July 25, 2007 10:00 AM
Posted by: Derek Kuhr
Oracle database administrationDatabase 11g will boast a host of new, innovative features -- such as Database Replay and its new Real Application Testing-related capabilities -- but do these new fangled gadgets really matter to DBAs in the trenches?
I recently talked to one of my longtime sources, Forrester Research Inc....
July 23, 2007 1:21 PM
Posted by: Clinek
Managing an Oracle shop,
Oracle careers and certifications,
Oracle database administration,
Oracle developmentI'm happy to announce the debut of Oracle Talk.
Oracle Talk is our new biweekly podcast series all about...
July 20, 2007 9:25 AM
Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Managing an Oracle shop,
Oracle database administrationThere’s some interesting discussion going on this week over at Lewis Cunningham’s blog, as well as various other blogs and forums, asking whether open source companies are dabbling in hypocrisy -- are they OK with taking business away from...
July 17, 2007 9:24 AM
Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Oracle careers and certifications,
Oracle developmentI field the questions that come to our Ask the Expert section—deleting spam and nonsense and otherwise undesirable questions before forwarding the potentially answerable ones on to our panel of experts. I...
July 12, 2007 7:44 PM
Posted by: Derek Kuhr
Oracle database administrationFor weeks now everyone has been reporting that July 11 was to be the launch date for Oracle Database 11g. That's the impression I was under as I went forward with the reporting for our new Oracle...
July 12, 2007 11:05 AM
Posted by: Clinek
Managing an Oracle shop,
Oracle developmentDon adds these tales of woe to our growing collection of Oracle security bloopers:
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We received a call from a client who was complaining of...
July 10, 2007 11:58 AM
Posted by: Beth Pariseau
OracleTim Hall at the ORACLE-BASE blog and Andy C at nbrightside have been writing about search engines (what percentage of their blog traffic...
July 9, 2007 10:11 AM
Posted by: Clinek
Managing an Oracle shop,
Oracle database administrationLast week, I asked you DBAs and consultants to send in the worst Oracle security nightmares you've come across. A few of you have responded so far. Read them and...
July 4, 2007 11:35 PM
Posted by: Clinek
Managing an Oracle shop,
Oracle database administrationAs we reported last week, a new survey shows that IT security pros have a "disturbing lack of confidence" in the ability of organizations to use sensitive information securely.
The survey looked at...
