Web 2.0 Round Table with Charles Phillips, London

Saturday, May 10th, 2008 by Mark Rittman

I mentioned the other week that I got an invite to a roundtable session with Oracle’s President, Charles Phillips, at the Lanesborough Hotel in London. The session itself was last Friday and so I thought I’d go along, there were I think around eight bloggers, analysts and journalists that came to the along and the […]

Questions for Charles Phillips on Web 2.0 & BI 2.0

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 by Mark Rittman

I got a call late today inviting me to a discussion with Charles Phillips, Oracle’s President, on Web 2.0 that’s being held in London next week. The invite has gone out to “bloggers and opinion formers” within the UK and it’ll be interesting to see who else comes along as well.
Anyway, what I thought would […]

Oracle BI SE One Seminar, Birmingham April 30th

Sunday, April 20th, 2008 by Mark Rittman

A Quick re-post as this event is running in a week or so’s time. Rittman Mead Consulting, in conjunction with Oracle, are running a half-day Oracle BI Suite Standard Edition One seminar at Oracle Birmingham on Wednesday, 30th April 2008. Free to attend, this event is aimed at organizations new to BI and will provide […]

Collaborate’08 Day 1

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 by Mark Rittman

Well, that’s Day 1 of Collaborate’08 over and I think I’ve just about got over the jet lag. I’m up early again - today it’s 6am - but at least I’m not suffering from altitude sickness like a couple of people I bumped in to. We’re actually a mile above sea-level in Denver which means […]

OBI SE One Seminar, Birmingham 30th April 2008

Thursday, April 10th, 2008 by Mark Rittman

Rittman Mead Consulting, in conjunction with Oracle, are running a half-day Oracle BI Suite Standard Edition One seminar at Oracle Birmingham on Wednesday, 30th April 2008. Free to attend, this event is aimed at organizations new to BI and will provide an overview of Oracle Business Intelligence Suite with a focus on Standard Edition One, […]

All Aboard the OUGN Conference

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 by Mark Rittman

I’m writing this sitting in one of the observation lounges at the OUG Norway conference, which this year is taking place on a cruise liner/ferry sailing from Oslo to Kiel and back. We’re just pulling in to Kiel Harbour now, the ship docks here for a few hours for anyone who wants to get off, […]

On the Train to Oslo, Issues with EIS and OBIEE

Sunday, March 30th, 2008 by Mark Rittman

I’m writing this post sitting on the express train going from Oslo Airport to the centre of Oslo, traveling over to Norway for the Norwegian User Group conference this week. I’ve been invited over as a guest of the user group to do a couple of presentations on Oracle BI, it’s been a bit of […]

Off to Bucharest, and “Competing on Analytics”

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 by Mark Rittman

I’m just sitting in the departure lounge at Heathrow Terminal 2, waiting for my flight to Bucharest. I’m running the last of the Enterprise BI Masterclass seminars (at least in Europe) over the next couple of days, and this is a particularly interesting one for me as it’s my first time in Romania. Whilst I […]

Report on the UKOUG BI & Performance Management Day

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 by Mark Rittman

What with Easter and some client visits, I’ve not had a chance to report on the UKOUG BI & Performance Management day since it ran last week. I’ve got a day at home today before I fly off to Bucharest tomorrow, so here’s the highlights and a few photos.
This event was the first that Rittman […]

New White Paper on Cube Organized Materialized Views

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 by Mark Rittman

I noticed on the Oracle OLAP blog the other day that a new white paper on Cube Organized Materialized Views has been uploaded to OTN. If you’ve followed Pete and my postings on this new feature in Oracle 11g the white paper goes into a bit more detail on how it works, and in our […]