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Ansible: Imagination is the Limit

As you might know, I have discovered Ansible 1 year ago. Since then, I am not using for its main purpose as wikipedia says: Ansible is an open-source software provisioning, configuration management,(…)

Facial recognition, between advanced biometrics and needs for privacy… – Part 2 of 4

Continuation of our series on facial recognition. After defining facial recognition among the biometric processes (see here), let’s see the techniques used for its application. State of the art of the techniques used for its application The(…)

Will ExaC@C change or kill your DBA job?

Introduction Exadata Cloud@Customer (ExaC@C) from Oracle is an hybrid solution for customer willing a Cloud-like platform without actually being in the public Cloud. Behind cloud’s concept is a high-level management of complex stuff, like provisioning homes and databases, patching, aso.

CIFS mounts no more compatible with ODA

Introduction Some of us are using CIFS mountpoints on the ODA. This is mostly for sharing files with Windows application servers. On ODA, as on other Linux setup, it works like a charm. But it ends working starting from patch(…)

Facial recognition, between advanced biometrics and needs for privacy… – Part 4 of 4

Last part of our series on facial recognition (first part here, second part here and third part here). Let’s see if there are countermeasures and how to implement them if they(…)

Facial recognition, between advanced biometrics and needs for privacy… – Part 3 of 4

Continuation of this series on facial recognition. After having defined facial recognition among the biometric processes (see here) and seen the techniques used for its application (see here), let’s see what the current laws(…)

Facial recognition, between advanced biometrics and needs for privacy… – Part 1 of 4

Among today’s biometric applications, one in particular is the subject of much controversy and discussion: facial recognition. One of the most controversial applications of facial recognition is face recognition based on a photograph, as done by the company Clearview(…)

A 7 year journey, my longest employment ever

It has been an amazing ride: 1st of May 2022 I have been with dbi services for exactly seven years. This is by far the longest employment in my career. When I started way back in 2015 most of my(…)

Migrating CentOS 8 to Oracle linux OL8

As you might be aware, CentOS 8 is end of life since the 31st of December 2021. If you are still using and running CentOS 8, you might want to migrate to some alternative distributions in order to keep a(…)

Patch 19.15 is available for your ODA

Introduction Patch 19.15 is now available on Oracle Database Appliance. It’s time to test it. What’s new? This version brings April’s PSU to database and grid homes with their bug fixes, as usual. It also brings latest database 21.6 but(…)