Oracle Stuff for the Average Guy! (or Gal!)

Oracle Stuff for the Average Guy is Moving!

2010-10-17T16:19:00.001-05:00

Oracle Stuff for the Average Guy is evolving and moving! Over the last several months, I have come to realize that I would like to expand the site to be more than just Oracle. In the future, it will be a space that can focus on Enterprise technology as well as an expanded emphasis on Podcasting. Join me over at the new site and drop a comment.

http://theaverageguy.tv/

Heartland OAUG Mini Conference – May 20th, 2010 – Did You Miss Collaborate 2010?

2010-05-07T10:26:00.001-05:00

If you missed Collaborate 2010, there is still a chance to get some quality training in before OpenWorld! Registration is now open for the next Heartland OAUG Mini Conference on May 20th, 2010, hosted again by Gallup, here in Omaha. Registration is again free for our users/members*.

Our last meeting on February 11th was a real success with well over 100 in attendance and 5 sponsor vendors. Special thanks to these partners!

Oracle
Apps Associates
Lucidity
ReadSoft
Rolta TUSC

We are glad to welcome back some partners from last time, as well as some new faces this time. Joining us:

Oracle	IBM	MarketSphere
ProKarma	Rolta TUSC	UC4

Here are some of the confirmed sessions. More will be added as they become available.

MarketSphere	Kevin Cornett Brad Kwiatek	Achieving Integrated Business Planning with Oracle Hyperion Provide an overview of Business Planning with practical recommendations and real world integrated business planning examples using Oracle Enterprise Performance Management suite including Hyperion Planning. Will discuss both process and technology components to consider with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management suite including Hyperion Planning implementations.
Gallup	Jim Collison	How Members of the Heartland OAUG can use OAUG CONNECT to Collectively Collaborate on Their R12 (or any Oracle Project) Upgrade. The Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG) recently launched a new social networking site named CONNECT. Connect is a Facebook-like destination that will allow Oracle pros (or even novices) to combine our knowledge and experience in the interest of better communication around all things Oracle. Users can post events, share blogs, participate in forum discussions, join Geo or SIG groups, keep up to date on the latest tweets as well as find links to all the best Oracle sites. Best of all, it’s FREE!
New – Oracle	Bill Gardner	Oracle Advanced Customer Services – Building a strategic relationship for ongoing operational excellence. Advanced Customer Services (ACS) will be on hand to present and educate customers on the various support options available from Oracle. ACS provides specific performance and availability optimization, upgrade assistance and personalized support for your most critical environments. Learn about the capabilities providing faster problem and expert assistance spanning the Oracle stack.
New - Gallup	Stephanie Ransdell	Leveraging Oracle Workflow for Emails – Making Workflow Work For You. This session is intended for those that want to learn more about how to create their own notifications in Oracle Workflow, as well as learn a little more about the tool overall.
Gallup	Swapan Golla Santosh Bangera	Oracle Spatial: A Technical Overview
Gallup	Swapan Golla	Text Mining using Oracle Data Miner
Your	Session	Here?
More	Still	To Come

Here is the schedule for the day:

8:00am – 8:30am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am – 9:30am	Introductions and Oracle Keynote
9:30am –9:45am	Break/Networking
9:45am – 10:30am	Session 1
10:30am –11:00am	Break/Networking - Snacks
11:00am- 11:45am	Session 2
11:45am –12:00pm	Break/Networking
12:00pm – 1:00pm	Session 3

Follow the Heartland OAUG on twitter at www.twitter.com/heartland_oaug

Please go to http://heartlandouag20100520.eventbrite.com/ for additional information and to register for this event.

Questions or concerns with either the registration process or membership fees can be addressed to heartland.oaug@live.com. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!!

If you are interested in volunteering for the 05/20/2009 event please contact Catherine Knabb (catherine.knabb@aciworldwide.com).

*If you are an Oracle Consultant or Partner can sponsor the user group and attend this meeting for a one event membership fee of $250 or for an annual membership fee of $500 which allows access to all Heartland OAUG meetings for the entire year. Additional information is available at http://heartlandoaug.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4B960D1C23B65658!143.entry.

Oracle Technology March events: WebCenter Suite Lunch Seminar and a hands on SOA workshop Omaha and Des Moines

2010-02-26T13:11:00.001-06:00

Zirous SOA Workship on Tuesday March 9th in Omaha

For additional information; http://www.opnevents.com/programs/ZirousSOA/

Join Zirous and Oracle for a free hands-on Oracle SOA Suite 11g workshop

Attendees of this interactive event will hear how many Oracle customers have succeeded in deploying high-volume, mission-critical SOA Systems by leveraging the industry's best service bus, Oracle Service Bus, combined with Oracle's renowned extreme-scalability on a grid-computing infrastructure.
During this workshop, you will focus on building out a Permit Application Composite scenario for receiving and handling permit requests. Labs focus on Web Services, External References, BPEL, Human Workflow, Rules, BAM and Policy management.
Products and technologies to be covered:

Oracle Weblogic Server
SOA Suite 11g R1
JDeveloper 11.1.1

Agenda

8:30 a.m.	Registration, Breakfast
9:15 a.m.	Introduction & Set-Up
9:30 a.m.	SOA Concepts and Oracle SOA Suite 11g
10:00 a.m.	Accessing the Lab Environment
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Web Services Overview Lab 1: Create a Java Web Services
12:15 p.m.	Working Lunch SOA Composite Editor Lab 2: Creating a SOA Composite with Adapters and Mediators
1:15 p.m.	BPEL Lab 3: Creating a BPEL Process for Orchestration Oracle Business Rules Lab 4: Creating a Business Rule and BPEL Decision Service
2:15 p.m.	Human Tasks Lab 5: Adding a Human Task Activity
3:15 p.m.	Wrap-Up, Q&A
3:30 p.m.	Workshop Close

RSVP Required

Please register online for this important event.

WebCenter Suite Lunch Seminar Wed. March 10th, Omaha Regency Marriott

WebCenter Suite Lunch Seminar Thurs. March 11th, Des Moines Embassy Suites

This is a great lunch session to understand Oracle strategy with Portal technology. Oracle WebCenter Suite is the industry™s only complete, open, and manageable portal platform that integrates Enterprise 2.0 capabilities into business processes and custom and packaged enterprise applications to create richer connections and deliver faster time-to-value. Its unified, standards-based portal framework supports the creation of all types of portals, Web sites, and composite applications and is designed to enable business users to evolve these applications as their business requirements change.

March 10th, Omaha Regency Marriott 11:30 -1:00 PM 10220 Regency Circle, Omaha, NE 68144
March 11th, Des Moines, Embassy Suites 11:30 - 1:00 101 East Locust, Des Moines, IA 50309

To register: Contact Ajit Sherring at email ajit.sherring@oracle.com or call 800.363.3059 Ext 22090

Upcoming Oracle Technology Events for Nebraska and Iowa

2010-01-25T12:15:00.001-06:00

I wanted to make you aware of some upcoming Oracle Technology events here in the Heartland. I pulled these from an email from Bob Lankford, my local technology rep. Thanks Bob!

Exadata Lunch Seminar Feb 10th in Omaha, Feb 11th in Des Moines
If you are using any database from any vendor in your organization, you should attend this lunch seminar. The seminar will explain the architecture and benefits of the Oralcle Exadata Appliance. The solution may not be a fit for every situation but it is a snapshot of what the future holds for computing and appliances. Oracle Exadata Storage Servers combine smart storage software from Oracle and industry-standard hardware from Sun to deliver the industry's highest database storage performance. To overcome the limitations of conventional storage,

Oracle Exadata Storage Servers use a massively parallel architecture to dramatically increase data bandwidth between the database server and storage. In addition, smart storage software offloads data-intensive query processing from Oracle Database 11g servers and does the query processing closer to the data. The result is faster parallel data processing and less data movement through higher bandwidth connections. This massively parallel architecture also offers linear scalability and mission-critical reliability.

For Additional information on Exadata: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/database/exadata/index.htm

Feb 10^th, Omaha Regency Marriott 11:30 -1:00 PM 10220 Regency Circle, Omaha, NE 68144
Feb 11^th, Des Moines, Embassy Suites 11:30 - 1:00 PM 101 East Locust, Des Moines, IA 50309

To register: Contact Ajit Sherring at email ajit.sherring@oracle.com or call 800.363.3059 Ext 22090

Heartland OAUG held at the Gallup Organization, Omaha NE Feb 11th, ( 8:00 - 1:00 )

We are within TWO weeks of registration for the next Heartland OAUG Mini Conference on February 11, 2010, hosted by Gallup here in Omaha. New sessions have been added since 1/12/2010.

Registration is free for our users/members. Please feel free to pass this email along to coworkers or friends who could benefit from this conference!

We have added a new track for Users! - EBS R12.1 Financials: Centralized accounting through SLA, tax capabilities & payment processing. Finance Integrations: Integration technologies specific to the finance organization (credit card, ach, lock box, pcard, etc.). Finance Insight to Action: Continuing on the discussion by Joe Thomas, a demonstration of the finance dashboard capabilities. If you are upgrading or thinking of up grading to R12, this might be a helpful session for both your technical and user community!

When: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Thursday, February 11^th 2010
Where: Gallup, 1001 Gallup Drive. Omaha NE 68102

Register by January 31st and be entered into a drawing to win and iPod Nano!

Joe Thomas, Oracle Senior Director, BI Application will be in Omaha as our keynote speaker and for a series of special presentations on Oracle BI.

We will also have sessions covering the topics of Database, Middleware, Applications and Business Intelligence. Check the links below for the most current speakers.

More info at: http://heartlandoaug.spaces.live.com
Register at: http://heartlandoaug20100211.eventbrite.com
Our site: http://heartlandoaug.spaces.live.com/
At OAUG: http://ne.oaug.org/
Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/heartland_oaug

Oracle Analytic Applications and BI Workshop, Feb 23rd, Omaha Regency Marriott

Oracle Invites You To A Free 1-Day Hands-on Analytic Applications & Business Intelligence Workshop.

You are invited to a 1-day Oracle Business Intelligence workshop which will allow you to get hands-on experience with Oracle Analytic Applications building ad-hoc reports, creating dashboards and providing access to Oracle and non-Oracle data sources using Oracle BI Enterprise Edition.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Omaha Regency Marriott
10220 Regency Circle, Omaha, NE 68144

Registration

To reserve your space for this hands-on event please call 1.800.820.5592, ext.7231.
Workshop Requirements (Mandatory):

Laptop computer with network card
Internet Explorer 6.0+ or Mozilla 1.7x

During the workshop participants will explore:

The relationships between business intelligence and data warehousing
How to pull data from multiple sources into a consolidated view
When should data be brought into the Analytic Applications Data Warehouse
How to quickly create dashboards for your entire organization
How to proactively alert end-users using exception based reporting
Introduction and Overview of BI Server Administration
Integration with BI Publisher for enterprise pixel perfect reporting
Integration with Essbase
Understand the value of Oracle's Integrated Business Intelligence Solution

Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) is the most comprehensive portfolio of technology and applications for enabling the insight-driven organization, including leading BI applications, BI platform technology, and data warehousing. With the #1 market share in business analytics, Oracle BI enables organizations to gain complete and timely insight, distribute intelligence pervasively, and drive more effective actions and processes. Oracle BI is hot-pluggable with Oracle and non-Oracle environments so customers can fully leverage existing data sources, systems and applications. At the same time, by offering comprehensive, integrated solutions that are optimized and pre-integrated with Oracle database, middleware, and applications, organizations can benefit from reduced cost and complexity, as well as a unified BI infrastructure.
Please join us for an interactive hands-on workshop that will enable you to start providing actionable Business Intelligence to anyone in your organization.

