Oracle and backups in the Cloud
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Last week Oracle and Amazon Web Services held a webinar to outline how Oracle works on Amazon's EC2, including database backups to the Cloud.
Oracle's Top 8 stories of 2008
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Database in the cloud, database in a box, the ongoing battle with SAP and another major acquisition. The past year was anything but quiet for Oracle.
Oracle ADF Development Essentials
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Learn basic best practices for building Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF)-based apps productively--using Subversion, Ant, JUnit, and Hudson. From Oracle ACE Director John Stegeman.
Oracle Extends Configuration Management Capabilities in Oracle Enterprise Manager
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With this release, Oracle Configuration Management Pack, available for Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware and non-Oracle systems, adds comprehensive, continuous, real-time detection, validation and reporting of authorized and unauthorized configuration changes, across Oracle and non-Oracle environments.
ora2pg 4.10
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Ora2Pg is a Perl module to export an Oracle database schema to a PostgreSQL compatible schema.
Oracle vs. SAP revisited
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Much of the Oracle vs. SAP talk we’ve heard recently has centered on the $1 billion lawsuit filed by Oracle against SAP. But what about the Oracle vs. SAP battle outside the courtroom?
Jigsaw for Oracle CRM On Demand Launched
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Businesses using Oracle CRM On Demand are now able to get automated access to a business-to-business resource thanks to the new Jigsaw for Oracle CRM On Demand.
Wipro and Oracle Launch First Joint Innovative Solutions Lab
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Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited and Oracle today announced the launch of the innovative solutions lab (OZONE) at Wipro’s Electronic City Facility in Bangalore.
Oracle Releases Oracle Site Hub
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Oracle Site Hub, a new Oracle Master Data Management solution focused on site and location mastering, was introduced today.
Oracle Announces Siebel CRM 8.1.1
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Released under the Oracle “Applications Unlimited” Program, the latest version highlights industry-tailored customer self-service, customer loyalty and support for ppen standards.
Oracle follows Google into widget world
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Database giant Oracle Corp. released a series of widgets — small software applications — meant to collect and display data on a company’s sales.
Oracle Introduces New Online Collaboration Portal: My Oracle Support Community
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My Oracle Support Community is a powerful Web 2.0-based collaboration environment where customers can access the latest product and support information, learn about best-practices, participate in discussions and exchange knowledge with an extensive network of peers and Oracle experts.
Are Oracle's SaaS and cloud computing efforts all over the sky?
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Oracle's SaaS and cloud computing efforts seem to be scattered across the sky -- the company is partnering with Amazon.com, buying data center space in Utah, partnering with Intel, and has in fact already been hosting solutions for its customers for years.
SQL Manager for Oracle 2.1 released
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EMS Company announces the new minor version of SQL Manager for Oracle - a high performance tool for Oracle database server administration and development.
Oracle with PHP: a Developer's View
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This article is for the developer who wants to use the PHP scripting language and an Oracle database to develop their application. There are different methods of using PHP with Oracle, but we will concentrate on using OCI8 and the ADOdb abstraction library!
Oracle Modernization Solutions
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A practical guide to planning and implementing SOA Integration and Re-architecting to an Oracle platform.
Move SQL Tuning Sets between Oracle instances
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SQL Tuning Sets (STS) capture the workload of an Oracle instance. Starting in Oracle 10g Release 2, these tuning sets can be transported from one instance to another to facilitate testing.
Oracle DBAs cite lack of security measures
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Increasingly complex database environments are making it difficult for database administrators to secure systems and protect against a data breach, according to a new survey.
HP Talks Up Datacenter Revamp Rewards
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Efforts to cut costs internally and rethink datacenter design are paying off for the company and its customers, it said at OpenWorld.
Oracle Focuses on Grid, Developer Tools
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At OpenWorld, the database giant debuts updates and new offerings described as making deployment and development easier and more efficient.
Oracle Invites Customers and Partners to Think Green at Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco 2008
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New sustainability-focused conference program will help customers and partners attending Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco 2008 “green” their businesses, address compliance and sustainability issues, and showcase best business practices that help companies minimize their environmental impact.
Customize the Experience
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Use the built-in capabilities of ODP.NET to provide globalization and personalization.
Keys to Locking Down Storage Security on a Database
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Security consultant Ted Julian of Application Security offers a detailed look in several steps at how he believes database security should be implemented, starting with data discovery and moving all the way through the implementation of intrusion detection.
Gather query tuning data via Oracle's dynamic performance views
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The dynamic performance views supplied with the Oracle database include several that make the process of gathering tuning information easier. This tip describes four of them: V$SQL, V$SQLAREA, V$SQLTEXT, and a new one, V$SQLSTATS.
EMS SQL Manager for Oracle version 2.0 released
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EMS Database Management Solutions announces the new version of EMS SQL Manager 2008 for Oracle a graphical tool for Oracle Database development and administration.
Navicat Oracle GUI Admin Tool - 8.1.2 is available
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Navicat Oracle GUI Admin Tool is an ideal solution for Oracle administration and development that lets you create, edit databases, run SQL queries and connect to remote Oracle...
Using Database Advisors
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Get advice on key management challenges and improve performance in Oracle Database 11g.
Copy legacy Oracle tables with SQL*Plus
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You may be running Oracle 10g Release 2, but the applications you're supporting may have been written much earlier. Tables developed in versions of Oracle prior to 8i often used the LONG datatype to store large amounts of text.
SAP, Oracle Holding Out on Ubuntu?
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As Canonical grows its Ubuntu partners, at least two important software vendors still do not support its version of Linux.
