2005

January

Oracle Business Intelligence 10gR2!

Oracle has announced that Oracle Business Intelligence 10gR2 (10.1.2.0.0) is now in production! This new version represents a major step forward for companies to rapidly develop Business Intelligence Applications. The OTN website has a wealth of information about this new version of the Business Intelligence Suite, including demonstrations and collateral material.

The products can be downloaded from Oracle Technet. Please note that there are two sets of products to download. The 10gR2 version of Discoverer now includes the application server and is two downloadable disk images. This is Option 1 - Oracle Business Intelligence from the download site. The Spreadsheet Add-in and Oracle BI beans are part of Option 2 - Oracle Business Intelligence Tools. You must install JDeveloper 10g version 10.1.2 to install BI Beans. Be sure to take a look at the Business Intelligence samples.

2003

December

OLAP OTN Article

Chris Claterbos has authored "Clearing the Path to OLAP." Oracle's new Analytic Workspace Manager makes it possible to manage Oracle OLAP without complex command-line programming. Here's how it works. It is currently featured on the Oracle Technology Network.

October

KCOUG October Conference

Vlamis Software Solutions will be presenting "Oracle's Complete, Integrated Business Intelligence Technologies" at the Kansas City Oracle User's Group (KCOUG) Fall Conference on Monday, October 27. Attendees will be able to se Oracle's latest technology in action for analyzing data warehouses. Contact us if you will be attending or will be in Kansas City.

Abstract

Are you considering building a business intelligence/data warehousing solution? Are you experiencing integration pain from a "best of breed" solution or a metadata mess? Who has the latest data? What impact will this change have? How can you turn your queries into reports? How do you take advantage of the latest Oracle Database features? This technical session will discuss Oracle's business intelligence components (Warehouse Builder, Discoverer, BI Beans, Reports, and Portal). Incorporated in this "survey" of the Oracle BI stack will be demonstrations of some of these products. It concludes with a review of the advantages of an integrated approach. This information has been updated to include the latest information released at OracleWorld in September on future releases such as Oracle Database 10g and OracleAS Discoverer 10g.

This event is scheduled for October 27th from 12:00 noon until around 5:00 p.m. at the Overland Park Double Tree Hotel. There will be 4 presentations and at the conclusion of the meeting, there will be a drawing for several nice door prizes donated by Oracle Corporation and Oracle Press.

This should be a very informative event and we hope to see you there!

See the KCOUG website at http://www.kcoug.org for registration details, fees and directions.

September

9iOLAP New Release

Oracle released the 9.2.0.4.1 patch and Analytic Workspace Manager. This release now provides the true integration of Relational and Multidimensional datatypes in the same database, and provides a graphical interface for creating Analytic Workspaces. We have been working with the beta of this patch and we are glad to see it in production. This is the most stable release of 9i OLAP yet and now we have a GUI that can do a lot of the normal administrative functions.

Download AWM from Oracle Tech Net under software.

To download the 9.2.0.4.1 patch, visit http://metalink.oracle.com and download patch #3084634.

The Following products and patches are required:

• Oracle 9.2.0.1.0 Enterprise Edition Database
• RDBMS 9.2.0.4.0 patch set (PS# 3095277)
• OLAP 9.2.0.4.1 patch (PS# 3084634)

Detailed information on these patches can be found in our October 2003 newsletter.

August

VSS Business Analyzer Online Evaluation

By taking advantage of Sun's Java Webstart technology, we are able to bring you a fully-functional evaluation copy of the thick-client version of VSSBA without you having to install it locally. It runs from within your web browser.

To access it, simply go to http://www.vlamis.com/vssba/ and follow the instructions.

IOUG Live! 2003 Call for Presenters Opens

IOUG has announced its call for presenters for the IOUG Live! 2004 convention. The convention will be held in the Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Canada. April 18 - 22, 2004. To register to give a presentation at this prestigious event, see IOUG's website at: http://www.ioug.org/live2004call by October 6, 2003.

For more information about the IOUG Live! 2004 convention, watch IOUG's website for more details as they are announced.

