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You Really Only Need Four Visualization Types for Effective Dashboards

Tim Vlamis September 17, 2020

We lead a lot of training on data visualization and we mentor analysts in many of the world’s leading corporations. It’s not uncommon for analysts to ask about advanced visualizations in the beginning of our

Webinar on What’s New in Oracle Analytics 5.6 and 5.7 with Live Demo on August 5

Dan Vlamis July 27, 2020

I spent the weekend preparing slides and demos for my webinar titled “What’s New in Oracle Analytics 5.6 and 5.7” to be presented on Aug 5 at 12pm US CDT. Just like past webinars in

Webinar: What’s New in Oracle Analytics 5.6 and 5.7 – August 5

Tim Vlamis July 7, 2020

Oracle Analytics releases are coming faster and faster. We are combining information for versions 5.6 and 5.7 into a single webcast to be presented August 5, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. US Central time. Register today! Major

All Good Projects Must Come to an End

Cathye Pendley July 2, 2020

Saying goodbye to the Sunoco FAMIS project… I was hired by Vlamis back in 2004 to work on the migration of an outdated Oracle Express, PCX 5.0 installation to the “new” Oracle OLAP 10g. It

Presenting panel as part of AnDOUC TechCast Days July 9

Dan Vlamis June 27, 2020

We need your ideas! I will be presenting a panel along with Edelweiss Kammermann and Philippe Lions as part of AnDOUC TechCast Days. Our session will focus on “Challenges, Solutions, Workarounds: Making Analytics Systems Work“

Vlamis Featured in Oracle Howdy Partner Series

Dan Vlamis May 28, 2020

Brendan Doyle released his latest Howdy Partner video. It was a lot of fun to be interviewed by Brendan Doyle as part of his “Howdy Partner” series on YouTube. Brendan has an easy-going style that

Find version number for OAC

Dan Vlamis May 21, 2020

In case you haven’t heard, OAC version 5.6 is now available. OAC instances will be upgraded over the next few weeks. Oh…you don’t know what version you’re on? I kept forgetting where it is, so

Enterprise Data Visualization course scheduled for May 6

Vlamis Staff April 15, 2020

Your next chance to take Dan and Tim’s Enterprise Data Visualization: Executive Dashboards and Managerial Displays course will be on May 6 at 9am US Central Time. Offered by O’Reilly Live Training, this 3.5 hour

Understanding Natural Growth: Why We Should Be Using the Logistic Function to Model Covid-19

Tim Vlamis March 30, 2020

Understanding Natural Growth: Why We Should Be Using the Logistic Function to Model Covid-19 Very few things in living systems grow in straight lines. They tend to follow growth patterns that accelerate and then decelerate.