Agenda
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Registration, Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	Welcome, Introductions, Roles & Responsibilities
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Oracle Business Intelligence Overview & Best Practices
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Oracle Business Intelligence Workshop Demo
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon	Workshop - Creating Reports and Dashboards & Essbase Integration
12:00 noon -1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Workshop - Creating Reports and Dashboards & Essbase Integration
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Q&A and Wrap Up

WebCenter Suite Lunch Seminar March 10th, Omaha March 11thh Des Moines

March 10th, Omaha Regency Marriott 11:30 -1:00 PM 10220 Regency Circle, Omaha, NE 68144
March 11th, Des Moines, Embassy Suites 11:30 - 1:00 101 East Locust, Des Moines, IA 50309

To register: Contact Ajit Sherring at email ajit.sherring@oracle.com or call 800.363.3059 Ext 22090

Enterprise Content Management Lunch Seminar April 20th, Des Moines, April 21st Omaha

This lunch seminar will focus on Oracle’s Content Management solutions, what it is, how it compares with its competitors and how it can provide value to your organization. Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is comprised of Document Management, Web Content Management, and Digital Asset Management in a unified application that enables users to interact with documents, web content and digital assets and provides organizations with the ability to provide the right content, at the right time, and in the right format to employees, customers, vendors, and partners. Core ECM controls and manages the lifecycle of all types of unstructured content, while maintaining the integrity of the content and controlling access to it within or beyond the organization. The solutions lower risk and streamline business operations by: helping prevent problems arising from hard to find, lost or mislaid unstructured content; bringing it into the context of business processes; and allowing content to be distributed more quickly, more conveniently, and more securely.

April 21st, Omaha Regency Marriott 11:30 - 1:00 PM 10220 Regency Circle, Omaha, NEÂ 68144
April 20th, Des Moines, Embassy Suites 11:30 - 1:00 PM 101 East Locust, Des Moines, IA 50309

To register: Contact Ajit Sherring at email ajit.sherring@oracle.com or call 800.363.3059 Ext 22090

Sun Oracle Acquisition cocktail reception coming soon!

Coming soon after the official acquisition closure: Oracle Acquisition of Sun Social Mixer. I will be hosting a social mixer at a local establishment with drinks and appetizers. This will provide a chance to understand what the acquisition means as well as the resources from both Sun and Oracle that are your points of contact. Stay tuned for the official announcement and dates and location of this event.

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Oracle Customer SuccessCast – Business Intelligence Innovation at Gallup

2009-12-15T08:35:00.001-06:00

I sat down with Mark Conway at the Oracle studios (not really, we did it over the phone) recently and discussed the BI success Gallup has had using Oracle’s OBIEE with BI Publisher for an Oracle Customer SuccessCast.

SuccessCasts are podcasts (or a recorded mp3) that outline and promote success stories that customers are having with Oracle products. This one is just 12 minutes in length, so if you are interested, click on the links below and have a listen.

Oracle Customer Cafe
http://feeds.feedburner.com/OracleCustomerCafeSuccesscasts

Direct Download
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OracleCustomerCafeSuccesscasts/~5/WzmTnpOgAQI/8338560_Jim_Collison_121209.mp3

Remember, I search (and Podcast) so you don’t have to!

Heartland OAUG February 11, 2010 Meeting Registration Now Open

2009-12-14T14:47:00.001-06:00

Registration is now open for the Heartland OAUG Meeting that will be held on February 11, 2010 at Ag Processing Inc. in Omaha.

Please go to http://heartlandoaug20100211.eventbrite.com for additional information and to register for this event.

Registration is free for our users/members.

Consultants and third party tool developers can purchase admission for this meeting for a one event membership fee of $250 or for an annual membership fee of $500 which allows access to all Heartland OAUG meetings for the entire year. Additional information is available at

http://heartlandoaug.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4B960D1C23B65658!143.entry.

Questions or concerns with either the registration process or membership fees can be addressed to heartland.oaug@live.com. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!!!

OBIEE Configuration Management – Rittman Mead

2009-12-04T10:14:00.001-06:00

Our friends over at Rittman Mead (mostly Mark Rittman) have posted an incredible 3 part series on OBIEE Configuration Management. Mark just keeps bringing the hits! Nice work Mark.

The series can be found at their site http://www.rittmanmead.com/ or at the links below.

http://www.rittmanmead.com/2009/11/30/obiee-software-configuration-management-part-1-initial-deployment-from-dev-to-prod/

http://www.rittmanmead.com/2009/11/30/obiee-software-configuration-management-part-2-subsequent-deployments-from-dev-to-prod/

http://www.rittmanmead.com/2009/12/02/obiee-software-configuration-management-part-3-version-controlling-the-project/

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Repost:11gR2 New Feature – Alter Database Link to Change Password

2009-12-04T09:23:00.001-06:00

If your databases require regular password changes for security compliance, you might find this helpful.

http://oraexplorer.com/2009/11/11gr2-new-feature-alter-database-link-to-change-password/

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Heartland OAUG Announces Next Mini Conference – February 11, 2010

2009-12-03T21:39:00.001-06:00

Not only is there another mini conference coming, but the Heartland OAUG has a new logo. Check this out!

All the details for the next user group meeting can be found at the group site:

http://heartlandoaug.spaces.live.com/

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Repost: The Top 10 Trends for 2010 in Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Performance Management

2009-12-03T21:25:00.001-06:00

http://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/5706/the-top-10-trends-for-2010-in-analytics-business-intelligence-and-performance-management/

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Blog Alert! – BI Publisher Blog

2009-11-04T12:37:00.001-06:00

While at OpenWorld, one of the guys on my team (Cory Keogh) presented with Ike Wiggins, a blogger and overall nice guy over at the BI Publisher Blog ( http://bipublisher.blogspot.com/) . Besides looking like Billy Mays and having smart things to say the product, Ike is just a super nice guy. His blog is worth reading as well.

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Can’t Make Oracle OpenWorld 2009 This Year? Watch Online!

2009-10-11T18:13:00.001-05:00

So budgets are tight and you couldn’t make it to San Francisco to be at OpenWorld? There is something you can do about it. Starting Sunday night (just a couple hours from now) you can catch all the keynotes online. Just don’t let it ruin your weekend.

Url: http://www.oracle.com/us/openworld/018079.htm?rssid=rss_ocom_corpnews

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Registration is Open for Collaborate 10 – April 18-22, 2010 - Las Vegas Baby!

2009-10-08T11:31:00.001-05:00

This is not new news, but if you planning your 2010 travel budgets, you may want to consider attending Collaborate 10. By attending you get the benefits of

400+ User-led sessions packed with best practices and case studies
Access to IOUG and Quest’s programming — nearly 1,000 sessions and 18 educational tracks in total
Peer-to-peer interaction at dozens of networking events and special interest group meetings
Special programming to mark the OAUG community’s 20th anniversary

You can go for free if you are accepted as a speaker. The call for speakers is happening now! Follow this link: http://oaug.collaborate10.com/presenterinfo/. The deadline is October 20th, 2009.

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

IE 8 Now Certified with E-Business Suite Release 11i

2009-10-08T10:56:00.001-05:00

The moment we have all been waiting for (unless you really hate IE8!) has arrived. EBS version 11i is now certified with IE 8. Full details are available at Steven Chan’s blog. BTW, if you are not reading the blogs from Oracle on a regular basis, you should. Steven’s blog is especially helpful for us EBS customers! Thanks Steven!

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

The post can be found here: http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/

E-Business Suite Release 12 Certified for IE 8, 11i Certification Still Ahead

2009-09-26T10:28:00.000-05:00

On September 11th, Steven Chan update the oracle community to announce that IE 8 is now certified for EBS R12. While this is good news for some, folks still on 11i must still wait.

There is a lot of great info over at Steven’s blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2009/09/internet_explorer_8_certified_ebs12.html

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Looking For Ways to Connect with the New Heartland OAUG?

2009-09-25T21:50:00.001-05:00

The newly reformed Heartland OAUG (Formerly Nebraska OAUG) completed its first mini conference on September 24th at Gallup in Omaha, NE. We had 50+ in attendance (counting all the Oracle Reps as well!) and the reviews were very positive. Next meeting is scheduled for Jan / Feb 2010.

We would love to have you get connected with the group long before that however. There are several ways to connect.

Our site: http://heartlandoaug.spaces.live.com/

At OAUG: http://ne.oaug.org/

Special thanks to John Burke, Michael Stathes, Jennifer Turner, Dan Glasscock and Darrell Wininger from Oracle. Thanks also to Swapan Golla, Archie Gonzalez, Ashish Jain, Tom Ruhlman and Brett Barnhart from Gallup who spoke. Couldn’t have done the event without the special help from the Heartland board memebers of Jerry Wall, Catherine Knabb, Stephanie Randsdell and Ron Conaway!

Leveraging Your Oracle Support Investment– Aug 12th 2009 @ Gallup Omaha

2009-08-06T10:25:00.002-05:00

Feeling like you don’t really understand Oracle Support or what value to holds for your organization? Still haven’t figured out MetaLink or are now asking, "What is Metalink?” We have an opportunity for you.

On Wednesday, August 12th, at the Gallup Campus, the Heartland OAUG is hosting a 2 hour session on Getting the Most from Oracle Support with Joanne Nolan from Oracle. This will give you the opportunity to hear what is new directly from the support organization as well as ask all your questions. You won’t want to miss this! Best yet, it FREE!

Please RSVP Daniel.Glasscock@oracle.com.

You can attend in person at the Gallup Campus
1001 Gallup Dr
Omaha NE 68005

Web Conference for Remote Attendees

Dial: (888) 967-2253
ID: 863467
Passcode: 10203040

Agenda:

3:00 – 3:10	Welcome and Introductions Jim Collison - Dan Glasscock – Darrell Wininger – Bob Lankford
3:10 – 3:55	Getting the most of Oracle Support Joanne Nolan – Bill Gardner Proactive Resources Research, Sample Code and Free Web Training Diagnostic tools to make your life easier Reactive Support Engagements
3:55 – 4:55	Oracle Support Tips and Tricks Joanne Nolan Support Terminology My Oracle Support Proactive Support Tools Oracle Open World Working Effectively with Support Escalations Questions and Answer Period
4:55 – 5:00	Wrap-Up

Windows 7 and Oracle EBS – Certification Update

2009-07-02T09:43:00.001-05:00

As most of you know by now (and if you don’t, you’ve now been warned) that Windows 7, Microsoft’s newest and maybe most stable OS in years, will be launching to the public on October 22nd. It may be a while before it becomes the corporate standard, but it’s never to early to start thinking about how it will work with Oracle’s tool sets.

Steven Chan posted an update (July 1st) on Oracle’s progress on certifying the E-Business Suite with Windows 7. They are still working with Windows 7 pre-release version and appear to be making progress. Nice job guys!

As always, Steven seems to put out the most helpful information via blogs at Oracle and this post is no different. There are lots of details for Windows 7, IE, JInitiator and a whole lot more. It’s worth the read.

Here is the full url: http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2009/07/interim_update_1_certifying_windows_7_ebs.html

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

What are Oracle’s Business Intelligence Applications?

