Visiting User Experience Event 18|3|2014
Today I had the privilege to visit the Oracle UX team from the USA. This special event was hosted by Amis Services (@AMIS_Services) and my visit was with Michel Koolwaaij, my esteemed colleague from...
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Big Data: Hadoop and Oracle technologies explained
Under the title “Hadoop and Oracle technologies on BI projects” Mark Rittman flew to The Netherlands on the 14th of July to visit the Oracle Usergroup Holland. As I had obviously heard a lot about...
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Updating SQL Developer to use newer Java version
I was being teased by SQL Developer. Everytime I started it came nagging about that it was being forced to live in an old Java version called jdk1.7.0_45 and that is was not feeling happy about it....
View ArticleDBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS and SE2
This blog post is inspired on work I have been doing on Standard Edition databases and the returning confusion about what is and what is not part of Standard Edition. DBA_FEATURE_USAGE_STATISTICS is a...
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Why GUI sucks…
Of course we all know GUI stands for Graphical User Interface, just as CLI stands for Command Line Interface, right! Or, rather, a GUI is this nice, flashy screen where you can easily roam with your...
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#DBADev (Ops), who knows what is going on…
I have been considering writing this article for quite some time now. APEX Connect 2016 in Germany’s capital Berlin and the DOAG Database days have finally persuaded me to talk more about #DBADev, let...
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OTN Appreciation Day: PL/SQL
We are posting these blog posts today as part of the OTN Appreciation Day, a celebration for the Oracle Technology Network as suggested by Tim Hall, inspired by Debra Lilley. The mission was not too...
View Article#DOAG2016, definitely a crazy week.
#DOAG2016, the largest Oracle Community gathering in Europe. Taking place in Nuremberg, at the Nuremberg Convention Center NCC, one of the more impressive places to hold such a conference, towering 4...
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#Oracle cutting in inspiration and new business?
Over the many years Oracle has been leading the database world, I guess they are now taking something of a wrong turn. Let me briefly fill you in on my thoughts. Basically I see two “minor” shifts...
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Containerization, do we need container-carriers?
In maritime logistics containers and container carriers are not really new. Sitting in the plane, the following thoughts occurred to me… In fact, containers in IT are a concept which is 1-on-1 derived...
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Hey JAVA-developer, why don’t you love your database
Why this post? Partly, this blogpost is a result of a promise to Lukas Eder. Basically my vision adheres quite nicely to the “Thick Database” driven by Bryn Llewellyn and Toon Koppelaars who,...
View ArticleWhy I picked Postgres over Oracle, part I
As with many stories, if you have something to tell, it quickly takes up a lot of space. Therefore this will be a series of blog posts on Postgres and a bit of Oracle. It will be a short series,...
View ArticleWhy I picked Postgres over Oracle, part II
Continuing this short series of blog posts on some of my drivers for moving to Postgres from Oracle. Please do read Part I of the series if you have not done so. It discussed the topics “History”,...
View ArticleWhy I picked Postgres over Oracle, part III
This is the final episode of this short series of blog posts on some of my drivers for moving to Postgres from Oracle. Please do read Part I and Part II of the series if you have not done so. It...
View ArticleA new North Star has risen
While this post is not going to be about pulsars, black holes or any other form of astrological phenomenon…It still is going to cover one of the most exciting and fundamental shifts in the IT industry...
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