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Visualizations are probably the most effective way to convey information, insights and prompts for action to humans. We are not terribly good at quickly and correctly interpreting textual information that require sequential processing. Our brains however are very well equipped to rapidly interpret information presented in a well defined visualization. The expression ‘one picture says more than a thousand words’ is one that speaks volumes (and a picture capturing that expression would of course tell us even more…).
Visualizations were omnipresent at last week’s Oracle OpenWorld 2015 conference. From keynote sessions by Larry Ellison and Thomas Kurian to the demo grounds where SaaS applications as well as development tools, PaaS services and other products were demonstrated, visualizations were everywhere. In part because they look nice and have an immediate appeal. But far more than just eye candy, visualizations are truly very effective in many use cases – especially when rapid responses to real time findings are required or where decisions need to be made based on deep insight in trends, patterns, correlations and underlying causes.
At the heart of Oracle’s strategic design philosophy for [cloud]user experience is the ‘glance, scan, commit’ way of working we humans tend to adopt. We scan our surroundings for things that stand out in some way and therefore may require more attention. The things that attracted attention on our first scan are then glanced at – to better understand what makes them stand out, quickly interpret if action is indeed required (such as more in depth investigations, decisions or execution of a workflow or business process). Some things can perhaps be done on the fly (accept/reject, send left or right, acknowledge) and are immediately removed from the to-do list. For others we may determine that nothing further needs to be done. Then there are more involved tasks that are the end result of the scan and glance stages. These tasks form a to do list of things that we need to work on –commit ourselves to – either instantaneously or at a later moment. (see Strategic design philosophy pushes Oracle cloud user experience to lofty new heights by Kathy Miedema for more details on this philosophy).
Glance, Scan and Commit are implemented throughout Oracle’s SaaS applications. Users typically start from an initial dashboard that provides them the information they need to perform the Glance. This is typically information that is the outcome of aggregations and advanced data analysis – resulting in condensed reports of those facts that the user needs to be aware of, needs to react to or decide upon. This information should be presented in such as way that the ‘cost of understanding is minimized’– as Jairam Ramanathan, Senior Development Manager for Data Visualizations at Oracle Cloud and Mobility Development Tools puts it.
Usually this means that the presentation shows a recent change or trend, a comparison with a threshold, deadline or other target or a list of action items. Data Visualizations are used to present these elements in a way that makes them easy to interpret quickly and correctly. Compared with a purely textual representation, most visualizations can easily add context – such as time or location – and categorizations or grouping. Visualizations can leverage special traits of our human minds. These include our ability to quickly interpret, compare and spot differences in position, shape and size, color (to some extent) and extract a story from animation. Our brain’s associative powers quickly come into play with visualizations.
Jeremy Ashley, GVP Cloud Applications UX at Oracle and responsible for the Glance, Scan, Commit philosophy, stresses that visualizations may not be too simplistic, or our brain simply zooms out. A visualization needs to hold a certain challenge in order to pique our curiosity.
Visualizations not only cater for the glance phase, they can usually also play an important role in the scan
phase. Visualizations can allow drill down, to analyze a little further
and look in more details into specific areas of interest indicated
during glance. Additionally, visualizations may go beyond just
presenting the data and also support simple manipulation of data – for
example adjusting a gauge or dragging elements on a time line or even a
bubble chart. Read the complete article here.
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If you value job security, it’s a good time to work in the IT sector.
Dice.com reported that in 2015, unemployment rates dropped for the following roles:
These low unemployment rates indicate there's a shortage of IT talent.
This was evident in another study conducted by Robert Half surveyed a wide assortment of companies.
The majority of CIOs (60%) and CFOs (58%) said it’s somewhat or very challenging to find skilled professionals.
The survey also examined unemployment rates in the technology sector, by position, for the last quarter of 2015:
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE TECH SECTOR
We all know that many factors go into whether or not you’ll be selected for a particular position. Education, experience and networking are certainly important.
But having those high-demand, hard-to-find skills is a major factor in becoming employed and building your career.
Another Robert Half Technology report lists some of the developer skills that are currently in high demand:
General Programming
Two of the most popular general programming languages are Java and C#, followed by PHP. Spring, Java Server Faces (JSF) and Apache Struts 2 skills are also in demand.
Databases
According to the report, developing database expertise is essential for a back-end developer, with Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL skills in high demand.
Java skills are frequently paired with Oracle.
Those who work with these relational databases also need to be well versed in Structured Query Language (SQL).
