Turning maths into spelling with SQL

May 29, 2012 | No Comments

Awareness is fantastic.I was aware that somehow in Oracle you could transform a number value into words. I googled a similar phrase and found a reliable location in seconds.my sql*plus output:SQL> column word format a10SQL> / ROWNUM WORD——…

Collaborate 12: Speakers I’d like to hear again

May 29, 2012 | No Comments

Recent Collaborate 12 conference was one of the best conferences for me personally. It isn’t just because of my personal success story. During the conference I made a lot of new friends, caught up with good old friends, did a lot of networking an…

Salesforce Set to Snap Up Facebook Friend Buddy Media for More Than $800 Million

May 29, 2012 | No Comments

[at AllThingsD] – The new must-have for enterprise software companies: A social media arm. Last week, Oracle grabbed Vitrue. Now it’s Marc Benioff’s turn.

D10: Notes On The Program

May 29, 2012 | No Comments

[at Forbes] – One thing the organizers of the D: All Things Digital conference do every year is keep the specifics of the schedule close to the vest, declining to provide the precise agenda until attendees arrive. Since I’m here, I can give you the run…

Grid Control–Application Management Pack–Getting Started

May 29, 2012 | No Comments

A little while ago we purchased the Oracle Application Management Pack.   As you may or may not know, you cannot use Grid Control to manage and monitor individual components of an E-Business Suite environment, such as the concurrent manager, forms, e…

Keeping Entitlements in Check

May 29, 2012 | No Comments

Thanks for going the webcast on keeping entitlements in check. As a follow up, I have attached the slides to the webcast. The webcast will be available on demand shortly via IOUG.   A few key takeaways:

Application security means applying…

Keeping Entitlements in Check

May 29, 2012 | No Comments

Thanks for going the webcast on keeping entitlements in check. As a follow up, I have attached the slides to the webcast. The webcast will be available on demand shortly via IOUG.   A few key takeaways:

Application security means appl…

BriForum London Videos

May 29, 2012 | No Comments

We’re back from BriForum London and it was a fantastic show. Just amazing firsthand information on real world desktop virtualization deployments, future trends, best practices, and more. If desktop virtualization is part of your job, I highly recommend…