2009-06-30T11:57:00.001-05:00

There has been a tremendous amount of buzz both from the Oracle community and those around it in regards to BI Applications. Just what are they and how will they help your organization? Oracle explains it this way:

Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Applications are complete, prebuilt BI solutions that deliver intuitive, role-based intelligence for everyone in an organization—from front line employees to senior management—that enable better decisions, actions, and business processes. Based on best practices, these solutions enable organizations to gain more insight and greater value from a range of data sources and applications including Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, JD Edwards, and third party systems such as SAP.

Oracle BI Applications are built on the Oracle BI Suite Enterprise Edition, a comprehensive, innovative, and leading BI platform. This enables organizations to realize the value of a packaged BI Application, such as rapid deployment, lower TCO, and built-in best practices, while also being able to easily extend those solutions to meet their specific needs, or build completely custom BI applications—all on one common BI foundation.

There is also a very nice explanation of them over at Siebel Essentials (the inspiration for this blog) that you should review as well.

The applications are broken down into modules of Analytics. Oracle currently has 13 mods available with more to come in the near future. They range from Financials to HR and Sales to Projects. It’s worth a look if you haven’t already.

Also, if you are an OBIEE customer, add Siebel Essentials to the list of blogs that you read on a regular basis.

While I’m thinking about it, my friends over at Optimum Solutions are doing a world tour around the BI Applications. There would be more info here.

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

NE OAUG Restart Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, 2009

2009-06-18T11:37:00.001-05:00

Just as a reminder, Nebraska OAUG restart meeting will take place on Tuesday July 14, 2009 at 3PM. The meeting will be help at Gallup, located at 1001 Gallup Dr., Omaha, NE 68012.

The first draft of our Nebraska OAUG By-Laws can be found here (http://tinyurl.com/muy8lo).
Please review this prior to the meeting and forward any comments, recommendations or revisions buy Wednesday July 1st, 2009.

In addition, if you are interested in running for a position on the board of directors, please indicate which of the following positions you would be interested in along with some information on yourself and qualifications. All positions for the board of directors will be voted on at the first meeting. Here are the positions we’ll be voting on:
1. Chair – Oversight and leadership for the NEOAUG. Responsible for communication and coordination of all group activities to the national OAUG and Oracle. Takes the blame for most problems.
2. Vice Chair – Back up to the Chair as well as providing support to the Secretary / Treasurer
3. Secretary / Treasurer – Scribe and documenter for all board meetings. Also handles any funds take or paid out from the group.
4. Website Director – Development and maintenance of the group website.
5. Events / Communications / Membership Director – Strategic in the planning, communication and execution of NEOAUG events as well as promoting the group through membership campaigns.

Please submit your information to Jerry Wall (jerry_wall@gallup.com or Jim Collison (jim_collison@gallup.com).

For now, we will be communicating most of the group information through the NEOAUG Linkedin Group. For now we are only accepting user members. Vendor, Partner and Consulting members will be added at a later date.

By Laws (Draft) for the NEOAUG User Group – To Be Approved July 14th

2009-06-18T11:22:00.001-05:00

BYLAWS

Nebraska Group

CHAPTER 1. NAME

1.1 Name. The name of the corporation is Nebraska Oracle Applications User Group, which may be abbreviated as NEOAUG.

CHAPTER 2. PURPOSE

2.1 Purposes.

(a) General Purposes. The general purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law.

(b) Specific Purposes. Within the context of the general purpose stated above, the corporation shall:

(i) Facilitate communication and the exchange of information worldwide on products, services, and technical issues related to Oracle Products;

(ii) Provide an active voice and consolidated channel of communication of the users of the Products in expressing needs, requirements, concerns and suggestions to OAUG Corporation;

(iii) Facilitate the uses and Products of the Products throughout the membership;

(iv) Coordinate and assist educational endeavors through organized meetings and the dissemination of books, articles, papers, etc. pertaining to technical and non-technical information affecting the use of the Products;

(v) Allow a channel of communication from Oracle Corporation to the users of its Products to disseminate information, plans, and intentions on Oracle products and of NEOUAG Corporation; and

(vi) Coordinate the purposes and actions of the corporation with the actions of the different regional chapters of the corporation and create a forum where the activities and concerns of the regional chapters can be communicated to the membership of the corporation and other regional chapters of the corporation.

CHAPTER 3. OFFICES

3.1 Principal office. The principal office of the corporation shall be located at such place as the Board of Directors of the corporation (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Board") shall select from time to time. The Board shall have full power and authority to change the principal office of the corporation to any location, within or without the State of Nebraska.

3.2 Other Offices. The Board may also from time to time designate other non-principal offices of this corporation at such location or locations within or without the State of Nebraska as the Board may select.

CHAPTER 4. ORGANIZATION

4.1 Structure. The Corporation shall be made up of the following units:

(a) Individual Members;

(b) Local Groups, as may be established from time to time, which shall be groups of members normally established in metropolitan areas;

(c) Regional Groups or Units, as may be established from time to time, which shall be established as set out in these bylaws, and which shall include all Local Groups located within the Regional Group's geographical boundaries; and

(d) The NEOAUG Group, which is the corporation as described in these bylaws.

The corporation may additionally designate continental or other groupings for administrative purposes.

4.2 Regional Groups. Regional Groups may be established by members within a geographic area as established from time to time by the Board of Directors, and shall consist of individual members as well as any Local Groups formed and located within the established geographic area.

(a) Bylaws. Each Regional Group that is formed shall prepare a set of written bylaws providing for a Regional Steering Committee, responsible for at least the following functions:

(i) Chair – Oversight and leadership for the NEOAUG. Responsible for communication and coordination of all group activities to the national OAUG and Oracle.
(ii). Vice Chair – Back up to the Chair as well as providing support to the Secretary / Treasurer
(iii) Secretary / Treasurer – Scribe and documenter for all board meetings. Also handles any funds take or paid out from the group.
(iv) Website Director – Development and maintenance of the group website.
(v) Events / Communications / Membership Director – Strategic in the planning, communication and execution of NEOAUG events as well as promoting the group through membership campaigns.

The Regional Group bylaws may provide for additional officers as well, including individual Special Interest Group chairs.

Each Regional Group is expressly acknowledged to exist as a subsidiary of this corporation, and as such is fully entitled to participate in the affairs of the corporation.

(b) Purpose of Regional Groups. The primary purposes of Regional Groups shall be to:

(i) Provide a clear channel of communication between the Regional Group and Local Groups, if any, and the NEOAUG Group; and

(ii) Provide communication and coordination among the Local Groups, if any, comprising the Regional Group.

(c) Regional Meetings. Nothing in these bylaws should be construed to prevent Regional meetings of members, so long as all members of Local Groups, if any, are given the opportunity to participate.

(d) Regional Dues. Regional Groups may establish dues for members of that Region (separate from and in addition to dues for membership in NEOAUG Group), provided that the revenue generated from such dues is used for the benefit of all members of the Region. Regions may designate some or all of the revenue from dues or other revenue for use by the corporation.

4.3 Local Groups. Within established Regional Groups, Local Groups may be established by twenty (20) or more members, provided that those members:

(a) communicate their intention to establish a Local Group to the appropriate Regional Chairperson; and

(b) prepare a set of written bylaws providing for:

(i) Election by members of at least (a) a Chairperson, and (b) a Treasurer. Other officers may be elected or appointed as the Local Group may decide; and

(ii) Participation in the Regional Group in which the Local Group is geographically located, including participation in the Special Interest Groups and Enhancements structures provided by the Region and this corporation.

Each Local Group is expressly acknowledged to be a subsidiary of this corporation and the Regional Group within which it is established, and as such is entitled to fully participate in the affairs of that Regional Group and of the corporation.

CHAPTER 5. MEMBERS

5.1 Qualifications and Rights of Members

(a) Classes and Qualifications. This corporation shall have two (2) classes of member. The User class is made up of business entities with a bona fide interest in the use of the Products to conduct business (as determined by the Membership Committee). The Consultant class is made up of business entities engaged in the business of helping others in the use of the Products. Members of either of these classes shall be eligible for membership in the corporation on approval of a membership Products by the Membership Committee and the payment of such dues as the Board may approve from time to time.

(i) The User class will have no dues or entry fees assigned.

(ii) The Consultant Class will be required to pay annual membership fee of $500 per company.

A. Special presentations or events may be coordinated by consultants at the expense of said

consultants.

(b) Voting Rights. Members in good standing shall have the right to vote on the election of Directors, and shall vote as a single class. In addition, except as may be otherwise provided in these bylaws, members shall have all voting rights afforded to members under the Nebraska Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law.

(c) Dues and Fees. Each member must pay, within the time and on the conditions suggested by the Budget and Finance Committee and approved by the Board, the membership dues and/or fees suggested from time to time by the Budget and Finance Committee and approved by the Board. Such dues and fees need not be equal for all members, and the Board in its discretion, may approve different dues and fees for certain members based on objective criteria.

(d) Term. Memberships shall be for such a term, and shall expire, as determined by the Board; provided that the Board cannot change the term of an outstanding membership prior to its expiration except as provided in these bylaws.

(e) Good Standing. Those members who have paid the required dues and/or fees in accordance with these bylaws and who are not suspended shall be members in good standing.

(f) Causes of Termination. A membership shall terminate on the occurrence of any of the following events:(i) resignation of the member, on written notice to the Membership Committee Chairperson of the corporation;

(ii) expiration of the period of membership, unless the membership is renewed on the renewal terms fixed by the Board;

(iii) failure of the member to pay dues or fees as set by the Board after they become due and payable; or

(iv) expulsion of the member under these bylaws.

(g) Transfer of Membership. A membership in the corporation is personal to the member and is not transferable, either voluntarily or by operation of law; provided that a membership may be transferred by a member to any affiliate or successor entity of such member.

(h) Nonliability of Members. A member of the corporation shall not, solely because of such membership, be personally liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the corporation.

5.2 Meetings of Members.

(a) Place of Meetings. Meetings of members shall be held at any place within or outside Nebraska designated by the Board or by the written consent of all members entitled to vote at the meeting, given before or after the meeting. In addition, meetings of Regional or Local Group members shall take place at such time and place as determined by the Regional or Local Group.

(b) Annual Meeting. An annual member's meeting of all members may be held at such time and place as the Board may designate by resolution, but such a meeting is not required. At this meeting, any other proper business may be transacted.

(c) Special Meetings of Members. Special meetings of members may be called by the Board or the Chairman of the Board, if any, or by the President, or by five percent (5%) or more of the members. A special meeting called by any person (other than the Board) entitled to call a meeting shall be called by written request, specifying the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and submitted to the President or any Vice President or the Secretary of the corporation. The officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be given promptly to the members entitled to vote, in accordance with these bylaws, starting that a meeting will be held at a time and date fixed by the Board, provided, however, that the meeting date shall be at least 35 but no more than 90 days after receipt of the request. If the notice is not given within 20 days after the request is received, the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time at which a meeting of members may be held when the meeting is called by the Board. No business, other than business of the general nature set forth in the notice of the meeting, may be transacted at a special meeting.

5.3 Notice of Meetings of Members.

(a) Time for Notice; Contents. Whenever members are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 90 days before the date of the meeting to each member who, on the Record Date (as defined in Section 5.6) for notice of the meeting, is entitled to vote thereat. Such notice shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and: (i) in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of business to be transacted, and that no other business may be transacted; or (ii) for the annual meeting, those matters that the Board, at the time of the mailing of the notice, intends to present for action by the members, but, except as provided in these bylaws, any proper matter may be presented at the meeting.