NoSQL databases, considered easy-to-learn options for conventional databases, are gaining in popularity as well; back-end developers who want to maximize their marketability should develop this expertise.
Web Services
Developers with skills in this area are in high demand, particularly those who know how to use SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and REST (Representational State Transfer) web services.
Need more convincing there's a shortage of IT talent?
Check out this excerpt from a January Fiscal Times article about the top five industries for job hunters in 2016. The article quotes John Challenger, chief executive of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an outplacement firm.
“Right now there are labor shortages and one of them is in technology."
Programmers, database managers and IT support staff are in demand, as companies — not just in the tech industry — are struggling to find workers to manage and update their computer systems and develop new applications.
“Technology now is so pervasive, so ubiquitous, that demand for people to manage and develop software programming has outstripped supply,” Challenger adds.
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HTTP 2 is the next big innovation for the web. Simone Bordet explains in this interview the main new features, the benefits for web applications and web in general, the upcoming support for Java 9 and how the new protocol will change web development
We often receive questions about Oracle E-Business Suite security. To assist with answering the most frequently asked questions about Oracle
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We plan to update this document on a regular basis. As you read through the new document, please let us know if there are additional questions that we should consider adding.
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The Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET) framework includes support for hybrid mobile application development, providing Android and iOS Alta themes and UI behavior on Oracle JET components, starter applications, design patterns, and tooling support.
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Java Day Tokyo is the largest Java conference in Asia with a very long history of supporting the local Java community. Organized by Oracle, it took place on May 24th in Tokyo. This year’s theme was “Innovate, Collaborate with Java.” It featured Java 9 with the project Jigsaw introducing modularity, a great milestone and improvement to the Java platform. Seven tracks will cover innovation on the Java platform including Java SE, Java EE, IoT and Cloud.
Senior Director Bernard Traversat talked about building Java SE platform for the cloud, and the upcoming Java 9 release. The openJDK has all the new features of Java 9. Bernard Traversat encouraged the community to “download, try and give feedback on the Java 9 early access releases so all the Java 9 release can be fixed before the general availability (GA) release. Watch it here
Cloud application foundation director David Delabassee discusses microservices, DevOps, Java EE, and the Java EE ecosystem. Watch it here
Geertjan Wielenger discussed JDK 9 tools and analyzers, and demoed JavaScript support in NetBeans. Watch the demo here
I've blogged a series of articles on getting started with beacons on Android via Cordova, starting here.
The tricky bit comes in when you want to keep track of the closest beacon. Here is an approach to doing so, based on a variety of resources on-line.
References:
The code below is a subset of this example:
https://github.com/mikaelkindborg/evo-demos/tree/master/Demos2015/cordova-ibeacon
Code in the JavaScript (i.e., "viewModel") side of a JET module:
define(['ojs/ojcore', 'knockout', 'jquery'],
function (oj, ko, $) {
function IncidentsViewModel() {
var self = this;
var mNearestBeacon = null;
var mNearestBeaconDisplayTimer = null;
self.beaconName = ko.observable();
self.beaconDescription = ko.observable();
self.proximity = ko.observable();
self.accuracy = ko.observable();
self.rssi = ko.observable();
var uuid1 = '0ea75ed4-ce75-4a09-bca8-f0565bae82bb';
var major1 = 5;
var minor1 = 2;
var uuid2 = '0ea75ed4-ce75-4a09-bca8-f0565bae82bb';
var major2 = 5;
var minor2 = 3;
var beacon1 = uuid1 + ":" + major1 + ":" + minor1;
var beacon2 = uuid2 + ":" + major2 + ":" + minor2;
var mRegions =
[
{
id: 'region1',
uuid: uuid1,
major: major1,
minor: minor1
},
{
id: 'region2',
uuid: uuid2,
major: major2,
minor: minor2
}
];
self.handleAttached = function () {
document.addEventListener('deviceready', onDeviceReady);
};
self.handleDetached = function () {
document.removeEventListener('deviceready', onDeviceReady);
clearInterval(mNearestBeaconDisplayTimer);
mNearestBeaconDisplayTimer = null;
};
function onDeviceReady()
{
startRanging();
mNearestBeaconDisplayTimer = setInterval(displayNearestBeacon, 1000);
}
function startRanging()
{
