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• Oracle Autonomous Database shifts IT focus to strategic planning

  This handbook looks at what Oracle Autonomous Database offers to Oracle users and issues that organizations should consider before using the automated cloud service. Continue Reading

• Oracle Autonomous Database features free DBAs from routine tasks

  Oracle Autonomous Database can automate routine administrative and operational tasks for DBAs and improve productivity, but migrating to the cloud has its share of issues. Continue Reading

• How to manage Oracle database upgrades and annual releases

  Oracle consultants offer tips and advice on upgrading databases, including new considerations created by the annual release schedule that Oracle is now following. Continue Reading

• How Oracle RPA systems can automate business tasks for users

  Robotic process automation software can be integrated into Oracle environments to help strengthen business operations by augmenting workers with software robots. Continue Reading

• Oracle cloud adoption and hybrid cloud adoption pros and cons

  More businesses are adopting cloud systems or thinking about it. But cloud and hybrid cloud setups have pluses and minuses that Oracle users should be aware of. Continue Reading

• Oracle Digital Assistant unifies use of enterprise chatbots

  With Oracle Digital Assistant, users are able to create digital assistants with multiple chatbots that handle different tasks to help increase worker productivity.Continue Reading

• object-oriented database management system (OODBMS)

  An object-oriented database management system (OODBMS), sometimes shortened to ODBMS for object database management system, is a database management system (DBMS) that supports the modelling and creation of data as objects.Continue Reading

• Oracle Database 19c new features and what users need to know

  Oracle Database 19c is the last update to the 12c Release 2 line of Oracle's database software. This handbook examines its new features and potential reasons to upgrade.Continue Reading

• Oracle 19c database software promises stability, compatibility

  Oracle Database 19c offers automatic indexing and support for external data partitions but carries upgrade issues like apps certification and index creation agreement.Continue Reading

• First take on Oracle 19c: 6 useful enhancements for DBAs

  Database administrator Brian Peasland lists some of the new and updated features coming in Oracle Database 19c that he thinks will be beneficial to Oracle users.Continue Reading

• Future of Oracle centers on the cloud, AI and automation

  Oracle deepened its embrace of cloud computing, AI software and IT automation tools in 2018. What can users expect from it in 2019? More of the same, most likely.Continue Reading

• Key new features coming in Oracle Database 19c

  With Oracle Database 19c, Oracle is aiming to boost the stability of its flagship software's latest generation. But 19c also offers DBAs a variety of added features.Continue Reading

• The real Oracle cloud strategy that may work vs. AWS and Azure

  Oracle's database software is at the heart of its efforts to move users to its cloud. And that strategy might work, despite Oracle's inauspicious standing in the cloud now.Continue Reading

• Why to give third-party Oracle database monitoring tools a try

  Oracle DBAs can use features in Oracle Enterprise Manager under database licenses. But third-party tools may aid efforts to monitor and tune database performance.Continue Reading

• DataScience.com set to drive Oracle cloud analytics efforts

  Oracle's cloud strategy includes machine learning jobs that differ from the usual SQL analytics. The company is turning to its DataScience.com purchase to fill the gap.Continue Reading

• What the 3 versions of Oracle Cloud at Customer offer users

  Oracle's Cloud at Customer service lets users run its cloud technologies in their data centers. Here's what users get in the different versions of the managed service.Continue Reading

• Oracle OpenWorld 2018 news, trends and analysis

  At its OpenWorld 2018 conference, Oracle tried to position its cloud platform as well-suited for enterprise uses. This guide compiles coverage of key developments from the event.Continue Reading

• Users look to Oracle Autonomous Database to lighten IT load

  Early users are kicking the tires of Autonomous Database, attracted by Oracle's pledge that the cloud technology will automate database administration chores.Continue Reading

• Updated Oracle Gen 2 Cloud aims to challenge cloud leaders

  With enhancements to its Autonomous Database technology and cloud infrastructure security services, Oracle is trying to gain ground on Amazon and other cloud rivals.Continue Reading

• Oracle Mobile Cloud helps place privacy engine on cloud

  For Virtual Artifacts, the decision to go with Oracle's cloud was tipped by Oracle Mobile Cloud and a related bot platform -- and the self-driving Autonomous Database.Continue Reading

