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Oracle Database hosting quiz: In-house, hosted or cloud systems?

Take this 10-question quiz to find out if your Oracle databases should be run on-premises, in a hosted environment or in the cloud. 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
Quiz: How well do you know Oracle Fusion Apps?

Not sure if your organization is ready for Fusion Apps? Test your knowledge of Oracle Fusion Applications by taking this brief quiz. Continue Reading
Quiz: How well do you know Oracle Solaris 11?

From the basics to specific commands, this quiz will test you on how well you know Solaris 11 and where you might want to brush up a bit. Continue Reading
Oracle Enterprise Manager quiz

Test your knowledge of Oracle Enterprise Manager by taking this OEM quiz. Continue Reading

Lessons Learned Quiz #2: Grid computing

Another Lessons Learned series is complete. Now try your hand at this short quiz on Oracle10g and grid computing. Continue Reading
Lessons Learned Quiz #1: Performance tuning

Now that the first Lessons Learned series is complete, try your hand at this short quiz on performance tuning. Continue Reading
Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz #2: Backup and recovery for high availability

How much do you know about backup and recovery? We challenge you to test your skills by taking our second Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz. Continue Reading
Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz #2: Answer key

Check your answers to our backup and recovery Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz. Continue Reading
Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz #1: Oracle9i Web development

How much do you know about Oracle9i Web development? We challenge you to test your skills by taking our first Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz. Continue Reading
Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz #1: Answer key

Check your answers to our first Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz. Continue Reading

The Oracle Guru Question #20

How well do you know Oracle? Take our quiz and find out. Continue Reading
The Oracle Guru Answer #20

Did you guess correctly to this week's quiz? Check yourself here. Continue Reading
The Oracle Guru Answer #19

Did you guess correctly? Check your answer to this week's quiz. Continue Reading
The Oracle Guru Question #19

Are you an Oracle guru? Take our quiz and see how much you really know about Oracle. Continue Reading

Chief data officer skills tested by AI tech blitz

A reporter's notebook from a recent MIT symposium provides insights on chief data officer needs, as the AI wave starts to hit ...

Open source database software finally gets down to business

Once used primarily in web applications, open source databases are finding a place in more mission-critical business systems -- a...

Open source RDBMS uses spurred by lower costs, cloud options

Open source technologies have become more capable alternatives to mainstream relational databases for cost-conscious users -- and...

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Reddit and the aspiring data scientist

For amateur data scientists, Reddit provides the opportunity to post about personal projects, chat with like-minded people and ...

Talking Data: AI advances and the MIT Startup Exchange

The Talking Data podcast team discusses some of the MIT startups that are making advances in AI and natural language processing.

Tableau BI gets Extensions API in version 2018.2 update

Tableau's BI software sees general release of a 2018.2 update with an API for dashboard extensions, while a 2018.3 beta adds more...

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud update adds functionality for two industries

SAP focuses on manufacturing and professional services with the new features it's adding to S/4HANA Cloud. The enhancements are a...

French transit develops chatbot with SAP Conversational AI

The transit system in the Paris metropolitan area is tackling an AI-driven chatbot project to create an easy way for riders to ...

Renewed push for Business One could boost SAP SMB strategy

SAP has strived to dispel a reputation for pricey, hard to deploy ERP with aggressive marketing and products for small businesses...

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2 ways to attach SQL Server database files to Linux containers

SQL Server files can be stored outside of Docker containers in host directories or volumes. Here's how to set up SQL Server on ...

Get started with SQL Operations Studio in 7 steps

Microsoft's newest tool, SQL Operations Studio, provides DBAs with a free, lightweight option for managing SQL Server and Azure ...

Quick start tips for using the new MSSQL-CLI SQL query tool

The new MSSQL-CLI command-line tool provides many enhancements over SQLCMD CLI that enable you to quickly write and run T-SQL ...

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10 Git quiz questions to test your distributed version control skills

Test your distributed version control knowledge with this 10 Git questions quiz. It's a quick test that will see how well you ...

Meaning of inversion of control in Spring and Java: IoC explained

What is inversion of control, and why has inversion of control in Spring and Java become such a core development concept?

Ten Jenkins quiz questions to test your install and config IQ

Here are 10 Jenkins questions designed to test your knowledge of the build tool. Think you know continuous integration well? Take...

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Converged data center migration practices to avoid data loss

Refreshing data center hardware is no simple task, especially for organizations with multiple workflows. Before completing an ...

14 SIEM reports and alerts to boost security

Setting up an SIEM reporting infrastructure requires an overall knowledge of what data capture is available. With standard ...

IBM Power9 servers add reliability, reduce maintenance costs

IBM looks to grab high-end hardware market share from archrival Intel with the introduction of two Power9 servers that offer ...

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Box AI, workflow automation strategies about to unfold

Box is set to reveal new AI and workflow automation tools to add to its cloud content services platform -- technology seen as key...

Office 365 SharePoint Online features raise CIO concerns

Most of Office 365's products can help solve specific challenges facing CIOs, but they also seem to compete directly with some of...

Content services platforms are the new incarnation of ECM

A tribal council is preserving British Columbia's native languages with the help of a newer type of content management platform ...

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Gartner analyst sees limit to tech's ability to fix hiring bias

The best approach to fixing hiring bias is through an analysis of actual hiring data, a Gartner analyst advises. New technologies...

Employee turnover prediction takes aim at rising quit rate

The economy is encouraging employees to look for new jobs, and the quit rates are rising. HR has a variety of tools and methods ...

5 keys to ensuring your new SaaS HR system excels

Running HR in the public cloud brings data, integration and change management issues. Here are tips on overcoming the biggest ...