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Making informed predictions about Bitcoin with Business Intelligence

Since Bitcoin’s inception, it has regularly made headlines, which in turn affects its price. Be it Elon Musk tweeting, technology stocks reaching new highs or lows, crude oil..

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Liquibase and Flyway: Using Database versioning tools for APEX database projects.

As an APEX developer that used to be an Oracle Forms developer, my approach to releasing front-end code (APEX apps) and backend code (the plsql packages and triggers that support..

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Do you still have Oracle Database Standard Edition (DBSE) or Database Standard Edition One (DBSE1)?

Have you, or are you planning to update from pre-Oracle-Database-Release-1 (v12.1.0.2)? What are the steps that you need to take to migrate to Oracle Database Standard Edition 2..

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Oracle partners with Microsoft to give Azure customers access to Oracle databases on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Yesterday, Oracle and Microsoft created a whole new meaning for multicloud by announcing the general availability of Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure. As an expert in..

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REST Improvements for APEX since 20.1

It’s been a while since I last wrote a blog on REST features in APEX, in fact, it was way back in 2019! Since 2020 there have been five APEX releases, which collectively contain..

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DSP-Explorer's Simon Goodenough interviewed on Cloud security by Cybernews

DSP-Explorer CEO, Simon Goodenough was interviewed by Cybernews about his thoughts on Cloud security. Read the full article here.

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Oracle's Critical Patch Update July 2022: What has changed?

Oracle release a Critical Patch Update once every quarter with a collection of patches for various security vulnerabilities. These are for both code and third-party component part..

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Microsoft Azure Pricing: How to make it work for you

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service operated by Microsoft. At DSP-Explorer we are leading UK Microsoft Gold Partnersoffering specialist guidance and support for your..

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Placing Components Anywhere since APEX 21.2

With the release of APEX v21.2 Oracle promised that page components can be positioned anywhere. With additional component positions across page templates, developers can enjoy..

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Smart Filters

"Smart Filters" is a region-type component added in APEX 21.2. It provides end-users with numerous filters that narrow search results at run-time.

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