• Q&A: Oracle adaptive intelligence strategy pervades apps

  From IT to HCM to sales, AI and machine learning capabilities have been added to a variety of Oracle's offerings through Oracle AI Apps. And the vendor says there's more to come.Continue Reading

• Breaking down AI-infused Oracle Autonomous Cloud services

  Oracle offers a variety of AI-infused cloud services that it says will automate common administrative and operational tasks for users. Here's a look at what's available now.Continue Reading

• How Oracle DBA responsibilities change with Autonomous Database

  Oracle's Autonomous Database automates basic tasks of database administrators. That may put some DBA jobs at risk, but many will shift to higher-level duties.Continue Reading

• Oracle 18c features give DBAs incremental database capabilities

  Oracle Database 18c is really another version of 12c Release 2 with a different name. It doesn't contain major new features, but it does expand functionality in various areas.Continue Reading

• Using Oracle 12c Unified Auditing to set database audit policies

  Oracle Database 12c's built-in Unified Auditing feature streamlines the database auditing process, including creation and implementation of audit policies. Here's how that works.Continue Reading

• Big Data Cloud Service streamlines Oracle Hadoop deployments

  As part of its Big Data Cloud Service, Oracle provides a set of internal and external tools designed to help users efficiently deploy and manage Hadoop-based big data systems.Continue Reading

• Oracle HCM Cloud vs. Workday HCM: Which one is right for you?

  Oracle and Workday are battling each other to gain an edge in the human capital management market. Here's how their suites of cloud HCM applications stack up against one another.Continue Reading

• What you can get with Oracle MySQL Cloud Service

  Oracle's MySQL Cloud Service enables users to run MySQL databases in the cloud. Here's a rundown of the features and tools included in the cloud-based version of the open source database.Continue Reading

• Take control of your Oracle contracts -- and stop fearing Oracle

  Dealing with Oracle on software contracts can seem like a scary task, but it doesn't have to be if you take control of the licensing process.Continue Reading

• MySQL Community Server vs. Oracle MySQL databases

  With various open source and commercial options available from Oracle, selecting a MySQL database can be confusing. Here's a comparison to help you decide which one makes sense for you.Continue Reading

• Enterprise cloud storage boosted by Oracle Cloud Converged Storage

  Hybrid cloud storage systems sound great in theory. So why has it taken vendors so long to produce one that's actually 'hybrid'?Continue Reading

• Oracle BICS and Oracle DVCS offer two flavors of data visualization

  Oracle's business intelligence and data visualization cloud services include similar visual analytics features and are often confused with one another. But they're two different things.Continue Reading

• Ten reasons to do an Oracle database upgrade

  For every excuse made not to upgrade an Oracle database, there are overriding reasons to do so. Here are the top reasons organizations should move up to Oracle Database 12c.Continue Reading

• Cloud push complicates Oracle contracts, compliance efforts

  In order to predict what 2017 holds for Oracle licensing, a look to the company's past can help reveal where it's headed -- and that means more pressure on users to go to the cloud.Continue Reading

• What happened to the Oracle PULA software licensing contract?

  Word of a purported Oracle Perpetual Unlimited License Agreement slipped out last year, but nothing has been heard since. Oracle's silence on the PULA is all about the cloud, experts say.Continue Reading

• Oracle IaaS update a 'smart move' to bolster its cloud platforms

  Oracle IaaS is joining its SaaS and PaaS efforts as it tries to gain share in the cloud. Consultancy Accenture is helping with a database performance lab and managed services.Continue Reading

• Oracle cloud technology brings a chain reaction of change

  At Oracle OpenWorld 2016, Oracle cloud technology was the big topic of conversation. The editors of SearchOracle and SearchDataManagement discuss what they've heard about cloud.Continue Reading

• Next-gen IaaS and no-code apps create cloud opportunities

  OAUG President-elect Alyssa Johnson discusses the cloud opportunities Oracle opened up with its recent announcement and how trends like no-code apps will affect the business.Continue Reading

• Dissecting Oracle cloud database futures with DBMS vet Guy Harrison

  Oracle has seen the future, and it is cloud databases. 'Next Generation Databases' author Guy Harrison tells you what to expect.Continue Reading

• Cloud and Oracle Engineered Systems push changes in IT

  Oracle's investments in the cloud and its Oracle Engineered Systems are changing the landscape of IT. IOUG President Maria Anderson talks about turning a challenge into an opportunity.Continue Reading

