Monday, August 12, 2013

July 20, 2013 Meeting

Our meeting was about a wide variety of topics. They included:

Windows 8 - you can create shortcuts, i.e. start button or shut down

SQL - Oracle (Sun Corp) is now standardized; SQL99 is last standard; anyone can suggest tools, etc. to be added 

W3C - consortium for best practices

Yahoo Search Registration can keep your web page first; pay for this just like in Google

12C ('C' is cloud) - Hyperion was purchased by Oracle; has analysis tools for data; data cube with customer information to search for sales parameters; can send ads geared just for that customer or group

Oracle Data base is 11g; 8i is now 12c; is user friendly; Middleware is web based analysis tools

Silicone Prairie - newsletter for local businesses; also has a job board that changes frequently for Omaha, Kansas City and Des Moines areas

NASA uses 4T per hour for new space telescope that will replace Hubble

Suggestion to play with programs insice VMware; can help with future jobs; can also help in interviews

Our next meeting will be Saturday, August 17 at ITT from 12:45 to 1:45pm.

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