30 September 2003

Jon Mead and I are co-presenting two slots at the upcoming UKOUG Conference and Exhibition, which runs from 8th - 10th December at the ICC, Birmingham. The first presentation is entitled "Oracle 9i OLAP Uncovered", and we've put together the first draft of the white paper and presentation for revue. Take a look and let us know if there's anything you'd like us to add or change. The second presentation, "Upgrading Business Intelligence Software To 9iAS" is in the works at the moment, and we'll post the papers up on this site in a week or so's time. They'll both be available for download from the UKOUG website after the conference but this is an opportunity for an advance peek. I will also be on the Business Intelligence Panel, along with Ian Hayman from InGroup, on Tuesday, so pop along with any questions about BI & DW on the Oracle platform. 6:49:31 PM

The Analytic Workspace Manager can now be downloaded from OTN at http://otn.oracle.com/software/htdocs/devlic.html? http://download.oracle.com/otn/java/olap/awm920.zip. It's 217MB and i've got it downloading now... It requires the 9.2.0.4.1 patch which can be downloaded from Metalink, using patch number 3084634 To apply the 9.2.0.4.1 patch, you also need to have installed the 9.2.0.4 database patch beforehand, which can be downloaded from metalink using patch number 3095277. 11:44:36 AM

Bloor Research on new Oracle 10g data warehousing features: "It should be clear that this is a feature-rich and significant release." 11:23:27 AM