Seriously, the World Series?

While this is the ODTUG Blog, as the primary author behind most posts I feel I can take a day off here and there for non-ODTUG topics. Today is one of those days. However, before I go down that path, I’d like to encourage you to vote in the ODTUG Board Elections. The elections close on November 1st at midnight, PDT. Here is a link to take you to the candidates page:  http://www.odtug.com/apex/f?p=500:250:0

Now, how about the World Series? I live just outside of St. Louis, and have been a Cardinals fan all of my life. This year, however, was a year like no other. Spring training starts, and we lose one of our ace pitchers, Adam Wainwright, for the season to Tommy John elbow surgery. Matt Holliday lost a period of time with an emergency appendectomy. Albert Pujols breaks his wrist. Despite all that, the Cardinals continued to battle. The Milwaukee Brewers were the Cardinals main foe throughout the year. The Cardinals were 10 1/2 games out of the wild card chase in late August. No one (well maybe outside of the team) thought that they had any chance of making the playoffs. However, a funny thing happened. The team became a team. They got on a roll and started making up ground. Heading into the final week of the season, the Cardinals were still on the outside looking in. But they didn’t give up. On the last day of the season, the Cardinals won their game 8-0, and the Braves lost to the Phillies in 13 innings, sealing the wild card for the Cardinals.

The NLDS put the Cardinals up against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cardinals were huge underdogs for that series. The Cardinals won the best of 5 game series on the road in Philadelphia, against arguably the best pitcher of the last few years in baseball, Roy Halladay. Chris Carpenter went to the mound for the Cardinals, and tossed a three hit shutout in the decisive game. What a series!

In the NLCS, the Cardinals went up against the Milwaukee Brewers. Both teams were fighting for the right to represent the National League in the World Series. I was lucky enough to secure a couple of tickets to Game 5 of this series, and Lisa and I looked forward with hope to see a good game. The game ended up being a Cardinal victory, 7-1, and the Game 6 in the series saw the Cardinals with the pennant on the road against the Brewers.

St. Louis Pictures

Lisa in front of Budweiser Wagon

Mike in front of Clydesdales

Lisa at Kiener Plaza Fountain

View of Arch from Kiener Plaza

Bring on the World Series and the Texas Rangers!

While we weren’t luucky enough to be able to secure tickets in St. Louis for any World Series games, I have a very good friend in Dallas that invited me down to experience the World Series from a different perspective – that of being in a distinct minority (50,000 people, probably 49,000 of them rabid Texas Rangers fans).

We had tickets to Games 3 & 4, which provided two radically different outcomes. The St. Louis Cardinals, riding on the stong shoulders of Albert Pujols, won Game 3, 16-7. The game saw perhaps the greatest single game offensive performance by a single player in World Series history. Albert Pujols tied the record for hits in a game (five), home runs in a game (three), RBIs in a game (six), runs scored in a game (four), and set a new record for total bases in a game (fourteen). The silence was deafening in the stadium when Pujols hit his first home run in the sixth inning. I left the stadium that day knowing that I had witnessed history, an individual game performance that may never be equaled.

The next evening, Derek Holland proved to be to tough of a pitcher for the Cardinals to handle on that night. The Cardinals fell to the Texas Rangers that night 4-0, to even back up the series at two games apiece.

Game 6 returned to St. Louis, and saw the home team have to come back from a 7-4 deficit. With one run in the 8th, and a dramatic, 2 out, two run triple from our hometown’s own David Freese, the Cardinals sent the game into extra innings. In the 10th, Josh Hamilton gave the Rangers a two run lead with his first home run of the series, forcing the Cardinals to score two to tie in the bottom of the 10th. Once again, the Cardinals came through to tie the game. Without scoring in the top of the 11th, the Cardinals only needed one run to send the Series to Game 7. David Freese once again took the stage, and cracked a home run that sent Cardinal Nation into a frenzy. What a dramatic game (that I’m sure my commentary did not do justice to). In Game 7, the Rangers started out the scoring, but a masterful pitching performance by Chris Carpenter, coupled with some good fortune and persistence by the St. Louis Cardinals led them to their 11th World title, which poetically came in 2011.

The series was very competitive, and the Texas Rangers and their fans have nothing to be ashamed of. They are a class organization, and have a wonderful fan base. We teased each other both nights that I was there, but never a rude word was said. I sincerely hope that they get to experience the joy of a World Series Championship in the very near future, just not when they’re facing my St. Louis Cardinals!

