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Replication (Ace Comic)
This entry is part 17 of 20 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA Related: Loosely based on my (tongue-in-cheek) Replication Platform Comparison. Learn more about Oracle Golden Gate in the Enterprise!...
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Performance Tuning Your WordPress Blog
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Optimizing WordPress In my adventures in Twitterland I’ve noticed a lot of people who are using WordPress blogs (this one included). Some use wordpress.com which...
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Has Vendor Lock-In Locked Innovation Out?
Make no mistake of it: vendor lock-in is a business goal. Sure, there are some solid benefits in going with one company for your hardware, software, cloud, and all other needs. But doing so can easily...
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New Standards (Ace Comic)
This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA Related: Don’t let yourself become part of the NoDBA team! Grow Thyself. If your conference tables look like this one (DBA on one side,...
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FORALL operations IN oracle
Bulk binds and bulk loading are nothing new; in fact, the feature came out in Oracle 8i. This was a time when Oracle Parallel Servers roamed the land, pfiles were all the rage, and connecting internal...
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Sensors Everywhere in the Internet of Things
Back in 1999 I worked on a project with the US Army that incorporated RFID scanners for logistics tracking. At the time it was an extraordinarily neat concept, using a combination of Oracle, Forms (in...
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Big Data #2 – Big Data Speaks (Ace Comic)
This entry is part 16 of 18 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA If you missed the first Big Data Ace Comic, check it out now! Related: See the first Big Data Ace Comic: Big Data Want to make...
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Victim of a Ninja Strike
Since today is Monday and many of my devoted readers are at IOUG Collaborate 2013 (C13DEN) I decided to post one of my more lighthearted stories. It’s a harrowing tale of how I was a victim of ninja...
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Happy Internet of Things Day!
April 9th, 2013 is Internet of Things Day! Happy Internet of Things Day! #IoT — Kevin Ashton (@Kevin_Ashton) April 9, 2013 The futurist in me wishes that meant it is the day we all sift through our...
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Putting NoSQL In Its Place
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Database Diversity We’ll call it the NoSQL Pessimism Variable: The number of search results you see before you find a page disparaging NoSQL as a viable...
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