I’ve recently installed a new product on my laptop, named Presto. It is currently in beta but it offers an interesting twist on using your laptop or even netbook. Presto is a quick-booting operating system that offers a complete startup in less than 13 seconds for me.
When I startup my laptop I have the choice [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Desktop'
Presto by Xandros
March 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Desktop · New and Interesting
TOra: An Open-Source Database Tool
February 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments
I’ve been looking recently at database tools that are available. There’s a lot of good ones out there like Oracle Enterprise Manager and TOAD, just to name two of them. TOAD seems to be a favorite because of its powerful features, but it is fairly expensive unless your company is footing the bill.
The interesting thing [...]
Tags: Database · Database Tools · Desktop · Enterprise Manager · Oracle
Pointers to WebADI Information
October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
One of our E-business Suite clients asked for information about webADI. The following are the main MetaLink documents to review with any webADI install. The “Web ADI Tips for Troubleshooting” is particularly important. Patch levels and version are critical for some functionality and fixes:
287080.1 About Web Applications Desktop Integrator Mini-pack 1i.BNE.D, 11-JUL-2008
390476.1 Web ADI [...]
Tags: Desktop · E-Business Suite · WebADI
Desktop Performance Enhancers
June 30th, 2008 · No Comments
If you are hear to learn more about caffeine or performance drugs, I’m sorry to disappoint you.
Instead I want to offer my humble recommendations for improving your daily performance on your laptop/desktop.
**Warning** This is one of those posts that isn’t really Oracle-specific, so my apologies in advance.
Instead I want to highlight some software tools and [...]
Tags: Desktop
JInitiator to be replaced in 2009 – Time to move to the Native Sun Java Plug-in
February 29th, 2008 · No Comments
You need to start the upgrade process for your end-users’ desktops to the native Sun Java plug-in as soon as possible. JInitiator will be desupported in next year in July (2009).
This extract from note 552692.1 sums it up well by stating :
All E-Business Suite customers using Oracle Jinitiator 1.3.x need to upgrade to the [...]
Tags: Desktop · E-Business Suite · Jinitiator