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SQL Series | Weekend 2 : New Hire Readiness Report

💡Don’t miss the prompt at the end of this post, it reduced what would normally take 18+ hours of work to under 45 minutes.

OCI Release Notes: OS Management Hub expanded OS support

In this blog we will first cover the Microsoft Windows Server lifecycle dates and then we will see how the latest release OS Management Hub…

How to Deploy Oracle Autonomous AI Database in 15 Minutes (Full Walkthrough, Screenshots Included)

A step-by-step guide to the Lakehouse workload type — from clicking “Create” to running your first query. No DBA experience required.

OCI PostgreSQL vs. Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL for GeoSpatial Workloads — A Benchmarking Comparison

An end-to-end JMeter, Apache and PostGIS benchmark comparing throughput, latency and monthly cost efficiency across PostgreSQL 17…

Four Uplinks for Control Plane Servers in Exadata Cloud@Customer: This Is Not Optional

Exadata Cloud@Customer has explicit network requirements, and Oracle documents separate networks for different applications and management…

Turning Workflow Data into Actionable Intelligence

Oracle’s Enterprise Data Management Cloud Service (EDMCS) continues to evolve as a cornerstone for enterprise data governance offering not…

CloudNativePG + OCI Object Storage: A Practical Backup and Restore Guide

A practical walkthrough for backing up CloudNativePG PostgreSQL on OKE to OCI Object Storage using the Barman Cloud Plugin

alWhat Practical Skills Will I Gain from Oracle Fusion Financials Online Training?

With more companies opting for the cloud-based ERP software, Oracle Fusion Financials has emerged to be one of the most highly desired…

From Serverless to Agentic: Converting OCI Functions into MCP Tools using Oracle Integration Cloud

How OCI Functions, Oracle Integration, and MCP tools enable governed enterprise AI actions

The Tunnel That Came Back to Life

The incident seemed straightforward.

Creating an Autonomous AI Database Serverless on Oracle AI Database@AWS

On June 10, 2026, Oracle AI Database@AWS added support for Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless. I created an instance directly from…

Getting Started with Oracle APEX Applications: Exploring the GitHub Repository and Installing…

Introduction

Go with the (work)flow or wing it? Oracle AI Agents

I want to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of Workflow AI Agents versus the traditional Hierarchical (teams/chatbot) agents. In…

Lookahead: Agentic Apps

Earlier this year, I had the chance to attend an in-person Oracle training in Austin, Texas focused on AI agentic applications. It was one…

Running OpenCode powered by OCI Generative AI

OpenCode is a terminal-based AI coding agent and OCI Generative AI is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s managed service for hosted large…

Remediating Public Object Storage Buckets Using OCI Cloud Guard, CLI & Script

Cloud Security Engineering

OCI Landing Zones — Simplify the onboarding and running on OCI

Part 1 of a series on OCI Landing Zones — for OCI Architects, Administrators, and Engineers preparing to onboard or structure an OCI…

Build a Smart Employee Management System Using Oracle APEX — Complete Coding Guide

Introduction

Streamline Backups for Oracle Autonomous AI Database on Exadata Cloud@Customer with ZDLRA as the…

Introduction

Oracle OIC Troubleshooting: “User Doesn’t Have Permission” — But Permissions Weren’t the Problem

Hey Oracle enthusiasts,

Dynamic Connections for REST and SOAP Adapters in Oracle Integration Gen 3 — Part 3: OCI Vault for…

Using OCI Vault for Oracle Integration Gen 3 to achieve zero-downtime credential rotation — retrieve secrets at runtime without storing…

Dynamic Connections for REST and SOAP Adapters in Oracle Integration Gen 3 — Part 2…

The only native option for SOAP adapter dynamic routing in Oracle Integration Gen 3 — override endpoint URLs and security credentials at…

Serverless Deployment of Valkey Admin with OCI Container Instances

Monitor and interact with OCI Cache by deploying Valkey Admin on OCI Container instances.

