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The ShortenSpot On Twitter

By Anthony Shorten on March 31, 2009 1:58 PM

After a discussion with some customers, I have decided to put the shortenspot annoucements on twitter so that people can see the latest advice and get the latest information posted about the Oracle Utilities Application Framework. The twitter URL is...

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Change to hidden ORACLE parameter _b_tree_bitmap_plans

By Anthony Shorten on March 17, 2009 3:23 PM

One of our customers noticed performance problems in Oracle 10g (and above) with Oracle Utilities Customer Care And Billing when the Oracle's Cost Based Optimizer chose bitmap index paths when there was no bitmap index. If this problem exists with...

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New Integration Guidelines Whitepaper available

By Anthony Shorten on March 12, 2009 8:10 AM

As part of the ongoing process of publishing whitepapers for the Oracle Utilities Application Framework, the latest whitepaper to be released is about technical integration. The whitepaper outlines various techniques available for any Oracle Utilities Application Framework based product (with...

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Invaluable Technical Resources

By Anthony Shorten on December 30, 2008 1:38 PM

Many people ask me how I got my knowledge of the products and the products we integrate to. Well, sometimes it is experience (21+ years in IT) but mostly I make sure I have access to online technical resources to...

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