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I was working on some disk performance problems and came across a simple way to test the latency or delay built into the networks that connect my database servers to their disk storage.  All I have to do is read some disk blocks from a table several times to (more...)

I perform a lot of prototyping in the Firebug console. Since most of this prototyping refers to the TargetContent frame (component area), not the header and main window, I find it easier to change out the URL to just the "psc" core content URL, eliminating the header frame. When navigating (more...)

Last month, Oracle invited industry analysts for an annual deep dive on what’s to come. One of these analysts – ESG’s senior analyst Mark Peters – recently posted an update of how he spent some of his time at the event. We totally recommend you visit his blog and check (more...)

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Did you know that there’s something like Active Session History also in the Exadata storage cells? ;-)

The V$CELL_THREAD_HISTORY view is somewhat like V$ACTIVE_SESSION_HISTORY, but it’s measuring thread activity in the Exadata Storage Cells:

SQL> @desc v$cell_thread_history
           Name                            Null?    Type
           ------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
    1      CELL_NAME                                VARCHAR2(1024)
    2      SNAPSHOT_ID                              NUMBER
    3       (more...)

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I’ll be co-speaking with Tyler Muth at E4  and we will be talking about Performance Visualization… some of you may already know that I’m really a big fan of Tableau and just to give you an example on what the tool can do I’ve consolidated all the different viz that (more...)

The "Oracle Fusion Financials 11g Accounts Payable Certified Implementation Specialist" certification is designed for implementation consultants who possess a strong foundation and expertise implementing and configuring the Fusion Accounts Payable application. This certification measures key knowledge and skills in areas such as Invoicing, Payments, Fusion Expenses, iSupplier, and Accounting (more...)

Mark your agenda for this year's most focused event for Oracle EMEA CRM&CX partners!

The next CRM&CX Partner Community Forum will take place in the very of center of Paris on July 2&3. During this 2 days (free of charge) event, you will have an unique opportunity to:

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This is something that is almost completely off-topic, but something I've found myself doing quite a bit at Enkitec.  You see, we keep adding new hardware (Big Data Appliance in August, new Exadata X3-2 earlier this year), and that means that we need to add a bunch of DNS entries (more...)

We all know the value of incorporating social computing features such as comments, ratings, reviews, polls and blogs into the web presence. These kinds of interactive capabilities are essential for driving customer engagement and fostering community around your brand. Ratings and reviews can also play an important role in influencing (more...)

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