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February 25, 2011 by snovotny

Ninja tricks in top!

One of our senior MySQL DBAs, Mike Hamrick, wasn’t feeling well this week and so stayed home from the office.  Instead of actually resting, produced this video about reading top output!  I leave it to you all to watch and learn from our local tool tip pro. And, feel better Mike! Related posts:Introducing the Bluegecko MySQL Training … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, MySQL Tagged With: linux, Mike Hamrick

October 21, 2010 by jwilton

How I got access to My Oracle Support (MOS) for US$2.67

Oracle professionals know that the two main sites for information and support on running Oracle products are the Oracle Technology Network (OTN), and My Oracle Support (MOS). OTN is free for anyone, and provides discussion forums, white papers and free base-release software downloads under the Developer License. MOS requires a paid software … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Jeremiah Wilton's Oradeblog, Oracle, Oracle Applications Tagged With: access, MOS, My Oracle Support

September 23, 2010 by jwilton

Report from Oracle Openworld

Openworld 2010, despite the supposedly lagging economy, had record attendance again this year.  No doubt this was the result of Oracle acquiring something like fourteen companies since last year, including Sun in 2009.  The crowds were thick, divided about evenly between geeks in badly-fitting vendor t-shirts and slick sales-side hustlers with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, Education, Jeremiah Wilton's Oradeblog, MySQL, Oracle, Oracle Applications Tagged With: amazon, ClosedWorld, cloud, openworld

September 14, 2010 by rharwood

Blue Gecko recommends the University of Washington Oracle Certificate program

At Blue Gecko, we believe that cultivating strong technical contributors is key to our own and our customers’ success. That’s why we are proud to be a part of one of our region’s premier Oracle educational programs: The University of Washington Certificate in Oracle Database … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, News & Events, Oracle

August 4, 2010 by jwilton

Good OCP / bad OCP

For those contemplating launching a career in Oracle database administration, there are essentially three routes: Oracle education and certification (OCP) Third-party educational programs (University and private training) Self-directed study and experimentation Most entering into the field assume that to be employable, they must become an Oracle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Jeremiah Wilton's Oradeblog

April 30, 2010 by cedwards

A CEO’s Guide to Amazon Web Services

What is Amazon Web Services? Amazon Web Services (AWS) allows you to add and remove computing services on demand.  You pay for only what you use.  There are no contracts and no fees other than usage charges.  It works exactly like an electricity bill.  When you need more servers, you add them.  When you need more storage, you add it.  When you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, Education Tagged With: aws security

April 21, 2010 by mhamrick

Introducing the Bluegecko MySQL Training AMI

I created the Bluegecko MySQL training AMI as a MySQL sandbox that folks could use to learn things about MySQL. I wanted the AMI to have MySQL 5.0, and a large collection of tools — for both tinkering and visualizing what is happening inside MySQL and on the system in general. I chose to host the AMI on a small instance since they’re … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, Education, MySQL

April 15, 2009 by cedwards

Oracle Education – Our First DBA Class!!

We are very pleased to announce our very first Oracle Class open to the general public! Taught by our very own Jeremiah Wilton, this class is titled “Hands-on Oracle Database Administration one-week Total Immersion.” We are pleased to offer the opportunity to build upon your professional skills with a week-long hands-on intensive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Oracle Tagged With: dba class, oracle dba class, oracle universiy

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