Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

The list of articles by (or about) members of the Oracle ACE program for July is a bit thin compared to the list for June. Well, it is vacation season, and the temptation to slather oneself in sunscreen and occupy a beach somewhere can be too powerful to resist. Still, the intrepid ACEs below managed to fight off the urge and actually get something done. So hat's off to them! (Though only for a moment -- the summer sun can quickly fry an uncovered head.) You'll notice that...

This post is the second in a series highlighting Oracle Code One and OpenWorld sessions by members of the Oracle ACE program. This time the focus is on ACE sessions at OpenWorld on Monday September 16, 2019. Let me repeat that, since it appears that many readers missed that detail in the first post: THIS POST FOCUSES ONLY ON OOW19 SESSIONS ON MONDAY SEPT 16. Sessions a both events on Sept 17, 18, and 19 will be featured in upcoming posts. These posts are based on information...

Inquisitive kid meets life-changing toy By Bob Rhubart August 8, 2019 It may have been inevitable that Ix-Chel Ruiz would become a coder. “My father was a computer engineer,” says Ruiz, “so I grew up surrounded by equipment.” That equipment included a Commodore 64 with a tape drive, the computer on which Ruiz, then 11 years old, wrote her first code. “It was kind of a toy for me.” That “toy” would change her life, take her from Mexico to England to Switzerland to the US, and...

Want a unique perspective? How about 25 unique perspectives? That's what you'll get right here, with another week's worth of blog posts from 25 members of the Oracle ACE Program, featuring content from around the world, in at least three different languages, and covering everything from conference recaps to deep-dive technical insight. So there's something for just about everybody.  Dig in! Oracle ACE Directors Francesco Tisiot BI Tech Lead, Rittman Mead Verona, Italy   Oracle...

Oracle Code One gets underway on Monday September 16, just under 6 weeks from today. The agenda for Code One includes more than 500 sessions,  many of which will be presented by members of the Oracle ACE Program. This post is the first in a series that will highlight the ACE Program members who will present at Code One (and at Oracle OpenWorld). This post features the ACEs who will present Oracle Code sessions on Day 1, Monday September 16. For additional information on the...

Winners share... Which is kinda what the Oracle ACE program is all about: community leaders sharing their insight and expertise so others can increase their skills, get more done, and become winners themselves. Of course blogs are a great way to make that happen, and that's what you see in this post, more than 40 recent posts (June 23-29) from people in the ACE Program.  So why not take these for a trot?   Oracle ACE Directors Gustavo GonzalezChief Technology Officer, IT...

Hot off the presses, or whatever passes for presses in the digital age, here's a fresh batch of articles, each offering the unique perspective of members of the Oracle ACE program. So if you're interested in staying on top of what's happening, you've come to the right place.  Oracle ACE Directors Neil Chandler Consultant, Chandler Systems Ltd Enfield, United Kingdom   Inspiration, Connection, and Community Kamil Stawiarski Owner/Partner, ORA-600 Warsaw, Poland   Oracle Database...

Members of the Oracle ACE program are more than happy to show you what's going on in their heads. For instance, what you see on this page is a week's worth of blog posts featuring all manner of technical insights. The gears are turning, so feel free to take a look. Oracle ACE Directors Franck Pachot Data Engineer, CERN Lausanne, Switzerland   Oracle ATP: MEDIUM and HIGH services are not for OLTP Oracle/Hibernate de-queuing A Jupyter notebook on Google Colab to connect to the...

What image comes to mind when you think of the word "book?" You may think of a stack of paper pages bundled between two covers, or you may think of a file you download to a tablet or other mobile device, or you may even think of an audio file. Regardless, the process of creating the content that fills pages of a book, paper or digital, requires a great deal of time and, in the case of technical books, a whole lot of technical expertise and experience. The people listed in this...