Evaluate

Evaluate

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Exploring middleware technologies and Oracle Fusion tools

  Learn more about Oracle Fusion middleware, Oracle data integration projects and best practices for middleware adoption in this essential guide.Continue Reading

• Oracle in-memory database option: Potential licensing and hardware costs

  Learn about the likely costs involved with the forthcoming Oracle Database 12c In-Memory Option.Continue Reading

• Successful ERP system integration relies on the right ERP philosophy

  Better integration is a main reason for ERP installations. But that doesn't mean the problems will miraculously end at go-live.Continue Reading

• The Oracle big data strategy: Weighing appliance vs. commodity

  The Oracle big data strategy is about you buying a large, expensive server appliance and installing your big data platform on top. Good idea?Continue Reading

• Batch updates to Oracle EPMA metadata

  Learn how to manage your metadata using Oracle EPMA.Continue Reading

• Quiz: Oracle Multitenant and Database 12c

  Test your knowledge of the database virtualization feature Oracle Multitenant and the release of the Oracle 12c database by taking this quiz.Continue Reading

• Guide to Oracle 12c database features and upgrades

  This guide offers a user analysis of Oracle Database 12c features, including the Multitenant add-on, and articles that evaluate the ROI of upgrading.Continue Reading

• OpenWorld attendees learn best practices for upgrading Oracle Solaris

  Get expert tips and advice for making sure the switch to Oracle Solaris 11 goes as smoothly as possible, compiled from a session at OpenWorld 2013.Continue Reading

• Script writing rules for Oracle Hyperion Financial Management

  Accountants hate having to play with scripts. In this tip, TopDown Consulting explains how to build script rules so that accountants don't have to.Continue Reading

• How to tune Oracle instance recovery

  Find out how to tune Oracle instance recovery in this tip from Matthew Morris, a renowned Oracle Database author.Continue Reading

• What's out there for Oracle third-party tools

  Oracle products come with an array of integrated tools, but an ecosystem of third-party tools exists that can make an Oracle developer's life even easier.Continue Reading

• Justify Oracle third-party tools with performance and cost benefits

  Ignore Oracle third-party tools at your own risk and expense, according to contributor Frank Ohlhorst.Continue Reading

• Weigh the benefits of Oracle on mainframe vs. x86

  Until recently, big databases always meant using big iron. But as software and hardware evolves, Oracle on mainframe is becoming less common.Continue Reading

• EA plays the standardization game: Benefits of an Oracle environment

  EA was feeling the limits of its heterogeneous shop. Read on to learn the benefits they found in implementing a standardized Oracle environment.Continue Reading

• Designing a fully automated interface from JD Edwards

  Building a functional interface between JD Edwards and external systems such as a bank relies on six major steps.Continue Reading

• Oracle third-party support has benefits, drawbacks

  Expert Al Marmero describes the pluses and minuses of Oracle third-party support. Cost, quality and potential litigation are all key considerations.Continue Reading

• Oracle Sparc SuperCluster has features of Exadata and Exalogic

  Oracle’s new Sparc server has up to 16 of the new eight-core Sparc T4 chips, but analysts wonder whether it will be enough to keep the Sparc install base interested.Continue Reading

• Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.1 migration features and hiccups

  Migrating to Oracle Hyperion got easier with version 11.1.2.1, but there are some issues such as with Essbase Studio that should be fixed in future versions.Continue Reading

• Oracle ETL tools tutorial

  In this Oracle Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) tutorial, learn how to evaluate Oracle ETL tools, understand ETL concepts and read advice on ETL basics from our panel of experts.Continue Reading

• How to configure Oracle DB_BLOCK_SIZE and Solaris operating system block size

  Read this expert explanation of DB_BLOCK_SIZE vs. operating system block size configuration in an Oracle 10g database operating on Solaris 10.Continue Reading

• Is there any tool to migrate data from DB2 to Oracle?

  Expert Brian Peasland talks about the Oracle Migration Workbench, which can migrate data from DB2 to Oracle.Continue Reading

• Can I resize the SYSTEM tablespace?

  An Oracle user asks if they can resize the SYSTEM tablespace.Continue Reading

• Benefits of a 3NF level of normalization

  An Oracle user asks expert Brian Peasland his general opinion regarding normalizing data in an Oracle database.Continue Reading

• How to move tables from system tablespace to user tablespace

  I want to move a few tables from the system tablespace to a user tablespace. I have some data on the tables, and I also have some user privileges. I want to retain both.Continue Reading

• What is the System Global Area (SGA)?

  Can you tell me what is SGA and how I manage it? What is the importance of it?Continue Reading

• When were the SYS/SYSTEM passwords last changed?

  How can I find out what date the SYS/SYSTEM passwords have been last changed on?Continue Reading