Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

The database administration role as we knew it is dead.  DBAs who have been around for decades have become irrelevant in this data-driven economy.  Developers want autonomous management and executive leaders want to cut costs any way they can.  Join Oracle community experts as we discuss the next evolutionary role of the database administration role and what we must do to adapt and survive in this ever-changing dynamic technology-driven world.  Learn what future skills you need to possess and how you can stay on top of the demand.

Discussions will include how technical enhancements to autonomous databases, cloud innovations, and what you must learn to survive, how AI and machine learning can impact the database scene, and understanding which technologies you need to learn to adapt.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Nobody likes patching but it needs to be done. In this session learn directly from the Oracle Database Upgrade and Grid Infrastructure development teams about patching best practices and the latest enhancements to Oracle's patching infrastructure. Get hints and tips about the best ways to minimize disruption when patching your environment. No matter whether you use Oracle Real Application Clusters with Grid Infrastructure or you use Oracle Java Virtual Machine, this session offers a lot of real-world best practices directly from the experts.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

This presentation addresses and tries to provide a reasonable answer to the rather common question: "Why should we still use an Oracle Database?", which more often than not is raised by management. In the presence of more and more "alternative solutions", however, the same question is also raised by non-Oracle database administrators, who are looking to solve a particular problem. This session addresses both audiences.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

For administrators and developers with little exposure to and new to cybersecurity, this presentation demonstrates various exploits across multiple tiers; in web servers, application servers, code, and even the operating system. Observe firsthand how easy it is for hackers to break into an unsecured system and learn about real-world consequences. Learn about cybersecurity risks, research findings, and CVEs. As an IT administrator or developer, find out where to start and what is needed to properly lock down your environments and applications.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Oracle provides a number of "vanilla" recipes in the Docker repository but these don't cover the needs of modern enterprises. This presentation discusses methods for creating images to support Data Guard, OEM, APEX, Sharding, rapid container deployments, Gold images, and transportable datasets. Participants will learn how to develop and customize Dockerfiles and orchestrations and apply them to their needs.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Oracle Enterprise Manager provides a comprehensive monitoring solution for your on-premise, hybrid, and cloud estate through a single pane of glass. Through its holistic approach, Oracle Enterprise Manager offers rich features as a foundation for monitoring all components of your IT infrastructure. This session gives valuable insight into monitoring best practices with Oracle Enterprise Manager 13c. Learn practical tips and strategies with common use cases to simplify and streamline monitoring of your IT ecosystem. Drill-down topics covered include best practices, common challenges, and new features in monitoring including Intelligent Incident Compression, Always-On Monitoring, login page customization, consolidating alerts, and more.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

You've got lots of languages to choose from when it comes to building apps. You could do "ground up" - 100% hand-coded - yet that often leads to over-engineered solutions completed behind schedule, over budget, or both. But have you heard of low-code tools? You're still going to do some coding, but these products will help you deliver your app faster and cheaper, with more consistency and built-in security. Attend this session to learn about the low-code approach and related tools. You might discover a fast track to delivering all the applications your users are clamoring for.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Correctly setting up your SGA correctly goes beyond simply setting MEMORY_TARGET and MEMORY_MAX_TARGET. There are minimum settings for various pools that need to be considered. A methodology for setting these as well as ongoing tracking and adjustment is presented here, along with a handy worksheet for working calculating your settings.

Quest Forum Digital Event 2020

Many DBA's want to be better DBA's, and many non­DBA's want to become DBA's. Often the primary training for this is in technical topics, memorizing tons of details, or being able to be the first to solve a technical issue. Yet some of the best DBA's I've known over the past 25 years start with "I don't know." So what 10 things do you need to do to be a great DBA that has nothing to do with databases?

How you interact with others in writing, reading, communication, talking, presenting, being able to repeat things, and more.