#294

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Sep 5, 2006 3:02 pm
Subject: TechMixer 2.0 Invitation

The TechMixer2.0 will be the September meeting of our Oracle User Group. Please use the link below to register and feel free to forward this invitation to other technology professionals you know.

Also, we still need a few more people to volunteer to work our CAOUG table for a shift during the event. Please reply to this email if you are willing and able.

Thanks.

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#295

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:36 pm
Subject: September Oracle User Group meeting - TechMixer2

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TechMixer2 at the McWane Center will be our September Oracle User Group meeting. Please consider registering early as this will help the planning process greatly.

Thanks.

Jim

TechMixer...
Back for Another Round!

The TechCouncil, representing over half of the 34 tech user groups in our region, has convened once again to plan our TechMixer 2, presented by Savela Solutions. The event is scheduled in less than a month on Thursday evening, September 21st and will be held this time on the 3rd floor of the McWane Science Center. Both the event and the parking are FREE. As of now, 17 user groups are confirmed and 17 companies have stepped up to sponsor the event... which means even more reasons to attend again or for the first time!

Put the date into your calendar application today and register online using our ClickToAttend page (it will automatically create an Outlook calendar entry). Keep checking www.TechMixer.org for the latest details of the event as the planning committee continues to set the details. We'd like to see YOU there in September!

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#296

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:47 am
Subject: Fwd: TechMixer 2.0 only 8 days away... register now

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For Change... A Special Alert from TechBirmingham ~ September 13, 2006

Time to Register for Next Week's
TechMixer 2.0 Event on September 21st!

Join your technology peers on September 21, 2006 for the second TechMixer, presented by Savela Solutions, showcasing the greater Birmingham technology community. This event, coordinated by TechBirmingham, remains free to anyone interested in technology thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. Come network with your professional peers, meet vendors, talk to user groups, and enjoy heavy hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Register today!

Location:

McWane Science Center

Time:

Date:

Parking:

FREE in the McWane deck accessible from 2nd Avenue North, pull a ticket and the gate will be up when the event is over - you may enter the special event facilities on level "C" of the parking deck

The following user groups and associations have confirmed that they will staff tables where you can come learn more about their purposes and meeting schedules.

AITP (Association of Information Technology Professionals)
Alabama SMB User Group
Birmingham .Net Users Group
Birmingham Area Linux Users Group
Birmingham InfraGard
Birmingham Microsoft Management Users Group
Birmingham Software Developers Association
Black Data Processing Associates
Catalyst
Central Alabama Oracle Users Group

Citrix Users Group
International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners
IPSA (Internet Professional Society of Alabama)
Magic City Technology Council
Microsoft Project Association
Novell-Suse
Linux Users Group
PMI Birmingham
Rubyham
Steel City SQL
UAB Game Dev

Have you registered yet? The following sponsors (logos on the www.TechMixer.org page) have all banded together to financially support the event, making this a free event for YOU, the technology professional. Please be sure to tell them thanks for supporting your tech community!

Savela Solutions (presenting sponsor)
McWane Science Center
ITAC Solutions
Check Point Solutions
ComFrame
New Horizons

CTS

HeavyLogic

Hire Technologies

CITRIX

UAB Engineering
Novell - Suse
LBMC Technologies
Athena

Bright House Networks
InLine
DAXKO
Microsoft
UAB CIS Dept.
DELL
Cisco

Need another reason to register in advance? We'll have extra door prizes for those in the registration system before the event, to be given away during the mid-event break at 7pm.

Register for TechMixer 2.0... TODAY!!!

Play in the City with TechBirmingham and Catalyst on September 23rd!

Urban Reversi is a game blending speed, strategy, opponents, performance art challenges, and a photo scavenger hunt. As mentioned in our e-mail blast a week ago, TechBirmingham has teamed with Catalyst to stage 3 weekends of games, thanks to the generous funding from the Verizon Foundation. We are bringing a small team of volunteers to New York City this weekend to stage the game at the CONFLUX Festival, a convention of sorts for "contemporary psychogeography where international artists, technologists, urban adventurers and the public put investigations of everyday city life into practice on the streets."

The game of "Urban Reversi" turns city streets into a large-scale urban game loosely based on the board game of Othello. Challenges are in the form of performance art using a combination of noun, verb, and adjective randomly assigned to the team when they arrive at an intersection. Contestants must think quickly on their feet, using wireless technology and their wit to win their match against another team.