Texas Pictures

2 Cardinal Fans in Enemy Territory

Scoreboard at Ballpark in Arlington

National Anthem Ceremony

A Cardinal Fan and a Texas Legend

Tim Tow’s Heading to Australia!

Guest Blogger: Tim Tow, ODTUG Board

Australia, Here I Come!

Like many, if not most, Americans, I have always wanted to visit Australia but have never had the opportunity.  Well, that all changed last month when I was asked to speak at the NZOUG Conference in Auckland, New Zealand and the ODTUG SP Conference in Sydney, Australia.  For those of you familiar with my blog, you may have read that I often work 12-hour days.  This is only possible with the support of my wife, and I am happy that she also shares in the rewards gained from my hard work.  One week from today, my wife and I will be on our way to Oz!

We are flying directly to Auckland and will have a little over 3 days to explore the area and to recover from jet lag before the conference starts on Monday, October 31.  We plan to visit the camp where, during WWII, my wife’s grandfather was stationed immediately after two of the worst battles in the Pacific, Tarawa and Saipan.  Other than that, we are still undecided about our weekend agenda.

My presentations in Auckland are comprised of completely new content that I have written and will be presenting for the first time at this conference.  In Auckland, the first presentation is entitled “Find Meaning in Your General Ledger Using Oracle Essbase”.  This session will discuss some of the use cases for Essbase when used to explore and analyze data in the General Ledger.  I will show at least 3 different ways that customers can use Essbase as a starting point for understanding what is in the GL and am working with the Oracle Fusion Financials team on how Essbase is leveraged within Fusion Financials.

My second Auckland session is entitled “What is Oracle Essbase and How Is It Different From the Oracle Database?”  This session, which parallels an article I wrote for the current issue of ODTUG Journal, is targeted toward traditional Oracle developers who may have heard of Essbase but really don’t know what it is.  My presentation uses a relational database design concept commonly used to support analysis, the star schema, and proceeds to translate it into similar constructs in Essbase.  The presentation also discusses the key differences, both architecturally and from the user’s perspective, between Essbase and the Oracle database.

If you happen to be in New Zealand, don’t miss this conference.  You can get more information at http://nzoug.org/events/nzoug-conference-2011.

On Wednesday, November 2, we travel to Sydney for the ODTUG EPM and BI SP (“Seriously Practical”) Conference.  Like in Auckland, my presentations at the SP Conference on November 3 and 4 are comprised of completely new content.  The first session, entitled “Unleashing the Power of Essbase in Excel”, will cover the two Excel add-ins for Essbase, the classic Excel add-in and Smart View.  I will spend a good bit of time in this session discussing and demonstrating some of the new capabilities added to Smart View 11.1.2.1.102.  This new Smart View version features near parity with the functionality of the classic add-in and, finally, will meet the demands of most classic add-in lovers.  The new functionality also makes many of the time-tested techniques used with the classic add-in possible again, so I will review some of my favorite spreadsheet design tips.

The second presentation in Sydney returns to my core (and geeky) competency with a discussion of best practices using the different Essbase APIs.  In this session, “Best Practices for Expanding Essbase with the APIs”, I will talk about lessons learned from the past 17 years of my experienced with both the VB and the Java APIs.  I am still working on this presentation, but I plan on covering more than just the coding aspects and will talk a little about how to build dependable software with the Essbase APIs.

If you are in or near Australia, make plans to attend the SP Conference now.  This conference covers not only EPM, but also BI as well.  Fellow Oracle ACE Directors Edward Roske and Mark Rittman, along with newly minted Oracle ACE Stuart Bryson, from Rittman Mead, have teamed with local speakers from Accenture and James and Monroe to bring you a content-packed agenda that can help your company get a higher return on its investment in the Oracle EPM and BI platforms.  You can get more information about the ODTUG SP Conference and register at http://odtugspconference.com/.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Q&A with ODTUG SP Conference Presenter: Anthony Stefanac from James & Munroe

Guest Blogger: Bambi Price, ODTUG Board

Q & A with ODTUG SP Conference Presenter, Anthony Stefanac James & Munroe

Anthony is one of the owners of James & Munroe, specialists in Enterprise Architecture, Support and Implementation of Hyperion products. He will be presenting ‘Making your Life easier with EPM utilities’ at our SP Conference being held in Sydney, 3^rd and 4^th November this year.

