Jeff Erickson, Oracle BRANDVOICE Contributor, wrote in Forbes about how autonomous technology - namely Oracle's Autonomous Database - fits into a post-digital business world. 

Jeff Erickson, Oracle BRANDVOICE Contributor, wrote in Forbes about how autonomous technology - namely Oracle's Autonomous Database - fits into a post-digital business world. 

As part of Quest Experience Week (QXW) 2019, Gary Henderson and John Norman from Nationwide spoke about how Nationwide leveraged Oracle Enterprise Manager's Fleet Maintenance feature to effectively and proactively patch its Oracle Database environment to address critical vulnerabilities and maintain version currency. Nationwide was able to patch more than 7,000 databases over a three-year period, with a success rate exceeding 99 percent. The company’s patching approach gets a lot done with few people, minimal downtime, and minimal risk. 

COLLABORATE 20 will be here before you know it! The event will take place April 19-23, 2020, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Created by users for users, COLLABORATE 20 brings IT strategists, users and developers together with Oracle teams and vendor experts to share inspiration, insights, and solutions. COLLABORATE 20 Quest education features sessions and networking opportunities for JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Oracle Cloud Applications, and Database and Technology users.

COLLABORATE 20 will be here before you know it! The event will take place April 19-23, 2020, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Created by users for users, COLLABORATE 20 brings IT strategists, users and developers together with Oracle teams and vendor experts to share inspiration, insights, and solutions. COLLABORATE 20 Quest education features sessions and networking opportunities for JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Oracle Cloud Applications, and Database and Technology users.

William Hardie, Vice President of Oracle Database Product Management, recently shared that customers who are wishing to utilize the Machine Learning, Spatial, and Graph features of Oracle Database are no longer required to purchase additional licenses. This is keeping with Oracle's mission to help people see data in new ways, discover insights, and unlock endless possibilities. 

William Hardie, Vice President of Oracle Database Product Management, recently shared that customers who are wishing to utilize the Machine Learning, Spatial, and Graph features of Oracle Database are no longer required to purchase additional licenses. This is keeping with Oracle's mission to help people see data in new ways, discover insights, and unlock endless possibilities. 

The editors of SELECT Journal are excited to launch the Best Practices Tips and Tricks Contest. In previous years, the editors of SELECT have compiled the best and most practical tips and tricks from users and experts in the Oracle Database community to publish in the annual Best Practice Tip Booklet. We are excited to tell you that we are moving forward to bring you this series again in 2020!

The editors of SELECT Journal are excited to launch the Best Practices Tips and Tricks Contest. In previous years, the editors of SELECT have compiled the best and most practical tips and tricks from users and experts in the Oracle Database community to publish in the annual Best Practice Tip Booklet. We are excited to tell you that we are moving forward to bring you this series again in 2020!

Previously, SELECT published Why Your Database is Not Secure: A Prelude to the COLLABORATE 2019 Session. Over the next few weeks, I thought I would dive in a little deeper into the subject of database security based on that session. The presentation had four topic areas based on the time, effort, risk, and costs to perform. This article provides an overview on three areas that I believe are the lowest in time, effort, risks, and costs. I call these “Easy Pickings.”