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The
Specialist
Database News You
Can Use
November
2001
A monthly
newsletter for Oracle users
from Database
Specialists, a consulting firm
specializing
in Oracle technology
In this issue:
Database Specialists
president on "Oracles of Oracle" panel
Oracle
OpenWorld comes to San Francisco the week of December 2 - 7. With a
variety of topics and interest areas, this tradeshow put on by
Oracle Corporation has something for everyone.
Database
Specialists president Roger Schrag has been asked to participate in
the popular "Oracles of Oracle" closing session on
December 7. This session features a seven-member panel of leading
Oracle experts, including Rich Niemiec of TUSC, Ari Kaplan of Expand
Beyond, and Matt Swann of Amazon.com. Several concurrent panels take
place earlier in the day, culminating in the final "Oracles of
Oracle" general session. It's a great opportunity to learn from
highly regarded leaders in the Oracle community. You can learn more
about the Oracle OpenWorld conference at Oracle's website http://www.oracle.com/openworld/us/conference/.
And don't
forget the Exhibit Hall! Database Specialists will be in Booth 2626
highlighting some of our new services. Stop by and say hello!
Oracle Performance
Management - A Radical Approach
Highly
regarded Oracle performance tuning expert Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha
spoke at a recent Northern California Oracle Users Group conference
about his radical approach to Oracle performance management. Gaja is
the author of "Oracle Performance Tuning 101," and his
two-hour NoCOUG presentation received rave reviews from the DBAs and
developers in the audience. You can download Gaja's presentation
from http://www.nocoug.org/presentations.htm.
You'll get the scoop on wait events, Gaja's three-pronged approach
to tuning, and the "method behind the madness." Don't miss
it!
Exploring Oracle
Element K
Journals is a provider of computer technology journals and
information products. They've got a great magazine called Exploring
Oracle which is a comprehensive publication for Oracle
professionals. For those who are not regular subscribers, there are
many free as well as pay-per-view white papers. Folks with real-life
experience, just like you, write these white papers. Recent topics
include: SQL*Loader and views for quick file review Oracle
dimensions and hierarchies Making Oracle available 24 x 7 with
Veritas Cluster Server
Visit http://www.elementkjournals.com/dbm/
to check it out for yourself.
Welcome to a New
Client: Tularik
Database
Specialists is excited to be working with Tularik. Tularik is a
bio-pharmaceutical company specializing in small-molecule drugs that
regulate gene expression. Find out more at http://www.tularik.com.
Happy
Thanksgiving to all our friends in the U.S.A.
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