• Test Hyperion EPM on the cheap with built-in software functions

  Expert Hoa Pham details the self-styled 'Scrappy Performance Test,' a low-cost method of load testing Hyperion systems that uses features of the software instead of third-party testing tools.Continue Reading

• Oracle high availability tools help DBAs avoid unplanned downtime

  High availability features are critical to reducing unplanned downtime on Oracle databases. Database manager Ashish Kumar Mehta shares the causes of downtime and how to resolve them.Continue Reading

• Oracle in the cloud holds possibilities for users

  Companies that want to keep up with the times have been making the push to the cloud for years. But, sometimes, they begin offering products without having figured out how to replicate in the cloud what they do on premises; other times, users are ...Continue Reading

• Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c gives DBAs new cloud tools

  The latest version of Oracle Enterprise Manager is designed to make life easier for DBAs working in the cloud. Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c has new features for the cloud.Continue Reading

• Big Data Discovery may put Oracle back in BI Magic Quadrant

  Oracle didn't make it onto Gartner's 2016 BI Magic Quadrant, but analyst Josh Parenteau says new products like Big Data Discovery and Visual Analyzer show modernization for next year.Continue Reading

• Oracle cloud customers link vendor support, cloud adoption

  Rebecca Wettemann, vice president of Nucleus Research, answers questions on cloud adoption, third-party support and how that support promotes adoption for Oracle cloud customers.Continue Reading

• The link between third-party vendor support and the cloud

  In this question and answer session, Nucleus Research Vice President Rebecca Wettemann explains the current trends in third-party vendor support, cloud adoption and how they relate.Continue Reading

• OAUG president targets Oracle customer support, young members

  The new OAUG president had a good first experience with Oracle support. But there's always room for improvement, and she has since worked to take Oracle support from phone to online.Continue Reading

• School district rethinks EBS after Oracle extended support ends

  A Colorado school district moved some business applications from Oracle EBS to Workday, then switched to Rimini Street's EBS support services after Oracle wouldn't lower its support costs.Continue Reading

• As new systems launch, let's look at the SPARC M7 processor

  Oracle has begun to roll out products based on the SPARC M7 chip. Will they live up to the company's hype? Expert Robert Sheldon offers an overview of the processor.Continue Reading

• Oracle's cloud analytics platform comprises several tools

  Oracle Analytics Cloud rounds up a number of the company's business intelligence and big data cloud services. Expert Robert Sheldon takes a look at the cloud analytics platform.Continue Reading

• OAUG head on Oracle cloud strategy at Oracle OpenWorld 2015

  In a video Q&A from Oracle OpenWorld 2015, Melissa English, president of the Oracle Applications Users Group, discusses the importance of the Oracle cloud and the OAUG's future plans.Continue Reading

• What you need to know about Oracle Social Network

  Oracle Social Network is a cloud-only tool that connects Fusion applications users, facilitating real-time conversation while keeping them secure and private.Continue Reading

• New services complete Oracle Cloud Platform offering, Ellison says

  The addition of more than two dozen cloud computing services will allow users to move everything in their data centers to the Oracle cloud, according to CTO Larry Ellison.Continue Reading

• Oracle eyes Zero-touch provisioning for NaaS startups

  Oracle plans to use its demonstration project from a TM Forum conference to help NaaS companies design hybrid network products using zero-touch provisioning.Continue Reading

• Mast Mobile device manager thrives with Oracle billing software

  Mast Mobile device manager needed billing and rating features for its, and chose Oracle's Billing and Revenue Management to get there.Continue Reading

• Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c R5 focuses on the hybrid cloud

  Release 5 of Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c adds new features for managing hybrid cloud environments. Oracle hopes OEM 12c R5 will help interest large companies in using the cloud.Continue Reading

• Oracle adopts data leak prevention tool Ghostery

  Oracle partners with Ghostery to track down data leaks and demos next-generation networking for the Catalyst project.Continue Reading

• IOUG president on Oracle cloud services strategy, big data usage

  In a Q&A, John Matelski, president of the IOUG, answers questions about Oracle's cloud strategy and his own organization's business intelligence and big data analytics initiatives.Continue Reading

