No, this isn’t a title for a future Star Wars movie, but our own future, foreseen by me, (as well as many others) from experience, research and discussions everyday. No, it’s not this dark and menacing…no sith lords. The Cloud We know who the main players in the current cloud arena are and how much they hold of the cloud market. Many are betting that they can make a dent in that market and as much as it looks like some companies have the cloud all “wrapped up”, it may not be as clean a win as you might think. One to…
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Ah, yes, it’s that RMOUG Training Days time of the year again! As a techie, I didn’t put a lot of time into my slides when I first started presenting, thinking I’d simply dazzle them with my amazing knowledge. What I found is that slide deck skills don’t just help your presentation, they help you tell the story better, which should be the goal of every presenter. No matter how technical we are, we most likely haven’t had any formal Powerpoint training and as I’ve been upping my “PPT skills” this last year, I thought I’d share with the rest of the…
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I’ve been at Delphix for just over six months now. In that time, I was working with a number of great people on a number of initiatives surrounding competitive, the company roadmap and some new initiatives. With the introduction of our CEO, Chris Cook, new CMO, Michelle Kerr and other pivotal positions within this growing company, it became apparent that we’d be redirecting our focus on Delphix’s message and connections within the community. I was still quite involved in the community, even though my speaking had been trimmed down considerably with the other demands at Delphix. Even though I wasn’t submitting abstracts to…
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So Brent Ozar’s group of geeks did something that I highly support- a survey of data professional’s salaries. Anyone who knows me, knows I live by data and I’m all about transparency. The data from the survey is available for download from the site and they’re promoting app developers to download the Excel spreadsheet of the raw data and work with it. Now I’m a bit busy with work as the Technical Intelligence Manager at Delphix and a little conference that I’m the director for, called RMOUG Training Days, which is less than a month from now, but I couldn’t resist…
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I make some odd New Year’s Resolutions and mine for 2017 was to add some smart home solutions to our home that made sense. I’ve seen what can happen if you don’t plan these types of projects out well, (looking at you, Mark Rittman!) and the insanity that ensues! The following smart home goals were made: Main lights Prime power outlets thermostat music center Roku/TV The following technology would be used to accomplish the goals: Echo Dot, (3) Phillips Hue Bridge, (2) and lightbulbs, (8) TP-link smart plugs, (2) Ecobee Lite 3 Thermostat Raspberry Pi and Python Code The Echo…
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How was 2016 for me? It was a surprisingly busy year- blogging, speaking, working and doing. I posted just under 100 posts to my blog this year. After I changed jobs, the “3 per week” quickly declined to “4 per month” after I was inundated with new challenges and the Delphix learning curve. That will change for 2017, along with some new initiatives that are in the works, so stay tuned. For 2016, the most popular posts and pages for my website followed a similar trend from the last year. My emulator for RPI is still a popular item and…
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The only thing that remains constant is change. ~Heralitus This often is more apparent in technology than anywhere else. Even with a group of Oracle evangelists and enthusiasts like the ACE program, which offers the opportunity for peers to recognize those that contribute to the community and help make it a better place. I’ve [often quietly] assisted many around me to find their path into the ACE program, even when I was an employee at Oracle and even now that I have ACE alumni status. It was once a rare thing to have this status, but I was also considered…
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On the first day with Delphix, I provisioned with glee, an IT Manager Happy. On the second day with Delphix, I provisioned with glee, two SAP ASE and an IT Manager Happy. On the third day with Delphix, I provisioned with glee, three Oracle Databases, two SAP ASE and an IT Manager Happy. On the fourth day with Delphix, I provisioned with glee, four EBS Clones, three Oracle Databases, two SAP ASE and an IT Manager Happy. On the fifth day with Delphix, I provisioned with glee… Five Cloud Migrations! Four EBS Clones, three Oracle Databases, two SAP ASE and…
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The challenge of coding, is that you sometimes need to be aware of what can be impacted outside of your code to make it appear guilty. I wrote a blog post a short time back on my first time scripting with Apple Script with a goal of automating my weekly status reports to my new manager of my tasks in OmniFocus. After seeing some cool stuff one of my peers did with their setup in OmniFocus, I built out mine to do something similar. What I didn’t realize, was that my code was significantly dependent on my original setup and…
