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Category: Oracle

Azure host-caching with Oracle database workloads on Azure VMs

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| azure, Oracle

There are almost 2,000 Azure customers running Oracle database workloads on Azure VMs, and that number is growing rapidly all the time.  Running Oracle on Azure is not the first idea to occur to many people, but it should be, as there are several types of VMs appropriate for Oracle workloads within Azure, as well […]

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Oak Table World 2018

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| Delphix, Life, Oak Table, Oracle

Oak Table World 2018 (OTW) just completed at the Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco.  The event website is “https://otw18.org“. This year, it was my turn to organize this remarkable little un-conference on behalf of the Oak Table Network, which is often described as a drinking society with an Oracle problem. What is an “un-conference”?  […]

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Singing The NoCOUG Blues

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| Life, Oracle

This is a re-post of an interview between myself and Iggy Fernandez, editor of the Journal of the Northern California Oracle Users Group (NoCOUG), Oracle ACE, OakTable member, blogger, and simply an amazing person.  The interview starts on page 4 of the August 2014 issue of the NoCOUG Journal, and demonstrates how a gifted interviewer […]

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Presenting “How Data Recovery Mechanisms Complicate Security, and What To Do About It” at #c16lv

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| Delphix, Oracle

Personally-identifiable information (PII) and classified information stored within an Oracle database is quite secure, as the capabilities of Oracle database ensure that it is accessible only by authenticated and authorized users. But the definition of authentication and authorization can change, in a sense. In a production application, authentication means verifying that one is a valid […]

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Accelerating Oracle E-Business Suites upgrades

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| Delphix, Oracle

Taking backups during development, testing, or upgrades The process of upgrading an Oracle E-Business Suites (EBS) system is one requiring dozens or hundreds of steps. Think of it like rock climbing. Each handhold or foothold is analogous to one of the steps in the upgrade. What happens if you miss a handhold or foothold? If […]

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Presenting “Accelerating DevOps Using Data Virtualization” at #C16LV

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| Delphix, Oracle

Borrowing from Wikipedia, the term DevOps is defined as… DevOps (a clipped compound of “development” and “operations”) is a culture, movement or practice that emphasizes the collaboration and communication of both software developers and other information-technology (IT) professionals while automating the process of software delivery and infrastructure changes. It aims at establishing a culture and […]

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Presenting “UNIX/Linux Tools For The Oracle DBA” at #C16LV

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| Delphix, Oracle

Going back to the invention of the graphical user interface (GUI) in the 1970s, there has been tension between the advocates of the magical pointy-clickety GUI and the clickety-clackety command-line interface (CLI). Part of it is stylistic… GUI’s are easier, faster, more productive. Part of it is ego… CLI’s require more expertise and are endlessly […]

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RMOUG calendar page

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| Oracle

For those who are always seeking FREE technical learning opportunities, the calendar webpage of the Rocky Mountain Oracle Users Group (RMOUG) is a great resource to bookmark and check back on weekly. RMOUG volunteers compile notifications of webinars, meetings, and meetups from the internet and post them here for everyone to use. The information technology […]

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Avoiding Regret

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| Delphix, Life, Oracle

After working for a variety of companies in the 1980s, after working for Oracle in the 1990s, after trying (and failing) to build a company with friends at the turn of the century, and after more than a decade working as an independent consultant in this new century, I found myself in a professional dilemma […]

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Oracle ACE program

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| Oracle

What is the Oracle ACE program? The Oracle ACE program is a community advocacy program for Oracle technology evangelists and enthusiasts, sponsored by and managed by Oracle Corporation.  As stated on the ACE overview page at “http://oracle.com/technetwork/community/oracle-ace”, it is both a network as well as a resource for everyone in the Oracle community.  It is […]

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