 Q: What made you start working with Oracle BI & EPM Products?

I started as a graduate at Qantas who were using Hyperion as their BI tool to initially report management information and their route profitability.   I thought the technology was great, as it gave decision makers quick access to information in a structured and logical way to assist with strategic corporate initiatives.  I moved into Consulting to further develop my Hyperion EPM & BI skills from there.

 Q: What has been the biggest improvement that you can see with these products?

Stability, Performance Improvements and improved Integration between all of the Oracle products. It is still early days to being perfect from an integration perspective but it is definitely heading in the right direction.

Q: What is the most common type of issue your clients have?

Demands from the business to report results on a more timely basis and have greater visibility to their information.   With requirements for closer integration between transactional, operational and management systems and the constant introduction of new Oracle products, we are continuing to find improved solutions to achieve this.

Q: Why do you think an Oracle, BI or EPM user should attend the conference?

They will have the opportunity to meet like-minded individuals in different industries to share their experiences and knowledge.  They will also have the opportunity to hear from and meet with global product leaders and see product demonstrations of the latest Oracle offerings from a practical perspective.  Often training in products is too high level for people who have gained working knowledge of the applications.  They need the tips and tricks to get further efficiency gains, which is exactly what this training will offer.

Register today for the ODTUG SP Conference! 

Advanced Registration Rate: October 2 – October 27, 2011
AUD$895

Standard Registration Rate: After October 28, 2011 
AUD$1095

#Kscope 12: Content and Presenter Selection Process

Guest Blogger: David Schleis ODTUG Board

According to the GPS, I am currently traveling at just over 500 miles per hour east, and back to the future. Reflecting on the experiences of the last few days at Oracle Open World, I am reminded of my last visit to California for the Kscope11 conference in Long Beach. Now that was a conference! From the volunteer day on Saturday to the wrap-up session on Thursday, a cornucopia of learning, sharing, networking, friendship and fun.

This, in turn gets me thinking toward the future, and Kscope12. Edward was not exaggerating when he said that the meetings for Kscope12 began the day Kscope11 concluded, and they have been continuing steadily ever since.

While this year’s conference was the best ever by many measures, we are not content to simply rest on our ample laurels. So, in the name of continuous improvement, we are making a few changes for next year right out of the gate.

Due to the increase in the breadth of subject matter that we cover, ten tracks next year, we have divided the Content Chair into two positions. The exceptionally talented Natalie Delmar is in charge of Essbase, Business Intelligence, Hyperion Applications, EPM Business Content and EPM Beginner. While The Application Express, Database, Developer’s Toolkit, Fusion Middleware and Hardware tracks will be under my purview. Each of these tracks is headed up by an exceptional talent, who selects their own team of subject matter experts. These teams are in charge of selecting abstracts, and creating the schedule of presentations that make up the bulk of your Kscope experience.

*Get your Kscope 12 Abstract submission in before October 28^th deadline!*

In another change for next year we are attempting to remove any bias from the abstract selection process using a specially designed scientific selection process that utilizes aspects of chaos theory as applied to statistical analysis. The process begins by separating all of the abstracts by track and arranging them in a 5X5 matrix based on track. This arrangement is then placed on the floor, and, here is the scientific part, we have a chicken that has been fed a special diet…

I have just been informed that the chicken bingo selection methodology of removing reviewer bias has been rejected in favor of the following:

• Abstracts will be graded by the track teams on content alone, without knowledge of the author.
• Presenters will be graded based on their bio, experience and first-hand knowledge.
• After the grading period is closed, the teams will get reports listing the abstracts, authors and total scores.
• This information will be used to assist in the selection of the best content possible.

It is our desired goal that this process will open the door to more first time speakers at Kscope by allowing the strength of their abstracts to better balance their anonymity. As a former completely unknown first time abstract submitter, I fully appreciate the importance of that first opportunity, because you never know where it may lead. So, rookie or veteran, if you have not submitted an abstract yet, submit one today! The deadline is October 28, but if your schedule is anything like mine, that day will be here before you know it, so do it now!

On another note, if you are an ODTUG member, and if you are reading this you probably are, the time is now to make your voice heard. Because now is the time that you are able to cast your vote for the individuals that will represent you on the ODTUG Board of Directors. Voting is quick and easy, and important. Do it now! (And then submit your abstract.)

