Submitted two talks to the East Cost Oracle Users Conference

May 22, 2012 | No Comments

Submitted two talks to the East Cost Oracle Users Conference:
http://www.eastcoastoracle.org/ssl/presentations.asp
First one is my Exadata talk that I gave at work.  Second is new Intro to SQL Tuning talk I’m preparing for my coworkers.  I should k…

Following up on a comment

May 22, 2012 | No Comments

Since I was on vacation I missed an interesting question on one of the posts:
I see the interesting pyramid in the middle of your article showing
the current status of big data market in the many eyes of the beholders
and have made many thoughts on…

Following up on a comment

May 22, 2012 | No Comments

Since I was on vacation I missed an interesting question on one of the posts:
I see the interesting pyramid in the middle of your article showing
the current status of big data market in the many eyes of the beholders
and have made many thoughts on…

[$$] SAP to Buy Ariba for $4.3 Billion

May 22, 2012 | No Comments

[at The Wall Street Journal] – SAP to Buy Ariba for $4.3 Billion

JavaFX Scene Builder Docs Updated

May 22, 2012 | No Comments

JavaFX Scene Builder 1.0 Developer Release documentation has been updated with the promotion of development build 38.

Getting Started with JavaFX Scene Builder has been modified to use the latest JavaFX 2.2 development build and demonstrate the i…

JavaFX Scene Builder Docs Updated

May 22, 2012 | No Comments

JavaFX Scene Builder 1.0 Developer Release documentation has been updated with the promotion of development build 38.

Getting Started with JavaFX Scene Builder has been modified to use the latest JavaFX 2.2 development build and demonstrate the i…

SAP to buy Ariba for $4.3bn

May 22, 2012 | No Comments

[at Financial Times] – SAP has agreed to acquire Ariba (NASDAQ:ARBA), a business-to-business ecommerce network, for $4.3bn as the German enterprise software company expands its cloud offerings.

SAP to buy Ariba, boosts cloud bet

May 22, 2012 | No Comments

[Reuters] – By Jim Finkle and Sayantani Ghosh (Reuters) – Top European software company SAP AG plans to buy U.S. software maker Ariba Inc in a deal valuing the company at $4.3 billion in a bid to compete more aggressively …

SAP to buy Ariba, boosts cloud bet

May 22, 2012 | No Comments

[Reuters] – Top European software company SAP AG plans to buy U.S. software maker Ariba Inc in a deal valuing the company at $4.3 billion in a bid to compete more aggressively against rival Oracle in the fast-growing …

Great Hindsight, Nasdaq Fails on FB IPO, Will Your Supply Chain Pass a Stress Test?

May 22, 2012 | No Comments

As the Nasdaq licks is wounds from Friday’s half billion+ share day for the Facebook IPO, Wall Street  said the decision to move forward was based on incorrect information (1) .  Even though the system was tested several times to handle the…