NOT quite sure why it exists, but I just found a forum for ex-Oracle employees. Probably useful for networking with people who left to earn a decent wage contracting.It was listed in the LinkedIn groups section.Have a look at http://www.ex-oracle.org/html/index.php adrian.ward@addidici.com www.addidici.com

Nicholas De Brabanter has a good article on this. http://www.be-ice.eu/2007/10/04/how-enabling-and-configuring-the-obiee-proxy-act-as-functionality adrian.ward@addidici.com www.addidici.com

I found this link the other day. It lists the average rate for OBI consultants in the USA. http://www.hotgigs.com/rates/skill/Oracle-Business-Intelligence-hourly-consultant-bill-rates/ At 137 dollars for an average consultant and on a straight conversion these look slightly lower than the UK, but the cost of living over there is lower. adrian.ward@addidici.com www.addidici.com

So lets recap…. Ireland – Two OBI/Analytics requiredAmsterdam – One senior OBIEEMidlands – One OBIEE expertFrance – 2 month contract for Siebel AnalyticsLondon – Training x 2 then along comes Australia !!!! Anyone fancy going to Sydney for the winter? Where’s my suitcase. Seriously, there is more work than I…

Speechless… “Organisers of the event say that the Arrows military background might be “offensive” to other countries taking part in the Games. The display team have performed at more than 4000 events worldwide, but the Department of Culture, Media and Sport have deemed the display team “too militaristically British”. Red…

There is a contract in Amsterdam that is looking for an experienced analytics consultant. Please get in touch with me if you are interested. I can put you in direct contact with the manager there. adrian.ward@addidici.com www.addidici.com

I received lots of good feedback on my recent rantings about the market, so have decided to set-up a role of honour for OBI specialists. We know who the major players are, so I’ll set-up a webpage listing consultants, companies, projects, agents and general information. If you would like to…

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It appears that there is a significant change that I had overlooked in the new OBI 10.1.3.2, compared to the Analytics 7.8 version. I had noticed that there was a new webcat structure, that was easy, but one of our contacts spotted that there is a new way of clustering…

Siebel Analytics is Dead, long live Analytics. Actually it’s not, it’s still a damn good product, but the son of Analytics, OBIEE, is the new King. Why? Because I’m now having fun without Siebel 😉 The new world looks like this: An Apex application is the portal.Identity management is by…