Exercise your right to be heard!

Voting starts today in the elections for the ODTUG Board of Directors. There are NINE candidates for FIVE open slots. The candidates, if elected, will be serving a term on the ODTUG Board starting on January 1, 2012 and ending on December 31, 2013. ODTUG’s Board is made up of NINE individual Board Members, with FIVE slots open one year, and then FOUR slots open the next year.

What is the minimum commitment for each Board Member? They agree that they will attend TWO face-to-face meetings each year, one directly before our KScope conference and onsite at the conference location. The other is traditionally held early in the year, typically in January, so that we can set the priorities for the year. For each of the other ten months, we hold a 60-90 minute telephone conference call to get updates on our current initiatives. In addition, Board Members agree to serve on at least one committee, and contribute where their talents and interests lie.

So, now what, you ask? Go vote! The candidate’s bios, campaign statements, and photos are located on the ODTUG website. You must be a PAID ODTUG member as of October 1st in order to vote. All attendees who registered as a Non-Member at Kscope11 became PAID members of ODTUG with their registration. To cast your vote, you must be logged into your membership. You may vote for one, two, three, four or five candidates, but you may only vote one time (once submitted, your vote is considered final). Please vote by 5PM EDT on Tuesday, November 1 , 2011

Many ODTUG elections in the past have come down to a single vote making the difference. Will it be the same case this year? Well, I’m not sure what is going to happen this year, but I urge you, make your voice heard in the ODTUG Election and get out and vote! I know that I will be looking closely at each of the candidate’s qualifications, bios, campaign statements and voicing my right.

Oracle OpenWorld 2011 Wrap-Up

The week was hectic and productive. During my two previous posts, I was fighting with a horrible internet connection at the Marriott Marquis, so some of the information that I wanted to post didn’t quite make it. So, I’ll add to some to my previous thoughts, and bring you a few items from the rest of the week.

Larry’s Sunday Keynote and the rest of Sunday evening –

Sunday evening, Larry Ellison kicked off the conference with an opening keynote. The topic, Oracle Exalytics. The Exa family at Oracle continues to grow. See a couple of my friends blogs, Glenn Schwartzberg and Mark Rittman, for some more details on what this announcement means.

After the keynote, I got the privilege of attending the annual ACE/ACE Director dinner at OpenWorld. This year, at the Sens restaurant, we had some drinks and good food, but once again, great networking. These folks are the best of the best in the Oracle world, and it is a wonderful time for all. Thanks to the organizers and leaders of this program, Vikki Lira, Lillian Buziak, and Justin Kestelyn for their hard work to make this program really a feather in the cap for Oracle!

Speaking of the ACE Directors, they hold an annual two day briefing before the conference. If you follow them on Twitter, you could tell that this year was going to be very special and exciting here at OpenWorld. I suggest that if you are interested, find out the Ace Directors that are active on Twitter, and start following them. Here is where you can find out more information about the ACE Director program.

Tuesday, I participated in some media interviews. These are fast moving interviews with various members of the media. Think speed dating only you are talking about technology, Oracle OpenWorld, and my favorite topic, ODTUG. Here are links to a couple of the interviews that I did: Application Development Trends and The Server Side.

Wednesday, there were a few items of particular interest that I was able to participate in. In the early morning, members of Fusion Nation gathered in the tents outside of Moscone North. Fusion Nation represented the early adopters of Fusion Applications as well as user group advocates of Fusion Applications and Fusion Technology. I was one of the 25 user group leaders selected to participate in this venture. We got to wear our red vests (apologies to Stanley, the original) all week (as long as we did not become overheated). This program was created to raise awareness of Fusion Applications, and I think with 500 of us wearing these vests, it worked.

Also on Wednesday, about 10 user group leaders got a private meeting with Oracle President, Mark Hurd. Mark is a no-nonsense type of guy, very personable, and willing to listen as well as be heard. We had submitted some questions beforehand for Mark, and he answered those as well as inviting further questions. I believe that Mark thinks the user groups are a very valuable piece of the Oracle ecosystem, and that both Oracle and the user community benefit from user groups.

