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Oracle Music Fest Schedule is Out & My Oracle OpenWorld Schedule

Happy Friday! Yes Oracle has finally relased the schedule of artists and DJ who will grace tha attendees at OOW 2012 with their talent. Suffice it to say – WOW! You get all the details over at the OOW site – here. And I have finally put together my tentative schedule of events, sessions, meetups, and concerts. [...]

Sep 14, 2012 11:04am

Big Data Sessions at Openworld 2012

If you are coming to San Francisco, and you are interested in all the aspects to big data, this Focus On Big Data is a must have document. 

Some (other) highlights:

Sep 12, 2012 4:20pm

E-Book on big data (featuring Analysts, Customers and more)

As we are gearing up for Openworld, here is a nice E-book on big data to start paging through. It contains Gartner's take on big data, customer and partner interviews and a lot more good info. Enjoy the read so you come prepared for Openworld!!

Read the E-Book here.

Sep 05, 2012 1:21pm

Fun and Education at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 and the 1st OOW Music Fest

Hard to believe, but here we are again – almost time for Oracle OpenWorld 2012. Will you be in San Francisco September 30 – October 4th? I will. This year, along with the usual keynotes, exhibits, and sessions, Oracle is introducing the first every Oracle Music Festival. Like the famous SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, [...]

Aug 21, 2012 9:24pm

Five ways to make Data Modeling Fun

While on my recent family vacation, I happened to mention I needed ideas for a blog post. My son, all of nine years old, suggested the above title. Hmmm…I said…not bad. That might work. After all most people think data modeling booooorrring, right? But for a few of us, it is kind of fun. So [...]

Aug 14, 2012 8:08am

Best Practice: How to Create the Best Data Model Ever

A good data model, done right the first time, can save you time and money. We have all seen the charts on the increasing cost of finding a mistake/bug/error late in a software development cycle. Would you like to reduce, or even eliminate, your risk of finding one of those errors late in the game? Of course you would! Who wouldn’t?  Nobody plans to [...]

Aug 02, 2012 9:12pm

Flume and Hive for Log Analytics

There's a lot to learn from log data, but to get the most value from it, that data needs to be easy to collect and analyze. Otherwise, time that could be used to learn from data is spent writing parsers and transport components.
In this entry we'll simplify log collection and transport using JSON serialization and parts of the Hadoop ecosystem.

Aug 01, 2012 10:19am

Big Blunder means extended discount opportunity for Data Vault fans

Sometimes the best laid plans…they just don’t quite work out. Here’s what I mean: If you were at my Data Vault session at the recent ODTUG KScope conference in San Antonio, you got a special code to enter at http://www.LearnDataVault.com/kscope12  to get $200 off the new online Data Vault Implementation training class. (For more on the training check [...]

Jul 29, 2012 7:30pm

Being Part of the Solution: This Tech Company Got it Right!

Last week I posted an infographic about how many Americans are working more that 40 hours weeks and ranted a bit about how crazy we all are and asked are you part of the problem or the solution. Well here is a tech company, FullContact, in Denver, Colorado, that decided to be part of the solution. Well, [...]

Jul 21, 2012 9:01pm

TGIF – Are you part of the problem or the solution?

Yes, it is Friday and like many, you may be really looking forward to the weekend. Relaxing with family and friends. Eating some good food. Drinking some adult beverages. Watching some TV or a movie. Maybe a little exercise perhaps? (50 pushups out to do it) Ahh…the good life. Then comes Sunday evening. The [...]

Jul 13, 2012 10:59am
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