Cloud

At a recent user conference, I was asked, “why do I need DRM in my organization?” A very interesting question with both a short and long answer. Let’s cover the short answer first… DRM (Data Relationship Management) provides organizations the ability to centralize the governance of enterprise dimensional master data while ensuring the data is […]

On a call with Microsoft this morning, they referenced this public case study. I thought it was a really nice example of using a multitude of Azure services to innovate their business – Machine Learning, Mobile Services, IoT Hubs, and Dynamics AX. Check out the video below and the full description here – https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=12792

Several years back, the IT research and advisory firm Gartner came up with the phrase “Lean Portal.” The term was invented to draw contrast to the traditional portals of the time, which were generally regarded as complex, expensive, and bloated with unnecessary features. Lean portals, by contrast, are those that are quick to implement, utilize modern web […]

WebCenter 11g (11.1.1.8 and earlier) provides two distinct ways to build portals – portal builder and portal framework. The first approach relies on the pre-build “portal builder” application to construct portals (previously called “spaces”) primarily through a web-based administrative interface, while the latter relies on developers to design, configure and deploy their own custom Oracle ADF portal […]

Every developer knows that builds are an integral piece to the Application Lifecycle. Using an automated build and testing process will help speed the time to market for your application. Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server offers a number of features to help with this process. To use Team Foundation Build for automated building and testing […]

This year’s 2015 Midwest Business & IT Executive Summit will be held on Thursday, November 19th at the Chase Park Plaza hotel in St. Louis, MO.  This annual conference features the latest Business & IT solutions including Analytics, Big Data, Cloud, Cybersecurity, ERP, HCM & Customer Experience. Regional business leaders and government organizations will be […]

With the shift towards hybrid cloud architecture and the exponential growth of mobile applications it is essential to establish an integration strategy that supports new computing models that include on-premises, cloud and mobility. Legacy middleware has a monolithic architecture, proprietary components, complex operating environments and expensive licensing. A dated integration style greatly slows mobile development […]

Research firm IDC forecasts that the worldwide public platform as a service (PaaS) market is expected to grow to more than $14 billion in 2017. As part of this move to the cloud, companies are no longer only looking for SaaS (applications) or IaaS (Infrastructure), but are instead considering application platforms and workloads to gain […]

Azure Site Recovery now provides native support for SQL Server AlwaysOn. SQL Server Availability Groups can be added to a recovery plan along with VMs. All the capabilities of your recovery plan—including sequencing, scripting, and manual actions—can be leveraged to orchestrate the failover of a multitier application using an SQL database configured with AlwaysOn replication. […]

Azure Backup can now back up your on-premises application workloads, including Microsoft SQL Server, Hyper-V VMs, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Exchange. You can back up your applications to a local disk or to Azure, allowing you to eliminate local tape libraries and leverage the unlimited storage capability of Azure. You can also manage all your […]

Mazen just previewed What to Expect Next on BICS and now it is in the process of being released.  The first thing you’ll notice is the new clean and concise consumer-style user experience.  Site navigation and the Home page has changed dramatically as you can see in the screen shot below (the compass next to the user’s name brings up […]

In the coming few days, Oracle will be rolling out an upgrade of their Business Intelligence Cloud Service. There are a couple of main things to expect: First, the UI will look different but function in the same way. It is basically a new skin to BICS, with a slightly different way of navigation. Second, […]