• Analytics drives Las Vegas at the Collaborate conference

  Las Vegas is an analytics-driven city. With the rarity of cities collecting data like Las Vegas does, Oracle has an interest in Raghav Venkat's data.Continue Reading

• Collaborate conference needs to go back to square one, says presenter

  Michael Brown thinks that the Collaborate conference has gotten away from its roots in education. At Collaborate 15, he is presenting sessions for new users and experienced ones.Continue Reading

• Oracle’s session border controler powers Next Generation 911

  Morgan County, Ohio, is the first in its area to upgrade to Next Generation 911 for emergency calls. Oracle's session border controller is key to its success.Continue Reading

• Pythian consultants assess Oracle big data, cloud strategies

  Consultants Paul Vallee and Keith Millar talk about what they saw as the highlights of Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Oracle's big data and cloud services offerings.Continue Reading

• Idexx uses Oracle EM for monitoring, plans EM provisioning

  Systems admin Brett Curtis proved the value of Oracle Enterprise Manager to Idexx. He uses EM for monitoring and he wants to move on to provisioning.Continue Reading

• Coexistence is the word for the latest Oracle cloud strategy

  Larry Ellison's recent announcement, made at the 2014 Oracle OpenWorld conference, that the company was refocusing itself on the cloud, made waves in the Oracle user community. Primarily because the company's plan to bring its Fusion Applications to...Continue Reading

• Oracle cloud strategy is to coexist with on-premises

  Oracle updates its on-premises applications while it is investing in cloud services. Despite market concern, Oracle says coexistence is its strategy.Continue Reading

• What changes with Ellison no longer CEO of Oracle?

  Larry Ellison stepped down as Oracle CEO for a position as CTO and executive chairman. His vision remains integral to Oracle's development; only time can tell whether that will push Oracle ahead or hold it back.Continue Reading

• Thumbs up to Oracle's cloud database service, down to cloud washing

  Oracle founder and CTO Larry Ellison's cloud-focused opening keynote speech at the vendor's Oracle OpenWorld 2014 conference was a mix of the substantial and the specious.Continue Reading

• A farewell to Oracle founder Larry Ellison as CEO. Kind of.

  Oracle executives say "nothing to see here" as Larry Ellison relinquishes CEO. Logic dictates otherwise.Continue Reading

• Flip the switch and turn on Oracle Database In-Memory

  Oracle Database In-Memory turns Oracle Database 12c into an in-memory database. It promises to accelerate performance for both analytics and queries using its dual format architecture. Find out more from a beta tester.Continue Reading

• Nailing down a business case for Oracle Fusion Applications

  Oracle Fusion Applications, a suite of enterprise resource planning applications, get a lot of air time. Still, evidence has shown that adoption has yet to hit a blistering pace. While Oracle promises the new applications will bring genuine business...Continue Reading

• Oracle Big Data SQL brings together SQL, Hadoop, NoSQL

  The new option for the Oracle Big Data Appliance, Oracle Big Data SQL, can simultaneously query Hadoop, NoSQL and SQL data and extend Oracle's management and security tools to all of them.Continue Reading

• The evolution of Oracle Fusion Cloud Services

  Robert Sheldon explains the history of Oracle Fusion Applications and the important choice between software-as-a-service and on-premises deployment.Continue Reading

• Q4 drops Oracle stock, but cloud may be silver lining

  In recent Oracle news, the Q4 report drops Oracle stock, but Ellison more focused on cloud gains. Oracle released new Virtual Compute Appliance.Continue Reading

• No normalization unexpected In-Memory option top feature

  Oracle Database In-Memory option beta tester didn't go for Ellison's big-ticket items. He calls freedom from normalization the best use case.Continue Reading

• Oracle Database In-Memory option something to remember

  Oracle will soon release its Oracle Database In-Memory option. Experts are impressed with what they say are never-before-seen features.Continue Reading

• Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c R4 focuses on cloud, IT efficiency

  Oracle announced Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Release 4, an upgrade that offers new features for managing both enterprise stacks and private clouds.Continue Reading

• Oracle avoids usual lock-in strategy for its OpenStack development

  Latest versions of Oracle Linux and VM will release with OpenStack integrated. OpenStack development is a chance for Oracle to support community.Continue Reading

• Lydall says no to Oracle's forced updates, upgrades with Rimini Street

  Rimini Street helped Lydall get away from forced updates and upgrade between two versions of Oracle EBS not supported by Oracle.Continue Reading

