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Oracle PeopleSoft

Six tips for maximizing your PeopleSoft upgrade or other applications

Implementing a PeopleSoft upgrade is one thing. Getting the most out of the upgrade is another story. Continue Reading
Support of Oracle customizations

Sebastian Grady, president of Oracle third-party support firm Rimini Street, explains how Oracle does not support Oracle software customizations. Continue Reading
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
End of support drives Oracle application upgrades, says survey

A recent survey of 327 Oracle application pros by the Oracle Applications Users Group found that end of support was by far the biggest driver for upgrading. Continue Reading
The basics of batch in Oracle environments

Learning how to perform batch processes in all different Oracle environments is a stepping stone toward automating business processes. Continue Reading
Oracle sues third-party support provider Rimini Street for intellectual property theft

Oracle is suing Rimini Street, claiming the third-party support provider has engaged in “massive theft of Oracle's software."Continue Reading
Migrating PeopleSoft app from Sybase to Oracle

I'd like to know if there are published procedures for migrating a PeopleSoft application from a Sybase database to Oracle. One would think that Oracle would hurry to provide such migration paths, but I cannot find any information.Continue Reading
Moving Oracle folder to external hard drive

I have PeopleSoft installed locally on my laptop and it uses Oracle 9i as its database (also local on the C drive). I want to move the oradata folder to my external hard drive to free up space and leave everything else. How can I accomplish this?Continue Reading
Ellison pledges support for PeopleSoft customers

PeopleSoft customers can expect one last upgrade to their existing software and a new version, if Oracle Corp. is successful in taking over the company, said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.Continue Reading

Google takes a run at enterprise cloud data management

New Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian is putting databases and data management at the forefront at Google. The vendor has forged ...

4 factors to consider in a Hadoop distributions comparison

Examine the key characteristics necessary to evaluate in a Hadoop distribution comparison, focusing on enterprise features, ...

Kafka at center of new event processing infrastructure

Events are as important as data in emerging applications underlying many e-commerce efforts. Streams of events tell a company ...

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Augmented data analytics overshadows traditional BI process

Automated functionality is being added to BI software to help users find and analyze data. This handbook looks at the benefits ...

Augmented BI tools speed insights with less manual labor

Through AI, machine learning and NLP, augmented analytics reduces the manual labor of traditional BI work to more quickly and ...

Most in-demand data science skills include ML, Python

Experts detail the skills employers want most in data scientists -- notably machine learning and programming languages -- and why...

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Verizon works to integrate its supply chain management system

Verizon chief procurement officer John Vazquez explains why the company is integrating several SAP systems to help manage more ...

SAP partner program promises to focus on customer happiness

SAP's partner program shifts from sales emphasis to customer happiness; to lead the efforts, SAP named Karl Fahrbach as the ...

Overview of SAP HANA features and how it's being used today

There has been a lot of hype around SAP HANA since it became available nearly a decade ago, but what is it exactly and what role ...

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SQL Server performance tuning best practices for DBAs

Tuning database performance is a complex process, but consultant Joey D'Antoni details a list of SQL Server performance tuning ...

Pros and cons of using SQL Server audit triggers for DBAs

Using triggers to capture audit information in SQL Server can be instrumental in keeping track of database use and changes. But ...

How to resolve and avoid deadlocks in SQL Server databases

Deadlocks are a real hindrance to SQL Server users, but database administrators can avoid them by taking steps to limit them and ...

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Help your developers create a better IT security model

Developers need to be comfortable with their tools to create a strong security model in an organization. Don't overlook these ...

Five RESTful web service client examples for developers

Explore your web service client invocation options with these five examples that enable developers to perform this task at any ...

Red Hat replaces Oracle as OpenJDK 8, OpenJDK 11 steward

Red Hat has taken control of two popular versions of the open source Java implementation, so developers can continue to build ...

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Build a comprehensive outline for your data center budget

Including all necessary data center expenses during budget planning can be daunting. IT managers can start with costs for ...

Open source virtualization expands VM hardware and OS options

Dive into open source virtualization software with VirtualBox, KVM or QEMU. Each offers customizable VM management capabilities ...

4 considerations for choosing a private cloud provider

Key features to look for from a private cloud provider include interoperability, scalability and how familiar admins are with the...

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How cloud services can empower the future of work

The Akumina Employee Experience Platform and Templafy show how cloud services are changing the way employees work, whether the ...

Business objects are the future of content services platforms

The focus of enterprise content management must shift from a CSP-based approach to a business object services model in order to ...

5 unusual ways to use AI in content management

AI offers great opportunity for enhancing enterprise content management. Here are some more unusual use cases for AI that ...

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Diversity in hiring a key to eradicating AI bias

HR is turning to AI systems to help rank and sort job candidates. But the systems like these are mostly designed by men, who may ...

Technology can aid diversity and inclusion in HCM, with caveats

Vendors are increasingly building AI applications to be bias-free to address concerns around diversity and inclusion. The ...

As baby boomers exit, AR and VR tools help to capture their expertise

Demand for virtual and augmented reality tools is soaring, and the need to capture expertise from retiring baby boomers may be ...