May

OTN Article on BI Beans

Chris Claterbos goes through the steps of migrating an Oracle Express application to BI Beans in his 10-page article Oracle9i Business Intelligence Beans: Making the Move. We are honored that this article was featured as one of the "Top Stories" the week of May 12, 2003 on the Oracle Technology Network at http://technet.oracle.com/otn_may_2003.html.

Intelligent Enterprise Review of VSSBA

Paul Dean's review of VSSBA in the May 31, 2003 issue of Intelligent Enterprise starts with "Vlamis Software Solutions Inc.'s Business Analyzer (VSSBA) bridges the gap between the developer and the business user by providing an intuitive, easy-to-use environment for building and deploying (OLAP) applications without the need to write code. VSSBA utilizes BI Beans to expose the functionality available in Oracle9i OLAP." It then concludes "VSSBA is an intuitive and powerful general-purpose OLAP front end tool. Existing Oracle Express clients looking to migrate their read-only analysis applications to Oracle9i OLAP or companies that will be using Oracle9i OLAP as their BI platform would do well to consider this product." The same issue has a feature article on Oracle9i OLAP and mentions VSSBA.

New French VSSBA Partner

VSS Announces new VSSBA partner in France in this press release.

April

VSSBA 1.5 Now available!!

We are pleased to announce the release of VSS Business Analyzer (VSSBA) version 1.5 including a thin version of VSSBA that only requires a web browser.

March

January

Oracle Interview with Dan Vlamis

Dan Vlamis explains the advantages of using Oracle 9iDS to build VSS Business Analyzer in a Real Media video presented by Oracle.
Click here and scroll to the bottom of the page to select Dan's interview.

Oracle releases great sales analysis demo built with BI Beans and 9iOLAP

To do this for your company, e-mail sales@vlamis.com.

2002

November

Vlamis Software interviewed by Java Developer's Journal at OracleWorld 2002

http://www.sys-con.com/java/OracleRadio/vlamis.mp3

October

VSS Announces Selection of Biond Consulting as a Distributor for VSS Business Analyzer

(Click here for more information)

Oracle iSeminar "Exposing the Power of Oracle9i OLAP to End Users: An Oracle  Partner's Story" featuring a LIVE demonstration of Oracle9i OLAP and VSS Business Analyzer

(Click Here for more information)

To view the seminar click here or access the following URL:
http://isd.oracle.com/icc/attendee/login?oldurl=/iccdocs/attendee/archive_check.shtml?
flighturl=/flights/event/Exposing_the_Power_of_Oracle9i_OLAP_to_End_Users.itm

Oracle Conference

Central States Oracle Application Users Group (CS-OAUG), VSS, and other organizations present a free Oracle Conference.

(Click here for more information)

VSSBA 1.27.2 announced

Now supports Oracle9i R2 and included new features etc.

September

Oracle Reference Program Includes Vlamis Software For Use of JDeveloper

Check us out at http://www.oracle.com/ip/develop/ids/customers/vlamis.html.

Oracle iSeminar "Exposing the Power of Oracle9i OLAP to End Users: An Oracle  Partner's Story" featuring a LIVE demonstration of Oracle9i OLAP and VSS Business Analyzer

(Click Here for more information)

(See seminar re-play on October 15, 2002)

VSS Announces Selection of Rockport Software and Sentom Pty Ltd as Distributors for VSS Business Analyzer

(Click here for more information)

August

Oracle Magazine, July/Aug '02

Enlighten, by Alan Joch 10-page cover story explains how Oracle9i OLAP makes business intelligence available to all Oracle customers.  Sidebar articles give details of 9i OLAP release 2 and how BI Beans speed application development. Articles include several quotes from Dan Vlamis and Chris Claterbos of Vlamis Software Solutions. Getting  Answers with BI Beans, by Chris Claterbos Chris Claterbos discusses how to extend an Oracle9i JDeveloper-generated application using JDeveloper in this 4-page article. This article shows BI Beans and includes specific code examples.

June

Oracle Magazine, May/June '02

Vlamis Software Solutions Announces Analytical Application for Oracle9i OLAP Oracle Magazine announces VSS Business Analyzer in the Channels Vendor News section of the May/June 2002 issue.

April

VSS Business Analyzer (VSSBA) Announced

See our products page for our press release announcing the product, a brochure, a description of the features of the product, and register to view a product demo.