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The term “flash” has been tossed about in the storage industry for years. It seems like everyone has a story around flash but NetApp approaches the flash technology in their storage systems a little differently from other storage vendors. From NetApp’s perspective, flash is all about storage efficiency. Instead of moving data between different tiers [...] Read More

Part One This is the first blog of a three-part series that explores the area of Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) certification.  From my own motivation in pursuing certification to providing resources to assist those who are considering becoming an Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite 11g Certified Implementation Specialist (1Z0-591), my hope is that this series [...] Read More

First in a Four-part Series When an IT group considers enterprise-class Business Intelligence (BI) platforms, the first concern is to fulfill the functional requirements of the business. However, the scope of the effort required to deliver that BI functionality to the end users is often underestimated. This four-part series of posts discusses several key points [...] Read More