April 2012
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April 30, 2012
30
Apr'12
How to save money on Oracle licensing contracts
Eric Guyer, an independent Oracle consultant with Rational IT Partners, explains a couple top ways to save money on Oracle licensing contracts. Continue Reading
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April 30, 2012
30
Apr'12
Oracle Database Appliance has been slow to adoption
Alex Gorbachev, CTO of Pythian, explains why Oracle Database Appliance hasn't seen the rate of adoption that he was expecting. Continue Reading
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April 27, 2012
27
Apr'12
Oracle Fusion Applications: interest vs. adoption
Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) President Mark Clark talks about interest in Fusion Applications as compared to plans for implementation. Continue Reading
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April 27, 2012
27
Apr'12
Oracle applications users increase adoption of cloud computing
Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) President Mark Clark talks about users' general interest in cloud computing, and more specifically, the Oracle Public Cloud. Continue Reading
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April 27, 2012
27
Apr'12
What is a philosophical adoption of CRM?
Simon Boardman, vice president at Eagle Creek Software Services, explains what it means to have a philosophical adoption of CRM. Continue Reading
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April 26, 2012
26
Apr'12
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. Continue Reading
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April 23, 2012
23
Apr'12
Cost savings lure Oracle customers to third-party application support
Going to third-party Oracle support means saving money and possibly having customizations supported. But concerns about upgrades down the road may provide pause. Continue Reading
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April 23, 2012
23
Apr'12
Oracle updates JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and World
Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.1 and JD Edwards World 9.3 are the first major releases in three years for the products, and include features around reporting, security and compliance. Continue Reading
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April 20, 2012
20
Apr'12
Query Tuning for Developer, Beginner DBAs
If you’re a DBA, improving query performance is probably on your mind. Read this excerpt from Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques by Richard Niemiec for his take. Continue Reading
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April 20, 2012
20
Apr'12
This week in Oracle vs Google in a nutshell
This week the software Trial of the Century took off in a San Francisco courtroom as Oracle and Google duke out their intellectual property lawsuit. If you’ve been too busy to follow the case, here’s a cheat sheet. Continue Reading
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April 18, 2012
18
Apr'12
Hyperion upgrade creates issues with migrating Essbase data
One reader asks how to properly migrate Essbase data when upgrading from Hyperion 9.3.1 to 9.3.3 and then 11.1.2.1. Continue Reading
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April 17, 2012
17
Apr'12
Can SAP databases compete with Oracle?
SAP claims it wants to be the No. 2 database vendor by 2015, and it’s pushing to do so. But is its goal realistic, and what is Oracle doing about it? Continue Reading
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April 13, 2012
13
Apr'12
Oracle gets vertical—Industries, that is
Oracle has entered into agreement to purchase cloud-based clinical trial firm ClearTrial. What does this mean for the big picture? Continue Reading
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April 05, 2012
05
Apr'12
Hyperion EPM 11.1.2.2: major release?
Hyperion EPM 11.1.2.2 is technically just a patch, but one top Hyperion consultant argues that it is actually a major release. Continue Reading
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April 05, 2012
05
Apr'12
Oracle vs. HP- Or, how the corporate world is really a lot like grade school
In the case of the ill-fated Itanium chip, multiple companies, including HP and Intel, got a lesson in failure. The now famous debacle has been coined “the joke of the chip industry” by tech blogger Ashlee Vance . Continue Reading
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April 04, 2012
04
Apr'12
Oracle vs. SQL Server faceoff: Oracle Database wins on high availability security
An Oracle user group member argues that Oracle wins in the battle of Oracle vs. SQL Server. Continue Reading
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April 04, 2012
04
Apr'12
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. Continue Reading