Oracle University Podcast

Sergio Castro joins Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham to explore multicloud, some of its use cases, and the reasons why many businesses are embracing this strategy.   A-Team Chronicles: https://www.ateam-oracle.com/ Oracle University Blog: https://blogs.oracle.com/oracleuniversity/ Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-commu...

In the final episode of this season, hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Sr. Principal ERP Learning Strategist David Barnacle, dive into the Accounting Transformation process flow, which covers how financial transactions are converted into journal entries and how subledger journal entries are processed through subledger accounting.   They also explore the Budget to Report process flo...

Time to unlock your finance team's digital potential! Join Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Sr. Principal ERP Learning Strategist David Barnacle, as they discuss the Procure to Pay process flow, an integral financial process that integrates purchasing with accounts payable activities.   They also talk about the Asset Acquisition to Retirement process flow, which includes all the main ac...

Want to know about the key financial business processes that make up Invoice to Cash? Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, as well as Sr. Principal ERP Learning Strategist David Barnacle, are here to simplify this critical process flow for you.   In this episode, they go over the entire Invoice to Cash process flow, which includes everything from the moment the invoice is created to the moment when th...

Inside every successful corporation is a well-oiled financial team working to do what is in the best interest of the company. From the CFO to the finance intern, having a system of modern best practices and a comprehensive suite of financial solutions, properly utilized, is more important than ever before.   Join hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Sr. Principal ERP Learning Strategi...

Want to get on the AI train? Then this is the episode for you! Join Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Rohit Rahi, Vice President, CSS OU Cloud Delivery, as they explore Oracle University's new OCI AI Foundations course. They talk about what the course covers, who it's for, and the associated certification.   Oracle MyLearn: mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: educat...

Wouldn't it be great if you could practice your Oracle Cloud Apps implementation in a safe, controlled lab environment? Well, now you can!   Join Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Bill Lawson, as they discuss the new Applied Learning for Fusion Cloud Applications Implementation projects, which provide practical use cases and business scenarios that you can work through to apply the conce...

In this episode, hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham talk about the Talent Life Cycle with Cloud Delivery Lead Nigel Wiltshire. They discuss how organizations can nurture their employees' skills, help them set goals that align with business objectives, support their desired progression, and promote a happy work-life balance.   Oracle MyLearn: mylearn.oracle.com Oracle University Learning Communi...

In this episode, hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham talk to Cloud Delivery Lead Nigel Wiltshire about the Reward Life Cycle, which centers around the compensation that is given to an employee, and how it is paid and processed.   Compensation, in this case, is not restricted to the salary that is paid to an employee but includes bonuses, stocks, medical insurance, and other benefits.   Oracle My...

During an employee's tenure in an organization, they may experience different situations or have varying demands—they may get promoted, apply for leave, or get transferred to another team, for instance. Clearly, hiring employees is just the tip of the iceberg. Managing them requires a lot more work.   In this episode, hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Cloud Delivery Lead Nigel Wilt...

How your employees are hired and onboarded into the organization can determine how well you are able to attract—and more importantly—retain top talent.   Listen to Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Cloud Delivery Lead Nigel Wiltshire, as they deep dive into the first life cycle, the Applicant Life Cycle, within Oracle HCM business processes. They discuss how you can leverage the life cyc...

Human Resources Management is an important function in every organization. Without it, companies would not be able to effectively recruit and retain employees or maintain a healthy, accepting workplace.   In this episode, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, together with Cloud Delivery Lead Nigel Wiltshire, explore how employee management has evolved over time, the key functions within a Human Resour...

In today's competitive landscape, a comprehensive understanding of business processes is critical to successfully deploying and using Oracle Cloud Applications. Having solid foundational knowledge of business processes can help you understand "how things are done" and apply your learning to the right processes, in the right way, at the right time.   Join Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with...

With each passing day, more and more data sources are sending greater volumes of data across the globe. For any organization, this combination of structured and unstructured data continues to be a challenge. Data lakehouses link, correlate, and analyze these varied outputs into a single manageable system.   In the final episode of the season, hosts Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Greg...

In this episode, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham are joined by Cloud Engineer Nick Commisso to talk about managing Oracle Database with REST APIs.   They also look at Autonomous Database built-in tools, which are pre-assembled, pre-configured, and pre-deployed, delivering a consistent user experience.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/   Oracle University Learning Community: https://edu...

Join Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Alex Bouchereau, as they talk about Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture, which provides architecture, configuration, and lifecycle best practices for Oracle Databases.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-u...

Because of how valuable your data is, protecting it against theft and unauthorized use is perhaps your biggest challenge. Databases need more security than the bare minimum.   In this episode, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Greg Genovese, talk about how Oracle's data-driven security features work together to create a maximum security architecture.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.ora...

In this episode, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham are joined by MySQL Developer Advocate Scott Stroz to talk about MySQL Document Store, a NoSQL solution built on top of MySQL.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/   Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community   MySQL: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/   Oracle MySQL Blog: https://blogs.oracle.com/mysql/   Linke...

High availability, data model flexibility, elastic scalability… If these words have piqued your interest, then this is the episode for you!   Join Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with Autumn Black, as they discuss how Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud Service is designed for today's most demanding applications, ensuring fast and predictable single-digit millisecond response times at scale, even a...

In this special episode of the podcast, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham chat with Rebecca Sly about Oracle University's certification program. They cover everything from the types and levels of certification offered by Oracle University to the process of getting certified.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community...

In this season's final episode, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with special guest Rohit Rahi, discuss Oracle Hybrid Cloud and how it gives customers the flexibility to choose their infrastructure based on their workload, regulatory, and latency needs.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community   Twitter: htt...

Oracle offers simple pricing models and compelling savings programs to get you more value, faster. With uniform pricing across all global regions, you can deploy your environment in new regions without any constraints. Listen to Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with special guest Rohit Rahi, talk about the flexibility of Oracle's approach to pricing and how it allows you to accurately foreca...

In this episode, Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with special guest Rohit Rahi, look at the wide range of managed database services that are available in OCI.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community   Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oracle_Edu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/   S...

Join Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham, along with special guest Rohit Rahi, as they discuss the various security capabilities that are built into OCI, ensuring full-stack protection and a platform that's secure by design.   Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: https://education.oracle.com/ou-community   Twitter: https://twitter.com/Oracle_Edu LinkedIn: h...

In this special episode, Sergio Castro joins Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham to explore multicloud, some of its use cases, and the reasons why many businesses are embracing this strategy.   A-Team Chronicles: https://www.ateam-oracle.com/ Oracle University Blog: https://blogs.oracle.com/oracleuniversity/ Oracle MyLearn: https://mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: https://educ...