(b) Notice of Certain Agenda Items. Approval by the members of any of the following proposals, other than by unanimous approval by those entitled to vote, is valid only if the notice or written waiver of notice states the general nature of the proposal or proposals:

(i) amending the articles of incorporation;

(ii) approving a contract or transaction between the corporation and any entity in which a Director has a material financial interest;

(iii) electing to wind up and dissolve the corporation;

(iv) if the corporation has more than one class of membership, approving a plan of distributing or assets, other than money, not in accordance with liquidation rights of any class or classes as specified in the articles or bylaws, when the corporation is in the process of winding up.

(c) Manner of Giving Notice. Notice of a members' meeting or any written ballot or report shall be given personally or by first-class mail or other means of written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the member at the address of such member appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the member to the corporation for purpose of notice; or if no such address appears or is given, at the place where the principal office of the corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the country in which the principal office is located. The notice, written ballot, or report shall be deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally or deposited in the mail or sent by other means of written communication. An affidavit of giving of any notice, written ballot or report in accordance with the provisions of this bylaw, executed by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, shall be prima facia evidence of the giving of the notice, written ballot or report.

(d) No Forwarding Address. If any notice, written ballot or report addressed to a member at the address of such member appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the corporation by the United States or other national Postal Service market to indicate that the United States or such other national Postal Service is unable to deliver the notice, written ballot or report to the member at such address, all future notices, written ballots or reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if the same notice shall be available for the member upon written demand of the member at the principal office of the corporation for a period of one year from the date of the giving of the notice, written ballot or report to all other members.

5.4 Written Ballot of Members.

(a) Voting by Ballot. Whenever the members are to vote on any proposal for action which could be taken at any meeting of members, the members may, in the discretion of the Board, vote by written ballot, without a meeting pursuant to this section of these bylaws, if the corporation distributed a written ballot to every member entitled to vote on the matter. A written ballot shall be mailed to every member entitled to vote on the matter pursuant to paragraph (c) of Section 5.3 of these bylaws.

(b) Contents of Ballot. All solicitations of votes by written ballot shall: (i) indicate the number of responses needed to meet the quorum requirement; (ii) state the percentage of approvals necessary to pass the measures or measures; and (iii) specify the time by which the ballot must be received in order to be counted. Each ballot so distributed shall: (i) set forth the proposed action; (ii) provide the members an opportunity to specify approval or disapproval of each proposal; and (iii) provide a reasonable time in which to return the ballot to the corporation.

(c) Required Votes. Approval by written ballot shall be valid only when the number of votes cast by ballot(including those ballots that are marked "withhold" or otherwise indicate that authority to vote is withheld) within the time period specified equals or exceeds the quorum required to be present at a meeting authorizing the action, and the number of approvals equals or exceeds the number of votes that would be required to approve the action at a meeting at which the total number of votes cast was the same as the number of votes cast by written ballot without a meeting.

5.5 Waiver of Notice or Consent by Absent Members. The transaction of any meeting of members, however called or wherever held, shall be as valid as though taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, whenever (i) a quorum is present either in person or by proxy, and (ii) either before or after the meeting, each member entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to the holding of the meeting, or approval of the minutes of the meeting. The waiver of notice, consent, or approval need not specify either the business to be transacted or the purpose of any meeting of members.

5.6 Record Date.

(a) Record Date Determined by Board. For purposes of determining the members entitled to notice of any meeting, entitled to vote at any meeting, entitled to vote by written ballot, or entitled to exercise any rights with respect to any lawful action, the Board may, in advance, fix a record date. The record date so fixed: (i) for notice of a meeting shall not be more than 90 nor less than 10 days before the date of the meeting; (ii) for voting at a meeting shall not be more than 60 days before the day of the meeting; (iii) for voting by written ballot shall not be more than 60 days before the day on which the first written ballot is mailed and (iv) for any other action shall not be more than 60 days before the action.

(b) Record Date Not Determined by Board. If not otherwise fixed by the Board, the record date for determining members entitled to receive notice of a meeting of members or any other action shall be the next business day preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, the next business day preceding the day on which the meeting is held.

(c) Members of Record. For purposes of Section 5.6 of these bylaws, a person holding a membership at the close of business on the record date shall be a member of record.

5.7 Proxies. Every person entitled to vote a membership may authorize another person or persons to act by proxy to vote such membership in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation Law pertaining to the use of proxies by members.

5.8 Quorum for Meetings of Members.

(a) Quorum. Ten percent (10%) of the total number of members entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of members; provided, however, that if any regular or annual meeting is actually attended in person or by proxy by less than one-third (1/3) of the voting power, the only matters that may be voted on are those of which notice of their general nature was given under Section 5.3(a) of these bylaws.

(b) Act of the Members. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the members represented at the meeting, entitled to vote and voting on any matter shall be the act of the members.

(c) Action After Withdrawal of Quorum. The members present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough members to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the members required to constitute a quorum.

(d) Adjournment. Any members' meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the members represented at the meeting, either in person or by proxy. No meeting shall be adjourned for more than 45 days.

5.9 Adjournment Meeting of Members. When a members' meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for notice or voting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each member who, on the record date or date of notice of the meeting, in entitled to vote at the meeting.

5.10 Inspection Rights of Members. The right of a member to inspect records of the corporation shall be as prescribed by applicable provisions of the Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation Law.

5.11 Unanimous Written Consent of Members. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the members may be taken without a meeting, if all members shall individually or collectively consent in writing to the action. The written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceeding of the members. The action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as the unanimous vote of the members.

5.12 Resignation of Member. A member may resign from membership at any time upon furnishing written notice to the Membership Committee Chairperson of the corporation. Unless otherwise authorized by the Board, resignation shall not relieve the resigning member from any obligation for charges incurred, services or benefits actually rendered, dues or fees, or arising from contract or otherwise, and shall not diminish any right of the corporation to enforce any such obligation or obtain damages for its breach.

5.13 Expulsion and Suspension.

(a) Grounds. A member may be expelled from membership, or a membership may be suspended, for willful nonpayment of the member's financial obligations to the corporation, for failure, to a material degree, to observe the rules and regulations of the corporation, or for conduct which is seriously detrimental to the best interest of the corporation or the other members.

(b) Authority to Expel. Expulsions or suspensions may be proposed by the Membership Committee. Approval of any expulsion or suspension must be by the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the Board of Directors and the Board may not delegate this authority to a committee, officer, or other body.

(c) Procedure. The Membership Committee shall provide written notice of the proposed expulsion or suspension to the Board of Directors, who shall schedule a special meeting to consider the proposed expulsion or suspension, such meeting to occur not less than 30 days prior to the mailing of notice to the member as described herein. Written notice of the proposed expulsion or suspension, together with a statement of the reasons therefore, a statement of the date of the special meeting to consider the proposed expulsion or suspension and a copy of this Section of the bylaws shall be sent by first-class mail to the member's last address on the records of the corporation. The member shall be entitled to present arguments against the pending action, and may appear at the special meeting in his or her own behalf. The expulsion or suspension is effective five (5) days after its confirmation by the Board of Directors at the special meeting.

CHAPTER 6. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

6.1 Powers.

(a) General Powers. Subject to the provisions and limitations of the Nebraska Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law and any other applicable laws, and subject to any limitations of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the corporation regarding actions that require approval of the members, the corporation's activities and affairs shall be managed, and all corporate powers shall be executed, by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

(b) Specific Powers. Without limiting the general powers of the Board set forth herein, the Board shall:

(i) Develop and execute organization policy;

(ii) Approve the budget of the corporation and designate an independent certified public accounting firm to audit the corporation's financial records;

(iii) Establish all fees for the corporation;

(iv) Approve the use of the corporation's name in whole or in part, by individuals or other organizations;

(v) Interpret and implement decisions by the members, including approved actions by the committee and special interest groups; and

(vi) Provide leadership, guidance and management as needed, for the purpose of achieving the purposes and goals of the corporation.

6.2 Number of Directors; Chairman.

(a) Authorized Number. The authorized number of Directors of the corporation shall be not less than five (5) and not more than fifty (50). The exact number of authorized Directors within the range stated in the previous sentence shall be fixed and may from time to time be changed by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. On the date of initial adoption of these Bylaws and until changed in accordance with these Bylaws, the number of Directors shall be no more than 7 and no less than 3.

(b) Maximum number from membership classes. Directors representing Consultant class members may not make up more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the board at the time of the election, except if there are too few director candidates representing User class members to fill seventy-five percent (75%) of the board. The only limitation on the number of directors from the User class is the current authorized number of directors.

(c) Chairman. A majority of the Directors may select a Chairman from the members of the Board. The individual selected shall be the Chairman of the Board.

6.3 Qualification, Term and Election of Directors.

(a) Qualifications. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (a), no person shall be eligible to serve as a Director of the corporation unless such person: (i) represents a member in good standing of the corporation prior to his/her election to the Board; and (ii) represents a member in good standing of the corporation during his/her term of office as a director. If a person elected as a Director changes affiliation from one member to another member during the term of office, that person shall remain in office, unless that person resigns or is removed pursuant to the provisions of these bylaws.

(b) Term. Except as otherwise provided herein, Directors are elected for a term of at least one (1) year, which will begin on January 1. However, the first slate of Directors shall be elected at an organizational meeting to be held in July, 2009, for a term to extend through July, 2009), unless earlier removed from office, each elected Director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected or until a successor has been elected and qualified.

(i) For the inaugural Board of Directors, the following terms will ensue:

(A) Chair – Two years from elected date

(B) Vice Chair – One year from the elected date
(C) Secretary / Treasurer – Two years from the elected date
(D) Website Director – One year from the elected date

(E) Events / Communications / Membership Director – One year from the elected date

(ii) Following terms will last for one year from the elected date.

(c) Annual Election. Directors shall be elected at an annual members' meeting held for that purpose, but if any such annual meeting is not held, or the Directors are not elected thereat, the Directors may be elected at any special meeting of members held for that purpose. Each such Director, including a Director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified.

(d) Vacancies. Except for a vacancy created by the removal of a Director, a vacancy or vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the Board of Directors for the balance of the unexpired terms as permitted by the Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation Law. The members may fill any such vacancy or vacancies not filled by the Board. Vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring by reason of the removal of a Director shall be filled by vote of the members.

6.4 Nomination Procedure; Election of Directors.

(a) Nominations. The method and time of establishing nominations for election of Directors shall be determined by the Board of Directors, unless otherwise directed by a majority of the members.

(b) Vote Required to Elect Directors. Each member of the corporation shall be allocated one or more votes, equal to the number of Director's positions being filled in a given election, which votes may be cast for one or more candidates for Director. The eligible candidates for Director who receive the highest number of votes from the members shall be elected as Directors for each position being filled in a given election, unless such election shall cause the maximum percentage of directors from a membership class to be exceeded and additional candidates for Director from other membership classes have not yet been elected. In the event that there is a tie in the number of votes cast in favor or two or more candidates for the office of Director such that it cannot be determined which of the candidates have been elected to such office, then, as promptly as possible following the election, the incumbent board shall appoint directors from such tied candidates. In any case, resolution of the ties must be completed within forty-five (45) days of the announcement of the original election results.

6.5 Resignation and Removal of Directors.

(a) Resignation. Any Director of the corporation may resign effective upon giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Secretary or the Board of Directors of the corporation, unless the notice specifies a later time for the effectiveness of such resignation. If the resignation is effective at a future time, a successor may be elected to take office when the resignation becomes effective.

(b) Removal for Cause. The Board of Directors may declare vacant the office of a Director who has been declared of unsound mind by a final order of court or convicted of a felony.

(c) Removal without Cause. Any Director may be removed from office by the vote of a majority of the members of the corporation.