function onDidRangeBeaconsInRegion(result)
{
updateNearestBeacon(result.beacons);
}
var delegate = new cordova.plugins.locationManager.Delegate();
cordova.plugins.locationManager.setDelegate(delegate);
delegate.didRangeBeaconsInRegion = onDidRangeBeaconsInRegion;
startRangingRegions(mRegions);
}
function startRangingRegions(regions)
{
for (var i in regions)
{
startRangingRegion(regions[i]);
}
}
function startRangingRegion(region)
{
var beaconRegion = new cordova.plugins.locationManager.BeaconRegion(
region.id,
region.uuid,
region.major,
region.minor);
cordova.plugins.locationManager.startRangingBeaconsInRegion(beaconRegion)
.fail()
.done();
}
function getBeaconId(beacon)
{
return beacon.uuid + ':' + beacon.major + ':' + beacon.minor;
}
function isSameBeacon(beacon1, beacon2)
{
return getBeaconId(beacon1) === getBeaconId(beacon2);
}
function isNearerThan(beacon1, beacon2)
{
return beacon1.accuracy > 0
&& beacon2.accuracy > 0
&& beacon1.accuracy < beacon2.accuracy;
}
function updateNearestBeacon(beacons)
{
for (var i = 0; i < beacons.length; ++i)
{
var beacon = beacons[i];
if (!mNearestBeacon)
{
mNearestBeacon = beacon;
} else
{
if (isSameBeacon(beacon, mNearestBeacon) ||
isNearerThan(beacon, mNearestBeacon))
{
mNearestBeacon = beacon;
}
}
}
}
function displayNearestBeacon()
{
if (!mNearestBeacon) {
return;
}
var beaconId = getBeaconId(mNearestBeacon);
if (beaconId === beacon1) {
self.beaconName('Rembrandt van Rijn');
self.beaconDescription('Nachtwacht');
} else if (beaconId === beacon2) {
self.beaconName('Vincent van Gogh');
self.beaconDescription('Sunflowers');
}
self.proximity(mNearestBeacon.proximity);
self.accuracy(mNearestBeacon.accuracy);
self.rssi(mNearestBeacon.rssi);
}
}
return new IncidentsViewModel;
}
);The above enables you to create a simple view, like this:
<h2><span data-bind="text: beaconName"></span></h2> <h3><span data-bind="text: beaconDescription"></span></h3> <hr> <p><b><span data-bind="text: proximity"></span></b></p> <p>Distance: <b><span data-bind="text: accuracy"></span></b></p> <p>RSSI: <b><span data-bind="text: rssi"></span></b></p>
The next step is to use Oracle Mobile Cloud Service 2.0 as a beacon registry so that the UUID information does not need to be hardcoded, i.e., so that it can be managed in the Cloud.
The big problem with the code above is that it takes about 5 seconds for my app to detect the closest beacon. Maybe that means I need to finetune the beacons or maybe there's something sub-optimal about the code or maybe the beacons themselves.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows client machines to automatically obtain network configuration information from a DHCP server each time they connect to the network. The advantages of using DHCP include ease of adding a new client machine to the network and centralized management of IP addresses.
In addition, the number of total IP addresses needed is reduced because IP addresses can be reused. DHCP is also useful if you want to change the IP addresses of a large number of systems. Instead of reconfiguring each system individually, edit the DHCP configuration file on the server and enter the new set of IP addresses.
DHCP is one of the topics covered on Oracle's Advanced Administration training.
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| Melbourne, Australia | 15 August 2016 | English |
| Sydney, Australia | 12 September 2016 | English |
| Brasilia, Brazil | 14 November 2016 | Brazilian Portuguese |
| Sao Paolo, Brazil | 11 July 2016 | Brazilian Portuguese |
| Hamburg, Germany | 15 August 2016 | German |
| Munich, Germany | 5 September 2016 | German |
| Jakarta, Indonesia | 31 October 2016 | English |
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 18 July 2016 | English |
| Mexico City, Mexico | 12 September 2016 | Spanish |
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| Reston, VA, United States | 1 August 2016 | English |
| Irving, TX, United States | 22 August 2016 | English |
| Belmont, CA, United States | 24 October 2016 | English |
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If you are focused on one of the product areas below, please check out the associated RCD and What's New documents (hosted on the cloud site) to learn about the recent changes.
On Jun-14th, Dan Miller, SVP of ISV, OEM and Java Sales, Oracle announced new offering designed to enable ISVs and other OPN members with easy access to Oracle Cloud development and test environments, technical resources, and fast start go-to-market opportunities.
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You are working on large Fusion Middleware & PaaS opportunities & projects? Oracle is pleased to invite you to the PaaS & Fusion Middleware Summer Camps VI . Goal of this 5 days hands-on trainings is to support you to deliver a successful project. Most of the trainers are a member of the Oracle product management team.
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