Board of Directors Officers Announced
Happy New Year from ODTUG! 2016 is going to be a great year for sharing technology, renewing friendships, and making new ones.
Congratulations to the following Board members, who were elected to serve as officers of ODTUG:
- Natalie Delemar, Ernst & Young, President
Martin D'Souza, Insum, Vice President- Tim Tow, Applied OLAP, Treasurer
- Cameron Lackpour, CL Solve, Secretary
They join the following Board members:
- Opal Alapat, interRel Consulting
Danny Bryant, Accenture Enkitec Group- Sarah Craynon Zumbrum, interRel Consulting
- Gary Crisci, General Electric
- Mike Riley, Hortica Insurance
Join the TwitChat 1/26 @ 7:30 PM EST
The leaders of ODTUG's Database Community want to hear from you! Join us Tuesday, January 26, at 7:30 PM EST for our second TwitChat! Follow along and participate by using the hashtag #ODTUGDB. You don't need a Twitter account to watch the conversation unfold, but you will need one to tweet your questions and comments. To create an account, just go to Twitter.com and select the sign-up button.
Topics for the TwitChat will include:
- Three things DBAs want developers to know, and three things developers want DBAs to know.
- Your top five 2016 SQL resolutions; for example: “I’ll never do ‘select *’ again” or "I'll never hard-code values in my PL/SQL script again." Tell us yours!
Don't know how to follow along in a TwitChat? You can use Twitter's search tool and search for #ODTUGDB. To participate, just remember to use the hashtag #ODTUGDB. Another way to follow along is by using tweetchat.com. Check out Helen Sanders' easy-to-use tips here.
Steven Feuerstein Presents...
Application Development on Oracle Database: A Yearlong CodeTalk Series
ODTUG and IOUG come together to bring you a monthly webinar series hosted by Oracle Developer Advocate Steven Feuerstein. Each month will offer presentations followed by discussions with a featured user of the relevant technology.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Oracle Database Developers: The Most Important Programmers on Earth
Steven Feuerstein, Oracle Corporation
Almost all eyes are focused on UI development these days, leveraging JavaScript to build intuitive apps and more. Yet underneath it all, we will rely heavily on databases generally and Oracle Database in particular.
Join us for the launch of a 12-month series of discussions with experts such as Steven Feuerstein and Connor McDonald as we explore how to fully leverage all the application development features in Oracle Database.
In this first webcast, hosted by IOUG, a community expert will interview Steven Feuerstein about the importance of SQL and PL/SQL when building secure, high-performance, and maintainable applications on Oracle Database.
We'll be listing the full series soon on our Database Community page.
Kscope16 Presentations Released
Did you know the Kscope16 presentations have been selected? Check out our presentation lineup and register today! Make sure you follow #Kscope16 this month for clues about our Special Event.
World of Webinars
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Putting New Essbase Calc Features to Work
Ron Moore, TopDown Consulting
Essbase’s calculation engine has always been its most powerful feature, and the past few releases have included an explosion of new calculation features. These new features not only improve performance, but they also make high-value business requirements much easier to implement and use. New features include Hybrid calculation mode, time series calculation improvements, runtime substitution variables, block creation improvements, new diagnostics, and more.
This webcast has two objectives. First, we will give you an overview of new calc features in the most recent new releases. Then, we will provide examples of how to put a few of the more useful features to work in your applications.
Examples and code samples will explore how to:
- Simplify forecasting and planning with new time series calculation features
- Use runtime substitution variables
- Improve performance with new optimization features
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Application Development on Oracle Database: A Yearlong CodeTalk Series
Oracle Database Developers: The Most Important Programmers on Earth
Steven Feuerstein, Oracle Corporation
*hosted by IOUG
Almost all eyes are focused on UI development these days, leveraging JavaScript to build intuitive apps and more. Yet underneath it all, we will rely heavily on databases generally, and Oracle Database in particular. Join IOUG for the launch of a 12-month series of discussions with experts such as Steven Feuerstein and Connor McDonald as we explore how to fully leverage all the application development features in Oracle Database.
In this first webcast, a community expert will interview Steven Feuerstein about the importance of SQL and PL/SQL when building secure, high-performance, and maintainable applications on Oracle Database.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
APEX Gaming Competition Winner
Anderson Ferreira, Brazilian Court of Audit
This session will present the winner of the APEX Gaming Competition: APEX Hold’em Truco!
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
Oracle SQL Developer Tips and Tricks
Jeff Smith, Oracle Corporation
Listen in and pick up a few new techniques to save time and perhaps even make your job more fun with Oracle’s Database IDE and GUI, Oracle SQL Developer. The Product Manager loves to entertain questions, and this session is best when interactive. You may even get a sneak peek at the newest version under development. You can also expect some review of our latest command line interface, SQLcl.
