It will come as no surprise to those who know me that I have been eagerly awaiting today’s announcement of Apple’s iPad tablet device.
I followed the tweets with breathless anticipation. I watched the video as soon as it went up. I’ve thoroughly explored the iPad on Apple’s website. And I have to say, “Meh. It’s okay.” Read the rest of this entry »
Integra Technology Consulting has recently completed several large migrations to 11g for multiple organizations. On Tuesday, 03 Nov 2009, Integra CTO Allan Edwards and members of the Integra 11g team shared some of the lessons we have learned in the course of these migration projects, in a live webcast entitled “Safe Passage to Oracle 11g — Lessons from Real Migrations”. A video recoding of the full webcast appears below. Read the rest of this entry »
Continuing our seven-part blog mini-series entitled “7 Things You Need to Know About Oracle 11gR2″, Integra Senior DBA Jason Buchanan, recently one of just twelve people from around the world hand-picked by Oracle to participate in the Oracle 11gR2 final beta, offers his thoughts on the CRS to Grid transition in Oracle 11gR2:
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Okay, I gotta admit it. I am drinking the Kool-Aid here at Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce conference, and it is good. Very good. What flavor, you ask? Innovation. Mmmm. Tasty. Refreshing. Read the rest of this entry »
Last month, the news that Larry Ellison invited Marc Benioff to speak at Oracle’s OpenWorld Conference was enough to drive me out of the closet with my months-long speculation that Oracle may be edging toward buying Salesforce.com. At the time, I wrote an entry in this blog called “Salesforce.Oracle.com: A Look into One Man’s Crystal Ball” setting forth my beliefs that because the world is moving away from on-premise applications, and because SFDC is besting CRMOD regularly in application selections, it would make sense for Oracle to make a play for Salesforce if it wants to retain a leadership position in the CRM space.
Lately, I have been hearing rumors that Oracle is Read the rest of this entry »
Continuing our seven-part blog mini-series entitled “7 Things You Need to Know About Oracle 11gR2″, Integra Senior DBA Jason Buchanan, recently one of just twelve people from around the world hand-picked by Oracle to participate in the Oracle 11gR2 final beta, offers his thoughts on how to streamline Oracle 11gR2 installation through proper storage planning and configuration: Read the rest of this entry »
I am pleased to announce two important Oracle events at Integra this week.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2009, Integra CTO Allan Edwards will be presenting a webinar entitled “Safe Passage to Oracle 11g — Lessons from Recent Migrations“, Read the rest of this entry »
Continuing our seven-part blog mini-series entitled “7 Things You Need to Know About Oracle 11gR2″, Integra Senior DBA Jason Buchanan, recently one of just twelve people from around the world hand-picked by Oracle to participate in the Oracle 11gR2 final beta, discusses Oracle 11gR2 ASM (Automatic Storage Management): Read the rest of this entry »
Beginning Integra’s seven-part blog mini-series entitled “7 Things You Need to Know About Oracle 11gR2“, our own Jason Buchanan, recently one of just twelve people from around the world hand-picked by Oracle to participate in the Oracle 11gR2 final beta, offers his thoughts on the all new, completely re-written 11gR2 Concept Guides. Here is what Jason had to say: Read the rest of this entry »
I have focused my career around CRM for the past 17+ years, and in that time, I have helped numerous clients adopt all aspects of CRM, in the course helping those clients implement CRM solutions from over a dozen different vendors. Consequently, I have kept my eye on the CRM vendor space as it has undergone much transformation and consolidation. And I am here today to tell you I think big changes are a-comin’. Read the rest of this entry »
