Exadata Engineered System appropriately justifies the tagline of "Hardware and Software - Engineered to work together". The engineered system perfectly fits into challenging scenarios like database consolidation and Database as a service. While multiple databases can be consolidated together, it becomes extremely important to manage the resources consumed by each of them. Exadata offers unique…

Original Broadcast: April 30th, 2015 Social media, mobile, Big Data, cloud computing and litigation concerns are driving a new “keep everything, forever” data mentality.  This is creating new opportunities  for proven storage solutions including multi-tiered storage architectures for active archiving and cold storage environments.  In these “at scale” data environments, storage efficiency is the uber…

Original Broadcast: April 28th, 2015 Oracle Solaris 11 now includes Puppet, the popular open source tool for configuration management and enforcement. This webinar covers the progress we’ve made to integrate Puppet with some of the key technology foundations of the platform. - Learn about what Puppet is and why administrators are using it - Learn…

Companies today ‘breathe’ data, and it is one of the most important assets of any business. The DBA stands at a critical juncture as both guardian and gatekeeper of this lifeblood. As gatekeeper, the DBA right in the middle of business processes, end users and technology, has an often under-appreciated potential as enabler and information…

As database and storage administrators and engineers, it is important the effect that storage has on databases and in particular, the effect of storage performance. It is important to understand that databases are an extension of your storage and requires a holistic view when designing and managing solutions that use the database. This sessions gives…

Oracle Database 12c’s latest release (12.1.0.2) offers several new features that provide speedier access to data that is stored on spinning disk. This presentation will demonstrate how to leverage Attribute Clustering to store table data in close proximity on disk for faster access times, as well as how best to take advantage of Zone Mapping…

Social media can be a powerful resource from which every level of your organization can see great benefits. This session will give you a better understanding of how to navigate the complex web of social media networks and apps, prioritizing your time and energy to see a positive return on investment and position yourself for…

Take a plunge into the technical details of Oracle Exadata. After this session, you will understand what has been done to enhance and extend the Oracle Exadata system, database architecture, and functionality and how to take maximum advantage of these new capabilities. The presentation examines in detail the Oracle Exadata hardware and software architecture, along…

Companies today ‘breathe’ data, and it is one of the most important assets of any business. The DBA stands at a critical juncture as both guardian and gatekeeper of this lifeblood. As gatekeeper the DBA has an often under-appreciated potential as enabler and information hub. Working from this premise the session discusses this mindset and…

Oracle GoldenGate’s ability to replicate data to any database, the need to understand performance issues and resolve them quickly is critical.  No matter the architecture deployed with Oracle GoldenGate, classic or integrated, performance will be a concern as the volume of data expands.  This session explores the methods and tools used in identify and resolve…