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Viscosity North America Experts Will Meet at the Quest Blueprint 4D Conference in Las Vegas

Written by Viscosity North America | Aug 8, 2022 9:02:56 PM

 

Viscosity North America, Inc. ("Viscosity") is delighted to announce its participation in the Blueprint 4D conference, organized by the QUEST Oracle Community, taking place in Las Vegas and virtually on June 6-9, 2022. 

  

Rich Niemiec, Sean Scott, and Craig Shallahamer will be representing Viscosity in workshops, live meetings, and practical sessions, providing technology insights and product enhancements for Oracle Cloud, database management, and emerging technologies. BLUEPRINT 4D will be a fully immersive hands-on experience from the top industry experts where IT and business leaders will learn about what's coming and how to plan for the next few years, including:  

  • Which product extensions to consider 
  • How the cloud fits into their Oracle strategy 
  • How to leverage technology investments to drive their business forward  

 
Oracle users of all levels can gain insights from Oracle product teams, expand Oracle product knowledge by learning and connecting with product experts, and leverage technology to drive their business forward.  

 
Apart from 250+ learning sessions, live product demonstrations, hot topic Q&A sessions, panel discussions, and customer case studies, attendees may expect networking breaks and BLUEPRINT 4D Party inside the Oracle community!  

 
A Full Conference Pass provides unlimited access to all 4 BLUEPRINT 4D product forums: JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Oracle Cloud apps, and Oracle Database & Technology. Attendees can customize their agendas for a fully immersive conference experience or pick and choose a few key sessions each day. 

  

Day 1 of Blueprint 4D will open with Craig Shallahamer, Applied AI Scientist of Viscosity, founder of OraPub, and Oracle ACE Director! In his workshop, "A Hands-on Introduction to Applied Machine Learning for the DBA," Shallahamer will guide how to build two simple but powerful Oracle Average Active Session (AAS) prediction systems. During the 3-hour session, participants will learn:  

  • Key machine learning terms and concepts, along with how DBAs can use ML in their work 
  • Explore working with an industry-standard ML framework and notebook development environment using actual Oracle performance data 
  • They can gain the skills and confidence to continue their applied ML journey 
 

Continuing Day 1, in collaboration with Anil Nair, Sean Scott, Managing Principal Consultant at Viscosity and Oracle ACE, will run the "Oracle MAA Special Interest Group (SIG) Meeting" to upscale your technical knowledge of Oracle MAA technologies. At MAA SIG, speakers will focus on providing a great platform to educate and inform current Oracle MAA SIG users through virtual events, e-resources, webinars, visual presentations, conferences, and more.  

 
Day 2 of Blueprint 4D is dedicated to the Database topic presented by Rich Niemiec, CIO of Viscosity and Oracle ACE Director. In his session, "Converged Database & the Modern Data Platform is Oracle's Best Kept Secret," Niemiec will emphasize the Oracle Database's ability to manage different types of data efficiently. He will also show how the Converged DB strategy plays a crucial part in the Modern Data Platform (Lakehouse, Data Mesh, etc.), satisfying all the demands of reducing complexity, eliminating risks, and mitigating costs.   

 
On Day 3 of Blueprint 4D, Craig Shallahamer will put cards on the table with his session, "How to Find the "Top Anything" Using Raw ASH Data," showcasing SQL opportunities for deep analysis that has not been possible even with ASH. This session will cover important Oracle and application performance questions.   

 
The final day, Day 4, will conclude with Sean Scott presenting "Introducing Oracle Autoupgrade." The session demonstrates Autoupgrade's capabilities in dealing with complex and straightforward issues while fixing and simplifying problems.  

  

For more information about the presentations and speakers, please visit the event's page: https://events.viscosityna.com/blueprint4d-quest2022