Oracle Collaborate ‘14 – Must-See Educational Breakout Sessions

April 8, 2014
Michael S.

Oracle Collaborate

It’s been a great first day at Oracle Collaborate ’14! We’re giving out some great CardConnect goodies (mini basketballs and business card holders, anyone?) so be sure to stop by booth 1425 and say hello. Also, if you’re playing the Passport to Prizes game–and you really should be–you can collect a stamp from us for a chance to win a PlayStation 4!

I also thought now would a good time to round up some can’t-miss sessions coming up this week.

Developers

Wednesday, 4/9

Latest Oracle E-Business Suite User Interface and Usability Enhancements
Presented by Oracle
2:00 PM
Sands 309, Level 1

“This Oracle development session details the latest UI enhancements to Oracle Application Framework. Developers and users will get a look at new features that enhance usability, and new capabilities for personalization and extensions. See new rich UI capabilities that make the interface more flexible and interactive than ever before. Learn about improvements to the home page and navigator, new widgets, interactive tables, mobile device support, and more.”

Thursday, 4/10

New 12c Database Features for Developers
Presented by Avout
4/10
9:45 AM
Murano 3203, Level 3

“In July of 2013, Oracle released the 12c version of its flagship database. While much of the initial focus was on the new structural capabilities (i.e. multi-tenancy), Oracle has also provided many new features available for developers. This presentation will outline some of the new 12c features of interest specifically to developers.”

Friday, 4/11

Thinking Outside the Box: Optimizing Oracle Essbase Performance
Presented by Beats by Dre
4/11
8:30 AM
Marco Polo 701, Level 1

“There are standard optimizations that developers do to improve performance, then there are those developers who think outside the box and create unique optimizations that can affect Calculations, data loads, data transfers etc. Come to this session to see some unique solutions and truly outrageous ways to improve performance.”

Security

Wednesday, 4/9

Oracle Exalogic Security Best Practices and PCI Compliance
Presented by Oracle
4/9/14
8:30 AM
Galileo 1005, Level 1

“Many Oracle Exalogic customers have security and compliance questions because of the integrated nature of the system. In this session we will discuss how Exalogic is not only capable of being secure but, because of its engineered nature, also makes it easier to meet a variety of requirements. The basis of this session is a white paper written by Coalfire (the largest independent IT audit, risk, and compliance firm in the U.S.) that discusses PCI and how Exalogic makes it easier to achieve compliance”

Oracle Security Vulnerabilities Dissected
Presented by Integrigy Corporation
11:00 AM
Murano 3306, Level 3

“Ever wonder what is being fixed in an Oracle Critical Patch Update?  This session will provide an inside look at the Critical Patch Updates (CPU) and the security bugs fixed by the SPU and PSU patches. Understand SQL injection and buffer overflow vulnerabilities by seeing how these types of security bugs compromise the security of the database.  Actual security bugs fixed in 2013 and 2014 will be dissected and demonstrated to show how they may be used to compromise a database and how Oracle fixed the security bugs.”

Thursday, 4/10

Thou Shalt Not Steal: Securing Your Infrastructure in the Age of Snowden
Presented by Pythian
4:15 PM
Murano 3306, Level 3

“In June 2013, Edward Snowden triggered the most costly insider security leak in history, forcing organizations to completely rethink how they secure their infrastructure. Join Paul Vallée, founder of Pythian, to learn how he supervises over 200 database and system administrators as they perform work on the some of the world’s most valuable and mission-critical data infrastructures.”

Friday, 4/11

New Security Features in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2
Presented by Integrigy Corporation
9:45 AM
Marco Polo 703, Level 1

“Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 introduces a number of new security features, enhancements, and changes. This session will examine each of these security features to describe the impact on your implementation and how you can best leverage each of them. With the move to Oracle WebLogic Server for the underlying E-Business Suite application server, new required process and methods for securing the application server layer of E-Business Suite will be discussed.”

Finance

Wednesday, 4/9

E-Business Suite In-Memory Applications for Cost Management and Manufacturing
Presented by Oracle
4/9/2014
8:30 AM
Galileo 901, Level 1

“In this session, learn how Oracle E-Business Suite’s new product Oracle In-Memory Cost Management built with Oracle Engineered Systems helps businesses make decisions in real time to capture the highest possible profits and margins, and to discover hidden opportunities to shrink operational costs. Finance, Cost accountants and operations managers can use this solution to quickly perform what-if analyses and simulations to instantly visualize the impact of cost changes to their valuations, COGS, margins and profit.”

How to Upgrade to PeopleSoft 9.2 Financials in 100 days, on Budget, and with a Smile!
Presented by Empire City Casino @ Yonkers Raceway
11:00 AM
Lando 4305, Level 4

“The Finance team at Yonkers Raceway in New York City was finding it tough going. While the fastest horses were running on their tracks, their PeopleSoft FSCM applications were running on outdated PeopleSoft systems. To upgrade their systems they engaged Drivestream, their Oracle Platinum Partner, who helped them learn all of the new features from their current version to the new version. They identified all of their customizations, and calculated the level of effort required to retrofit these customizations to the new platform. Finally, they created a detailed upgrade project plan. Following this plan, Yonkers and Drivestream were able to successfully upgrade to PeopleSoft 9.2 in 100 days! That’s right -UPGRADE and DONE in 100!”

Friday, 4/11

EPM 101: Exploring the Oracle Hyperion Performance Management Suite
Presented by MindStream Analytics
11:00 AM
Marco Polo 703, Level 1

“Heard about Oracle Hyperion and interested to learn more? From Budgeting to Strategic Finance, this session covers all the modules and how they work together. Learn where to begin and how to get the most out of your Enterprise Performance Management initiatives.”
Don’t forget to visit CardConnect’s session, “The Path to Payment Security”, too! It’s on Friday the 11th at 9:45 AM, Murano 3205, Level 3. Here’s a summary:

“Cybercrime is not only increasing in frequency, it’s increasing in cost. With more sophisticated hacking methods constantly being developed, the danger of storing sensitive information is rapidly increasing. Recently, the massive Target data breach has taken over headlines. With up to 110 million customers at risk and a $1.2 billion potential price tag, their brand and bottom line are in jeopardy.

Despite EMV “Chip-and-PIN” technology being heralded by the media as the answer to payment data breaches, there is much more to protecting your customers’ sensitive data. In this session, we will delve into the problems EMV and PCI 3.0 leave unsolved and offer a comprehensive solution through a combination of EMV, P2PE (Point-to-Point Encryption), Tokenization, and a secure, hosted Vault. By preparing for EMV technology and removing Oracle EBS and your business from PCI Compliance scope, the risk of compromised data and the cost of constantly having to monitor your system for breaches are removed.”

See you in Vegas!