Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

With Oracle's release of Autonomous DataWarehouse, Autonomous Database, and Autonomous Transaction Processing, we are entering a new era in database administration.  How is an old-school DBA supposed to survive in this brave new world of automation?  Are my existing skills obsolete? Am I out of a job? Never fear.  In this session, we'll discuss what exactly all this autonomous fuss is all about and what it will mean to the daily life of a DBA.  We'll draw comparisons to (soon to be legacy) tasks that all DBA's are comfortable with and how these tasks will be handled in an autonomous world.  We'll show you how to leverage your old school skills to be your biggest advantage in an autonomous world and position you to take your career to the next level in an Autonomous World.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

The most on-premises installations of Oracle databases are not using all available Oracle database packs and features. The reasons behind that could be different but one factor is always there and it is the cost. In Oracle cloud depending on service and edition, you may have a different set of features already included in the subscription. In such a case it is worth verifying and consider the new options since you are already paying for them.  And, who knows, maybe the availability of all those features will make migration to the cloud way more attractive and be one of the main drivers for your decision to move to the Oracle cloud.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

How does database security change when you move to the Cloud?  Security does change and how to handle database security needs to change when running databases in the Cloud.  However, you still own your data and are still responsible for making sure that data is secure.  This session will first discuss the security differences for Oracle Databases between IaaS, PaaS, DBaaS, and on-premise. Advantages like enhanced database security features and disadvantages such limited infrastructure visibility are reviewed as they are present in all Cloud deployments.  Seven key components of an effective Cloud database security program are presented including how to effectively manage privileged, protect sensitive data, and monitor database activity.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

This presentation will focus on preparing for the Oracle 20c database and new features such as AutoML.  This presentation will also look at a few 19c/18c new features that should be in use now.  We'll look at how Machine Learning and Autonomous Database will change the role of the future DBA.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Join a team of database and systems management experts from Oracle as they discuss the last new features and roadmap for Oracle Enterprise Manager, including options to deploy EM on Oracle Cloud and to manage the new Autonomous Database.  You’ll learn about the latest technology, best practices, and the future of Oracle’s flagship management offering.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Cloud is transforming the enterprise and the career path of the DBA. See how. As cloud gains momentum and migrations of applications and databases become more common, the question is often asked: "Does Cloud mean the end of the DBA?" Cloud is likely not the end of the DBA, but instead an agent in unprecedented change. This webcast will cover how Cloud is bringing about that evolution and what today's DBAs must know to be successful in a Cloud-enabled future.

The future is here, let's take advantage of it today!

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Amazon RDS Oracle Database service and Oracle Autonomous Database are DBaaS. They have similarities and differences. Come to this session to understand the features and contrasts of both services – not an attempt to show one is better than the other. Both have their use cases and advantages. Having a deep understanding of the capabilities and limitations will help you to understand the best and suitable service for your application.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Powerful Machine Learning (ML) is now available to Oracle DBAs. Over the past few years, a number of changes have occurred making this possible. As Oracle DBAs, it is now our turn to leverage ML, enabling us to do things never before possible.

But there is a lot to learn. Everything from methodology to math to tools. And then the nagging question of, are there real machine learning use cases for the Oracle DBA?

In this presentation, I'm going to introduce you to the world of ML from a DBA perspective! This includes understanding what ML is, why use it, and why now. The ah-ha moment will occur when you realize many of our monitoring, alerting, diagnosis, and analysis skills are significantly enhanced with ML.

I will demonstrate a simple yet complete ML project using Python and the "Always Free" Oracle Autonomous Database with Oracle ML SQL Notebooks. All presentation slides, scripts, and a recording of the demonstration are available!

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Containers have been embraced by the developer community, but acceptance and adoption by DBAs is more... tepid. That's understandable--why would anyone want a database that's stateless and immutable?! I started using Docker under duress and had no idea what I was doing. Since then, I've learned that Docker elegantly addresses many situations faced by DBAs, including:
- Rapidly provisioning test and development environments
- Interacting with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure databases (including ATP and ADW)
- Preparing environments for performance testing
- Building Gold images
- Exploring new technologies and features
- Discovering and confirming bugs
- Preparing for certification exams

This session is a crash course in Docker covering the terminology, concepts, skills, and practical examples needed to begin using containers to support databases.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Oracle Database and Oracle Enterprise Manager continuously introduce new and interesting features that help improve DBA productivity and maximize performance while reducing management costs. This session covers the theory behind performance diagnosis and tuning and the new capabilities in Oracle Database and Oracle Enterprise Manager, such as Performance Hub, Automatic Workload Repository, multitenant enhancements, and many others. This session provides practical recommendations and real-world best practices on when and how to best use which feature, helping DBAs with day-to-day tasks.