Oracle Author Podcasts

Interview with Danny Coward on his new book, Java WebSocket Programming.

Interview with Ed Burns and Winston Prakash on their new book Hudson Continuous Integration in Practice.

Nick Wagner (Director of Product Management) and Robert Freeman (Master Principle Database Expert for Oracle) discuss Robert's new book Oracle GoldenGate 11g, and GoldenGate in general.

Authors Krishnaprem Bhatia, Alan Perlovsky, and Scott Haaland talk about their new book Getting Started with Oracle SOA B2B Integration: A Hands-On Tutorial.

Simon Miller and Will Hutchinson are interviewed by Paul Rodwick to discuss the newly released book, "Oracle Business Intelligence Applications: Deliver Value Through Rapid Implementations". They discuss the scope of the book, the intended audience, and what sort of benefits you can expect. Oracle BI Applications provide a suite of pre-built Analytical Applications for Oracle and non-Oracle ERP and CRM data sources.

Vaishnavi Sashikanth, Vice-President of Oracle Advanced Analytics Development, speaks with Mark Hornick and Tom Plunkett, authors of the recent book, "Using R to Unlock the Value of Big Data" regarding their motivations for writing the book, the breadth of topics it covers, and how organizations can benefit from using R.

This poscast discusses a new book in relation to extending Oracle E-Business Suite R12 recently released by author Andy Penver. The podcast discusses a number of topics in the book such as Personalization, OA Framework, BI Publisher and the desktop integration framework. Andy and Annette also discuss where listeners can obtain copies of the book and also how to learn more about Oracle products from the Oracle website.

Listen to this podcast and get insight from Dr. Chuck Bell, software development manager for MySQL Utilities at Oracle, on the second edition of his book "Expert MySQL". Chuck shares his journey completing the second edition, 6 years after the first edition in 2007, including his favorite parts of the book and lessons he learned, as well as how this book can benefit MySQL DBAs and developers.

Oracle Exadata recipes is written for individuals that want to quickly learn and develop effective proven solutions without reading lengthy manuals scrubbing for techniques.

Tune into interviews with leading Oracle technology authors. Explore why these authors are excited about and have dedicated themselves to Oracle technologies. Learn about Java, E-Business Applications, Fusion Applications, Fusion Middleware and Oracle's Database products from authors who have been in the trenches and will share their knowledge and give you insider opinions.

Ben Prusinski and Gustavo Gonzalez co-authored the Oracle E-Business Suite Financials Handbook, Third Edition, which describes new features in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12- an integrated solution made up of more than 150 software modules. The new edition of this popular title focuses on those applications that are oriented toward financial management and everything you need to know when it comes to upgrading.

Take a sneak peek into the newly released PeopleSoft PeopleTools Data Management and Upgrade Handbook with the authors Paula Dean and Jim Marion.

Brad Cameron, Vice President of Exalogic Product Development, speaks with Tom Plunkett, lead author of the recently published "Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Handbook", about his motivations for writing the book, the breadth of topics it covers, and how it can help organizations deploy their applications on Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud.

Developing Essbase Applications: Advanced Techniques for Finance and IT Professionals is the proceedings of the best technical Essbase conference there ever could be with unparalleled investigation and explanation of Essbase theory and good practices.

Paul Rodwick, Vice President of Product Management, Oracle Business Intelligence, speaks with Mark Rittman, author of the recently published "Oracle Business Intelligence Developers Guide", about his motivations for writing the book, the breadth of topics it covers, and how it can help both new and experienced developers using Oracle's business intelligence platform to create rich interactive dashboards using a wide variety of data sources.

Listen to the authors discuss their new title "The Well-Grounded Java Developer" which offers a fresh and practical look at new Java 7 features, new JVM languages, and the array of supporting technologies you need for the next generation of Java-based software. Ben and Martijn will discuss what they covered with Java 7 features (e.g. Project Coin, try-with-resources, NIO.2 and more) as well as why they covered important topics such as JVM internals, concurrency and performance tuning. The Well-Grounded Java Developer is no longer tied to just one language and the authors also cover why they emphasised a cross-section of emerging JVM-based languages, including Groovy, Scala, and Clojure in this book. Ben and Martijn are also heavily involved in the Java community and Java standards and the OpenJDK. They'll discuss why it's vital for day to day developers to get involved and how it's easier than ever before.

This book on MySQL backup and recovery is an essential guide to protecting your important business information, including working with MySQL in the cloud. All the possible approaches to perform and manage MySQL backups and applicable recovery considerations are covered, including many case studies of known disasters. Advanced features for compression, incremental and remote management capabilities are also described with detailed working examples.

In this podcast Donald Smith (Director, Product Management, Oracle Corporation) will interview co-authors James Weaver and Stephen Chin concerning the newly-released Pro JavaFX 2 book. James and Stephen are developers/speakers/authors who are active in the Java/JavaFX community, and have recently joined Oracle's Java Evangelism team. Pro JavaFX 2 may be obtained from Amazon.com at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/Pro-JavaFX-Definitive-Clients-Technology/dp/1430268727

Listen to a lively interaction between David Peake, Oracle Application Express (APEX) product manager, and the authors of Agile Oralce Application Express, Patrick Cimolini and Karen Cannell. Get strategic insights into the relationship between Agile and APEX that will help you and your team become more productive.

Oracle expert and author Rich Niemiec discusses best practices for optimizing performance in his latest book on Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques.