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Here's a very useful blog on upgrade best practices my colleague Mike Dietrich has recently started. You'll find some very useful pointers to information on database upgrades. Plus, if you're in the Bay Area, you can register for an Upgrade Workshop run by Mike and his team that's coming to Redwood Shores on October 9th.
There is no question that it is hard to get work done when visiting San Diego in August! Thankfully, the TDWI Summer World Conference provided a good reason to come inside. The Oracle booth drew a large crowd interested in learning about the wide range of Oracle solutions for data warehousing and business intelligence, including the HP Oracle Database Machine, Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle Essbase.
For the second time, Oracle hosted a free 2-hour Oracle Data Warehousing Best Practices Workshop. This session is quickly becoming an Oracle highlight at TDWI, with attendees walking away with practical tips and tricks from Oracle product managers for optimizing the performance of their data warehouses. Equally valuable was the information about deploying Oracle in real-world environments users shared with each other during the session.
The TDWI Fall World Conference in Orlando is just around the corner! We’ll be there – will you?
Want to know how to get better performance, and get more out of your existing storage resources? Check out how these two DBA's tackle their storage challenge in this short video.
If you want to learn about how Oracle Database 11g is helping organizations across the world address their business and IT challenges, then tune in to the Database Insider podcast series. Recent podcasts include:
You can also sign up for the Database Insider podcast series RSS feed, and tune in as new podcasts become available.
Data warehouses have to manage more and more information each day, while at the same time business users continue to expect faster query response times. Is your data warehouse able to respond to these demands?
Use this data warehousing self-assessment tool to get a better understanding of your organization's ability to manage growing volumes of information while maintaining extreme query performance. You will be able to quickly identify areas where you are already implementing industry best practices, and areas for improvement. With your assessment in hand, you can better prioritize where to focus your resources to ensure that you can meet your data warehousing requirements for today and in the future.
Data Warehousing Self Assessment Tool
I recently had the opportunity to host a podcast with David Reid of Oracle Certified Advantage partner Beyond Systems from the UK. David worked with the UK Ministry of Justice Department to upgrade their 'O-Deat' database from 9i to Oracle Database 11g. Its a very interesting use case, and David also offers some good advice on the benefits of upgrading to Oracle Database 11g. Tune into the podcast and hear what 'O-Deat' is all about.
The Database Insider team is getting ready for Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - we hear its going to be the best one yet!
Don't miss these database sessions:
General Session: Lower Costs with Oracle Database 11g with Andy Mendelsohn
and
Oracle's High-Availability Vision: What's New in Oracle Database 11g with Juan Loaiza
Learn more about the Oracle OpenWorld Database Stream.
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