As a DBA, you think these acronyms are reserved exclusively for your manager or you may not even know what they mean. The misconception that DBAs only need to be concerned about technical matters could not be further from the truth. With the recent interest in ITIL v3 and service-based management, it's important that all…

Attendees areintroduced to the new and improved features of Oracle 11g (both Oracle 11g R1and Oracle 11g R2) that directly impact application development. Specialemphasis is placed on features that reduce development time, make developmentsimpler, improve performance, or speed deployment. Specific topics include: NewSQL functions, new analytic functions, virtual columns, result caching, XML improvements,pivot statements, JDBC…

Services are a powerful but overlooked aspect of Oracle database configuration (for both RAC and non-RAC). We will discuss their advantages in cluster and single-instance databases from version 8i through 11g â incorporating several years of focused investigation and experience. Topics covered will range from a strategic overview of how services best fit into system…

Services are a powerful but overlooked aspect of Oracle database configuration (for both RAC and non-RAC). We will discuss their advantages in cluster and single-instance databases from version 8i through 11g â incorporating several years of focused investigation and experience. Topics covered will range from a strategic overview of how services best fit into system…

An increasing proportion of Oracle databases are running in virtual environments, and many on VMWare ESX servers. Performance of databases in these virtual environments is subject to some unique considerations relating to the way VMware manages the shared CPU, Memory and Disk resources.In this presentation well consider how to monitor and configure VMware to optimize…

As a result of corporate breadth, mergers or acquisitions, enterprises may have disparate brands of reporting tools â such as SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos and Microsoft Excel â installed on various user's desktops. While there may be a corporate standard in place, users who are trained in other BI client applications still prefer to use those.…

As a result of corporate breadth, mergers or acquisitions, enterprises may have disparate brands of reporting tools â such as SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos and Microsoft Excel â installed on various user's desktops. While there may be a corporate standard in place, users who are trained in other BI client applications still prefer to use those.…

When building a data warehouse, there are always gaps and missing information required from the source information. Using APEX information can be collected from many different people and included into the datasets for the data warehouse. Utilizing APEX with an approval model enables the collection of this much needed missing information whilst maintaining excellent data…

An increasing proportion of Oracle databases are running in virtual environments, and many on VMWare ESX servers. Performance of databases in these virtual environments is subject to some unique considerations relating to the way VMware manages the shared CPU, Memory and Disk resources.In this presentation well consider how to monitor and configure VMware to optimize…

As a result of corporate breadth, mergers or acquisitions, enterprises may have disparate brands of reporting tools â such as SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos and Microsoft Excel â installed on various user's desktops. While there may be a corporate standard in place, users who are trained in other BI client applications still prefer to use those.…