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The COLLABORATE 08 conference went very well this year with excellent attendance and, as usual, high quality and informative presentations.  The aspect I especially like about COLLABORATE as compared to other conferences is that it is user-...

Here is a brief analysis of the pre-release announcement for the upcoming April 2008 Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) - Overall, 41 security vulnerabilities are fixed in this CPU, which is an average number well within the range of previous...

In the Oracle pre-release announcement for the April 2008 Critical Patch Update, one line in particular did catch my attention. I know Oracle has purchased many companies in the past few years.  So how many products does Oracle have?  Well...

For those of you not familiar with COLLABORATE or have not previously attended, the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG), and Quest have teamed together to host a user-driven event with exceptional content....

A point of contention and confusion regarding Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) database patches is that only a limited set of database patchsets are supported.  For the January 2008 CPU, only the patchsets 9.2.0.8, 10.1.0.5, 10.2.0.2, 10.2.0....

An issue in applying Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) database security patches has been that the patches may include non-security related fixes.  The list of bugs fixed in the database patch readme is cryptic at best and it can be difficult...

Since several new Oracle exploits were published this week, I thought it would be a good time to provide some background on exploits.A topic of conversation whenever discussing Oracle security vulnerabilities is the complexity of exploiting such...

This quarters Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) was released on Tuesday, January 15th.   In order to provide a better understanding of the CPU, I will be presenting an Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) eLearning session on Thursday....

Oracle released the thirteenth Critical Patch Update (CPU) today.  This quarter is the same as the previous twelve with many patches and long hours in order to get all the security patches applied in a timely manner.  17 of the 27...

Here is a brief analysis of the pre-release announcement for the upcoming January 2008 Oracle Critical Patch Update (CPU) - Overall, 27 security vulnerabilities are fixed in this CPU, which is the lowest number of bugs fixed since the original...