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For those of you tracking the latest releases, 10gR2 Version 10.2.0.4 is now certified for Release 11i. We’re anxiously awaiting certification for Release 12. Oracle has released the latest Critical Patch Update - be sure to check out www.integrigy.com’s evaluation of the July 2008 CPU, which points to the resolution of a high risk database [...]

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What am I talking about? I love playing with anagrams. Each of the anagrams above describes the topic we are going to talk about. Can you decipher it before reading on? The answer is given at the end of this article…
How about some cool Autoconfig stuff for this month’s article? Last week I upgraded an [...]

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Yesterday as I was walking my dogs, I spotted a little bit of “little boy heaven”: two slugs – really big slugs – slithering on my hillside. I did the only thing a reallly cool Mommy could do under the circumstances – I ran back to the house and dragged my son out of bed, made [...]

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It seems that in every organization we work with that there are always as many people/organizational challenges as there are technical challenges. Often when doing assessments we find that there are organization problems that have contributed to the situation. Sometimes different departments don’t communicate well with each other and tasks fall through the [...]

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Since its introduction in July 2005, 10gR2 has become the database version of choice for many E-Business Suite environments. Originally released as 10.2.0.1 it has been regularly enhanced with new patches to 10.2.0.3. In the last several months, the third patch set was released for 10gR2, raising its current version to 10.2.0.4. [...]

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We’re often asked about the different ways of auditing to help ensure security for an E-Business Suite environment. Here’s a quick summary of some of your options:
Operating System Auditing
Many types of auditing are available, especially if “sudo” is utilized. “sudo” should be utilized for ALL accounts, though we find that it often is not in [...]

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We here at Triora Group are big advocates of staying current on RDBMS versions, so we’re excitedly waiting for the next RDBMS 10g patch, Version 10.2.0.4. We know it includes more performance patches for the database - always a good thing. However, we have to stand by Oracle’s caveat - not until it’s certified for [...]

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Today, Oracle provided a view into their plans for the integration of the BEA Aqualogic products into the Oracle product line. Oracle is very experienced at this effort and it showed in the presentation. They focused a lot on reassuring BEA and Oracle customers that there would be no drastic changes and no [...]

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