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Obligatory Melodrama

No matter how much time goes by I still remember it. The day my database was crippled beyond reckoning. That moment when I saw my hopes for a bright and shining future with my database spill through my fingers like so many cracker crumbs falling on a clean (more...)

Changes (Ace Comic)

The Adventures of Ace DBA

It’s the only explanation!

Changes (Ace Comic)

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Ace has dealt with problems before…

Default blame accepter?

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Gamifying the DBA Experience

Gamification

All work and no play makes us dull DBAs.

Being a DBA can be a really thankless job. From Jr. Shutdown Immediaters to Sr. Rockstar Oracle DBA ACE OCM PMP LOL A+ BBQs, we’ve all trudged (more...)

Industry Leader (Ace Comic)

The Adventures of Ace DBA

More Friday fun from the World’s Leading DBA Comic!

Industry Leader (Ace Comic)

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Metrics That Matter: These Aren’t the Metrics You’re Looking For

Improve Your Experience: DBA, Grow Thyself – Moving and Shaking in the Era of Data (more...)

Bringing Oracle Sales to the Table

Piggy Bank

April is almost over, and you know what that means…

Oracle really, REALLY wants to talk to you about some of their products.

It’s no secret that the end of Oracle’s fiscal year (May 31st) marks a flurry of activity for Oracle sales, and doubtless many of you have met (more...)

Branch Off a Twitter Conversation

Tree Branch

A couple weeks ago I posted a whimsical (and very slightly sardonic) article on the Internet of Things with a view on what an average day could be like if everything (even your shower soap tray) was network connected and capable of programmed rules or even decision making analytics.

It (more...)

Performance Tuning Your WordPress Blog

Performance Tuning

In my adventures in Twitterland I’ve noticed a lot of people who are using WordPress blogs (this one included). Some use wordpress.com which gives them a free blog with minimal theme and plugin choices; however, they (more...)

Replication (Ace Comic)

The Adventures of Ace DBA
[This entry is part 17 of 17 in the series Adventures of Ace, DBA

Replication (Ace Comic)

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Loosely based on my (tongue-in-cheek) Replication Platform Comparison.

Learn more about Oracle Golden Gate in the Enterprise!

Don’t settle for the same technology every time. Deploy Outside the Box.

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Putting NoSQL In Its Place

Handshake
[This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Database Diversity

We’ll call it the NoSQL Pessimism Variable: The number of search results you see before you find a page disparaging NoSQL as a viable datastore option. These pages are usually either good natured posts on why it’s (more...)

Happy Internet of Things Day!

Clockwork

April 9th, 2013 is Internet of Things Day!

The futurist in me wishes that meant it is the day we all sift through our Drawer of Things to find our favorite sensors and collect all the extra (more...)