Oracle Delivers Oracle WebLogic Server 10g Release 3
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Quickly following the July 1, 2008 announcement of the Oracle(r) Fusion Middleware strategy and plans for integration of BEA products, Oracle today delivered Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3.
New IT Strategies Rock at Oracle
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Consolidation, virtualization, commoditization and moving to Linux are fast becoming the mantras of forward-thinking CIOs, and Oracle has realized major benefits by adhering to them.
Oracle Introduces Oracle VM Templates
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Oracle VM Templates offer a time-saving approach to deploying a fully configured software stack by providing pre-installed and pre-configured images of enterprise software.
Oracle Buys Global Knowledge Software
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Oracle announces that it has agreed to acquire Global Knowledge Software LLC (GKS), a division of Global Knowledge, Inc.
Oracle Database 11g Sets New World Record TPC-H...
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Today, Oracle announced a world record non-clustered TPC-H One Terabyte (TB) benchmark result for Oracle Database 11g running on a Sun SPARC Enterprise Server.
Oracle Counters SQL-Injection Holes With Update
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There were an additional seven patches for PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards applications, seven for the recently acquired BEA product suite, and six for Oracle E-Business Suite.
Oracle expands application testing support
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Oracle has expanded support for previous releases of Oracle Database to help organizations institute hardware and software changes, including upgrades to Oracle Database 11g.
Sybase-to-Oracle Migration Accelerated By ANTs Software
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ANTs software inc. introduces the Sybase-to-Oracle Accelerator Program, a new promotional offering that complements Oracle’s current Sybase Safe Switch Program...Sybase-to-Oracle Migration Accelerated By ANTs Software...
Cache Payback
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Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) enables you to take advantage of features exposed by the underlying Oracle Call Interface. One such feature new in Oracle Database 11g Release 1 and Oracle Database 11g Release 1 Client is the client result cache.
Oracle Buys Skywire Software
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Oracle today announced that it has agreed to acquire Skywire Software's application software business.
What will Oracle's price hikes mean for Oracle customers?
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Oracle's decision to raise its list prices by 15% to 20% is cause for concern for both existing and prospective customers. But there are opportunities to offset those hikes, according to industry analysts.
Explore Oracle 10g's updated sample schemas
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Each new release of Oracle database brings with it new features to explore. It can be a challenge to create adequate sample tables to play with a given feature.
Oracle Unveils Oracle Demand Signal Repository
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Oracle Demand Signal Repository captures, cleanses and harmonizes large volumes of external demand data to give users insight to consumer and supply chain behavior.
Lab test: Oracle Database 11g shoots the moon
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Oracle's enormous 11g release rumbles with an impressive array of performance and management aids, elegant application testing, standbys that earn their keep, and the promise of lower storage requirements.
Latest Release of Oracle SQL Developer
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Newly available Oracle SQL Developer Release 1.5 delivers integrated source code control support, expanded Migration Workbench capabilities.
Back Up and Recover
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New backup and recovery features in Oracle Database 11g save time and data.
Tip: Exposing logical attributes with virtual columns
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Data modelers are often faced with the dilemma of how to model logical attributes in their data warehouse schema design. A new feature in Oracle 11g called virtual columns solves this dilemma...
Understanding roles in Oracle-stored procedures
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One of the trickiest parts of Oracle's security model is the way that roles (collections of database privileges) interact with stored procedures, functions, and packages.
Where's proof that Oracle VM outperforms the competition?
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Instead of certifying its applications to run on VMware, in November 2007, Oracle Corp. released its own hypervisor and virtualization management software, Oracle VM. But somehow the company can't provide comparative data or users to back up its performance claims.
Oracle Buys AdminServer
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Oracle announces that it has agreed to acquire AdminServer, a rapidly growing provider of insurance policy administration software.
The Power of Two
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This column introduces the ways Oracle SQL Developer and Oracle Application Express work together to aid your development efforts.
Re-Inventing Oracle Database Administration
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DBA Invention Group announces the release of DBA Easy Control for Oracle, an automation tool that re-invents the administration of Oracle databases.
A Revolution Threatens the Relational Database
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SAP’s in-memory database technology has Oracle-killer written all over it, and nothing would give SAP greater pleasure than knocking Oracle’s database out of its current position as top-dog in the SAP database kennel.
Oracle creates Web 2.0 division
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Oracle is building a global division to offer businesses products, services and best practices for Web 2.0 collaboration.
Is your Oracle database really secure?
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While Oracle databases are nowhere near as vulnerable as they were five years ago, there is still a great deal of attention being paid to them by both security professionals and hackers alike.
Oracle Completes Acquisition of BEA Systems
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Oracle Corporation announced that it had received approval of the European Commission and subsequently completed its acquisition of BEA Systems, Inc.
CodeSnip: How to make use of parameterized cursor in Oracle
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Often it is convenient to pass a given set of values as input parameter to a cursor. It is very useful where nested cursors are used. Parameterizing the cursor makes it more usable and avoids the limitation of hard coding values in where the clause. In this code snippet, Deepankar examines this technique with the help of the relevant SQL code.
Review: What to make of Oracle 11g
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Mention "green solution" and databases aren't usually what jump to mind first. Yet Oracle has developed the latest 11g database as a more streamlined, greener product with new features...
Oracle's Fusion still causes confusion
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More than three years after it was announced, Oracle's Fusion strategy is still causing confusion among users unsure about exactly what the strategy delivers, analysts say.
Oracle Expands Its Linux Base
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Oracle claims that it continues to pick up users for its Linux offering and now is set to add new clustering capabilities to the mix.
The real difference between SQL Server and Oracle
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For years now there's been a constant war between MS supporters and Oracle supporters. Oracle has these features, SQL Server has these features, etc. But that's not really where the real importance lies.