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Software Development
Update of TortoiseSVN must be done twice.
Sep 2nd
The installer of version 1.6.10 (and 1.6.8) of TortoiseSVN has a bug that leads to an incomplete update. You must run the installer a second time and choose the second time the ‘Repair’ option for a proper upgrade. One of the symptoms of an incomplete installation is an exception when trying to compare office files due to missing Diff scripts in the Diff-Scripts directory.
Installing a subversion server
Aug 27th
Source control is off course an essential part of the development process and Subversion is an excellent system for that purpose. In the past, installation of subversion was a bit complicated because it involved several steps, an Apache webserver and not-so-accessible user management and repository configuration. However, nowadays installation and management can’t be easier, on whatever platform you are either with Collabnet Subversion Edge or with VisualSVN Server.
Oracle Team Productivity Center
Jul 12th
‘Oracle Team Productivity Center (TPC) is an Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tool that enables software development teams to collaborate and work productively together when developing applications using JDeveloper.’ (OTN TPC page)
TPC provides unified access to different ALM repositories from within JDeveloper and it allows to define relations between the so-called work-items in these (separate) repositories. It consists of a central repository, a JDeveloper extension and a set of connectors to other systems. Currently, connectors to Jira, Bugzilla, Rally Software and Microsoft Project Server – task management are available. This means that we can, for example, access and work on our Jira issues from within JDeveloper. In addition it provides a task service and a Google Talk client for JDeveloper.
TPC is installed on an application server, e.g. Tomcat or Weblogic and requires a database to store its data. It also requires the connectors to be installed, although they are not really used to connect to the other systems. The connection to the repositories is made from JDeveloper, so you need the connectors and TPC extension.
The TPC architecture:
Laatste “Plug” – Cuddly Toys Not Included – Een AMIS Query met Doug Burns
Jun 15th
Donderdag as. is de AMIS Query van Doug Burns over SQL Tuning, gebruikmakend van de Oracle Enterprise Manager (Tuning en Diagnostics pack). Misschien verwachten velen een hoog “DBA” gehalte, maar niets is minder waar…
Deze presentatie bevat bijna geen enkele slides en is echt een aanrader om bij te wonen. Het gaat over kleuren, indelingen, interpretaties van grafieken en er zit een goeie scheut droge Schotse humor in deze presentatie verwerkt. Waarschijnlijk zal Doug ook nog de Real Time SQL Monitoring tool in kleur en geur uitleggen.
Met andere woorden geen moeilijke “DBA” achtige presentaties, maar stof om over na te denken als het gaat over SQL Tuning en de tooling, De Oracle Enterprise Manager (de bij de database meegeleverde DB Console) in dit geval de Oracle 11gR2 variant, die Oracle hiervoor steeds meer navoren drukt op alle mogelijke tiers waar zich Oracle en andere software bevind.
Voor extra info over Real Time SQL Monitoring zie ook de volgende blogpost: Real Time SQL Monitoring
Het is nog mogelijk om je aan te melden (zodat we o.a. een inschatting hebben t.a.v. de hoeveelheid eten) voor deze AMIS Query op Donderdag 17e Juni om 18:00 uur via:
Groet, Marco
PS.
De “Cuddly Toys Excluded” titel slaat op zijn haat/liefde verhouding met “Polly and the Boys” die bij tijd en wijle zijn blogsite overnemen (“The Cuddly Toys Liberation Front” – CTLF) of weer eens een puinhoop maken van zijn hotel kamer tijdens conferenties, als ze te veel vrijheid krijgen van Doug…
Meer info hier: http://oracledoug.com/blog/
An evening about Maven
May 26th
Recently we had a great session at AMIS about Maven, presented by Jason van Zyl, founder of the Apache Maven project and CTO of Sonatype. He gave us an overview of the new Maven 3 and other projects they are working on. In addition he gave us an insight in the world of Maven. For example, last three years, the usage of the Maven central repository has been doubled every year, with about 4 million unique IP addresses in 2009. They’ve also reorganized and improved the process for uploading artifacts to Maven central to a self service approach, using the staging function of Nexus Professional.
AMIS Query: A (hacking :) event with Oracle ACE Director Pete Finnigan
May 17th
Zoals al aangekondigd in een eerdere blogpost heeft AMIS in samenwerking met Miracle Benelux, Masterclass trainingen, de mogelijkheid om vlak voor de twee daagse Masterclass in Utrecht van Oracle ACE Director en Oracle Security expert Pete Finnigan uit Engeland, een AMIS Query te organiseren. Beveiliging van je data en de focus hierop is vaak een ondergeschoven kindje. Iedereen is zich er waarschijnlijk wel van bewust dat data verlies via beveiligingslekken door bijvoorbeeld architectuur, programmatuur of onderliggende ondersteunende software, een gevoelig punt is in de organisatie. Het security gedachtengoed heeft echter ook impact op design en performance.
Een stukje van de sluier, van het beveiligings gedachtengoed, zal Pete Finnigan met ons delen tijdens de 25e Mei.
Hierbij de agenda voor de avond:
- Vanaf 17:30/18:00 uur is iedereen welkom voor het diner.
- Vanaf 19:00 uur zal Pete Finnigan, ingaan tijdens zijn presentatie en demo’s “Oracle Database Security – (The True State?)“:
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- Focus op database security werk
- Enkele realistische “hacking” demo’s / scenario’s
- Discussie stuk t.a.v. de getoonde hacking demo’s
- De correcte manier om data te beveiligen
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- Rond 21:00 uur afsluiting van de avond
Er is nog plaats maar meld je wel op tijd aan via deze pagina (Event Registration Form – Dutch) voor deze AMIS Query op 25ste Mei met Pete Finnigan.