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It’s Friday and the last day of my first Summit conference. I’ve wanted to attend this conference for quite a few years, but with my focus on the Oracle side and scheduling date so close to Oracle Open World, I couldn’t justify it before joining Delphix. When I was offered a spot to join the Delphix team and attend, I jumped at the opportunity. Look at this booth and these impressively talented Delphix employees- how could you resist?? Pass Summit 2016 The Summit event has around 5000 attendees and is held in Seattle each year around the last week of…
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I think we’ve just about all heard enough about voting this election year, but I want to discuss a slightly different angle and that’s when it comes to user groups. As most people know, I’m pretty passionate about everyone contributing time to your local and national user groups. I also think it’s important to take pride in and be responsible for the promises you make. I was sent a reminder to vote for the Oracle Developer Tools User Group, (ODTUG) Board of Directors as a member today. I’ve already voted, but it also reminded me that I’d been politely approached…
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I know it’s supposed to be an Oracle Technology Network, (OTN) Appreciation day, but for me, OTN is their OTN Community Manager, Laura Ramsey. Ever since we first were introduced and I tried to do the right thing, making sure she was networked properly, she’s always made sure to be there for me and I appreciate that as both a woman in technology and a fellow Oracle community member. To celebrate, I’ve hired this amazing, trained Hedgehog DJ for RMOUG Training Days 2017, OTN area: You can thank me later, Laura… 🙂 Everyone has challenges and as I moved from the Oracle…
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My sabbatical from speaking is about to end in another week and it will return with quite the big bang. Oct. 14th First up is Upper NY Oracle User Group, (UNYOUG) for a day of sessions in Buffalo, NY. I’ll be doing three talks: Virtualization 101 The Limitless DBA AWR and ASH with Database 12c Oct 25th-28th I’ll be at Pass Summit! I’ve been wanting to attend this conference since I was managing MSSQL 7 databases! I finally get to go, but as I’m newly back in the MSSQL saddle, no speaking sessions for me. I do have a number…
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The Oak Table network is a closed membership of about 100 technical scientists who have a passion for technology and the world around them. These men and women, representing some of the brightest minds from each of their companies, are individuals who have built companies and major technical innovations. Initially, much of their research and work was presented at Oracle Open World. Over time, Oracle Open World welcomed less and less of their participation. They decided to create their own network and present their information at their own conference, held annually at the same time as OOW. Over a decade later, the event…
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With me traveling to Redwood City next week to visit HQ and then Oracle Open World the week after, I’m busy during many of my off hours preparing a new Raspberry Pi STEAM setup for a maker’s faire the beginning of October. I’d heard that many were having challenges with installing different HATs on their new RPI 3, especially older ones like the Pibrella. This is still one of my favorite accessories for my RPI due to the button, speaker and three LEDs, but also since I can hot swap jump wires without risk of shorting out the unit like…
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Oracle Open World 2016 is almost here…where did the summer go?? With this upon us, there is something you attendees need and that’s to know about what awesome sessions are at Oracle Open World from the Delphix team! I gave my options up as is the tragedy of switching companies in late spring from Oracle, but you can catch some great content on how to reach the new level in data management with Tim Gorman, (my phenomenal hubby, duh!) and Brian Bent from Delphix: Barriers to Oracle Database in the Cloud [UGF5049] Tim Gorman, Technical Consultant, Delphix Sunday, Sep 18, 3:30…
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This is a living document that I will continue to update and will add new database platforms to as I go along in my career. I spend a lot of time translating database platforms I’ve worked in for all tiers of the technical business. It just seems natural that we might need a location on the web where that information is kept. I’ll add some diagrams at a later date, but we’ll start with a simple spreadsheet of common terms and questions and how each of the terms or tasks in Oracle, (the current #1 RDBMS) translates in other platforms.…
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Anyone who’s anyone knows to search out OakTable World at major events in the US and Europe, and Oracle Open World 2016 is no different! OakTable World 2016, (#otw16) will be held at the Children’s Creativity Museum again this year during the week of Oracle Open World. The Oak Table members will be discussing their latest technical obsessions and research on Monday and Tuesday, (September 19th-20th). The truth is, folks- The Oak Table experts are an AWESOME group, (if I don’t say so myself! :)) as we could have easily done another day of incredible sessions, but alas, two days is all we have…