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I’ll be speaking tomorrow at Oracle Closed World 1:30-2:30 at the Thirsty Bear, Sept 21, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/2dzjkh5 Database...

Tanel Poder, world expert on Oracle performance tuning and internals will be speaking live from Oracle Closed World on “Lots of hacking...

Oracle Closed World has kicked off and Arup Nanda, http://arup.blogspot.com/, is presenting on RAC Full house but we can sqeeze in some...

Click here for the lastest info: Oracle Closed World 2010 ! Mon, Tue, Wed 1pm-4pm at the Thirsty Bear during Oracle Open World. OCW is...

I get asked regularly what does Embarcadero’s SQL tuner have that is any different than Quest’s SQL tuner. The HUGE difference between...

Just recovering from a whirlwind 2 weeks in APAC (Asia-Pacific) Japan: First off was 48 hours in Tokyo where I was warmly welcomed by...

I’ve noticed this print out in a number of cubes at work and I think that attests to it’s attractiveness and/or usefulness. I don’t use...

Thanks to Marcin Przepiorowski for improving the SASH code! see http://ashmasters.com/ash-simulation/simulation-v21/ V2.1 – Installs on...

SQL tuning can be a challenge to even the most experienced database professional. So, how can you give yourself a leg up in optimizing a...

Get ready for Oracle Closed World 2010 ! Mon, Tue, Wed 1pm-4pm at the Thirsty Bear during Oracle Open World. OCW is bigger and better...

From Stephen Few’s blog http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=820 The industry that has claimed responsibility for helping organizations...

I’m excited to announce the release of DB Optimizer 2.5.1 which has some big new features for a point release along with the regular...

A nice graphical story of the PhD and perspective from http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/ here is the article (click...

“The application design is the most important factor in performance” In RSA, Stephane Faroult, lays out examples of Java code, user...

You’d think I ‘d find this on “Information is Beautiful” but got the link from a friend on Facebook. The images below visually display...

(open images in a new window to see full size) I’m really enjoying DB Optimizers simple drill down into SQL statements that hide...

I’m excited to be speaking about Visual SQL Tuning at Michigan OakTable Symposium. The symposium sounds awesome with many of my...

From: SoftwareAdvice.com In this graphic of the size, type and timeline of Oracle acquisitions: Follow-up: I played with the data a...

I think the VST diagrams are powerful on their own but my original goal was to show the execution path on top of the diagram in order to...

There are a lot of powerful features in DB Optimizer so I put together a quick 14 minute video to go over them: DB Optimizer XE product...