RM BI Forum Notes – Wrap-up

Last week I have tried to give you an impression about the Rittman Mead BI Forum 2012. They managed to provide us with a four day program packed with all things related to Oracle BI. Two core days with various presentations. Various in subject; Oracle BI, agile, Fusion Apps, Endeca, etc., etc. But also various in style; Keynotes, one hour presentations and 10-minute (TED/Ignite) presentations. Next to that the possibility of a Masterclass by Kevin McGinley and a NDA session by Oracle.
I was one of the lucky few, who was able to join all four days. Four days, packed with information and a basis for a lot of inspiration. Where to start!?

The Rittman Mead BI Forum is a good place to network and to exchange ideas. It was good to see a lot of known faces again. On top of that I have met some ‘new’ people also.

A big thank you to Mark Rittman, Jon Mead and their crew. Also a big thanks to Oracle for joining and for being so open about the Oracle BI developments and their visions and roadmaps. Thanks all for joining and sharing. That’s what makes the Rittman Mead BI Forum such a great event to be at. Hope to see everyone next year.

For a foto-impresssion, check Flickr.

Tommorow the US version of the Rittman Mead BI Forum will start. If you would like to stay informed, you should check the Tweetchat.

Stay on the lookout for the pdf’s which will probably placed on the Rittman Mead website. There will definitely be some good stuff to have a look at!!

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Hit the Packt’s Oracle Packtpot

I have been doing some reviewing in the past for Packt Publishing. They have informed me about the fact that Packt is running a campaign for Oracle books in March.

Check out Packt’s Oracle Packtpot: Exciting discounts on Oracle books/e-books throughout March2012!

There is also a a Press Release that highlights this campaign.

If you want to win a year’s free access to the Oracle PacktLib library, simply answer the following question.

In which US city is the annual Oracle OpenWorld Conference held each year?

1. A) Las Vegas, Nevada
2. B) San Francisco, California
3. C) Atlanta, Georgia

Tweet your answers to @Packt_OracleFMW using the hash tag #PacktPot, all correct answers will be entered into a prize draw and the winner will be announced on Twitter at the end of the month.

Follow Packt on Twitter for Packt news and content on all things Oracle Fusion Middleware @Packt_Oracle FMW

Good Luck!!

 

Oracle Business Analytics Summit 2011

It has been a while since I last posted on ‘Oracle BI Bakboord’. A lot has happened since.  Oracle OpenWorld 2011 eg. If you have a look at the number of Oracle BI subjects, you can see that Oracle BI is still ‘Hot’ at Oracle. This week I was able to visit the Oracle Business Analytics Summit in Nieuwegein, Holland. I had the opportunity to meet with clients, partners and Oracle employees. Oracle had managed to create an agenda with one common subject; ‘Information’ and what Oracle offers to manage and deliver this information to the end user.

A few different subjects where covered.

• Oracle and Endeca
• Oracle Fusion Applications

• Oracle BI in Oracle Fusion Applications

The Oracle Exa….-story

• Oracle Exadata
• Oracle Exalogic
• Oracle Exalytics

• Oracle Business Intelligence Mobile
• Oracle Analytical Applications
• Oracle Essbase

A (lot) of things have been covered. Information, speed, end user experience where the main subjects. Oracle has a lot to offer. That makes our work interesting!

Oracle Software Delivery Cloud

Oracle eDelivery has become the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. The url is still the same.

After you pressed the sign-in / register button you are presented with a (familiar) Oracle.com loginscreen.

You still have to agree with the Terms and Restrictions, but after that it’s the good old eDelivery again.

Now you are good to go…….

Oracle BI 11g 11.1.1.5 ready to explore

On the third of may this year, Oracle announced the new release of Oracle BI 11g (11.1.1.5). This new release includes;

• Oracle BI EE
• Oracle BI Applications 7.9.6.3
• Oracle Real Time Decisions Release 3.1

Highlights of this release:

• Support for iPod / iPad
• Extended support for Oracle Times Ten
• Oracle BI Applications 7.9.6.3 built on top of Oracle BI 11g 11.1.1.5
• Oracle Real Time Decisions built using ADF also integrated with Oracle Siebel CRM

Oracle BI 11g 11.1.1.5 is ready for download on OTN. Check the documentation for more details. At least the version number has been updated.

I would advice you to watch the Oracle BI blogosphere  the coming for more juicy details.