When will we see a significant footprint established by Oracle in the Production-Server hosting realm for Cloud Services? Not anytime soon. However, Oracle, albeit recently, has realized the potential of an almost non-existent market in the Cloud Services division. The integration of Hyperion Financial Management on Cloud Services has the potential to become the next […]
Posts Tagged ‘BICS’
BI Cloud Service: How to Automate Delete Jobs with DataSync
If you have used ETL tools like Informatica or ODI, you probably know that it is possible to perform delete operations on a target database, like a data warehouse. But if you are using Oracle BI Cloud Service with the Schema Database as a data warehouse for BICS, you won’t be able to connect to […]
Shifting Forces: Competitive Strategy in the Digital Age
Digital transformation isn’t just driving the way we run our businesses, but also influencing how we handle milestones in our lives. When J.J. Watt signed an NFL contract worth $100 million, he wasn’t sure what to do next. So he googled the phrase “What do rich people buy?” Unimpressed with the search results, his first […]
Oracle BI Cloud – Quick Demo of Different Data Loading Methods
The Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service (BICS) offers various options through which data may be loaded into the BI cloud database. I am focusing here on BICS that comes with the Database Schema service as a reporting database. In addition, there are several ways through which you may extract data from BICS. It may be […]
ODTUG goes Hollywood: Analytics, Hyperion in Kscope Spotlight
As Oracle customers, partners, and developers head to Hollywood (Florida, that is) for ODTUG’s 2015 Kscope conference, the key topics include strategic approaches to analytics and equity management, with two sessions featuring Perficient experts. “When it comes to enterprise intelligence, there are numerous data sources to oversee. The challenge lies in sifting through what’s significant […]
IT Spending Trends for 2015: The Real Story is Revenue
“I want to be the IT guy who’s out of the IT business.” –CIO at an asset management company. Earlier this week, I was reviewing Computerworld’s 2015 Tech Spending survey results, published a few months ago. Looking at the numbers again, it’s clear that the story isn’t about specific technologies as much as it […]
Infographic: U.S. Data Consumption Growth
According to a study from the University of California at San Diego, U.S. data consumption per person in 2015 has risen to 8.75 zettabytes annually, equal to a daily consumption of nine DVDs per person per day. (The reference works for me, although I think some kids today look at DVDs the way I look […]
Oracle BI Cloud Service: Data Sync Released & DBaaS Supported
Today Oracle releases Data Sync, a tool that facilitates loading data into the Oracle BI Cloud Service (BICS) by offering a variety of capabilities: Loading data from on-premise relational databases or data files into BICS Schema Database Scheduling data load jobs Monitoring data load jobs Sending out email notifications Earlier this week, Oracle has upgraded […]
Oracle BI Cloud Service (BICS): Data Sync for Automated Data Load
In a few days Oracle will release Data Sync, a utility that facilitates the process of loading data from various on-premise sources into BI Cloud Services (BICS). The Data Sync utility comes as an addition to several other already available means of loading data into BICS: data load wizard to upload data from files, SQL […]
BI Cloud Migration: A Streamlined Approach
For many professionals, the move from test to production can bring more than a few challenges. You might have a fully functional system on the Test instance, but migrating everything to Production requires a reliable process. Mazen Manasseh takes us through the essential steps for a successful business intelligence cloud service migration. BI Cloud Service […]
Oracle BI Cloud Service: How to migrate from Test to Production?
With an Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Service (BICS) subscription, you get accesses to two instances: Test and Production. The test instance can be the initial playground where the upfront development work is carried out before pushing the developed components to the Production instance. The development work may entail creating tables in the Oracle Cloud Schema […]
Modernize Your Business Analytics Platform with Cloud Solutions
In today’s data digitized world, no business or organization can survive, let alone thrive, without a solid data management and data analysis infrastructure. For several decades now, organizations have relied on platforms and analytics software to analyze their digital data in order to understand the health of their business, layout business and management strategies, identify […]