Ask Us Anything!

FMT Systems Inc. is very excited to present a stellar line up of Ask Us Anything Webinars for 2012. We will be hosting a monthly complimentary one hour webinar each month on the topics you, our client, have suggested. We will have several Oracle ACE Directors, Executives and Authors presenting to you over the next several months. See our latest offering below and start registering for these highly sought after speakers!

 

Look for FMT Systems at these 2012 events!

• RMOUG Training Days 2012 - Denver, CO Feb 14-16, 2012
• NorCal OAUG Training Days - Santa Clara, CA Late March 2012
• OAUG COLLABORATE12 - Las Vegas, NV Apr 22-26, 2012
• OOW - San Francisco, CA September 30-October 3, 2012
• MOUS - Livonia, MI TBD 2012

February 15, 2012 at 12:00 pm CST

“Got Views, OBIEE or Discoverer? EiS has the answers!”
presented by Andy Donovan Vice President East — EiS Technologies Inc.

Need to convert from Discoverer to OBIEE? Are your views truly ready for R12 or Fusion? Having performance issues? Is security being enforced or is it simulated? Having to customize your views? In this session you will learn what options are out there that can replace Discoverer, see how you can use OBIEE for detailed transactional reporting and see how EiS can convert your existing Discoverer reports AUTOMATICALLY! BI Platform and BI Apps are the core elements to OBIEE. EiS can show you how to use them for strategic and tactical reporting against the pre-built BI Analytical Apps and also for operational reporting. All this in just seven days! This applies to anyone using Financials, Supply Chain, CRM, Projects, Manufacturing, and HR/Payroll.

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A Sampling of Recent Webinars

January 18, 2012 at 11:00 am CST
“Culture Eats Strategy — Organizational Change without Pain”

presented by Faun deHenry, President and CEO, FMT Systems of Texas, Inc.

This famous quotation by Drucker has served as a warning for any organization that wanted or needed to change its culture. Drucker suggested working within an organization's existing culture rather than attempting to make radical changes. What can be done if the organization's culture must change? Are there only some features of the culture that are a problem? Do we target certain areas that will make the most impact on an analytic culture? Or are there degrees in which the current culture is blocking the way to improvement? This presentation discusses three situations in different organizations that needed to move toward an analytic culture to ensure the success of their BI initiatives. The discussion on changing to an analytic culture includes an examination of critical success factors (CSF's), tipping points, and potential obstacles.

Wednesday, November 9th 2011
The ACEs are at it Again! Recap of OOW, Thoughts, Ideas, and What's Next in Oracle

presented by: Floyd M. Teter, Karen Brownfield, Jerry Ireland, and Ron Batra

We gathered a new group of Oracle ACEs to deliver an intriguing hour of conversation, ideas, and comments on the latest Oracle OpenWorld and all the surrounding events. You'll be hosted by Floyd M. Teter, Jerry Ireland, and a small group of ACEs to deliver on their thoughts and visions of what Oracle's technology has in waiting for the next twelve months.

You'll learn about their favorite presentations at OOW and where you might find them online today; you'll have the opportunity to ask questions about the latest technology within the IT community, as well as, discover the up and coming technology companies introduced on the tradeshow floor. Check out this exciting and engaging discussion.

Wednesday September 21st 2011
The Big Picture

presented by Mike Swing

It’s coming! Don’t close your eyes. Face it head on. Ease your worries by attending this walkthrough of an upgrade from Release 11.5.10.2 to Release 12.1.3. We’ll describe the tried and true tips and techniques when we upgrade – everything from “oops – did you know about these extra patches?” to ways to decrease your down time.

The Big Picture shows at a high level the tasks and challenges of the R12.1.3 upgrade. The Big Picture describes how to get started, how to motivate business users to upgrade, and whether to re-implement or upgrade. It covers the technical upgrade steps with a few functional steps; understanding these steps helps all team members work toward a better upgrade.

Mike Swing, founder of TruTek, is a Certified Professional DBA with 13+ years experience in administration design and development of Oracle 7 to Oracle 11gR2. He has authored several books including the OAUG sponsored book, "the little r12.1.3 upgrade guide". He has 14+ years of experience implementing, administering and upgrading Oracle Applications E-business suite. He is also an instructor for Oracle training classes: 11i & R12 DBA Concepts and Administration and the R12.1 Upgrade. He has several degrees, including a MS in Physics with a thesis in digital signal processing.

Wednesday July 20th 2011
OMG! Identifying and Refactoring Common SQL Performance Anti-patterns

presented by Jeff Jacobs

Most presentations on SQL performance assume that the query developer is highly experienced in SQL and Oracle. Also they focus on tracing and other techniques. Sadly, in today's world, knowledge of SQL and Oracle are not highly valued. Consequently many SQL performance problems are the result of inexperience, misguidance, "heard it/read it somewhere" and various sources of misinformation.

This presentation will address common "anti-patterns" in database design and SQL query writing that I've encountered over the years and how to fix them without tracing, changing init.ora parameters or using techniques that require DBA level privileges. This presentation will focus on techniques that are typically available to developers.

Jeff is an experienced, versatile information technology and business professional. His expertise lies in multiple fields of technology including, but not limited to; Oracle performance data architecture, database design and data modeling. Business & systems analysis project, program and engineering management. Jeff has authored books and presented at numerous regional and national conferences.

Wednesday May 4th 2011
#C11 — What Happened, Why It Happened and Will It Happen...The Usual Suspects Tell All!

presented by Floyd M. Teter and other Oracle ACE's

Floyd M. Teter and his Merry Band of ACE's are delivering to you another candid overview of what happened at #C11. Join us as they pontificate (quite passionately) about the latest ideas and innovations presented at #C11. You'll hear from the industries leaders during this 60 minute webinar.

Wednesday February 16th 2011
Technology and Training – What Works Best for ERP

presented by Faun deHenry - CEO and President, FMT Systems Inc.

Is there an eLearning software tool that works best for ERP projects? It depends on several key factors; do you understand your learning environment; do you understand your financial budget, and finally, have you allotted enough time to research your environment and budget?

Thursday, December 16, 2010
Professionally Speaking in 140 Characters or Less:
How Twitter Can Help Your Career

presented by Chet Justice – OracleNerd and SME

September 29, 2010
So, Tell Us What Really Happened at OOW 2010!

Our Oracle ACE members and Director joined forces once again to bring you the inside scoop on the events at OOW 2010. You can register to gain access to the recording of this webinar.

October 20, 2010
11g Upgrade Essentials for Oracle E-Business Suite DBAs

presented by Elke Phelps- Author and Oracle DBA

Considering an 11g upgrade for your R11i or R12 environment? Please view this session to receive guidelines for upgrading to 11g for your Oracle EBS environment.