Wil je je nog aanmelden voor de 2 daagse Masterclass van Pete Finnigan dan kan dat via de volgende pagina:
- Pete Finnigan Masterclass – How to perform a security audit of an Oracle database (26 & 27 Mei in Utrecht).
Compliments; Instant productivity improvement for software teams, with a small effort….
Apr 25th
Hello, you project manager/team leader. I expected this title to grasp your attention. Would you like to know how to improve the performance of your team members? This can be done without massive statistics or an expensive performance improvement program. This magic pill is called positive feedback. Just give your team members the credits for their work and compliment them for their achievements.
As a project manager we are aimed on the end result. In our day to day job we are focused on the things that are not yet done and the things that could go wrong. This focus on future result and possible impediments make us forget the past achievements of our team.
Registrations are open for “An Evening with…”
Apr 12th
Just a small update, if you want to join us on the evening with Oracle Database Security Expert: Pete Finnigan, you are now able to register yourself for this event via our registration form here: Event Registration Form (Dutch) (25th of May 2010)
If you want to attend the 2 day Masterclass course organized via Miracle Benelux, you can register yourself here: Pete Finnigan Masterclass – How to perform a security audit of an Oracle database (26nd & 27th of May 2010).
An Evening with Oracle Database Security Expert: Pete Finnigan
Apr 10th
AMIS Technology School is proud to present, in collaboration with Miracle Benelux Masterclasses:
- An Evening with Oracle Database Security Expert: Pete Finnigan on Tuesday 25th of May, 2010.
Miracle Benelux and Pete Finnigan agreed to do an extra special on the AMIS premises the evening just before Pete’s 2 day Masterclass in Utrecht will start (for the 2 day Masterclass agenda, see also the following URL). During this AMIS Query, besides the free food and normal standard setup of such an AMIS Query Event, Pete will have a presentation on Oracle security and there will be a lot of room of informal discussions during and after this session. There is still some room if you would like to learn from one of the best on Oracle database security.
More details on those masterclasses can be found on the Miracle Benelux site. Hopefully this will be the first of series… More details about this event will follow shortly.
About Pete Finnigan…
Pete is a world renowned expert in the area of Oracle security providing consultancy, design, security audits and trainings all in the area of Oracle Security. Pete is a member of the Oak table network, he has spoken regularly all over the world at various conferences such as UKOUG, PSOUG, BlackHat and Risk. Pete is a published author on Oracle security and researches and writes about the subject regularly. Pete also runs his website www.petefinnigan.com dedicated to Oracle security”.
About Miracle Benelux…
Miracle Benelux is specialized in database related performance- en stability problems. We have years of experience on troubleshooting Performance problems in large scale Oracle based systems. This is why Miracle Benelux is frequently asked to analyze where the performance-problems are when others give up and “everything” is tried. Miracle Benelux will present the solution on a quick and efficient base. Straight-to-the-point. Also when you have a different point of view with your supplier you can consult Miracle Benelux. Miracle Benelux has customers like Ahold, Free Record Shop, NUON, Eneco, Ziggo, TenneT, het Kadaster etc.
About AMIS…
AMIS creates ICT solutions to ensure the success of our customers to increase. We take along challenges together, with a passion for our profession, trust in each other and ambition to continuous growth. Committed to ICT. Involved in people. We want to help the customer progress by utilizing high-quality information technology. It is our aim to realize targets in cooperation with our customers thanks to standard software, our custom-made applications and our services. In short, to achieve results with IT.
We care about applying our knowledge for the customer’s benefit in the best possible way. This passion for our job could be said to be a compulsory element in our culture within AMIS. Getting results by doing what you love is great, but realizing them together gives them even more value. Cooperation is something we cherish. We hone our knowledge and experiences by sharing them with colleagues and customers. In our view this makes knowledge more valuable. Thus everyone is very welcome to attend the knowledge sessions that we organize or take part in discussions in our technology blog.
You can register you for this event here:
Marco
Hotsos 2010 – Presenters, Presentations, Presenting
Mar 11th
I never find it very easy to try to capture the atmosphere during a conference, the presenting part, the presentations or the discussions, for example, you could have with the presenters. Hotsos is such a cool and unique event were you have the opportunity, to listen but also to interact. The amount of people that attend isn’t that big, only a few hundreds, but they share all the same passion, the passion to improve on performance, mostly Oracle related. It has only two tracks and its not uncommon that people present and than go afterwards to a presentation to listen in what the other presenter has to say.
Due to the fact that it is manageable in terms of choice, located on a convenient location and well organized, you have the opportunity to pick just the thing you like and most of the time not miss out on “the other” presentation you would have liked to see. Besides that people stay in (overnight in the Hotel), so discussions about the technology, the method or an example during a presentation will be discussed in far more detail than you normally would do, from presenter to presenter or from presenter to the guy that attended and vice versa. The fact that all have the passion for performance or that they realize that performance is a beast with various angles to approach, bounds, and every point, every question is one to be heard and/or discussed. On equal terms. If you have seen my video impressions of Hotsos in 2009, you get a bit of what I am trying to say.
Anyway, not being a native speaker and with my new “flip” at hand (Ultra HD), I just show you how much fun and interesting stuff is going on, probably this will do more right to those presentations than me trying to explain what all those new ideas which were that popped into my head during this years Hotsos Symposium…although…sometimes technology helps and sometimes it just doesn’t…or is it a VMware thing Doug…?
My agenda is not that much different then the one from Doug. The moment it is mentioning RAC related stuff, then I probably would have been attending the other guy.
The Monday started great with a small introduction of Tom Kyte’s generally unknown other qualities…
…Enjoy…