OCI Cloud Guard — Real-Time Threat Detection and Automated Remediation for Enterprise Workloads

Introduction

Enable SQL Trace on Autonomous AI Database

Introduction

Oracle HCM Absence Management: A Deep Dive Into Accruals, Eligibility, and Compliance-Ready Leave…

Absence management looks simple from the employee side. Someone requests time off, a manager approves it, and the balance updates. But…

Access Oracle AI Agents Organically

Oracle AI Agents are an exciting technology with a lot of opportunities for impact. However, the best AI Agent is useless if end users…

Practical OCI CLI Commands You Will Actually Use — OCI CLI Pt.2

A field guide to querying OCI from the terminal — compute, storage, networking, and troubleshooting without touching the console.

FortiGate Firewall Deployment in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) with High Availability

Introduction

OCI Security Zones and Security Advisor — Automated Cloud Governance Made Easy

OCI Security & Governance

The Day I Realized “Creating a User” in Oracle Fusion Isn’t That Simple

When I first started working with Oracle Fusion, I thought creating a user would be one of the easiest tasks.

Architecting Hybrid Connectivity in OCI: A Hands‑On FastConnect Setup

Building Low‑Latency Connectivity Between OCI and an On‑Prem Data Center

Launching python-oracledb 4.0:

Another great release of python-oracledb supports your use of Python and Oracle AI Database by improving application security for AI…

Automating Tag Consistency in OCI: Sync Instance Defined Tags to Boot and Block Volumes

Introduction

I Built an OCI Resource Inspector in Python — Here’s How It Works

One tool to fetch everything about any Oracle Cloud resource, just by pasting an OCID

Engram Memory for Agents on OCI

Part 1. The Why and the What

Penetration Testing on OCI: What Oracle Actually Allows

A practitioner’s guide to running a compliant security test on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Oracle Free Buffer Waits — Buffer Cache Troubleshooting Every DBA Should Know

Introduction

Implementação de usuários, grupos e políticas de forma 100% automatizada utilizando o Ansible e…

Neste projeto baseado em um cenário real, tive que atuar como Especialista em Cloud onde foi solicitada a criação de usuários, grupos e…

Detecting & Alerting on Publicly Exposed OCI Object Storage Buckets Using Cloud Guard

A practical, no-fluff guide for cloud security engineers — every step you can actually follow.

Infraestructura de Red Completa en OCI con Terraform: arquitectura modular desde cero

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure · Terraform · Infrastructure as Code

Get Dimension EPM REST API

Navigating & Enabling Agentic Apps in Oracle HCM Cloud

A practitioner’s step-by-step guide to locating, configuring, and activating Oracle’s Fusion Agentic Applications

Processing Excel Files (XLSX) in PL/SQL using APEX_DATA_PARSER

There are situations where you don’t get to choose the file format to work with. I ran into a requirement where the input had to be an…

RMAN Backup Performance Tuning — A Practical DBA Guide

In most environments, RMAN backups are configured during database setup and rarely revisited. Everything works fine initially, but as the…

How to Write an OCI Service Request That Actually Gets Resolved Fast

A practitioner’s guide — with real-world examples — for OCI Administrators, Architects, and Developers

Guia prático de Oracle Cloud (Parte 1): criando a base com VCN para engenharia de dados

Antes de subir qualquer recurso na Oracle Cloud, existe uma etapa que separa ambientes organizados de ambientes problemáticos…

From Address to Insight in Oracle 26ai ADB

Oracle Autonomous Database 26ai can convert any plain-text address to precise geographic coordinates directly in SQL, with no external API…

Custom monitoring for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Zabbix and API-based discovery

Implementing automatic discovery and monitoring of OCI resources using Zabbix templates and API scripts in a real environment

Building a Zero-Maintenance Data Lakehouse with Oracle ADW and Apache Iceberg

Automatically sync your object storage data lake with your data warehouse using Python and OML.