Tips

Tips

• Oracle Application Builder Cloud Service builds no-code apps

  Oracle encourages nonprogrammers to try their hand at development with the Oracle Application Builder Cloud Service, where they can use business objects to build no-code Web apps.  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

• How to use services to balance Oracle RAC database workloads

  Database administrators can use Oracle's services mechanism to improve application performance and better manage clustered Oracle RAC databases. Expert Brian Peasland explains how.  Continue Reading

• How to make sense of Oracle licenses for VMware environments

  Oracle licenses are a tricky subject and Oracle licensing for VMware environments doubly so. Find out about the important documents and policies that guide Oracle licensing and VMware.  Continue Reading

• Oracle RAC database: A guide to creating helpful services

  Oracle RAC database services provide benefits to the database architecture. See how you can use Oracle Listener and the srvctl utility to create these services.  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

• Using Oracle ADDM reports to resolve SQL performance problems: Step-by step guide

  Using Oracle ADDM is an effective way to resolve SQL performance problems, according to Brian Peasland. ADDM is his go-to tool for finding problem SQL statements.  Continue Reading

• Solaris 11.2 proves to be a cloud-worthy Oracle OS

  Oracle's Solaris 11.2 includes cloud-ready features such as a complete OpenStack distribution, kernel zones, Unified Archives and Elastic Virtual Switch.  Continue Reading

• Will Oracle Big Data Discovery meet expectations?

  Oracle Big Data Discovery may be what organizations need to address big data challenges, but the all-in-one product is still in its infancy.  Continue Reading

• Five SQL performance tuning tips: Using the right third-party tools

  With the right tools, an Oracle DBA was able to resolve a SQL performance tuning problem in minutes rather than days. Here is how he uses those tools.  Continue Reading

• A new enterprise resource planning system will affect the HFM

  Running an enterprise resource planning system and HFM projects together can be hard, but it offers a time to improve the HFM system and better align reporting.  Continue Reading

• Design Hyperion for a natural class and a functional income statement

  Juan Porter explains what you need in Hyperion or Essbase for calculating a natural class and a functional income statement.  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