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Jan 19, 2015 9:00:25 AM

Your Business is Special: So why buy business software, designed for everyone else?

As a rule, the majority of businesses buy their business software ‘off-the-shelf’, but is the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach really the best strategy?

Jan 16, 2015 3:54:34 PM

The ‘Complete Contractor’

Jan 12, 2015 8:45:31 AM

How much does it really cost to build a business-class application on an oracle database?

Answer: Surprisingly little with Oracle Application Express (APEX)

Jan 5, 2015 12:49:01 PM

Re-evaluate your software for 2015

It’s New Year: Is it time to re-evaluate your business software? We’ve put together a handy guide to help you re-evaluate your business software for the coming year.

Dec 22, 2014 9:05:59 AM

Securing Vulnerability Exploits with Apex – Part 3

For my final security blog I will be looking at SQL injection and cross site scripting, both of which should always be considered when developing a web based application. Apex has..

Dec 15, 2014 10:16:44 AM

ORDS 3 – Installation

This article builds on the ORDS blogs I have been writing but moves forward a little to look at the ORDS version 3 early adopter and specifically getting it up and running.

Dec 8, 2014 2:50:40 PM

Securing Vulnerability Exploits with Apex – Part 2

Following on from my last blog, which focused on configuring access control within Apex, the focus of this blog is protecting the session state within an application. We will look..

Dec 4, 2014 10:43:28 AM

Replacing Discoverer with APEX and BIP – A Perfect Match

I have already looked at the fact that APEX is a perfect replacement for Discoverer in an earlier blog post and that inbuilt tools such as the powerful APEX interactive report..

Dec 4, 2014 10:05:44 AM

Life on the ‘Edge’ – the importance of non-core applications to your organisation

All organisations revolve around their ‘core’ applications such as Communications (eg: email), Financial, Human Resource Management (HR/HCM), Customer Relationship Management..

Nov 25, 2014 12:00:10 PM

APEX Security Considerations – Part 1

Whenever you are developing a web based application, there are many security concerns that need to be considered. When developing using Oracle Apex, there are a number of in-built..