Larry’s keynote on Wednesday announced the general availability of Fusion Applications. He joked that he had signalled that the release was coming during a couple of other keynotes, and that this took a little longer than anyone anticipated. Also announced was the Oracle Public Cloud, priced with fixed monthly rates as a subscription service. Last, and one that Larry actually demoed, was the Oracle Social Network, allowing collaborative work from a team through real time conversations.

Wednesday evening, Oracle held its signature celebration Appreciation Event, once again hosted on Treasure Island. Instead of multiple stages, as has been the case in the past, there was one stage for the entertainment. Sting started off the night, performing many of his and the Police’s hits. Sting recently celebrated his 60th birthday, but his voice is still golden. Sting was followed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Tom Petty also still has “it”. Many of his hits, including “Free Falling”, had the crowd singing along. Unfortunately, I was exhausted at this point in the evening, and decided to call it a night, missing a repreat appearance by Dave Wakeling and the English Beat. Oracle knows how to throw a party, with many food choices available as well during the night (as well as many drink choices!).

Thursday, I had an early flight out of SFO, so I missed the final day of the show. Honestly, with everything that I had already experienced during the week, I’m not sure that I had enough energy to make it through the rest of the day anyway.

Hope you’ve gotten a little flavor of OpenWorld through this series of posts. It’s not KScope, by any stretch of the imagination.

Oracle OpenWorld 2011 – Part II

The past two days here at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 have felt like a blur – a happy, exciting, and tiring blur. With 40,000+ attendees, this is nothing like KScope. Here is a brief recap of some of the things that I have heard in conversations, sessions, keynotes, etc…, and what I’m looking forward to in the last couple of days here:
Chi Gung – While the crowd has not materialized here at Oracle OpenWorld for Chi Gung, we have a few faithful that have been attending with Kent each morning. I guess the attendees here a) haven’t heard about it, b) aren’t as health conscious as the KScope attendees, of c) are just to busy. I’m guessing it may be a little bit of everything, but thanks to Kent Graziano for organizing this and providing an outlet to those that have embraced it starting back at Kscope11.
Meetings, meetings, meetings – It seems like (no scratch that, it IS true so it not only seems like, it IS) I attend more meetings than I do presentations. Many of these meetings are important for the organization, and focusing on that is really our responsibility and goal while attending any other conference. I expect that some of the actions and directions that ODTUG will be undertaking in the near future will have either benefited from or sparked from the meetings that we have had here at OpenWorld.
ODTUG Meetup – ODTUG hosted a small reception for our speakers and volunteers, and key partners in the Oracle community on Monday Night, at a restaurant called LeCharm. It was a nice evening, and we had some great conversations and fun in the usual ODTUG style. Our speakers were thankful for this opportunity to relax a bit, before they had to run along to one of the many other events being held that night. Usually, you can find a reception of some type each and every night at Oracle OpenWorld.
There was an announcement made about the release of Oracle Forms 11gR2, made by Grant Ronald, during Gert Poel’s session. This news should be well received for all of us still using Oracle Forms. You can find out more here on Gert Poel’s blog.
I attended the APEX Meetup at the 4th Street Bar and Grill. Thanks to my good friend Dimitri Gielis for setting up and organizing this event. It was nice to see some of the loyal KScope crowd in attendance at this event. Joel Kallman, David Peake, Marc Sewtz, Jason Straub, and Anthony Rayner represented Oracle at this event. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised that there were not more from the Oracle team at this meetup, so I apologize if I’ve missed anyone. It was my first opportunity to meet Anthony, and I hope that he is able to make his first KScope next year in San Antonio.
Looking forward, I anticipate that there will be a couple of big announcements at Larry’s keynote this afternoon. I’m hoping that a part of the keynote will include in some way shape or form something from the tools side, but I’m also not holding my breath. Stay tuned, and if you’re interested, I’m pretty sure they will be live streaming the keynote somewhere later this afternoon. Look around on oracle.com/openworld, and you should be able to find a link there.
Also, the big OpenWorld appreciation event is tonight. Sting and Tom Petty headline the evening, and I’m hoping that the showers that have hung around the past couple of days miraculously part for the evening so that me and 40,000 of my best friends (sarcasm intended) will have a good time.
Until next time…

Oracle OpenWorld 2011 – Part I

Mike Riley, ODTUG President at the ODTUG booth at OpenWorld

As a part of my responsibilities on the ODTUG Board of Directors, I am asked to represent ODTUG at Oracle OpenWorld, held annually in San Francisco. Here are some of the things that I have gotten to experience through the first couple of days:

My trip started on Saturday, as the North American User Group Presidents held a meeting Saturday afternoon with representatives from HEUG, Java leaders, IOUG, OAUG, OHUG, and Quest (see iouc.org for more information on these groups). This is a chance for us to network with these other leaders, and hear from Oracle on future plans for the community.