(d) Reduction of Authorized Number. Any reduction of the authorized number of Directors does not remove any Director prior to the expiration of such Director's term of office.

6.6 Meetings of the Board of Directors.

(a) Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at any place within or without the State of Nebraska that has been designated by resolution of the Board or in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so designated, at the principal office of the corporation.

(b) Meetings by Telephone. Any meeting of the Board may be held by conference telephone or similar communications equipment, as long as all Directors participating in the meeting can hear one another. All such participating Directors shall be deemed to be present in person at such meeting.

(c) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice if the time and place of such meetings are fixed in advance by resolution of the Board.

(d) Special Meetings. A special meeting of the Board of Directors for any purpose may be called at any time by the President, or any three directors.

(e) Notice of Special Meetings, Notice of the time and place of special meetings of the Board shall be given to each Director in one of the following methods: (i) by personal delivery of written notice; (ii) by first-class mail, postage prepaid; (iii) by telephone, either directly to the Director or to a person at the Director's office who would reasonably be expected to communicate such notice promptly to the Director; (iv) by telegram, charges prepaid, or (v) by electronic mail. All such notices shall be given or sent to the Director's address or telephone number as shown on the records of the corporation. Notices sent by first-class mail shall be deposited in the U.S. or other national mails at least fourteen (14) days before the time set for the meeting. Notices given by personal delivery, telephone, or telegraph shall be delivered, telephoned or given to the telegraph company at least eight (8) days before the time set for the meeting. The notice shall state the time of the meeting, and the place if the place is other than the principal office of the corporation. The notice of a meeting need not specify the purpose of the meeting.

(f) Waiver of Notice. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Director who signs a waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice of such Director. All such waivers consent and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

(g) Quorum; Required Vote. A majority of the authorized number of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn. Every action taken or decision made by a majority of the Directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, subject to certain more stringent provisions of the Nebraska Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law, including, without limitation, those provisions relating to: (i) creation of and appointments to committees of the Board; (ii) approval of contracts or transactions between the corporation and one or more Directors or between the corporation and any entity in which a Director has a material financial interest; and (iii) indemnification of Directors. A meeting at which a quorum of the Board is initially present may continue to transact business, despite the withdrawal of Directors, if any action taken or decision made is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting. A majority of the Directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. If the meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours, notice of any adjournment to another time or place shall be given, prior to the time of the adjourned meeting, to the Directors who were not present at the time of adjournment.

6.7 Written Consent of Board. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board and shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of such Directors.

6.8 Committees.

(a) In General. Committees are two kinds, those with legal authority to act for the corporation ("Legal Committees") and advisory and technical committees ("Committees"). Legal Committees are provided for in paragraph (b) below and Advisory and Technical Committees in paragraph (c) below.

(b) Legal Committees. The first and only Legal Committee shall be the Executive Committee, consisting of two or more Directors and no persons who are not Directors to serve at the pleasure of the Board. Appointments to the Executive Committee of the Board shall be by majority vote of the Directors then in office. The Board may appoint one or more Directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting. The Executive Committee shall have, to the extent provided by Board resolution, all the authority of the Board, except that, regardless of any Board resolution, the Executive Committee shall not have any authority with respect to:

(i) the approval of any action which also requires member approval;

(ii) the filling of vacancies in the Board or in the Executive Committee;

(iii) the fixing of compensation of the Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee;

(iv) the amendment or repeal of bylaws or the adoption or new bylaws;

(v) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable;

(vi) the appointment of other committees of the Board or the members thereof;

(vii) the expenditure of corporate funds to support a nominee for Director after there are more people nominated for Director than can be elected; or

(viii) the approval of any self-dealing transaction not permitted by Section 5233 of the Corporations Code to be approved by a committee.

Meetings and actions of the Executive Committee of the Board shall be governed by, held, and taken in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws concerning meetings and other Board actions, except that the time for regular meetings of such Executive Committee and the calling of special meetings of such Executive Committee may be determined either by Board resolution or, if there is none, by resolution of such Executive Committee of the Board. Minutes of each meeting of such Executive Committee of the Board shall be kept and shall be filed with the corporate records. The Board may adopt rules for the government of such Executive Committee, provided they are consistent with these bylaws or, in the absence of rules adopted by the Board, such Executive Committee may adopt such rules.

(c) Advisory and Technical Committees. Advisory and Technical Committees may be appointed by the President of the corporation to consist of one or more members of the Board or members of the corporation. Advisory and Technical Committee membership may consist of Directors only or both Directors and members of the corporation or members only. The following shall be recognized as standing Advisory and Technical Committees:

(i) The Membership Committee, which shall be chaired by the Secretary and shall be responsible for receipt of membership Products, certification of memberships and voting rights, and all other membership related matters.

(ii) The Budget and Finance Committee, which shall be chaired by the Treasurer and shall be responsible for the annual budget and any revisions for submission to the Board of Directors, and for financial supervision and budgetary approval of all special interest groups and other affiliated bodies as authorized by the Board of Directors.

(iii) The Policy and Procedures Committee, which shall be responsible for developing and maintaining the policies, goals and procedures of the corporation, as approved by the Board of Directors, and shall be chaired by a member of the Board of Directors appointed by the President.

(iv) The Enhancements and Education Committee, which shall be chaired by an elected member from the Board of Directors. The Enhancements and Education Committee shall be responsible for surveying the corporation and the related Regional and Local Groups, if any, for desired enhancements to the Products, and making this data known to other members of the corporation and NEOAUG Corporation. This Committee shall also be responsible for coordinating the dissemination of books, papers, and special presentations that may be of educational value and interest to members of the corporation. The Enhancements and Education Committee shall develop and maintain close communication with NEOAUG Corporation about their findings of the demands of the corporation and the plans of NEOAUG Corporation.

(v) The Communications Committee, which shall be responsible for official communications, public relations, and promotion of the corporation. This can include mailings, newsletters, special briefings, and presentations at corporation meetings etc. The Communications Committee shall ensure that the specialized work of other committees, special interest groups and other affiliated organizations of the corporation have channels of communication open to them, other members of the corporation, NEOAUG Corporation, and the different regional chapters of the corporation. This includes receiving communications from the regional chapters that may be of interest to the entire membership of the corporation.

(vi) Special Interest Groups Committee, which shall be responsible for coordinating the activities of the different Special Interest Groups with the activities of the corporation and Regional Chapters of the corporation. Special Interest Groups shall be organized in the same manner as the corporation, with Local and Regional Special Interest Groups organized as the Local and Regional Groups see fit.

(vii) The Meetings and Conferences Committee, which shall be responsible for coordinating the activities of the corporation in planning, preparation, and management of meetings and conferences of the corporation. The Meetings and Conferences Committee Chairman is empowered to create and coordinate committees of various officers, directors, and/or members to manage and direct the preparations and management of the meetings and conferences.

6.9 Inspection Rights. Every Director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all books, records, and documents of every kind and to inspect the physical properties of the corporation. Such inspection by a Director must be made in person and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts.

CHAPTER 7. OFFICERS

7.1 Officers and Duties.

(a) Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Secretary/Treasurer, Website Director and an Events / Communications / Membership Director. The corporation may also have, at the Board's discretion, one or more Vice Chairs, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Website Director , one or more Assistant Events/Communications/Membership Director , and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with these bylaws.

(b) Chair. The Chair shall be the Chief Executive Officer and general manager of the corporation, and shall be elected from among the members of the Board of Directors. The Chair shall have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and affairs of the corporation and of its officers, employees, and agents, including the right to employ, discharge, and prescribe the duties and compensation of all officers, employees, and agents of the corporation, and to expend funds and enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except where such matters are prescribed in the bylaws or by the Board of Directors. The President shall preside at all meetings of the members and the Board of Directors. The Chair shall be a member of any and all Legal and Advisory Committees.

(c) Vice Chair. Each Vice Chair shall be elected from among the members of the Board of Directors, and shall perform, under the direction of the Chair, duties and responsibilities in the management of the corporation or in one or more particular areas of its management. In the event of the disability of the Chair, the duties of the Chair shall be exercised by the Vice Chair having the longest tenure as a Vice Chair of the corporation.

(e) Secretary/Treasurer. The Secretary/Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary/Treasurer shall publish and distribute to the members a record of the proceedings at all meetings of the members and the Board. The Secretary/Treasurer shall sign in the name of the corporation, either alone or with one or more other officers, all documents authorized or required to be signed by the Secretary/Treasurer. If the corporation has a corporate seal, the Secretary/Treasurer shall keep the seal and shall affix the seal to membership certificates, if issued, and to other documents as appropriate or desired. The Secretary/Treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the corporation, and, where appropriate, may be designated by the alternate title "Chief Financial Officer." The Secretary/Treasurer is responsible for the receipt, maintenance, and disbursement of all funds of the corporation and for the safekeeping of all securities of the corporation. The Secretary/Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept books and records of account and records of all properties of the corporation. The Secretary/Treasurer shall prepare or cause to be prepared annually, or more often if so directed by the Board of Directors or Chair, financial statements of the corporation. The Secretary/Treasurer may appoint one or more Assistant Secretary/Treasurers to perform, under the direction of the Secretary/Treasurer, some or all of the duties of the Secretary/Treasurer. Assistant Secretary/Treasurers may be appointed for the specific purpose of performing the duties of Secretary/Treasurer on behalf of that Assistant Secretary/Treasurer's Local or Regional Group, where applicable.

(g) Website Director. The Website Director shall maintain and update the NEOAUG website. The Website Director shall update all aspects of the website including but not limited to links, navigation, content, images, documentation, etc. The Website Director may appoint one or more Website Directors to perform, under the direction of the Website Director, some or all of the duties of the Website Director.

(h) Events / Communications / Membership Director. The Events / Communications / Membership Director shall maintain and update the NEOAUG membership directory and is responsible for all communications sent to the group. The Events / Communications / Membership Director shall coordinate quarterly NEOAUG meetings at a location of his/her designation. The Events / Communications / Membership Director will liaise with contractors or vendors wishing to speak or present at NEOUAG events. The Events / Communications / Membership Director The Website Director may appoint one or more Website Directors to perform, under the direction of the Website Director, some or all of the duties of the Website Director.

7.2 Appointment, Election and Removal of Officers.

(a) Generally. Each officer provided for in Section 7.1 of the bylaws shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall serve for a term of one year which shall begin at 12:01 a.m. on January 1 following such election, until his successor is appointed or until his earlier resignation or removal. However, the first slate of officers shall be elected at an organizational meeting of the Directors to be held in May, l990, and shall serve for a term extending through December 31, 1991. Other officers shall be appointed as prescribed in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing the office.

(b) Removal. Any officer may be removed from office at any time by the Board of Directors, with or without prior notice. Any officer not elected by the Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time by the officer by whom appointed or by the Board of Directors, with or without cause or prior notice.

(c) Resignation. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party. Such resignation is effective upon receipt of the written notice by the corporation unless the notice prescribes a later effective date or unless the notice prescribes a condition to the effectiveness of the resignation.

(d) Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or any cause may be filled for the remainder of such officer's term by appointment by the President.

7.3 Execution of Instruments.

(a) Authorized. Any and all instruments executed in the name of the corporation, including, but not limited to, contracts, agreements, purchase orders, notes, deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, leases, security agreements, checks and drafts issued, endorsements of checks and drafts received, certificates, Products, and reports, shall be executed by the President or one or more officers, employees, or agents of the corporation as authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.

