Practical Oracle Database Appliance [NOOK Book]

Bobby Curtis is an Oracle ACE, Senior Technical Consultant, and member of various Oracle User Groups. He specializes in creating, managing, and tuning enterprise databases. His specialties include Exadata, GoldenGate replication, and he is known for his work in Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. Bubby's blog, http://dbasolved.com, and twitter handle, DBASolved, are respected as sources of information on solving complex issues related to Oracle products. He is either a lead author or co-author on various technical books, has published various technical articles in user group publications, and he's presented at conferences including Oracle Open World, Collaborate, and ODTUG KScope. Bobby currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and three kids.
Yury Velikanov is an Oracle ACE Director who enjoys helping customers to leverage Oracle technology. He has worked as an Oracle DBA for over 16 years. Yury is a team technical lead at The Pythian Group. He is an OCP 7, 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g, an OCM (Oracle Certified Master). Yury is a frequent presenter at Oracle related conferences such as Collaborate, Hotsos, UKOUG, AUOUG, and others. Yury is passionate about technology and happily shares his knowledge with the community.
Erik Benner is a published Author and currently is a Solution Architect with BIAS Corp, focusing on solutions that meet the customer’s business needs. Erik has worked with Oracle systems since the late 1990s, and is experienced with most of the Engineered Systems, focusing on holistic designs combining database, middleware and virtualization technologies. Erik is a common speaker at Oracle events (OOW, Collaborate, and local events). Erik is also the SIG Leader of the IOUG Solaris SIG, and is actively involved with both the IOUG and OUAG OEM SIGs. When not working, Erik enjoys spending time with his family at their Observatory, where the telescopes outnumber the people.
Maris Elsins is an experienced Oracle Applications DBA currently working at The Pythian Group. His main areas of expertise are performance tuning and troubleshooting of Oracle Database and E-Business Suite systems. Maris has led or taken part in multiple Oracle Database and Oracle E-Business Suite implementation, maintenance, migration, and upgrade projects. He is a blogger and a frequent speaker at Oracle related conferences such as UKOUG, Collaborate, and others. Maris is an Oracle Database 10g Administrator Certified Master, an Oracle Database 9i, 10g, and 11g Administrator, and an Oracle Applications 11i, R12 Administrator Certified Professional (OCP).
Fuad Arshad is a senior database architect who has worked with Oracle Database technologies for more than 16 years. He has experience in all aspects of Oracle Database, from management to tuning, and he is an Oracle Certified Expert. He frequently blogs about Oracle at http://www.fuadarshad.com. Fuad participates in online forums and social media. He is an active Twitter user, and you can find him there at http://www.twitter.com/fuadar. Fuad has presented at conferences such as Collaborate and Oracle OpenWorld on topics ranging from Oracle Real Application Clusters to Oracle Database Appliance. Fuad currently works for Oracle Corporation in its North American Sales organization. He is husband to Saba, and Father to Areej and Ammaar, whom he tries to spend all of his non Oracle related time with.
Pete Sharman is a Principal Product Manager with the Enterprise Manager product suite group in the Server Technologies Division at Oracle Corporation. He has worked with Oracle for the past 18 years in a variety of roles from Education to Consulting to Development, and has used Enterprise Manager since its 0.76 beta release. Pete is a member of the OakTable Network, and has presented at conferences around the world from Oracle OpenWorld (both in Australia and the US), RMOUG Training Days, the Hotsos Conference, Miracle Open World, and the AUSOUG and NZOUG conferences. He has previously authored a book on how to pass the Oracle8i Database Administration exam for the Oracle Certified Professional program. He lives in Canberra, Australia, with his wife and three children.
Matt Gallagher is a Lead Database Architect at a major Fortune 500 Company. He has 17 years of Oracle experience. He specializes in developing enterprise class database administration and architecture solutions. Matt's experience includes the Oracle Database Appliance, Exadata, Oracle RAC, Data Guard, and ASM. He has done work in the areas of developing solutions for all types of database requirements, including high-availability systems, transactional systems, and decision support systems.