Jon Mead - Rittman Mead

Why Use ODI over PL/SQL?

If you had to write ETL or data pipelines to transform data in a structured data warehouse or lakehouse - would you choose Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) or PL/SQL? Let me elaborate. I'm assuming you are working in OCI and the target is an Autonomous Data Warehouse

Workshop: Getting Started with GenAI

We have been hearing how Generative AI (GenAI) is going to be a game changer for organisations for over a year now. The question we want to help you answer is “how do I get started”. We have put together a workshop to offer a comprehensive view of how to

events

Event | Making GenAI Work For You

How can your company benefit from AI? Discover how to conceive, plan, architect, implement and maintain GenAI and AI projects effectively. As the hype around GenAI mounts, the question Rittman Mead are asked most is "how can my company benefit from this?". The purpose of this event is

Tip Tuesday

Tip Tuesday | Reverse Engineering Tables in Oracle ODI

When you are reverse engineering tables in Oracle ODI, especially from large systems like EBS, you can hit an issue where the reverse engineering operation is successful but the table you import has no columns. This is caused by the access you have to the source system. If you are

webinar

Webinar | Discover AI and ML for Oracle Analytics Cloud: Data Science in Action

We are hosting a live webinar focused on Oracle Analytics Cloud. Discover AI and ML for OAC and see Data Science in Action. Our data science team recently collaborated with a higher education institution to create machine learning models that assess the likelihood of students failing to enrol at the

webinar

Webinar: Seamless Conversations with your Database via Oracle Digital Assistant's SQL Dialogs Capability

We are hosting a live webinar focussed on Oracle Digital Assistant's SQL Dialog feature - that allows users to convert their natural language input into SQL queries, and fetch database output, without the hurdles of creating separate intents or utterances or any custom components. The session will demonstrate

Rittman Mead 2023 Highlights

2023 has been an exciting year for Rittman Mead. We have continued to develop our expertise, attaining 62 new certifications across the company. Rittman Mead is also now recognised for achieving Service Expertise in Cloud Service Solution Expertise: OCI Migration. Webinar Highlights Our commitment to knowledge sharing saw us host

Tip Tuesday

Our Top Tips From 2023

In 2023, we started sharing weekly tips to develop your skills across areas including analytics, data and technology. Make sure you follow our LinkedIn page so you never miss a Tip Tuesday. Tip 1 | How to prepare data for analysis? Preparing the data is one of the most important stages

webinar

Webinar: Generative AI & Oracle Digital Assistant

We are hosting an introductory webinar to Oracle Digital Assistant, highlighting how it positions itself strongly as a byproduct of the Generative AI technological advances, its benefits and high-level applications. This webinar will primarily focus on its building blocks and demonstrate how to create skills, intents, entities, train utterances and

CloudWorld 2023

Oracle shows products and features that use GenAI to close the gap between users formulating questions and then getting answers from the data; and purely using the data to drive action.

training

Oracle Analytics Online Training

Oracle Analytics training, covering everything from the architecture and security to data modelling to building reports and dashboards to data discovery and basic machine learning.

Oracle Analytics

A Good Week For Oracle Analytics

The Forrester Wave BI Q2 2023 report ranked Oracle Analytics first in its current capabilities, surpassing competitors like Power BI and Tableau. I think it's time to give Oracle Analytics a bit more kudos.

events

EVENT: Modernising Your Oracle Data & Analytics Platform

Date and time: Thursday 13/7/2023 - 1:00pm GMT Location: Blackfriars House, Parsonage, Manchester, England. Do you have on-premises Oracle data and analytics software? What is the roadmap for these systems? Should I consider on-premises upgrade paths or migrate to the cloud? What is “cloud at customer”? Join

Webinars 2023

We are proud to offer a series of free topical webinars which cover a variety of Data Engineering, Data Analytics and Data Science skills. Our team of consultants have prepared a series of interesting and engaging webinars to share their wisdom and experience for all data enthusiasts, business analysts and

EVENT: ODTUG Kscope June 25-29 Aurora, CO.

We are delighted to announce our principal consultant, Federico Venturin will be speaking at ODTUG Kscope, a global conference of the Oracle Development Tools User Group. Kscope is the premier worldwide educational conference for Oracle technology users, attracting Oracle experts from around the globe from June 25-29 to Gaylord Rockies

Oracle Analytics

WEBINAR Oracle APEX: A Swiss Army Knife Story for Your Analytics

Date & Time: May 4, 2023 - 5pm (GMT) Presented by Rittman Mead's Lucas Hirschegger & Simon Collins this webinar will be hosted for the Analytics and Data Oracle User Community, focusing on Oracle APEX and its capabilities in data management. Data management is an essential component of

Modernising Your Oracle Infrastructure

Do you have on-premises Oracle data management, applications or analytics software? What is the roadmap for these systems? Should I consider on-premises upgrade paths or migrate to the cloud? What is "cloud at customer"?

oracle analytics server

Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) 2023 Update

The latest version of Oracle Analytics Server OAS 2023 has just been released, which supersedes OAS v6.4. This week in the Rittman Mead R&D lab we’ve found the missing download files, collated a list of associated patches and developed a blueprint for an in-place and out-of-place

Analytics and Data Oracle User Community Data Summit 2023

We are excited to be sponsoring the first post-pandemic Analytics and Data Oracle User Community Data Summit next week, March 14-16, 2023 The three day summit will be held at the Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, California and will feature keynotes by industry experts, educational sessions by practitioners and

Data Governance

Taking a Data Governance Programme to Maturity

In this mini-series, I’ve looked at the business benefits of employing a data governance framework; and how to get startedwith some quick wins in the first six months. I’m going to close the series by explaining how to embed a data governance programme in your business, so that

Conferences

RMOUG Training Days 2023

We are proud to be the platinum sponsor and soon-to-be attendee of the Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group (RMOUG) Training Days event. Expect to be Informed and Inspired to Initiate new Ideas to Improve your working lives at Training Days 2023 Live - Virtual - Hybrid Conference.

Data Governance

How to Get a Data Governance Programme Underway... Quickly

Data governance does not need to begin life fully fledged. There are some quick wins that most organisations should be able to implement in six months without the need for significant additional budget or board level agreement.

Data Governance

Why Data Governance Is More About Enabling Good Than Stopping Bad

It seems like every day businesses are bombarded with reminders of the value of data. Data, we are told, leads us to make smarter decisions that deliver better outcomes.

We've added Search!

Well, to be precise, our blog is hosted on Ghost, and we have just upgraded to version 5.0 which includes search, see here. 0:00/1× What does this mean? Well, now you don't have to use external search engines to find pages on the Rittman Mead

A Few Words About OAC Embedding

How to embed OAC DV projects into third-party sites