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links for 2011-02-01

OTN Virtual Developer Day for WebLogic Server and WebLogic Developer Broadcasts (WebLogic Server)Mike Lehmann with details on a whole bunch of upcoming online...

OTN Virtual Developer Day for WebLogic Server and WebLogic Developer Broadcasts (WebLogic Server)Mike Lehmann with details on a whole bunch of upcoming online events for those with an interest in WebLogic.(tags: WebLogic oracle otn)IOUC Summit: Open Arms and Cheese Shoes (Oracle Technology Network Blog (aka TechBlog))Event highlights from OTN head honcho Justin Kestelyn.(tags: oracle otn IOUC)Prognostications for the Future of BI (BI & Analytics Pulse)Jacqueline Coolidge...

links for 2011-01-31

Do (Software) Architects Architect?"The first question, is 'Why is architect being used as a verb?' Mirriam-Webster dictionary does not contain a definition of...

Do (Software) Architects Architect?"The first question, is 'Why is architect being used as a verb?' Mirriam-Webster dictionary does not contain a definition of architect as a verb, nor do many other recognized dictionaries." -- TheCPUWizard(tags: softwarearchitecture)Oracle Business Intelligence Blog: Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI Platforms 2011"Oracle customers indicate they deploy the Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) platform to support among...

IOUC Summit: Open Arms and Cheese Shoes

Last week's International Oracle User Group Committee (IOUC) Summit at Oracle HQ was a high point of the past year, for a number of reasons:A "quorum" of Java...

Last week's International Oracle User Group Committee (IOUC) Summit at Oracle HQ was a high point of the past year, for a number of reasons:A "quorum" of Java User Group leaders, several Java Champions among them, were in attendance (Bert Breeman, Stephan Janssen, Dan Sline, Stephen Chin, Bruno Souza, Van Riper, and others), and it was great to get face time with them. Their guidance and advice about JavaOne and other things are always much appreciated. Mix in some Oracle ACE...

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links for 2011-01-28

Oracle BI Blog - EPM, Business Intelligence, and OBIEE: Working with the Master-Detail Report Feature of OBI 11g (pt. 1)"One of the new features included in OBI...

Oracle BI Blog - EPM, Business Intelligence, and OBIEE: Working with the Master-Detail Report Feature of OBI 11g (pt. 1)"One of the new features included in OBI 11g is the Master-Detail linking feature. The Master-Detail linking allows you to establish a relationship between 2 or more views; one view is called the Master and will drive changes in 1 or more views called detail views." - Marty Mersinger(tags: oracle businessintelligence obiee)Book Review: Getting Started with...

What are Your Secrets?

We've been on something of a security kick recently. The steady stream of news on information links and compromised systems keeps it a fresh and lively topic! A...

We've been on something of a security kick recently. The steady stream of news on information links and compromised systems keeps it a fresh and lively topic! A comprehensive security framework incorporates many components, from simple physical security to protecting the bits themselves. At the center of this latter topic is cryptography.Protecting information with codes is probably as old as spoken language itself. Codes are ultimately crackable, but we have made it more and...

links for 2011-01-27

On Yum support for Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) (Oracle's Linux Blog)"Recently, the ULN team added Yum support. This means that anyone running Oracle Linux 5...

On Yum support for Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) (Oracle's Linux Blog)"Recently, the ULN team added Yum support. This means that anyone running Oracle Linux 5 registered with ULN can now use yum instead of up2date to download and install packages."(tags: oracle linux Yum)Debra's thoughts on Oracle and User Groups: Fusion UX AdvocatesOracle ACE Director Debra Lilley's update on the Fusion Applications-focused collaboration between the Oracle User Experience team and members...

Raiders of the Lost BluePrints

The Sun BluePrints Program produced technical best practice documents for over a decade. Sun's culture included a strong aversion to throwing anything away, and...

The Sun BluePrints Program produced technical best practice documents for over a decade. Sun's culture included a strong aversion to throwing anything away, and so we had endless archives of documents that we were afraid of throwing away – just in case someone wanted a specific obscure reference. As we have moved into the Oracle culture, things changed. Published documents have an expiration date, after which they need to be updated or discarded. This is a good thing, but one...

links for 2011-01-26

William Vambenepe: The REST bubble"Just yesterday I was writing about how Cloud APIs are like military parades. To some extent, their REST rigor is a way to...

William Vambenepe: The REST bubble"Just yesterday I was writing about how Cloud APIs are like military parades. To some extent, their REST rigor is a way to enforce implementation discipline. But a large part of it is mostly bling aimed at showing how strong (for an army) or smart (for an API) the people in charge are." - William Vambenepe.(tags: oracle REST cloud)