracle showdowns
SAP and Oracle's feuds are legendary -- and public. Here's a list of stories from SearchOracle and SearchSAP on the two companies' epic showdowns. Feature
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Faceoff: Oracle Exalytics, a true appliance, surpasses SAP HANA
Oracle Exalytics has backwards compatibility, innovative in-memory database features and is a true appliance, making it better than SAP HANA. Faceoff
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Real-time data collection for Oracle data warehouses
Time is almost always an issue when it comes to extracting information from data warehousing software. Data integration can help. Feature
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Collaborate 2012 Oracle user groups show guide
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BI market eked out growth in 2009, but CPM sales stagnated
A strong fourth quarter helped the business intelligence (BI) market eke out positive growth in 2009, but CPM revenue remained flat for the year. News
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Oracle data warehousing tutorial
In this Oracle data warehousing tutorial, learn data warehousing basics and data warehousing concepts. Get tips on using data warehousing tools, find out the most useful Oracle data warehousing features and learn about the most common data warehousi... Learning Guide
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Subtle, meaningful differences in right-time and real-time analytics
The differences between right-time and real-time analytics are subtle, but the technologies used and the actionable results could prove monumental. News | 25 Apr 2013
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NoSQL vs. SQL: What's best for the different data types of BI?
With all the different segments of data in BI, are SQL or NoSQL efficient enough to handle all of your organization's data, or are platform-based technologies the answer? News | 06 Feb 2013
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Advanced Oracle analytics a major focus of BI summit
Advanced Oracle analytics, including big data, NoSQL and the R programming language, will be a major focus of a BI summit to be held in the Bay Area in January, according to one of its organizers. Q&A | 03 Jan 2013
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Oracle survey says poor data management causes 13% revenue loss
A recent Oracle survey found a $1 billion company is losing $130 million per year in revenue due to poor data management. Some are skeptical. News | 17 Jul 2012
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Retail developer builds Oracle business intelligence on JD Edwards
Retail development company Benderson Development used a “build and buy” approach to creating its Oracle business intelligence platform on top of JD Edwards. News | 26 Apr 2012
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Oracle business analytics update includes Hyperion 11.1.2.2
The step upgrade to Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.2 is probably the biggest piece of the business analytics announcements the company made this week. It also offered new analytics ties to SAP. News | 04 Apr 2012
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Oracle Exalytics helps in-memory become a commodity
Oracle Exalytics, the company’s in-memory BI server appliance, became generally available on Monday. One expert expects in-memory’s speedy processing to eventually become a commodity. News | 27 Feb 2012
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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. News | 08 Feb 2012
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LinkShare explains why it dumped DB2 for the Exadata database machine
LinkShare’s BI director says the need for scalability was a key factor in moving the affiliate marketing company’s data warehouse to Oracle Exadata. Q&A | 15 Dec 2011
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Oracle announces Exalytics BI, big data systems
Oracle launched two new systems on Sunday, one called Oracle Exalytics with in-memory technology and another, the Oracle Big Data Appliance for Hadoop and NoSQL. News | 03 Oct 2011
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Accessing Hyperion financial information from mobile devices
Pushing Oracle Hyperion financial information to mobile devices means considering what data to push there and what kind of devices your workers have. Tip
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Las Vegas expands its Oracle business intelligence horizons for better government transparency
The city of Las Vegas underwent a three-year Oracle business intelligence project to bring more data to its employees and the public. The city's IT manager explains how it happened. Tip
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In-memory databases: Oracle TimesTen vs. Sybase ASE, part 2
In this second part, expert Mich Talebzadeh looks at how Sybase’s Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) in-memory database compares with Oracle TimesTen. Tip
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In-memory databases: Oracle TimesTen vs. Sybase ASE
In this first part, expert Mich Talebzadeh looks at the Oracle TimesTen in-memory database, detailing how it works and explaining when it’s beneficial over a traditional relational database management system. Tip
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Top five data management buzzwords
We know the alphabet soup of IT acronyms can get confusing, so we've gathered a short list of the top data management terms you need to know: customer data integration, corporate performance management, master data management, Software as a Service a... Tip
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SQL analytics: A self-service model
SQL analytics is one of the best-kept secrets of the Oracle database. It represents the latest advancement in the evolution of delivering powerful analytic capabilities to end users. This article reviews a brief history at attempts to deliver analyt... Tip
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Core principles of data warehouse design
This excerpt from "Database Modeling and Design: Logical Design, Fourth Edition" by Toby Teorey provides an overview of the fundamentals of data warehousing, one of the three core tools of business intelligence. Tip
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Learning Guide: Data warehousing and business intelligence
This learning guide compiles articles, analysis, tips and expert advice on basic and in-depth data warehousing and business intelligence topics. Tip
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Saving lives with Oracle
Thanks to rapidly falling disk costs, companies can now afford to store trillions of bytes of valuable information. However, data professionals know that the real challenge is making sense from these huge data stores and mining them for statisticall... Tip
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The BI application consolidation challenge
Whether through departmental purchases, mergers or acquisitions, companies have a myriad of BI tools. Consolidating it is a task fraught with challenges. Tip
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What is a staging table, and how is the staging concept used in Oracle?
