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#RepAttack, it’s all about learning
Everything we do in our daily life is about learning. Especially in IT we are used to continuously learning. Digging through documentation, figuring out how this or that piece of software should work....
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My Oracle 2014, what a blast…
Twenty-fourteen… What a year! As the year draws to a close, I just wanted to take a few minutes to look back at the passed crazy 12 months… Crazy from a personal as well as a professional point of...
View ArticleShare your passion
What I have encountered over the past few years, as I got more and more involved in the Oracle User Community, is the passion to share. As I have stated in previous posts, it is unbelievable how many...
View ArticleThe importance of meetup.com
The Oracle community convenes at the various events, SIG-meetings and gatherings that are organized by the national Oracle User Group organizations. This is, for my reckoning, one if the most important...
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#DBADev (Ops), who knows what is going on…
I have been considering writing this article for quite some time now. APEX Connect 2016 in Germany’s capital Berlin and the DOAG Database days have finally persuaded me to talk more about #DBADev, let...
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As many conferences evolve over the years, the number of sessions on offer can easily be overwhelming. I have overheard many conference attendees wrestling with their choices for what to see and which...
View Article#DOAG2016, definitely a crazy week.
#DOAG2016, the largest Oracle Community gathering in Europe. Taking place in Nuremberg, at the Nuremberg Convention Center NCC, one of the more impressive places to hold such a conference, towering 4...
View ArticleWhy I picked Postgres over Oracle, part I
As with many stories, if you have something to tell, it quickly takes up a lot of space. Therefore this will be a series of blog posts on Postgres and a bit of Oracle. It will be a short series,...
View ArticleWhy I picked Postgres over Oracle, part II
Continuing this short series of blog posts on some of my drivers for moving to Postgres from Oracle. Please do read Part I of the series if you have not done so. It discussed the topics “History”,...
View ArticleWhy I picked Postgres over Oracle, part III
This is the final episode of this short series of blog posts on some of my drivers for moving to Postgres from Oracle. Please do read Part I and Part II of the series if you have not done so. It...
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