by Oli | August 9, 2017 | Installation, IP2017, Siebel | 0 Comments

Having installed the Siebel 17 software, there's one more step before we can set up the logical Gateway, Enterprise, Siebel Server and Application Interface (what used to be the SWSE): install the Siebel database. As part of the Siebel Server installation, you'll have...

by Oli | August 2, 2017 | IP2017, Siebel | 0 Comments

So, it's finally arrived - Siebel 17 is here! Of course, I've immediately hammered my home broadband to download all 20 delightful gigabytes of installation material to give you the low down on how to set it all up. I've prepared 4 VMs for my Siebel 17 environment:...

by Oli | June 5, 2017 | IP2017, News, Siebel | 1 Comment

I've just seen a load of excellent posts on John Bedford's "Oracle Siebel CRM" blog, answering many of the frequently asked questions related to the upcoming release of Siebel IP 2017: Innovation Pack 17.0 FAQ - Architecture Innovation Pack 17.0 FAQ - Cloud Innovation...

by Oli | June 1, 2017 | IP2017, Siebel | 0 Comments

My time away from Siebel is almost at an end: we're looking at our Siebel 8.1 UCM service and are kicking off a project to bring in IP 2017. I'll admit to being quite excited about getting back onto familiar ground and to see what has become of my beloved technology....

by Oli | February 18, 2017 | OEDQ | 0 Comments

With my new customer architect hat on, I'm looking across a broad range of applications and services to help my organisation be more effective and productive. As a large retail organisation, customer data quality is key to our ability to talk to our customers...

by Oli | November 15, 2016 | Reporting, Technology | 0 Comments

It has been many, many months since my last blog update. Life has changed considerably for me in 2016 with my two kids growing up, school drop offs, homework and being aeroplanes in the garden taking precedence over writing articles and installing Siebel patches. In...

by Oli | July 15, 2016 | Siebel | 6 Comments

Oracle XE is a a bit of beast, a pain in the proverbial to install and overkill for the purpose of a local Siebel database. However, it is at least an Oracle database and not a Sybase database, as it was in days gone by. What this means is that it is possible to use...

by Oli | July 13, 2016 | Installation, Siebel, Technology | 5 Comments

Well, it was only a matter of time before I ended up working with Siebel again! I've been introduced recently to Amazon Web Services - AWS to you and me. So this is what Cloud Computing is all about! I'm utterly gob-smacked by the power of this platform, the stuff you...

by Oli | June 30, 2016 | Python | 6 Comments

I've been working on orchestrating an ETL load process from text files stored in the Cloud based file management tool, Box. Working with Python for the first time, I've found it to be an extremely flexible and straightforward language to use for such a task. There's...

by Oli | June 30, 2016 | News | 2 Comments

Having spent the last month away from Siebel, I've missed posting about the cool software that I work with day to day. I've moved on with a very different focus, mainly around Business Intelligence and Cloud Computing. I'm having a lot of fun with Birst at the moment...