It’s almost Winter. Time for deep learning at DOAG 2018!

I'm getting all geared up for the upcoming and prestigious DOAG 2018 conference next week (November 20-23) in Nuremburg, DE. The folks at DOAG patiently reminded me year in and year out since I became an ACE Director to attend, but since DOAG almost always lines up with American Thanksgiving, I demurred. Not this year! … Continue reading It’s almost Winter. Time for deep learning at DOAG 2018!

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!

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