DOUG Winter 2008 Newsletter

This issues featured articles...

01.  Presidents Letter.
02.  Tuning The Grid (Part 2).
03.  DBA Jokes.
04.  DBA Consortium Concept.
05.  Performance Features in 11g.
06.  Battle of The Nodes: RAC Performance Myths.
07. Essbase Best Practices.
08. HP Oracle Database Machine & Exadata Storage Server.

01.	President's Letter! By Mary Elizabeth McNeely, President and Technical Meetings Chair of the Dallas Oracle Users Group
	The Dallas Oracle Users Group (DOUG) recently elected a new Board of Directors. The first activity for this new team was to determine who would assume each officer position on the Board. Want to know who got what position? Find out here...

02.	Tuning The Oracle Grid: Part Two. Presentation by Richard Niemiec, Author of Oracle Database 10g: Performance Tuning
	"RAC. It’s painful to put in, but the benefit is extremely good and well worth the cost.” What exactly are the real benefits? Find out here in Part Two of this exciting two-part series...

03.	DBA Jokes... Collected By: Porus Homi Havewala
	Need some yucks? In the world we live in today, who doesn't? This months newsletter targets DBA's with some funny (and yes... sometimes all to real) rib ticklers. Check 'em out!

04.	DBA Consortium Concept Written by Emmanuel Delpierre, Chairman of the Advisory Council
	This idea has been on the back burner since 2001. Then six months ago, Jose Boban approached me about setting up a sandbox server with all the latest Oracle technology and using that environment for topic-specific DOUG workshops...


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05.	Performance Features in 11g Presented and written by Riyaj Shamsudeen, Principal DBA at ora!nternals
	Ready to explore a variety of new performance features introduced in Oracle version 11g? Then you don't want to miss this great article. Scripts are even provided throughout the text for reproducing test cases. Read this one now...


06.	Battle of the Nodes: RAC Performance Myths Presented and Written by Riyaj Shamsudeen, Principal DBA at ora!nternals
	Explore various misconceptions about Real Applications Cluster (RAC) and performance. Scripts are provided, inline, for reproducing test cases. If you've been trying to figure out the real-real about RAC...here's your chance...


07.	Essbase Best Practices Edward Roske, CEO of interRel Consulting
	This article examines the fundamentals of building cubes. It's a highly condensed version of our 2 day training class. And, if you like the content orivuded here, you can check out our free webcasts as well...


08.	HP Oracle Database Machine & Exadata Storage Server Sankar Bala, Principal DWBI Sales Consultant
	Oracle is partnering with HP to produce a high-performance Database machine. It's supposed to run at least 10x faster and provide unlimited scalability so you can keep adding to it. Is this new box in your future? Find out more here...


	Find out more about volunteering for DOUG and the Chairs we have available right now by contacting Nolan Westfall at nolanwestfall@hotmail.com