(b) Incident to Office. The respective offices and duties thereof as established and defined in Section 7.1 of the bylaws and by resolution of the Board of Directors include, except as otherwise provided, the authority to execute instruments in the name of the corporation when the execution of the instrument is incident to carrying out the duties of the office.

CHAPTER 8. INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 Indemnification of Agents. To the fullest extent permitted or required by law, this corporation may indemnify its directors, officers, employees, and other persons described in Section 7237(a) of the Nebraska Corporations Code, including persons formerly occupying any such position, against all expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any "proceeding", as that term is used in that Section, and including without limitation an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a person described in that Section. "Expenses", as used in this bylaw, shall have the same meaning as in Section 7237(a) of the Nebraska Corporations Code.

8.2 Approval of Indemnity. On written request to the Board by any person seeking indemnification under Section 7237(b) or Section 7237(c) of the Nebraska Corporations Code, the Board may determine under Section 7237(e) of the Code whether the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 7237(b) or Section 7237(c) has been met and, if so, the Board may (but is not required to) authorize indemnification. If the Board cannot authorize indemnification because the number of Directors who are parties to the proceeding with respect to which indemnification is sought prevents the formation of a quorum of Directors who are not parties to that proceeding, the Board may promptly call a meeting of members, or distribute written ballots to members. At that meeting, or by such written ballots, the members shall determine under Section 7237(e) of the Nebraska Corporations Code whether the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 7237(b) or Section 7237(c) has been met and, if so, members present at the meeting in person or by proxy may authorize such indemnification.

8.3 Advancement of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by law and except as otherwise determined by the board in a specific instance, expenses incurred by a person seeking indemnification under Section 7 of these bylaws in defending any proceeding covered by that Section may, but need not be, advanced by the corporation before final disposition of the proceeding, on receipt by the corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of that person that the advance will be repaid unless it is ultimately determined that the person is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation for those expenses.

8.4 Insurance. The corporation shall have the right to purchase and maintain insurance to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of its officers, Directors, employees, and other agents, against any liability asserted against or incurred by any officer, Director, employee, or agent in such capability or arising out of the officer's, Director's, employee's, or agent's status as such.

CHAPTER 9. REGIONAL CHAPTERS

9.1 Certification of Chapters. The Board of Directors must certify a Regional Chapter. Products for certification shall first be made to the Membership Committee, which shall submit such Products with comments to the Board, which shall approve.

9.2 Certification Qualifications. Qualification for certification of a Regional Chapter shall include acceptability of the Chapter's charter, including Local Group structure, if any. The Board may impose additional qualification requirements and change existing requirements by affirmative vote of at least 75% of the authorized number of Directors.

9.3 Decertification. The Board may revoke the certification of any Regional Chapter which at any time fails to meet the requirements of certification. The Board shall furnish a written warning to the Regional Chapter at least three (3) months prior to the regular or special meeting at which such decertification will be considered, and shall not decertify the Regional Chapter if it corrects its failure to meet the certification requirements before such meeting.

CHAPTER 10. ANNUAL REPORTS

10.1 Annual Report. The Board shall cause an annual report to be prepared within 120 days after the end of the corporation's fiscal year.

(a) The annual report shall contain the following information, in appropriate detail, for the fiscal year:

(i) a balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year and an income statement and statement of changes in financial position for such fiscal

year;

(ii) a statement of the place where the names and addresses of the current members are located; and

(b) The annual report shall be accompanied by any report thereon of independent accountants or, if there is no such report, by the certificate of an authorized officer of the corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the corporation's books and records. Except as provided below, on written request of a member the Board shall promptly cause the most recent annual report to be sent to the requesting member. This Section shall not apply if the corporation receives less than $10,000 in gross revenues or receipts during the fiscal year.

CHAPTER 11. CONSTRUCTION

11.1 Construction. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these bylaws.

11.2 Headings. The headings and captions in these bylaws are provided for convenience only and shall not be referred to in construing the meaning of these bylaws.

CHAPTER 12. AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS.

12.1 Amendments by Board. Subject to the right of members under Section 12.2 and 12.3 of these bylaws and the limitations set forth below, the Board, by the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the authorized number of Directors, may adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws unless the action would: (i) materially and adversely affect the members' rights as to voting, dissolution, redemption, or transfer; (ii) increase or decrease the number of members authorized in total or for any class; (iii) effect an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of all or part of the memberships; or (iv) authorize a new class of membership. Once members have been admitted to the corporation, the Board may not, without the approval of the members, specify or change any bylaw provision that would: (i) fix or change the authorized number of Directors except within the limits specified in the bylaws; (ii) fix or change the minimum or maximum number of a variable range of authorized number or Directors; or (iii) change from a fixed number of Directors to a variable number of Directors or vice versa. If any provision of these bylaws requires the vote of a larger proportion of the Board than otherwise required by law, such provisions may not be altered, amended, or repealed except by that greater vote.

12.2 Members' Approval Required. Without the approval of the members, the Board may not adopt, amend, or repeal any bylaws that would: (i) increase or extend the terms of Directors; (ii) allow any Director to hold office by designation of selection rather than by election by the members except as provided in these bylaws to fill an unexpired term; (iii) increase the quorum for members' meetings; (iv) repeal, restrict, create, expand, or otherwise change proxy rights; or (v) authorize cumulative voting.

12.3 Amendments by Members. New bylaws may be adopted or these bylaws may be amended or repealed, by approval of the members. Any provision of these bylaws that requires the vote of a larger proportion of the members than otherwise is required by law may not be altered, amended, or repealed except by the vote of that greater number. No amendment may extend the term of a Director beyond that for which the Director was elected. Any provision of these bylaws providing for the designation or selection, rather than election, or any Director or Directors may be adopted, amended or repealed only by approval of the members, subject to the consent of the person or persons entitled to designate or select any such Directors.

Oracle Database 11g Best Practices Upgrade Workshop @ Gallup – June 18 - Reminder

2009-06-15T09:51:00.001-05:00

You’re Invited to a FREE Technology Event

Oracle Database 11g is helping organizations deliver a higher quality of service to their customers, while reducing the cost of computing through consolidation, reduced storage and the elimination of idle redundancy.
Attendees of this event will hear the benefits of upgrading to Oracle Database 11g and experts from Customer Support will also share best practices around moving to Oracle Database 11g - from planning, through testing to deployment.
Throughout the morning, participants will discover new features and enhancements in Oracle Database 11g that can quickly drive measurable improvements to existing IT infrastructures.
Topic highlights include:

Active Data Guard - Lower costs by eliminating idle redundancy.
Advanced Compression - Reduce storage and improve performance through compression.
Real Application Testing - Minimize risks traditionally associated with change in the data center.
Transparent Data Encryption - Protect sensitive data throughout the enterprise.

Gain valuable insights on how you can quickly plan and execute your Oracle Database 11g deployment or upgrade. Don’t miss this opportunity to become a key enabler in driving down computing costs and improving IT quality of service within your organization!

Thursday, June 18, 2009
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Gallup
1001 Gallup Drive
Omaha, NE 68102
Map & Directions

Click here to register for this informative event or call 1.800.820.5592 ext 6319.

Agenda
8:30 a.m.

Registration, Breakfast
9:00 a.m.

Welcome & Introduction
9:10 a.m.

Keynote: Lower Your IT Costs with Oracle Database 11g
10:10 a.m.

Break
10:25 a.m.

Best Practices: Upgrading to 11g
12:15 p.m.

Wrap-Up & Raffle

Learn more about Oracle Database 11g today!

Blog Information Alert! - Troubleshooting OBIEE : Diagnostic Files

2009-05-26T21:40:00.001-05:00

I am continually amazed at the quality of the posts over at RittmanMead.com. I met Mark Rittman at Collaborate 09 and he continues to add a tremendous amount of value to the OBIEE community.

He just chimed in from Singapore on this post, Troubleshooting OBIEE : Diagnostic Files. Looks helpful to me. You might want to check it out.

Here is the full link: http://www.rittmanmead.com/2009/05/27/troubleshooting-obiee-diagnostic-files/

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

NEOAUG (Nebraska Oracle Applications User Group) Re-launch is Scheduled!

2009-05-21T20:15:00.001-05:00

The first meeting of the reformed NEOAUG is now scheduled for July 14^th down at the Gallup campus (1001 Gallup Dr., Omaha, NE 68102 – See Map Below) at 3PM. If you were a member in the past, or would like to join us for the first time, you are welcome.

The agenda for this meeting will be to review and pass the group by-laws, and elect a board of directors (see the positions below). If you are interested in serving as a board member, please send an email through Linkedin or to my Gallup account by JUNE 19, 2009 to jim_collison@gallup.com. Term of service on the board is two years. Please send the following info:

· Your name
· The Company you work for
· A brief description of your role within your organization
· Board seat you are running for during this term.

We are looking for the following board positions.

1. Chair – Oversight and leadership for the NEOAUG. Responsible for communication and coordination of all group activities to the national OAUG and Oracle. Takes the blame for most problems.
2. Vice Chair – Back up to the Chair as well as providing support to the Secretary / Treasurer
3. Secretary / Treasurer – Scribe and documenter for all board meetings. Also handles any funds take or paid out from the group.
4. Website Director – Development and maintenance of the group website.
5. Events / Communications / Membership Director – Strategic in the planning, communication and execution of NEOAUG events as well as promoting the group through membership campaigns.

We will also be forming Partner advisory board. The 3 member board will work closely with the board to support the NEOAUG. It will be a 2 year term and voted on my the NEOAUG membership.

While membership in the National OAUG is not mandatory, it is encouraged. You can visit their site at www.OAUG.org.

Jim’s Highlights from Collaborate 09 – OAUG takes on Orlando!

2009-05-11T12:11:00.001-05:00

I just finished a 5 day run (Sunday – Thursday) at Collaborate 09 here in sunny Orlando, Florida. Collaborate is an Oracle Users Conference hosted by 3 major user groups (OAUG, IOUG and Quest) in the US. If you have never been to a technology user event before, it’s a real treat. Just imagine a bunch of business people, mostly technical and functional users getting together to talk about software. I know, I have to work really hard to not poke my own eyes out too! Yea.

I did learn several new things at the gathering this year. Like it or not, I will share them with you now.

1. Twitter is still not used by most people. We did a tweet up at an evening event with some 5,000 people and we only got 4 to show. So much for cutting edge technology. But, if you do want to follow me on twitter, I am @jcollison.

2. My “exhibitors only” badge got me into everything (not that went to anything other than what I was suppose to!). So much for tight security.

3. I have some really smart people working for me at Gallup. Janet and Ashish did a great job presenting. Oh, and Steven Chan is just the nicest guy at Oracle. He took about 20 minutes to chat with me about EBS support

4. The show is really about drinking…er networking. I did renew some friendships that I had make at OpenWorld last year. Thanks again to Glenn Hoormann for introducing me to the Oracle world!

5. Oracle owns a lot of software titles now (is there anything they haven’t bought? It’s a good thing SUN is still independent!). As an Oracle product manager, there is no way I can go to an event like this and cover everything. There is just too much info. Important to bring your staff.

6. It amazing how much you can sweat during a 5 mile run. Even at 7 AM, it is still really warm in Orlando.

7. Optimum Solutions did another great job of supporting Gallup. They are awesome partners and let me park my stuff at their booth each day. Great job guys.

8. We went to a 12:50 AM (yes…AM) showing of Star Trek at the Regal IMAX theater that was just down the street from our hotel. There is no better way to see a movie than on IMAX. Well worth the $15!

9. No matter how hard I tried to dodge sales consultants, they seemed to find me. Next time I am in Ninja garb!

If you went to the conference, leave a post and let me know how it went for you.

