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DVD 12.2.2 and OBIEE 12.2.1.2. New Features Webinar

Vlamis Staff November 4, 2016

Join Dan Vlamis, Oracle ACE Director, as he breaks down the exciting new features in Data Visualization Desktop 2.0 (internally known as 12.2.2) and 12.2.1.2 release of Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, available starting October,

Tim Vlamis to Present at East Coast Oracle Users Conference November 2

Vlamis Staff October 18, 2016

Tim Vlamis will be presenting “Starting Smart with Oracle Advanced Analytics” at the East Coast Oracle Users Conference on November 2nd, 2016. The conference takes place at the Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown Hotel in Raleigh, NC.

Twitter Live Feed with Oracle Database as a Service and Business Intelligence Cloud Service

Vlamis Staff October 12, 2016

In this post I am going to show how you can very quickly get a Twitter live feed streaming into your Oracle Database as a Service (DBAAS) instance. Although this example will work on any

Tim and Arthur to Present at Northwest Oracle Users Group Conference October 10

Vlamis Staff September 30, 2016

On October 10, Tim Vlamis and Arthur Dayton will be presenting at the Northwest Oracle Users Group Conference in Portland, OR. The conference will take place at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront from 8:00AM until 5:00PM.

Part 2 – Database

Vlamis Staff September 27, 2016

This is the second in a series of posts on Maps in OBIEE. Part 1 – Map Basics is here. In the database geometry objects are stored in a special column type called SDO_GEOMETRY that

Thanks for a Great Reception at Oracle OpenWorld 2016

Vlamis Staff September 22, 2016

Catch a glimpse of the mingling, great food, and fun times at this year’s Vlamis OpenWorld reception at Oola.

Part 1 – Map Basics

Vlamis Staff September 12, 2016

This is the first in a series of posts on Maps in OBIEE. Part 2 – Database is here. Many people mistakenly believe that implementing map views in Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) is difficult, requires

Vlamis.com Redesigned!

Vlamis Staff September 6, 2016

We are very excited to announce that we have redesigned our website and incorporated some exciting new features! Don’t worry, you can still access our Test Drive, and now it’s easier to find! Our new

SampleApp v607 Webinar Replay

Vlamis Staff August 22, 2016

In case you missed Dan’s demonstration of Oracle Business Intelligence using the latest release V607 from the Oracle BI SampleApp team, the replay is available now. Featuring hundreds of dashboards, analyses, and scripts, SampleApp is