Expert Brian Peasland gives an example of what the staging concept is and how to use a staging table in Oracle. Ask the Expert
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Documents for beginner to E-Business Suite
I'm a beginner to Oracle E-Business Suite. It's very difficult for me to understand workflow notifications, mailers, etc. Can you tell where I can download some good documents? Ask the Expert
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Reducing time to process a query
We are using Oracle Business Intelligence 10g. When we click on a worksheet it takes so much time to process the query. Is there any possibility that we can reduce this elapsed time of querying? Ask the Expert
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Producing a nested output
We have an emp table in Oracle. From that, I need to generate an output like this, for example: john smith sudheer deptno1 300 2400 2500 deptno2 2600 2700 2800. Can this be achived? If so, how? Ask the Expert
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Difference between E-Business Suite 11.5.6 and 11.5.9
Is there any document that can give me the difference between Oracle E-Business Suite release 11.5.6 vs. 11.5.9? Ask the Expert
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Can ETL tools handle complicated business logic?
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What hardware should be purchased for data warehousing?
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Recommendations for a 7 TB data warehouse in mixed workload environment
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Questions about ETL and business intelligence tools
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What is your opinion on third party rapid extract tools?
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virtual (federated) database
A virtual database, also called a federated database, is a system in which several databases appear to function as a single entity. Definition
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bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the science of developing computer databases and algorithms for the purpose of speeding up and enhancing biological research. Definition
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Why Ray Wang is excited about Collaborate 2013
Find out what analyst R 'Ray' Wang of Constellation Research is most excited about regarding the upcoming 2013 Oracle Collaborate conference. Podcast
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The finer points of Oracle applications and Oracle Business Accelerators
DAZ consulting group's Deborah Arnold takes some time out of OpenWorld to talk about Oracle Business Accelerators and Oracle applications. Video
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Oracle Exadata: Is it right for you?
Listen to our conversation about Oracle Exadata, 'big data' and the new Exadata with Oracle ACE Christo Kutrovsky at OpenWorld. Video
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Don Burleson breaks down Oracle’s business intelligence strategy
Oracle consultant Don Burleson evaluates the job Oracle has done in pulling together its collection of business intelligence/performance management products into a cohesive Oracle BI strategy. Podcast
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BI strategies of Oracle and the megavendors
Mark Smith, CEO of Ventana Research, compares Oracle's business intelligence software to SAP and IBM. Oracle's recent database and middleware releases impact the stack but customers need to keep a close eye on TCO, Smith says. Video
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Ventana's Mark Smith on Hyperion and Oracle BI
SearchOracle.com caught up with Mark Smith, CEO of Ventana Research at OpenWorld recently. Smith shared his thoughts on the integration of Hyperion and Oracle's BI and performance management products. Video
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Customizing reports in Oracle CRM On Demand
Michael Lairson, author of Oracle CRM on Demand Reporting, shares tips for using the reporting feature, such as optimizing report performance and solving common reporting problems. Podcasts
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Subtle, meaningful differences in right-time and real-time analytics
The differences between right-time and real-time analytics are subtle, but the technologies used and the actionable results could prove monumental. News
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Efficiency more than a pipe dream with JD Edwards applications
The Womble Company, an industrial pipe coating company, needed more efficient JD Edwards reporting applications. Learn how they found the right match. Case Study
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In-memory technology pushes analytics boundaries, boosts BI speeds
In-memory appliances amp up business intelligence performance by moving processing off of disks. But cost and other issues need to be considered. Feature
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Oracle analytics: Real time isn’t for everyone
Gaining business insights from company data is no longer just something on the organizational wish list; it's a must-have. But that doesn't mean it's free. Oracle shops starting up business analytics projects must take heed and determine what informa... E-Handbook
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Collaborate 2013 Oracle user groups show guide
Collaborate 2013 is one of the biggest Oracle user group conferences of the year, and SearchOracle.com editors are on hand to cover it from start to finish. Collaborate 2013
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Hadoop for big data requires IT-wide teams, like Oracle Exadata
Oracle Exadata forces IT silos to talk to one another, and Hadoop big data projects will do the same. Feature
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Why Ray Wang is excited about Collaborate 2013
Find out what analyst R 'Ray' Wang of Constellation Research is most excited about regarding the upcoming 2013 Oracle Collaborate conference. Podcast
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NoSQL vs. SQL: What's best for the different data types of BI?
With all the different segments of data in BI, are SQL or NoSQL efficient enough to handle all of your organization's data, or are platform-based technologies the answer? News
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Advanced Oracle analytics a major focus of BI summit
Advanced Oracle analytics, including big data, NoSQL and the R programming language, will be a major focus of a BI summit to be held in the Bay Area in January, according to one of its organizers. Q&A
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Accessing Hyperion financial information from mobile devices
Pushing Oracle Hyperion financial information to mobile devices means considering what data to push there and what kind of devices your workers have. Tip
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About Oracle business intelligence and analytics
Oracle's BI product line, which now includes Hyperion, PeopleSoft and Siebel technologies, is complex and ever-changing. You'll find answers to your Oracle business intelligence (BI) and analytics questions in this section.