Remember, I search (and attend conferences) so you don’t have to!

Gallup Empowers Users while Easing Reliance on IT Resources with Oracle

2009-05-07T08:49:00.001-05:00

Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition (Release 10.1.3.3)

I recently worked with Information Management (formerly DM Review) to highlight the work Gallup has done with Oracle on OBIEE over the last year. We are very proud of our platform and it has taken a lot of work from a very dedicated team to get it all done. A link to the article is below.

Congratulations Gallup Team!

Special thanks to our partners both at Oracle and Optimum Solutions for their help and support. We couldn’t have done it without them.

http://www.information-management.com/issues/2007_58/-10015315-1.html

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

www.gallup.com
www.oracle.com
www.optimumsolutions.com

Oracle Database 11g Best Practices Upgrade Workshop @ Gallup – June 18

2009-05-07T08:17:00.001-05:00

You’re Invited to a FREE Technology Event

Oracle Database 11g is helping organizations deliver a higher quality of service to their customers, while reducing the cost of computing through consolidation, reduced storage and the elimination of idle redundancy.

Attendees of this event will hear the benefits of upgrading to Oracle Database 11g and experts from Customer Support will also share best practices around moving to Oracle Database 11g - from planning, through testing to deployment.

Throughout the morning, participants will discover new features and enhancements in Oracle Database 11g that can quickly drive measurable improvements to existing IT infrastructures.
Topic highlights include:

Active Data Guard - Lower costs by eliminating idle redundancy.
Advanced Compression - Reduce storage and improve performance through compression.
Real Application Testing - Minimize risks traditionally associated with change in the data center.
Transparent Data Encryption - Protect sensitive data throughout the enterprise.

Thursday, June 18, 2009
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Gallup
1001 Gallup Drive
Omaha, NE 68102
Map & Directions

Click here to register for this informative event or call 1.800.820.5592 ext 6319.

Agenda
8:30 a.m.	Registration, Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Welcome & Introductions
9:10 a.m.	Keynote: Lower Your IT Costs with Oracle Database 11g
10:10 a.m.	Break
10:25 a.m.	Best Practices: Upgrading to 11g
12:15 p.m.	Wrap-Up & Raffle

Learn more about Oracle Database 11g today!

Collaborate 09 – Oracle Extends Support for Some Products

2009-05-05T00:01:00.001-05:00

Charles Phillips announced this morning that Oracle was going to extend support on some of it’s major products. An email went out this afternoon (Monday May 1st) with the following text:

Oracle President Charles Phillips announced an extension of support value for customers today at COLLABORATE 09. Oracle’s announcement, an indication of Oracle’s ongoing efforts to protect customers’ investments and facilitate future upgrades, waives Extended Support fees for a number of major Oracle product lines through 2010 and 2011.

Details are provided in Oracle’s Waiver of Extended Support Frequently Asked Questions (PDF file).

For up-to-the minute breaking news from COLLABORATE 09, follow COLLAB_09_OAUG on Twitter, or search hashtag #c09.

Good news for those who are still working on the upgrades.

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Collaborate 09 – Breaking BI News – Future BI Conference

2009-05-03T12:21:00.001-05:00

Ok, so it doesn’t quite carry the same weight as the H1N1 swine flu, but we just heard from Ray Payne, President of the OAUG, that the OAUG board as approved a stand alone BI conference in the near future. Mr. Payne gave some details that would lead me to believe the conference will be back here in Orlando.

This was just announced at 1:00 PM EST, so I am sure there will be more details to follow soon.

Remember, I search (and listen at OAUG) so you don’t have to!

Collaborate 2009 – Orlando, FL - Sunday

2009-05-03T10:20:00.001-05:00

It’s Sunday morning in Orlando and I am all registered at Collaborate 09. I will be live blogging directly from the conference for the entire week, both here and on Twitter. @jcollison

There is all kinds of rumors floating around about the attendance this year. With the economy and the treat of getting the swine flu out there, it looks like numbers could be low. To hard to tell right now.

Sunday is SIG (Special Interest Groups) day. I have OBIEE and Hyperion SIG sessions scheduled. I am hanging out with the group from Optimum Solutions for the majority of the conference. You can catch me at booth #4542 during the week.

Remember, I search (and attend conferences in warm climates) so you don’t have to!

Products and Families and Versions – Need a Sleeping Aid?

2009-04-27T11:08:00.001-05:00

I have gotten many questions in the last two years on how to understand Oracle terminology when it comes to product. On April 15th, Steven Chan released a nice blog that did a great job of outlining it all. I will include a link to the blog here. Thanks Steven!

OBIEE and High Availability – 2 Great Tastes That Taste Great Together!

2009-04-04T14:33:00.001-05:00

Rittman Mead has just updated a post (3rd in a series) on OBIEE and HA. Just in case you missed the first two or you wanted them all in one place, I have added the links below.

I have also added them to my blog list on the left.

http://www.rittmanmead.com/2008/12/21/obiee-high-availability-the-bi-server/

http://www.rittmanmead.com/2009/02/02/obiee-high-availability-presentation-services-and-scheduler/

http://www.rittmanmead.com/2009/04/03/more-on-high-availability-bi-publisher-and-bi-server-authentication/

Great BI or Getting By! – On Demand Seminar from Oracle

2009-04-02T23:56:00.001-05:00

We sat down on March 5th with Oracle and Information Management and produced a Web Seminar on the value and benefits of Business Intelligence using Oracle’s OBIEE. My partner Glenn Hoormann from Optimum Solutions and others from Oracle joined us on the call. The seminar speaks for itself. The link is below. You will have to register before you can listen to it. If you have any questions, fell free to ask them in the comments section.

http://www.information-management.com/web_seminars/10014909-1.html

For some history of the partnership between Gallup and Optimum, click here.

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

The Amazing Oracle Bag Contest – No Fooling!

2009-04-01T13:01:00.001-05:00

Today (April 1) is Oracle Technology Day here at Gallup. Our friends from Oracle have come to give us some education around RAC and Data Guard. There are about 30 in attendance. Good group and thanks for coming if you were apart of it.

We had some extra Oracle Bags (pictured above) that Oracle has decided to give a way to help me promote my blog (and theirs of course) as well as Dan Glasscock’s (Super smart Oracle Guy who loves Gallup!)

Here is what you need to do to win!

Leave a comment on my blog (http://oracleaverageguy.blogspot.com/) with the following information:

1. At Dan’s blog, (http://danglasscock.wordpress.com/) he mentions a book in his March 6th posting. What is the book?

2. What is Dan’s #1 Strength?

3. Since we just finished SOA week, there is a post at Oracle’s blog site (http://blogs.oracle.com/reynolds/2009/03/useful_oracle_links.html) with some helpful links. What is one of the Oracle SOA Suite Components found in the SOA Suite Best Practice Guide.

4. Your top 5 Strengths.

You need to be in Omaha or be able to pick up the bag from me at the Omaha Office. Limited supplies so act quickly! Make sure you leave your name so I know who you are!

Happy blog hunting!

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Steven Chan Reminds Us to Still Block IE 8 for EBS

2009-03-26T11:40:00.001-05:00

Just a reminder that Oracle has still not certified EBS to run on IE 8. Steven Chan writes:

Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8 on March 19, 2009. Reviews about IE 8 are sprouting across the web like flowers after a spring shower. It is inevitable that some of your E-Business Suite users are going to be tempted into upgrading their desktops to this latest browser.

Our testing with IE 8 is still underway. There's good news and bad news. The good news is that the OA Framework (a.k.a. HTML or Self-Service Web Applications) E-Business Suite products seem to work fine with IE 8.

The bad news is that we've identified issues launching Forms-based (a.k.a. Professional interface) EBS products using IE 8. These issues exist for both Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i and 12.

http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2009/03/block_ms_ie8_upgrades_for_ebs_users.html

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Firefox 3 Certified With E-Business Suite – Steven Chan Blog

2009-03-19T21:11:00.001-05:00

From a February 27th Post…

The Mozilla team released Firefox 2.0.0.20 in December, 2008. This was the last update to the Firefox 2 codeline; no further additional security or stability updates will be available for Firefox 2. E-Business Suite users can run this version of Firefox 2 safely.

Mozilla recommends that all Firefox users upgrade to Firefox 3. Firefox 3 included some changes to its rendering and focus-handling model, and until now, we've had to (reluctantly) advise E-Business Suite customers to wait for our certification to be completed before upgrading to this latest browser release.

More info at http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2009/02/firefox_3_certified_with_e-business_suite.html

Remember, I search so you don’t have to!

Oracle Technology Day at Gallup

2009-03-19T21:04:00.001-05:00

Attend this event to learn how to increase the availability of your databases and web sites and content management systems.

Your business needs to be online 24x7, 365 days a year. If critical applications, servers, or data becomes unavailable, your entire business might be jeopardized. Lost revenue, dissatisfied customers, penalties, and negative press will have a lasting effect on your organization's reputation.

Building a high availability IT infrastructure is critical to the success and well being of all enterprises in today's economy. Oracle Technology will protect your business from all common causes of planned and unplanned downtime, including the most common cause of failure - human error. In addition, Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture framework provides clear and concise guidance on implementing best practices using Oracle's proven high availability technologies.

Join us to learn how the Oracle Database provides a broad set of database features and options that enable you to:

Protect from server failure
Guard against data failure and disaster
Meet the highest quality of service expectations at the lowest cost
Avoid planned downtime

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
The Gallup Organization
Gallup University - Riverfront Campus
1001 Gallup Drive
Omaha, NE 68102

Click here for more information or to register now for this FREE event.

Gallup and Project Partners Present at COAUG – March 17th.

2009-03-13T10:02:00.001-05:00

Your budget has been cut 25%. The business unit needs help to do more with fewer resources. The pressure to perform grows higher. What are you going to do?

On Tuesday, March 17th, the Colorado Oracle Applications User Group will present “Black Ops Consulting” – Implementing New Functionality in Difficult Times.” Jerry Wall from Gallup Technology and Bob Anderson from Project Partners will discuss how cut back without loosing your edge. Bob will also present on Oracle R12 - Project Suite Overview and General R12 Lessons Learned. Times and connect info are listed below.

9:00am Presentation: "Black Ops Consulting" -

Implementing New Functionality in Difficult Times

Using the real life example of Gallup, the world's preeminent research firm, you will learn how to think outside the conventional "box" and find a partner willing to be creative and embark on the new and exciting world of "Black Ops Consulting." Slip highly skilled specialists in and out of your team to accomplish what seems like mission impossible. Learn how they were successful in the face of very real challenges.

10:15am Presentation: Oracle R12 - Project Suite

Overview and General R12 Lessons Learned

Oracle Release 12 addresses a number of challenges in a shared services environment while it strengthens the new functionality introduced with Projects Family Pack M in 11.5.10 in 2005. We'll address questions like "What is the impact on project users to upgrade?" "What new features and functions will be available?" "What are some of the things that need to be considered when making the move to R12 in a project centric environment?" "What are the general things to be aware of when implementing R12?"

About the Presenters
Bob Anderson, Practice Director, Project Partners LLC
Robert D. Anderson has worked extensively in project centric organizations for over 30 years and assisted more than 20 firms in implementing Oracle Enterprise Project Portfolio Management solutions. Bob's 20 years in industry, serving as a controller, CFO and General Manager provides insight to the challenges business leaders face on a daily basis. His hands on leadership have provided cutting edge solutions to complex business problems for multinational clients around the world.

