Recent Posts by Vikas Raina

In the beginning was the Oracle database, a relational database, a market leader and popular offering. It was extremely powerful, could handle an immense amount of data, resided in customer servers, and was the enterprise's main workhorse. To maintain the database, an array of DBA's was required to install it, clone it, schedule backups, fix glitches, make necessary upgrades, keep it tuned, keep it protected from attacks, and add memory when the size would grow. This was all...

The science of predicting the future Data Science is an amalgam of various streams of technology, statistics, and analysis to extract insights and meaningful patterns from huge data volumes. It is a loosely coupled hub with many spokes like domain, math, advanced computing, analytics, and data engineering. Insights gleaned via data science help brands understand their markets and their customers and help drive informed decision-making with predictive analysis of...

Imagine a nondescript town where only bus service is available for travel. Sometimes, the bus gets overcrowded. Other times, there is hardly anyone in it. Privacy is non-existent, and luggage is mixed up. On bad days, the bus breaks down and brings the whole journey to a grinding halt. Then one day, the town gets a railway station. The train has multiple cars that allow the crowd to disperse. On slow days, cars can be removed and added again in the case of a spike...

Autoscaling, in brick and mortar industry terms, is dynamic capacity planning. It is an extremely efficient and cost-effective method of handling workloads that do not yet exist. It removes inefficiencies from the system as well as helping to get a grip on capital expenditures. Autoscaling works on the Instance pool concept. Resources are made available per current requirements with provision to add more automatically when the utilization increases, and deactivate additional...

These days, a journey of a thousand miles starts with a sturdy vehicle and plenty of gas in the tank. In the case of startups, the journey to scale starts with Oracle Cloud and cloud-native technology. There is a wide array of benefits a startup can reap once they are on Oracle Cloud. Oracle for Startups was designed to help startups leverage these benefits and scale up to the next level.   To accelerate the journey, Oracle for Startups offers access to a team of cloud...

It's a very common topic of conversation when I meet people in social or professional gatherings. They ask me, “How do I start a startup?” or “Give me some cracking idea to start a startup.”  The chatter about startups is ubiquitous. Having been part of Oracle for Startups program, I have been closely associated with startups of all hues and this is what I have found during my journey. Wait…What Exactly Is A Startup?A startup is not just a euphemism for regular business at...

Since the dawn of money, businesses and individuals have needed capital. Earlier it was the local moneylender providing this service, later banks came into existence, offering capital in times of need and crisis. These individuals and banks performed an indispensable job helping communities and businesses. As societies evolved, the process of lending became more institutionalized and technical terms like collaterals, debt financing, debt-equity swap, credit score and...