Month: July 2015

Technical Blog Posts

Excuses . . . Excuses . . .

I do my best to publish as least one meaty, technical EPM blog post per month. But that’s just not going to happen this month. I have three excuses of varying quality:

  • Excuse #1:  My current project is in “sprint” mode with some aggressive development timelines.
  • Excuse #2:  I’m working on my presentation for Top Gun 2015 US.
  • Excuse #3:  I have a new toy.

I wouldn’t normally blog about that last excuse (the toy), but I’m going to try to tie it in with Excuse #2.

On September 17th, I’ll be speaking at Infratects’ Top Gun US 2015 conference. I’ll be presenting on Essbase Hybrid Aggregation Mode, and I’m very excited about the opportunity.

Top Gun US 2015 BannerI have two rules for these types of presentations:

  • Rule #1: Show a live demo of something really interesting.
  • Rule #2: Have some “giveaways” for people who ask questions.

Because I needed some “giveaways”, and because Essbase databases are typically referred to as “cubes”, I obviously had to go and buy a MakerGear M2 3D Printer kit and make some 3D printed “Gear Cubes”. I had no choice, really . . . so if you attend my presentation and ask an engaging question, you could be the proud new owner of one of these:

GearCube_SmallTop Gun US 2015 has some amazing speakers and should be a great opportunity to network with Oracle product management and your EPM peers. I hope to see you there!