Something was different this year at Oracle Cloud World 2024: There was a buzz this time that just wasn't there in the last two OCWs I'd attended. It may have been the ubiquitous presence of Generative AI in just about every event I attended, or acceptance that it's not the flash in the pan some … Continue reading GenDev, Meet MultiOpenCloud: Oracle Cloud World 2024
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2018 Is Halfway Gone … But Not Forgotten!
It's hard to believe that 2018 is half over already. I've had an incredibly busy six months traveling to and speaking at Oracle user groups events and conferences across the country, so it's been another exhilarating six months for me ... and that means you all have access to some great collateral and code! I've … Continue reading 2018 Is Halfway Gone … But Not Forgotten!
Este Agosto, No Te Pierdas Mis Sesiones En LAOUC!
I am embarrassed to admit that I've ignored my dear colleagues just a few thousand kilometres to the south of Chicago for much too long ... so it is a great honor to return to South America as part of the 2018 Latin American Oracle User Group (LAOUC) Developer Community Tour conference series this coming … Continue reading Este Agosto, No Te Pierdas Mis Sesiones En LAOUC!
Oracle DBAs Weigh In: Fear Not the Autonomous Database!
I've had the honor to share a page in Fortune Voice with some of my most esteemed and respected colleagues - including Michelle Malcher, Nitin Vengurlekar, Russ Lowenthal, and Dan Vlamis - on the topic of what the Oracle Autonomous Database (or what I like to call AuDB) means for Oracle DBAs as they continue to … Continue reading Oracle DBAs Weigh In: Fear Not the Autonomous Database!
2017 Is [Almost] a Wrap: Sample Code, Ruminations, & Portents for 2018
2017 has been an incredibly busy year! Besides speaking at half a dozen different Regional Oracle User Groups this year, I co-authored two new books, experimented in depth with Oracle Public Cloud, and helped my latest employer, ViON Corporation, build out their Oracle Gold partnership from the ground up, one customer at a time. It's … Continue reading 2017 Is [Almost] a Wrap: Sample Code, Ruminations, & Portents for 2018
SANGAM17: India, Here I Come At Last
At the request of my colleagues in India - especially the ever-persistent Oracle ACE Director Sai Janakiram - I have at last found a window of time during which I can attend the annual SANGAM17 event in Hyderabad. (It helped that Sai apparently recruited our fellow ACE Director Bjoern Rost to call me out as … Continue reading SANGAM17: India, Here I Come At Last
Forestall Failure Before You Upgrade With Oracle 12cR1 RAT
The second part of my two-part series entitled Regression Analyzed, Tout de Suite: Leveraging Oracle 12c Database Real Application Testing (RAT) Suite has just been published in IOUG SELECT Journal's 4th Quarter 2016 edition. This part of the article series show how I leveraged RAT's Database Replay features to evaluate Oracle Database 12.1.0.2's Database In-Memory … Continue reading Forestall Failure Before You Upgrade With Oracle 12cR1 RAT