Real-time data streaming

Historically, data in warehouses have been periodically loaded in batches: Typically daily Sometimes weekly Rarely monthly.   More and more data analytic repositories are incrementally loaded several times during the business work day or even at an hourly level. In modern data analytics platforms, data is updated in near real time, such as every five minutes,…

Upgrading to Oracle Database 23c

You must be at least on Oracle Database 19c to upgrade to the next Long Term Support release.  You cannot upgrade from 11.2.0.4 or 12.1.0.2 to Oracle Database 23c directly.  You must upgrade to Oracle Database 19c or 21c to upgrade to Oracle Database 23c.  The next Long Term Support (LTS) release of Oracle Database…

Introducing MRPs and Sunsetting of RURs

Sunsetting of 19c RURs   We want to inform you that beginning with the October 2022 patching cycle, Oracle will no longer provide 19c RURs (Release Update Revisions) for versions 19.17.0 and above. This means that any 19c database versions released after 19.17.0 will not receive RURs. Additionally, no additional RURs will be delivered on…

Oracle Database 23c Beta

Oracle Database 23c Beta As a leading provider of database services, Viscosity is always looking for ways to stay ahead of the curve and offer the latest and most innovative solutions to our clients. That’s why we are excited to be a beta partner for Oracle Database 23, the next long-term release of Oracle Database,…

The Data Lakehouse

Does the Data warehouse + Data Lake truly equal a Data Lakehouse?  The Data Lakehouse is supposed to be composed of the best of what Data Lake offers and the best of what Data Warehouses offer.      The largest database vendor says that the data lakehouses are an evolution, not a revolution.  It is…

Evolution of Data

Growth in data is attributed to vast improvements in internet technologies. Internet first fueled the Telecom industry which laid the groundworks and fueled other companies in: Social Media  Streaming Services IoT Our traditional enterprise data warehouse (EDW) could not address the rapid growth of data in these verticals.  The traditional EDW was designed for relational…