The frenetic pace of application development in modern IT organizations means it’s not unusual to demand an application be built with minimal requirements gathering – literally, from a napkin-based sketch – to a working first draft of the app within extremely short time frames – even a weekend! – with productio…

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This article explains how to configure Oracle API Gateway as a cluster on Solaris SPARC. The software can be download from the Oracle Technology Network. Before installing the API Gateway, you need to consider which components you require. Some components — for example, API Gateway Analytics — have a…

This article, part one of a three-part series, explores a DBAs journey to APEX.

There are several methods used and developed over the years/decades since the Oracle Database has been around to migrate or clone your databases. Most of the methods have required us to use Data Guard or GoldenGate to achieve the same with minimal downtime or RMAN Backup files/Database Datafi…

Don't be afraid to look outside of your discipline. There is room to change and grow your career. Learn how Jonathan Gennick started as a programmer, became a database administrator, and ultimately decided to explore sales.

We’ve all been there. When the rubber meets the road, it seems like the database, operations and development teams are never quite in-sync. No matter how thoroughly executed, tested, documented and validated, something in the production environment is never quite the same as the lower environments…

As database environments evolve, so does the role of the database administrator (DBA). Take the movement to the cloud, for example. While it automates some tasks, like OS patching and backups, and frees up DBAs’ time, data governance, security and privacy become even more critical. And because busine…

While migrating Oracle applications from physical to virtual OVM environments can be straightforward, it is important to take into consideration configuration issues regarding the interaction of the Operating System environment to the Virtual Environment. There are some gotchas that can complicate an installati…