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Stop measuring ECM success like this

As I’ve mentioned in some of my previous blog posts, ECM projects don’t fail because of the chosen technology. Most products can meet the necessary requirements. The choice of a solution is driven more by other aspects, such as the(…)

PostgreSQL 19: Dynamically adjust the I/O worker pool

When PostgreSQL 18 was released last year one of the major features was the introduction of the asynchronous I/O subsystem. The main configuration parameter for this was (and still is)(…)

Increase GoldenGate 26ai Log Retention

GoldenGate logs are a powerful source of information when debugging or analyzing your deployments. However, some of these logs have a rather low retention period in active deployments. They might then not even be useful for debugging if you send(…)

PostgreSQL 19: pg_waldump can now read from archives

When PostgreSQL 18 introduced the ability to verify tar based (and compressed) backups with pg_verifybackup there was one limitation: The verification of the WAL files in the tars (or compressed files) had(…)

SQL Server 2025 In-Memory: New Cleanup Features & SQLBits 2026 Insights

SQL Server 2025 finally allows dropping In-Memory filegroups, a breakthrough analyzed here alongside expert performance insights from SQLBits 2026.

The metadata trap

You know, metadata is the key of a nice Enterprise Content Management system. It is supposed to make work easier, promising order instead of chaos, findability instead of frustration, control instead of clutter. In the world of document management, metadata(…)

Deployment removal failed in GoldenGate Configuration Assistant (INS-85038)

Recently, I wrote about deleting a GoldenGate deployment with the REST API, and when investigating this issue, I remembered a limitation of the configuration assistant, which I wanted to talk about. For more information about deployment(…)

EM-90000 SSL Error With GoldenGate Targets in OEM

In this blog, I will explain what needs to be done when registering GoldenGate targets behind NGINX reverse proxy in the Enterprise Manager. More specifically, we will see how to avoid the EM-90000 error related to an SSLHandshakeException. If you(…)

AutoUpgrade powered easy download and installation of Oracle AI Database 26ai on Linux

With latest versions of AutoUpgrade, downloading and installing Oracle AI Database 26ai on Linux x86 on-premise has become a very simple process. If you want to give a try to Oracle Database 26ai, building a test environment requires minimal effort(…)

Exascale new clone and snapshot capabilities

One of the most game changing capabilities of Exascale are the new clone and snapshot features compared to previous options available with ASM / ACFS. And since the business requirements for clones or snapshots to be made available rapidly and(…)