Thursday Twitter - 7/3/14 (Part I)

Going into the American holiday of July 4th, I am splitting up a very long week of reading Twitter into multiple posts which I do not think you will mind at all!

Announcements:

https://twitter.com/Pythian/status/482196590770552832 - Did you know that Pythian bought Blackbird?  Looks like they are stacking up data experts!

https://twitter.com/OTNArchBeat/status/482506468332429312 - Oracle SOA Suite 12c is now available!

https://twitter.com/dhaimes/status/483661723686035456 - David Haimes tells us about Oracle's newest $5+ Billion deal.

https://twitter.com/OracleLL/status/483678882181423104 - From Oracle Learning Library (if you aren't following, do it now!) is a post on the release of Oracle Business Process Management Suite 12c.

https://twitter.com/OTNArchBeat/status/483684723064315905 - The Oracle Mobile Application Framework is now live!

https://twitter.com/Oracle/status/483735007367016449 - The newest OS for ZFS has set a world record!

Training/Free Stuff:

https://twitter.com/lakshram/status/482238780510728192 - Lakshmi is having a webinar hosted by OAUG on SLA lessons learned.

https://twitter.com/sfonplsql/status/482541951409860608 - Who would want to pass up getting demo files from Steve Feuersteien on PL/SQL?

https://twitter.com/OraclePress/status/482551577669271552 - Free 15 questions from the OCA 12c SQL Fundamentals I Exam Guide!  I printed these out and learned something from trying to go through them!

https://twitter.com/DBAKevlar/status/483629087311679488 - Join Kellyn Pot'Vin for a webinar on the new 12c AWR Warehouse.

https://twitter.com/OracleDatabase/status/483675102551101440 - Have you signed up for the OTN Virtual Technology Summit?

https://twitter.com/OraclePress/status/483682778752352256 - Another set of 15 Q&A's from Oracle Press, this time from the 12c Installation and Administration Exam Guide.

General News/Information:

https://twitter.com/TanelPoder/status/482265163664736257 - Tanel has an enhancement request he would like to see go through.

https://twitter.com/dba_hba/status/482492718271037441 - Allan Robertson reminds us about Pete Finnigan's blog with this article on 12c SQL translation as it relates to security.

https://twitter.com/dba_hba/status/482492838614020096 -Allan is on a roll as he shares with us a post he found about converting SCNs to timestamps and vice versa.

https://twitter.com/dba_hba/status/482502841840324608 - Again Allan comes through for us with this article on how to map back Linux processes to DB processes.

https://twitter.com/OTNArchBeat/status/482534579132461056 - A new feature of Oracle SOA Suite 12c is Native Format Translation!

https://twitter.com/kylehhailey/status/482604709870452736 - Kyle Hailey helps inform us that 97% of world's fastest supercomputers run Linux.

https://twitter.com/sql_handle/status/482614917552283648 - A great question is asked about if an HBA goes crazy/bad, do you notice beforehand?  Good discussion in here!

https://twitter.com/CondeBond/status/483579443990908928 - Xavier Picamal shares an old article from Pythian about ACLs, but it is still relevant if you are new to using (or coping) with ACL setups!

https://twitter.com/CondeBond/status/483598425171443713 - Another article shared by Xavier, this time from David Fitzjarrell about the team that it takes to support a "slow DB".

https://twitter.com/thatjeffsmith/status/483666611493027840 - A tip from Jeff Smith on using multiple monitors with Oracle SQL Developer.

https://twitter.com/OracleMiddle/status/483667553789964288 - Check out all the features of SOA Suite 12c!

https://twitter.com/SOAScott/status/483688882081263616 - Oracle University has created SOA Suite 12c upgrade videos!

https://twitter.com/OracleDatabase/status/483691459917647873 - Did you know there is an Oracle DB Resource Portfolio Home Page on MOS?

https://twitter.com/MarkVHurd/status/483699041671585794 - Mark Hurd has joined Twitter, and releases a post on 5 reasons CEOs should love the cloud.  He had more than 2,000 follows in just 24 hours!

https://twitter.com/mmilella/status/483715133722468352 - A Smart View presentation from KScope14, along with several different links that might be useful learning for you!

https://twitter.com/ChrisAntognini/status/483723511744462848 - Christian Antognini has published his files for the newest edition of Troubleshooting Oracle Performance.

https://twitter.com/dhaimes/status/483742020750417920 - Plan for Cloud?  Mark Hurd wants Oracle to be #1.

https://twitter.com/OracleBlogs/status/483750739236618241 - June Oracle Security newsletter.

https://twitter.com/sfonplsql/status/483751259128606720 - Steve Feuerstein's part 2 of a new series on the "joy" of PL/SQL.

https://twitter.com/OracleBlogs/status/483771063981981697 - Whitepaper for developing a WebLogic 12.1.3 server.

https://twitter.com/OracleBlogs/status/483779042290982912 - Elke Phelps (via Steven Chan's blog) shares a great idea and webinar for creating a proactive strategy for Oracle EBS maintenance.

https://twitter.com/biju_thomas/status/483783852528115712 - Don't miss out on Biju Thomas' "Oracle Tidbits".

https://twitter.com/lucasjellema/status/483831556688347136 - If you are at all interested in SOA Suite 12c, you need to hit this link to add Lucas Jellema and others plus a great read about releasing blog posts after the announcement.

https://twitter.com/TanelPoder/status/483844622721224704 - Tanel Poder's "Advanced Oracle Troubleshooting Guide, Part 6" about execution plans and https://twitter.com/TanelPoder/status/483844623438458880 an interview with him too!

Conference News:

https://twitter.com/EastCoastOracle/status/483596191330889729 - Don't forget that the deadline to submit to the East Coast Oracle conference is July 14th!

https://twitter.com/UKOUG/status/483619029572415488 - A sneak peek of the confirmed speakers for UKOUG Apps14!

Social Media/DevOps:

https://twitter.com/IOUG/status/483663916044935168 - Join a Special Interest Group (SIG) to widen your audience and meet others with your skill/mind set.

https://twitter.com/thatjeffsmith/status/483615166886457344 - A great article from Jeff Smith of Oracle SQL Developer fame, with tips on how to increase your chances to be accepted to a conference.