Data + Intelligence

In this post, I deliver an in-depth look at the steps to upgrade OBIEE 11g to OBIEE 12c in a separate environment. So that means it is an out-of-place upgrade of OBIEE from 11g to 12c. I did this upgrade for an American worldwide financial services client. Following are the details for the upgrade process […]

With so much information in the marketplace today, it is often difficult to distill key parameters for strategic decisions. I enjoy helping people find useful guideposts for making informed choices in technology. The Cloud is a key topic for everyone engaged in today’s strategic IT planning and software solution decisions. As such, I look forward […]

Last quarter I wrote about some of the devices we’re installing in our home and how some of those might be used in an industrial environment too. Click here if you want to read my previous blog and this quick read hopefully gets you thinking further about how you too can get started… Let’s talk […]

Are you tied up with average time on page as your go-to metric for evaluating the effectiveness of your content? In this episode of the popular Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Perficient Digital’s Mark Traphagen explains why average time on page doesn’t work for single-page views, and reveals a better metric to use. Don’t […]

Business Integration (BI) combines two parts: one is to build a data warehouse, the other is to build a visual report for the end user and stakeholder to help make business decisions. Traditionally, in BI we mostly use a relational database (RDBMS) like Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, My SQL and so on. For a […]

According to a Business Insider report, companies are going to spend almost $5 trillion on the IoT in the next five years. In fact, according to IDC, in the years to come, the fastest spending growth in IoT will come from the healthcare industry. IoT has a variety of applications in healthcare from smart sensors […]

If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you keep hearing that blockchain is the next transformative technology. And while you want to make sure you’re fully informed and in a position to exploit any opportunities this technology could bring to you and your organization, you still don’t fully understand what blockchain means. Moreover, based on […]

PowerBI on Azure supports for various type of RDBMS, such as Oracle DB, SQL Server, DB2 and so on. In this post, I will introduce the basic steps regarding how to connect to an Oracle DB in PowerBI. In order to connect to an Oracle database with Power BI Desktop, the correct Oracle client software must […]

Save the date, let’s get together to have a great day of networking, knowledge sharing, skill improvements and a chance to get out of the office. The Indianapolis Maximo User Group provides a forum for Maximo users in the Indianapolis area to collaborate on their experiences with asset management and uses of IBM Maximo by […]

Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) was updated recently to support direct connectivity with Oracle Planning & Budgeting Cloud Service (PBCS) and EPBCS. Consequently, we can now source data live from PBCS applications without the need to extract and import into OAC. I have seen several financial departments use PBCS as a source for budgets and forecasts […]

Understanding and applying data lies at the heart of digital business transformation. Data can reveal reason, rationale, and purpose – explaining not only who, what, when, and where regarding customer behavior and business operations, but also the why. Managed well, data can be the cornerstone for business success. The Internet of Things (IoT) is quickly […]

“Catching up” is the term that came to mind when I used to check out what’s new with Oracle Analytics in previous years. This year, however, I frankly say I was impressed with what I saw at Oracle Open World last week. The rules of the analytics platform game have changed, tremendously. This is after […]