Sunday, the conference really kicks off with the User Group Forum. All of the user groups are allowed to hold SIG meetings and provide technical content of their own choice. We had five rooms of content in the afternoon – Symposiums on Web Architecture, Business Intelligence, Application Express, Data Warehousing, and Hyperion were held. Our rooms were pretty full, as usual, drawing 200 participants or more. These are great opportunities to ask questions and learn from the top Oracle users.  I anticipate more learning, networking, and lots of fun as the week continues.

If you’re at OpenWorld don’t forget to stop by our booth in the User Groups Pavilion – Level 2 Lobby Moscone West.

Chi Gung at OpenWorld

This just in: ODTUG Chi Gung at OpenWorld!

Start your OOW experience by becoming one with the spirit of San Francisco. Join Kent Graziano and some Kscope veterans bright and early Monday morning for a short session of Chi Gung moving meditation. We will meet up at 6:45 AM, Monday October 3rd in the center of Union Square (just look for Kent,the grey haired guy with the pony tail and OOW backpack).

A few of us began doing this every moring at the Kscope 11 conference in Long Beach and found it a great way to prepare ourselves mentally and physically for the rigors of a high intensity day of session hopping and networking. No special equipment or clothing required, just come as you are with an open mind. We look forward to seeing you there and have a great time at OpenWorld!

Check out what others have to say about Kent, ODTUG BI/DW SIG Co-Chair and Oracle ACE & Owner of Rocky Mountain Tae Kwon Do

“Kent proivided Chi Gung sessions to supplement an IT conference. It was a great way to set us up for the day and it was great fun. Ken was patient and yet educational, repeating the main concepts each day for new people. I attended for 5 consectutive days and would have loved to have done more” July 13, 2011

 Debra Lilley

“Kent provided morning Chi Gung instruction at the recent KSCOPE11 conference in Long Beach, CA. Kent arranged a program that involved clear demonstration and excellent explanation of purpose. The exercise sets he chose allowed individuals to vary the intensity and difficulty so that novices were accomodated and those already fit were still challenged. Kent leading your sessions is a pretty good guarantee that everyone will feel welcome and the opposite of intimidated from the very start, and will be relaxed and invigorated at the end.” July 12, 2011

 Mark Farnham

“Kent organized the Chi Gung class at this years ODTUG KScope 2011 event, which was very enjoyable. A very relaxing way to start the day. Kent explained the exercises very clear, which made it easier to follow for first time practitioners.” July 12, 2011

Alex Nuijten

ODTUG’s Global Outreach

Guest Blogger: Bambi Price, ODTUG Board

My name is Bambi Price, I am the ODTUG Vice President. I work for Park Lane Information Technology, an Oracle Gold Partner specialising in products, services, and licences.

Park Lane’s core service offering is Oracle Managed Services, provided to government departments and organisations across Victoria and Tasmania in Australia and in New Zealand.

I have been on the ODTUG Board for the past 4 years and I have been proud to have been part of ODTUG’s growth not only into new Oracle areas but also into new countries. This year at Kscope we had attendees from 28 different countries. This was a fantastic achievement and a sign that ODTUG is recognized as the home for Developers and Architects working with Oracle technical solutions and tools.

Part of my responsibility on the ODTUG Board is the Global Outreach Programme. We initially started running webinars in Spanish and rotating our webinars across all time zones. Last year we successfully ran an SP Conference in Brussels and this year we are running a BI/EPM SP Conference in Sydney on 3 and 4^th November.

This will provide 2 days of deep-dive training on improving your Oracle BI and EPM investment with the best enhancement tips, tricks and techniques. What’s new in Hyperion 11.1.2.1, OBIEE 11g and Smartview.

Seriously Practical training on how you can make systems operate faster, your applications perform better, and your users praise your BI and EPM investment. http://odtugspconference.com/

Early Bird Registration: AUD$695 Ends October 1, 2011 

This deep dive training is being held at the Marriott Sydney Harbour, Pitt Street Sydney. http://odtugspconference.com/Location.html