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Experience a Smooth and Swift Backup Optimized for your Database by Oracle Corporation
This paper describes the Oracle Optimized Solution for Oracle Secure Backup. The solution includes optimized architectures for deploying Oracle Secure Backup software to provide data...
Zero-Downtime Migration to Oracle Exadata Using Oracle GoldenGate: A Customer Case Study - Webcast by Oracle Corporation
Join this webcast to learn how Oracle GoldenGate's solution eliminates downtime when migrating to Oracle Exadata. You’ll hear directly from Oracle's customer, IQNavigator, and learn how they have...
Advanced Compression with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 by Oracle Corporation
Read this white paper to learn more about how Oracle Advanced Compression can help you reduce the disk space and costs of managing large data volumes.

Advanced Compression with Database 11g Release 2 helps you manage...
CW+: Special Report on Oracle by ComputerWeekly.com
This has been a landmark year for Oracle, the technology company headed by the charismatic and staggeringly wealthy Larry Ellison. Ellison, who is 65, has been chief executive officer since he founded Oracle...
Comprehensive Data Warehousing & BI Solution with Oracle Database 11g by Oracle Corporation
This white-paper provides an overview of Oracle Database 11g's capabilities for data warehousing, and discuses its key features and technologies. Discover how to integrate information, perform fast queries, scale...
First look at Oracle BPM Suite 11g by Oracle Corporation
This report takes an early look at Oracle BPM Suite 11g, and shows that it indeed goes a long way toward delivering BPM without barriers. Oracle BPM Suite 11g, part of Oracle Fusion Middleware, brings together...
Backup and Recovery with Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliances and Oracle Recovery Manager by Oracle Corporation
Oracle Recovery Manager is the preferred backup solution for Oracle database environments and is engineered to work together with Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliances to...
MWD Advisors, BPM Vendor Capability Assessment by Oracle Corporation
Download this white paper for deep insight into the release of Oracle BPM Suite 11gR1 and the capabilities it has to improve your organizations business process management (BPM) needs. Read this now and discover the power of developing...
DBA Tips
cost-cutting. Faced with this unpleasant reality, many managers are forced to trim their Oracle workforce: Outsourcing all "expert-level" support (DBA and SA). Identifying and terminating low-productivity employees. We'll explore the staffing issues further in the next installment. Now, let's explore... More...
Nov 11, 2008
the budget without losing quality. There are three approaches to downsizing an Oracle shop: Using remote support – You can replace your full-time DBA and system administrator staff with on-demand experts and terminate your full-time DBAs and system administrators. Change employees to... More...
Nov 11, 2008
is to ensure that the database does not lose data. The mechanisms of redo and undo ensure that it is impossible to corrupt the database no matter what the DBA does, or does not, do (always assuming that there is no physical damage). After working through the section of this chapter headed Instance Recovery, you... More...
Jun 12, 2008
Oracle DBA Advice
How can I perform a database recovery with a corrupt control file in Oracle? You'll have to manually create the control file. First, take a backup of your database's files so that you can always start over should you something go wrong. Then STARTUP NOMOUNT the database and then issue the CREATE CONTROLFILE command. Read more... More...
Dec 8, 2009
I want to transfer an Oracle-Database from a Solaris Big Endian 8.1.7i version to a Windows machine running the same database version but with Little Endian. I searched for hours, but I only find instructions using the Data Pump or XTTS. I don't think these technologies are available in... More...
Dec 8, 2009
I need to export Oracle data from more than one table using the SELECT statement from a database with many schemas. Can you help? First, you'll have to craft your SQL statement. Then in SQL*Plus, you can use the SPOOL command to write the results of the query to a file. Try the following... More...
Dec 8, 2009
PeopleSoft News
PeopleSoft founder targets Oracle, SAP with new company
PeopleSoft founder Dave Duffield has created a new company that will take on Oracle and SAP in the enterprise resource planning market. Workday Inc. plans to offer Web-based... More...
Nov 7, 2006
Oracle unveils PeopleSoft Enterprise 9
Oracle Monday unveiled PeopleSoft Enterprise 9. The software is being released in three phases beginning with the Learning Management 9.0 module. The Enterprise Performance Management and Financial... More...
Jun 27, 2006
PeopleSoft apps certified for Fusion middleware
PeopleSoft applications can now run on Oracle's Fusion Middleware 10g Release 2, Oracle officials have announced. Fusion is Oracle's integrated software suite for building a... More...
Dec 13, 2005
Oracle Research
TDWI Checklist Report: Consolidating Data Warehousing on a Private Cloud by Oracle Corporation
This TDWI Checklist Report makes a case for private database clouds, especially as a platform for consolidated BI and DW applications.

Recent years have seen growing interest in various approaches to clouds and server virtualization. So far, most cloud use cases focus on application...
The Information Technology Modernization Challenge - Maintain or Innovate by Oracle Corporation
Download the new Oracle Whitepaper, The Information Technology Modernization Challenge: Maintain or Innovate and learn how Oracle Advanced Customer Services experts can help your organization drive massive efficiencies and near-term cost savings into your existing...
Video Whitepaper: Circumstances and Customers Have Changed. Has Your Loyalty Program Kept Pace? by Oracle Corporation
Watch this brief video for a discussion about the effectiveness of customer loyalty programs.

While everyone knows it is much easier to retain customers than to land new ones, customer loyalty programs are struggling to help retain customers in today's shifting market. This video...
JD Edwards Articles
Oracle updates licensing models By Mark Brunelli, News Editor
Oracle is trying to make it easier for customers to license its products.

The company yesterday announced that it has streamlined pricing across its applications portfolio, including JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Siebel and Oracle E-Business Suite products.

With more than 20 acquisitions under its belt over the last few years, Oracle says the... More...

Dec 20, 2006
SAP reaches out to outsourcers with Safe Passage By Robert Westervelt, News Editor
SAP is reaching out to business process outsourcers (BPOs) in its latest bid to lure away PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards customers from Oracle Corp.

Industry analysts and experts who have been monitoring the increasing use of BPOs, said SAP is ahead of other large... More...

Sep 27, 2005