It rains down in Africa

August 2nd, 2007 by Borkur Steingrimsson

As Mark Rittman announced last week, I have just started collaborating with Rittman Mead Consulting. As a direct result I am now sitting in my hotel room in Lagos, Nigeria after the second day of running the Oracle BI EE Masterclass for a client. This is the first time that I run this course but I had a feeling that it went really well. We still have some material to cover tomorrow but after the course-work is done we plan to run a short proof of concept on their customer’s data. After that I am flying out and ending my first ever trip to Africa. I really didn’t get a chance to see much during my time here but I will have to make up for that next time around. Walking outside after dark is not the best way to get to know this large city and as I am here alone, I thought it would be best just to stick close to the hotel. Besides, it is RAINING. The kind of rain that just seems to pour down and wash everything away. It is probably the heaviest rain I have ever seen, at least one that lasts more than 5 minutes with such intensity.

I hope to put something technical here soon. I have been splitting up the web interface, presentation services and BI server on to different machines and would like to post a little on that process after the weekend.

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Comments

  1. Dimitri Gielis Says:

    August 3rd, 2007 at 11:20 am

    Nice to hear you’re doing well!

    Enjoy the rest of your stay in Africa and keep up the good work.

    Dimitri

  2. Nico Says:

    August 3rd, 2007 at 1:31 pm

    Well I’m expecting some tech details about this mysterious multi-splitted installation

    CU

  3. chidinma Udedike Says:

    August 3rd, 2007 at 2:14 pm

    Nice Class. The workshops were very cool and explanatory. Thanks.We had fun.

    Have a safe trip back to Brussels. Yes, it sure rains in Africa. It rained all day today.

    Take care

  4. Borkur Says:

    August 3rd, 2007 at 5:23 pm

    Thanks Chidinma. I am glad to hear you enjoyed it so much. It sure was good fun to meet you all and to see how everybody is interested in the new Oracle BI product strategy.

    Dimi, thanks for that ‘pat on the back’ :) We should meet again soon and have a cold one and catch up on things.

    Nico, You will just have to wait, like the rest :D
    I am off to the airport now, to spend the rest of the weekend in France before returning back to Brussels.

  5. Mark Says:

    August 5th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    Hi Borkur

    Glad to hear things went well last week, although it doesn’t seem like the weather was too good - hopefully our next assignment will take care of that. Thanks for everything, catch up with you on your return next week.

    cheers

    Mark