Author: Adrian Ward

I recently started using a password manager, due to the fact that its impossible to remember all the different ones, and it would be plain stupid to have one for all sites and systems. The only problem is I have forgotten the master password to get into the password management…

We are well into the conference season, January saw a gathering in San Francisco, Next week Ireland, May in Brighton and Atlanta, then the BIG one in Miami, and of course another San Francisco trip in September, before wrapping up the year in the UKOIG. Phew, thats a lot of…

Spring is here, Have you not noticed going to work in daylight?  Of course I am referring to the Northern Hemisphere.  For those down under now is the time to pack your bags and head north to the sun. There are many things you can get online, soo much fun to…

These last few weekends I have been visiting Spain and Switzerland. Sailing in Spain and Skiing in Switzerland. Down on the Coast in Spain and Up in the Mountains in Switzerland. The car rental in each country demonstrates the major difference between these countries. In Spain we pre booked a…

Some stats don’t need a big database and business intelligence systems. Sometimes we are asked to write fancy javascript or create links, or put lots of colour on the page, but remember… It’s the numbers that matters, not how clever the developer is. Blogs of the week 1. APEX 5.0 EA3…

The OBIEE community really took off this week, Conference Updates, Product News, some great Blogs and the jobs market all back in swing. Can the OBIEE world keep this pace up? Blogs of the week 1. Hadoop and Oracle Technologies on BI Projects Daan Bakboord links to the slideshare to the presentation…