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How to perform real-time Reporting on your data that is “stuck” in the Cloud

SaaS database model

More and more companies are moving their data and applications to the Cloud. Everyone talks about the Cloud, but this means different things to different people. When I talk about 'The Cloud' I mean one of the 3 models listed below: Software as a service (SaaS): The application and database are hosted in the Cloud. An example is salesforce.com Platform as a … Continue reading...

The Dedicated Dbvisit Server : Replicating Data from Oracle to MySQL and SQL Server

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After the success of Dbvisit Standby for managing physical data replication, in 2011 we launched Dbvisit Replicate targeting the logical replication requirements of organizations. We often refer to this application as the “Swiss Army knife” of replication tools, as there are many different configurations that are possible for it to support, and so many different ways … Continue reading...

Oracle Restart and Standard Edition

In this blog post I would like to discuss the basics of Oracle Restart when using it with Oracle Standard Edition in a standby database configuration. Oracle Restart is integrated with … Continue reading...

Reflections on a ‘Cruisy’ Conference (Spoiler: OUGN 2013)

Hot on the heels of our turnout at Denver's Collaborate 13, I spent last week at the Norwegian Oracle User Group Conference.  This was my first visit to the Scandinavian countries, the … Continue reading...

Collaborate 13 Round Up: Presentation Jitters to My Top 5 Sessions

I am back in Auckland following an exciting trip to the IOUG Collaborate 13 conference in Denver.  In this short post I would like to share with you my first experience of such a big … Continue reading...

Notes on Graceful Switchover and “Is my Oracle Standby Database Up To Date?”

Your standby database is in place and you have a scheduled outage window this weekend - hardware maintenance needs to be performed in your main datacenter.   So, do you schedule an … Continue reading...

Disaster Recovery Throughout the Stack

Beyond the Oracle database what do people do to protect their applications? "I get that your Dbvisit Standby covers the database, but what about our apps? Any ideas on what goes on out … Continue reading...

Oracle Mashup: What is DR, Understanding Oracle Logical Replication and Using Oracle SE

It is the height of summer, the tail end of the financial year, and most importantly, the week before the national conference of Oracle users. Where are we? New Zealand of course! … Continue reading...

Top 5 considerations when implementing a logical replication solution

In this post I want to look at how you can get your data flowing by implementing a real-time logical replication solution to replicate data between databases. Replication can solve many … Continue reading...

A few notes on Dbvisit Standby Monitoring

Today I decided to spend some time providing you with more detail on how you can monitor Dbvisit Standby. But before I get into the details, I would like to recommend, first of all, … Continue reading...