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policies to conferencing, along with an on-demand conference recording and retrieval capability. Tighter integration with a range of desktop productivity tools, serving to reduce training costs because users are more familiar with that software.
IT shops have the choice of buying Beehive either as a software service or through a more traditional on-premise license. "If customers tell us they... More... May 4, 2009
technology. This conference brings together the Independent Oracle Users Group, the Oracle Applications Users Group and Quest International Users Group to offer best practices and training for users of Oracle's database and business applications technology. SearchOracle.com is on the scene to bring you the latest breaking news and up-to-the-minute blog coverage from the show.
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issues of integration and compatibility, according to Brian T. Fedorko, a senior database administrator with Viper Technology Services in Orlando, Fla.
"You're going to need personnel with training in the third-party tool, and you're probably going to have to buy some sort of service contract" from the vendor, and perhaps a dedicated application server, Fedorko said. Making the move Some organizations... More... Jul 7, 2008
Floss said. "If you do it all in a day and your numbers are wrong, you and everyone else could be gone. Make sure you're cost effective compared to other solutions. This drives DBA funding."
Keep training May 1, 2008
Some turnover is unavoidable, but companies considering remote database administration should also take a close look at employee retention at an outsourcer, as well as the amount of training and education offered to DBAs. Also, make sure the outsourcer conducts background checks. "You can't coach kids' soccer in my town without a background check," Corey said. "Why would you do business with a vendor... More... Apr 28, 2008
more about the new release, get a better handle on Oracle's overall identity management strategy, and also to get his response to some recent criticism of Oracle's identity management training operations. Here are some excerpts from that conversation:
What's the overall theme of the latest release of Oracle Identity Manager? Amit Jasuja: It's compliance -- essentially easing the burden on a typical... More... Feb 20, 2008
in court, one Oracle end user said.
Dan Reick, an Oracle business systems administrator with Wilson Learning Worldwide Inc., an Edina, Minn.-based manufacturer of customized employee training materials, says it wouldn't be surprising if some animosity against Oracle trickled down from PeopleSoft executives to PeopleSoft customers. "But time moves on, and as long as Oracle continues at its... More... Jan 31, 2008
balancing the potential evils and drawbacks that bad technology policy can play in society. Take holodecks. They examine holo-addiction as well as the role this [technology] plays in training and entertainment."
Star Trek has always been huge with the technologically advanced among us, but it's not the only work of escapist art that IT geeks are looking forward to in 2008. They're also gearing up for... More... Dec 18, 2007
cost-on-IT-maintenance" card went only so far. They also had to prove that it would give Human Resources users a better understanding of their skill base and the means to fine-tune their training requirements.
Health and safety is another major consideration during all aspects of the process, he said. "Being a water and wastewater treatment firm, there are some huge potential environmental... More... Nov 16, 2007
challenge on its hands.
The university, which specializes in aviation and aerospace education at its two residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., and more than 130 training centers throughout the United States, Europe, Canada and the Middle East, provides online administrative and email services to about 70,000 students, faculty, affiliates, alumni and applicants annually. ... More... Nov 12, 2007
his keynote speech before attendees of The Data Warehousing Institute conference here.
According to Maydanchik, growing demand for data quality tools, data quality professionals and training, and the rise of new data quality initiatives, all indicate that enterprises see data quality as an important issue. But despite the growing awareness of the data quality issue and some positive progress... More... Oct 30, 2007
and good performance. So, let's get this under the control of some talented DBAs.' And so that often means -- particularly if they're [primarily] an Oracle shop -- hiring people or training staff for new skills.
What advice do you have for CIOs who find themselves in this situation? Kline: I think a lot of times it's a good idea to take the [SQL Server] investment seriously. There is still a... More... Sep 27, 2007
Suite implementation has helped Serologicals streamline business processes, achieve a consolidated view of customers, and gain critical process manufacturing capabilities.
Some training required As part of integrating Serologicals into its global operations, Millipore used Oracle's iLearning module to get those 1,000 end users trained on the Oracle E-Business Suite. According to the... More... Aug 15, 2007
expend resources to realize a return on investment.
"There are clear business benefits [with grid] -- availability and performance -- but there are also challenges. It requires additional training and additional hardware," he said. According to Bill Cullen, an Oracle DBA and independent consultant who specializes in high-availability technologies, grid fears are not surprising. "Tech managers are... More... Jul 18, 2007
so you already have a good start.
Being a DBA takes a special breed of individual -- some have what it takes, others do not. I would not suggest jumping right into spending a ton of money on Oracle training before you are sure it is the career path for you. I would suggest instead reading up on relational database concepts in general, then jumping into learning Oracle specifically. Since the best way to learn... More... Jun 15, 2007
to the customer.
Oracle has also tried to make it easier for customers to upgrade to JD Edwards World A9.1. The suite includes new tools for retrofitting custom code, testing the system and training users, Schiff said. Among other enhancements, Schiff said, the JD Edwards World Web interface now supports a Java deployment, and the entire suite has been service-enabled to improve performance for... More... Apr 13, 2007
take care to ask questions, but not to jump to conclusions or make promises about how much you will be able to change. You are in the evaluation phase and changes may be technical, training related or both.
Excerpted from Carol Francum's "Performance tuning, step 2: Determining the current state." How can I solve specific tuning dilemmas? To help answer specific... More... Apr 6, 2007
This huge conference brings together the Independent Oracle Users Group, the Oracle Applications Users Group and Quest International Users Group to offer best practices and training for users of Oracle's database and business applications. technology. SearchOracle.com was on the scene to bring you the latest breaking news and up-to-the-minute blog coverage from the show, as well as tips...
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packs and connectors, we just had not focused on them. So what we're doing now is, one, there will be some people in the sales force who only get paid on Enterprise Manager, and two, extensive training for existing [database representatives and application server representatives] in particular to get them focused on some of these newer areas. A lot of these other [competing management] tools...
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Mar 15, 2007
91;a new division] up and running in a system, it's really hard to go through the motions of buying software licenses, provisioning within the client-server model, creating logins, training -- all of the things that really go along with provisioning software seats," Schneider said. "The SaaS model kind of takes a lot of that time and money out of that."
And five years ago, application service providers... More... Dec 5, 2006
an Oracle DBA for many years and currently works for Lockheed Martin, also disagrees with the thrust of the article. He claims that those who find Oracle to be difficult to use simply lack training or experience.
"The fact is that Oracle on Unix is the most stable system in the world, particularly for large databases, and the most manageable," he said. "Most people who say Oracle is tough to manage do not know... More... Aug 15, 2006
must proselytize the view that people are company assets, not costs to be cut, Reich said.
"The only way to develop sustainable competitive advantage is by careful recruitment, training and retention. If people are viewed as costs to be cut, your organization is moving in the wrong direction," Reich said. Pig through the python Access to talented people will be severely constrained by the... More... Jun 21, 2006
and global levels.
The team also held a number of "as is" and "to be" workshops, where they learned more about trade promotion and its benefits for the organization. Barbary pointed out that the training was considered just as important as the software Wrigley was evaluating. "Trade promotion management is a discipline -- it's about learning. It's about the people and not the tool," Barbary said. In the first... More... Jun 5, 2006
Siebel solutions but seek to save costs on maintenance and support. Safe Passage offers license credits, conversion tools, services from SAP and partners, and project team and end-user training.
TomorrowNow joins Rimini Street, a start-up founded by former TomorrowNow executives, in offering third-party Siebel support. Siebel customers face the potential of escalating CRM maintenance costs... More... May 18, 2006
consultants from Hamilton, Bermuda-based Accenture and SAP consulting services, will conduct the rollout, which will go live this summer. A test environment will be set up to give end users training and validation before going live, King said.
"The integration element really resonated with everyone, having lived in a best-of-breed environment," King said. "That common view of data across the company was... More... May 16, 2006
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