Jerry Wall, Technical Project Administrator, Gallup Technology
Jerald W. Wall has worked extensively in situations demanding creative approaches for success. One of Jerry's responsibilities is the success of the Oracle Project Management deployment at Gallup. Prior to joining Gallup, Jerry spent 14 years with Mutual of Omaha working in a variety of roles within that organization. Whether he is developing educational materials, facilitating learning or managing projects - one consistent trait Jerry carries from role to role is that his ability to look past the norm to create strategies and methods that adapt to the environment he is placed in.

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Database 11gR1 Version 11.1.0.7 Certified with EBS 12

2009-02-16T18:22:00.001-06:00

Right from the man, Steven Chan…

The Oracle 11gR1 Database version 11.1.0.7 was certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i last December. I'm pleased to announce that it's now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12, too. 11.1.0.7 is the first database patchset available for the 11g Release 1 Database version 11.1.0.6.

For those of you planning to upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i to 12, this means that the database releases for Apps are back in parity. You can upgrade directly to Apps R12. from whatever 11gR1 database release you might be running with your Apps 11i environment -- 11.1.0.6 or 11.1.0.7.

The full post can be found at the Oracle blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2009/02/database_11gr1_11107_certified_with_ebs12.html

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Oracle Tech Day at Gallup – The Next Gen DBA – DBA 2.0

2009-02-04T17:48:00.001-06:00

Get Ready for the Next-Generation Business-Critical Database Systems

DBAs face steadily increasing demands and expectations. And as businesses expand and customer-facing applications generate more revenue, the importance of the DBA will grow astronomically.

So don't miss this Oracle Technology Day, where you'll learn how to become a strategic player in managing business-critical database systems. Whether you're a DBA, an IT architect, or an IT manager, we'll show you how you can deliver higher-quality service in increasingly complex IT environments.

This entertaining and educational event will focus on the advanced features in Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Database 11g, along with Oracle Enterprise Manager. Find out how you can:

Become a proactive DBA 2.0
Sustain mission-critical service levels while reducing IT costs
Support the next generation of applications

Gain insight into real-world scenarios faced by DBAs. Discover firsthand how Oracle gives you the tools you need to face today’s demands and challenges, and succeed within the complex IT infrastructure of tomorrow.
Click here to register now for this FREE event. Or call 1.800.820.5592, ext 5840.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
The Gallup Organization
Gallup University - Riverfront Campus
1001 Gallup Drive
Omaha, NE

New Oracle Blog Alert– OraExplorer

2009-02-04T17:07:00.001-06:00

Came across this blog the other day and found it useful. It is slanted towards the developer. Lots of good info.

It’s written by Ittichai Chammavanijakul (hopefully he has a nickname!) from the Chicago area.

Will be adding it to the blog roll. Check it out when you get a moment.

http://oraexplorer.com/

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Oracle Placed in Leaders Quadrant in 2009 Business Intelligence Platforms Magic Quadrant from Gartner

2009-02-04T16:47:00.001-06:00

The 2009 Gartner results for companies in the Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence was released on January 16th. Oracle was one of seven to make the list. With them was IBM (Cognos), Microsoft, SAP, SAS, MicroStrategy and Information Builders. The complete list can be found at the link below.

The Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms (see Figure 1) presents a global view of Gartner's opinion of the main software vendors that should be considered by organizations seeking to develop business intelligence (BI) applications. Buyers should evaluate vendors in all four quadrants and not assume that only the largest organizations can deliver successful BI implementations. In addition to Gartner analysts' opinions, the scores and commentary in this document are based on three sources: customer perceptions of each vendor's strengths and challenges derived from BI-related inquiries with Gartner, an online survey of vendor customers conducted in late 2008 yielding 480 responses, and a vendor-completed questionnaire about their BI strategy and operations.

Gartner Results:
http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/sas/vol5/article8/article8.html

Oracle Press Release:
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-22-2009/0004958538&EDATE=

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Oracle Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory Certified with EBS 11i and R12

2009-02-04T16:29:00.001-06:00

Oracle announced yesterday (February 3rd), that SSO and OID 10g 10.1.4.3 are now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite 11i and R12. Full details are available at the link below.

http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2009/02/oracle_sso_oid_10143_certified_ebs.html

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Oracle Introduces ODIEE…Not To Be Confused with OBIEE?

2009-02-04T16:15:00.001-06:00

Oracle announced last Friday that it will now include both Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) and Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) as one product under the Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition (ODIEE). It’s not like OBIEE wasn’t hard enough to say in a presentation (which I have done a few at this point!), now we have to ask, “did you say ODI or OBI"?” Yea, that’s going to be fun.

Here is the link to the full post.

http://blogs.oracle.com/dataintegration/2009/01/introducing_oracle_data_integrator_enterprise_edition.html

Oracle will also be hosting a free Webinar on the subject. The link is below as well.

http://www.oracle.com/dm/09q3field/24440_ev_int_sem_etl_nxtgen_feb09.html

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Gartner Announces Business Intelligence Summit 2009

2009-01-22T23:12:00.000-06:00

I was able to attend this conference in 2005, but got really sick and had to miss half of it. The best speaker was James Surowiecki who talked about his book, “The Wisdom of Crowds.” It was very interesting and informative.

So here is the release:

When: March 9-11, 2009

Where: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland

Details: Business Intelligence is on every CIO’s must-have list, however, Gartner estimates that no more than 20% of business users actually use BI proactively. If used strategically, BI can guide decision making and boost performance. The Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2009 will focus on the actionable advice needed to address this big discrepancy. Now in its seventh year, the Summit is the industry-defining event focusing on critical topics including the key steps to making BI strategic, creating a BI and performance management strategy to widen the use of BI, the evolving role of corporate performance management, role, structure and organization of the BI Competency Center and much more.

Keynotes:

*Achieving the Execution Premium -- Linking Strategy and Operations: Robert Kaplan, Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and a former Dean of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University

*Geek Logic: Easier Living through Mathematics: Garth Sundem, author of Geek Logik: 50 Foolproof Equations for Everyday Life and The Geek's Guide to World Domination: Be Afraid, Beautiful People

*Gartner Keynote: Overcoming the Big Discrepancy: How We Can Do Better With BI: Kurt Schlegel & John Van Decker

*Comparing the Megavendors: How Do IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP Stack Up?:

*Market Players: Magic Quadrant Power Session: Gartner analysts Mark Beyer, Neil Chandler, Donald Feinberg, Ted Friedman and James Richardson

The latest BI tools will be demonstrated by more than 20 companies exhibiting at the conference. A listing of current exhibitors is available on the Solution Showcase page at http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=748720&tab=soln_showcase#current.

For complete event details, please visit the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit Web site at www.gartner.com/us/bi.

Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Christy Pettey at christy.pettey@gartner.com.

About Gartner

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. Gartner serves 10,000 organizations, including chief information officers and other senior IT executives in corporations and government agencies, as well as technology companies and the investment community. The Company consists of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 3,800 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and consultants in 80 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.

New From Marvel…er Oracle. Two Worlds – An Exclusive Trilogy!

2009-01-22T22:28:00.001-06:00

I found the most interesting post from Oracle today. Seems they have turned to Marvel Comic characters to highlight their software functionality. If you are a marvel comic fan, you will either love it, or completely hate it! It gives a whole new meaning to product placement.

No, I am not joking. It will require you to register with Oracle in order to watch the three videos that are available and they are not the quickest things to load, so give it a minute or two if things don’t start right away.

There are three different clips. The first one is 6:47 in length. The second is 7:21 and the third is 8:09. Someone put a lot of work into these productions. Definitely made for the YouTube generation.

You can watch these videos by clicking the link below or picture above. Enjoy!

http://www.oracle.com/marvel/index.html

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Oracle Stuff for the Average Guy! (or Gal!)

Oracle Stuff for the Average Guy is Moving!

Heartland OAUG Mini Conference – May 20th, 2010 – Did You Miss Collaborate 2010?

Introductions and Oracle Keynote

Break/Networking

9:45am – 10:30am

11:00am- 11:45am

Session 2

Break/Networking

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Oracle Technology March events: WebCenter Suite Lunch Seminar and a hands on SOA workshop Omaha and Des Moines

Upcoming Oracle Technology Events for Nebraska and Iowa

Oracle Customer SuccessCast – Business Intelligence Innovation at Gallup

Heartland OAUG February 11, 2010 Meeting Registration Now Open

OBIEE Configuration Management – Rittman Mead

Repost:11gR2 New Feature – Alter Database Link to Change Password

Heartland OAUG Announces Next Mini Conference – February 11, 2010

Repost: The Top 10 Trends for 2010 in Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Performance Management

Blog Alert! – BI Publisher Blog

Can’t Make Oracle OpenWorld 2009 This Year? Watch Online!

Registration is Open for Collaborate 10 – April 18-22, 2010 - Las Vegas Baby!

IE 8 Now Certified with E-Business Suite Release 11i

E-Business Suite Release 12 Certified for IE 8, 11i Certification Still Ahead

Looking For Ways to Connect with the New Heartland OAUG?

Leveraging Your Oracle Support Investment– Aug 12th 2009 @ Gallup Omaha

Windows 7 and Oracle EBS – Certification Update

What are Oracle’s Business Intelligence Applications?

NE OAUG Restart Meeting Scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, 2009

By Laws (Draft) for the NEOAUG User Group – To Be Approved July 14th

CHAPTER 1. NAME

CHAPTER 2. PURPOSE

CHAPTER 3. OFFICES

CHAPTER 4. ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER 5. MEMBERS

CHAPTER 6. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAPTER 7. OFFICERS

CHAPTER 8. INDEMNIFICATION

CHAPTER 9. REGIONAL CHAPTERS

CHAPTER 10. ANNUAL REPORTS

CHAPTER 11. CONSTRUCTION

CHAPTER 12. AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS.

Oracle Database 11g Best Practices Upgrade Workshop @ Gallup – June 18 - Reminder

You’re Invited to a FREE Technology Event

Blog Information Alert! - Troubleshooting OBIEE : Diagnostic Files

NEOAUG (Nebraska Oracle Applications User Group) Re-launch is Scheduled!

Jim’s Highlights from Collaborate 09 – OAUG takes on Orlando!

Gallup Empowers Users while Easing Reliance on IT Resources with Oracle

Oracle Database 11g Best Practices Upgrade Workshop @ Gallup – June 18

Collaborate 09 – Oracle Extends Support for Some Products

Collaborate 09 – Breaking BI News – Future BI Conference

Collaborate 2009 – Orlando, FL - Sunday

Products and Families and Versions – Need a Sleeping Aid?

OBIEE and High Availability – 2 Great Tastes That Taste Great Together!

Great BI or Getting By! – On Demand Seminar from Oracle

The Amazing Oracle Bag Contest – No Fooling!

Steven Chan Reminds Us to Still Block IE 8 for EBS

Firefox 3 Certified With E-Business Suite – Steven Chan Blog

Oracle Technology Day at Gallup

Gallup and Project Partners Present at COAUG – March 17th.

Database 11gR1 Version 11.1.0.7 Certified with EBS 12

Oracle Tech Day at Gallup – The Next Gen DBA – DBA 2.0

New Oracle Blog Alert– OraExplorer

Oracle Placed in Leaders Quadrant in 2009 Business Intelligence Platforms Magic Quadrant from Gartner

Oracle Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory Certified with EBS 11i and R12

Oracle Introduces ODIEE…Not To Be Confused with OBIEE?

Gartner Announces Business Intelligence Summit 2009

New From Marvel…er Oracle. Two Worlds – An Exclusive Trilogy!