• Oracle's one-size-fits-all big data management strategy doesn't fit

  After Team Oracle's victory in the America's Cup, it's clear that the company is hot on big data -- and not just the technology necessary to make use of it. Oracle shops, too, need to be ready to take advantage of big data. And, as readers will ...Continue Reading

• GenieDB provides geo-distribution for Phyken Media's battling wizards

  GenieDB demonstrates its high availability geo-distribution with Phyken Media's Wizard Ops Tactics.Continue Reading

• Oracle releases Solaris 11.2 cloud OS with OpenStack

  A review and preview of the latest version of Oracle Solaris, Solaris 11.2.Continue Reading

• Oracle ERP software implementation tips and trends

  In this guide, get expert advice for successful Oracle ERP implementation and insights into the future of enterprise resource planning software.Continue Reading

• Oracle gets away from relational DB with NoSQL database architecture

  Robert Sheldon traces the roots of NoSQL, shows the important features of the Oracle NoSQL Database architecture, and describes its implementation.Continue Reading

• Mobile data collection platform ices Blue Bell's transaction drops

  Blue Bell Creameries was frustrated with an inflexible mobile data collection platform that frequently dropped transactions. So what to do?Continue Reading

• Willis develops app to put a personal touch back in voluntary benefits

  Part two of a two-part article: Willis uses PeopleSoft 9.1 to bring back the personal feel to automated insurance selection for voluntary benefits.Continue Reading

• Willis develops app for real-time voluntary benefit selection

  Part one of a two-part article: Willis uses PeopleSoft 9.1 to create real-time automated insurance selection for voluntary benefits.Continue Reading

• Database 12c puts Oracle private cloud deployments more in reach

  Pythian database consultant Marc Fielding explains how some of the new features in Oracle Database 12c can help enable private clouds.Continue Reading

• The case for commodity hardware vs. Oracle Exadata architecture

  A former Oracle sales rep does a 180 by pushing his company not to buy an Exadata system, but to upgrade existing data center infrastructure instead.Continue Reading

• Oracle data analytics tools target a spectrum of user needs

  In an Oracle Collaborate session on Oracle data analytics, an expert outlined the range of tools available -- from canned reports to big data analysis.Continue Reading

• Oracle RDBMS vs. NoSQL databases in the era of big data

  While NoSQL databases are a lower-cost, scalable alternative to Oracle RDBMS, they pose risks of data loss, says an expert at Oracle Collaborate 2014.Continue Reading

• Collaborate 2014: Gaining greater value from software investments

  In our Collaborate 2014 tweet jam, experts offer key insight into the software buying process -- and how to gain greater value from investments.Continue Reading

• Oracle has a new security tool for Database 12c, data redaction

  Oracle Database 12c adds a new security tool, data redaction. Here are step-by-step processes for using data redaction for data masking.Continue Reading

• Oracle 12c's heat map tool and data optimization can improve storage

  The heat map tool and Automatic Data Optimization features in Oracle 12c should help Oracle database shops improve data storage and compression.Continue Reading

• OAUG Q&A: What's ahead for Oracle ERP systems and Fusion

  Alyssa Johnson, president of OAUG, discusses the future of Oracle Fusion Applications and their coexistence with cloud in this Q&A session.Continue Reading

• How to step up performance with Oracle in-memory database options

  This guide examines the benefits and drawbacks of Oracle in-memory tools, offering insights from experienced users, analysts and experts.Continue Reading

• Oracle Mobile Security Suite rehashes Identity Manager and Bitzer Mobile

  Michelle Malcher, president of IOUG, discusses Oracle Mobile Security Suite and how using pre-existing technology can be a value-add.Continue Reading

• Oracle-Rimini ruling shows value of your software licensing agreement

  Yes, the Oracle-Rimini Street lawsuit is about third-party support, but really it's about the nitty-gritty in your software licensing agreement.Continue Reading

• Using Oracle Business Accelerators could speed up ERP deployment

  Oracle Business Accelerators require midsize companies to work with a partner, but may ease some ERP deployment pains.Continue Reading

• Achieving Oracle database consolidation with 12c and multi-tenant

  Suffering from database sprawl? You might want to try Oracle Database 12c for database consolidation to ease management and infrastructure costs.Continue Reading