All details and a history of the game development can be found on the collaborator's site... http://www.TechWalk.org. Photos from the past games' challenges can be found at http://www.flickr.com/groups/urbanreversi/.

We hope you can come play the game in Birmingham on Saturday, 23 September at 10am during the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival... after you recover from attending the TechMixer event on Thursday, of course. Meet inside the Harbert Center at 9:30am for orientation. If you have a MotoQ phone, bring it with you to help us increase the number of teams that can play at the same time.

If you can't make it, watch it LIVE on the web... the correct URL will be displayed on the TechWalk website once we activate the game's server that day. You can track the progress this Saturday morning shortly after 11am while we run the game in Brooklyn, New York and again around 10am on the 23rd of September when we run the game in downtown Birmingham.

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#297

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Sep 19, 2006 4:02 pm
Subject: Fwd: Reminder: TechMixer is this Thursday, 6-8pm @ McWane Center

jfordhill

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I hope to see you all at the TechMixer on Thursday evening...

TechBirminghamInterCHANGE <info@...> wrote:

From: "TechBirminghamInterCHANGE" <info@...>
To: "List Member" <jfordhill@...>
Subject: Reminder: TechMixer is this Thursday, 6-8pm @ McWane Center
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:38:29 -0700

For Change... A Special Alert from TechBirmingham ~ September 19, 2006

Final Reminder:
TechMixer 2.0 Event This Thursday

It's time! The day after tomorrow will bring the region's largest gathering of technology professionals, the TechMixer, presented by Savela Solutions. This event, coordinated by TechBirmingham, remains free to anyone interested in technology thanks to the generosity of our sponsors. Come network with your professional peers, meet vendors, talk to user groups, and enjoy heavy hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Register today! (If you don't have a "LIVE" account with Microsoft, you are welcome to email your name/email/affiliation to info@... and we'll add you to the list) For those who register by Thursday morning, we will have your nametag waiting as you arrive. If you invite your coworkers and friends and they don't register in advance, we'll have a separate table to check in.

Location: McWane Science Center
Time: 5:30pm registration, 6-8pm event
Date: Thursday, September 21st
Parking: FREE in the McWane deck accessible from 2nd Avenue North, pull a ticket and the gate will be up when the event is over - you may enter the special event facilities on level "C" of the parking deck
The following user groups and associations have confirmed that they will staff tables where you can come learn more about their purposes and meeting schedules.

AITA (Alabama IT Association)

AITP (Association of Information Technology Professionals)

Alabama SMB User Group

Birmingham .Net Users Group

BALU (Birmingham Area Linux Users Group)

Birmingham InfraGard

Birmingham Microsoft Management Users Group (BMMUG)

BSDA (Birmingham Software Developers Association)

BDPA (Black Data Processing Associates)

Central Alabama Novell Users Group / Novell Users International

Central Alabama Oracle Users Group

Citrix Users Group

International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP)

IPSA (Internet Professional Society of Alabama)

Magic City Technology Council

MPA (Microsoft Project Association)

Linux Users Group

PMI Birmingham

Rubyham

Steel City SQL

UAB Game Development Club
Have you registered yet? The following sponsors (logos on the www.TechMixer.org page) have all banded together to financially support the event, making this a free event for YOU, the technology professional. Please be sure to tell them thanks for supporting your tech community!

Savela Solutions (presenting sponsor)

McWane Science Center

ITAC Solutions

Check Point Solutions

ComFrame

New Horizons

ClearSight Networks

CTS

HeavyLogic

Hire Technologies

CITRIX

UAB Engineering

Novell - Suse

LBMC Technologies

Athena

TEKsystems

Bright House Networks

InLine

DAXKO

Microsoft

UAB CIS Dept.

DELL

CISCO

Southern Network Services
Need another reason to register in advance? We'll have extra door prizes for those in the registration system before the event, to be given away during the mid-event break at 7pm.
Help spread the word and forward this email to your coworkers. Call them and remind them to come downtown after work on Thursday. It won't be the same without you.

Register for TechMixer 2.0... TODAY!!!

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#298

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:27 pm
Subject: TechMixer2.0 - Reminder

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Tonight at the McWane Center. Registration begins at 5:30. See previous messages for all the details.

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#299

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Oct 3, 2006 9:05 pm
Subject: Book Review - Oracle Wait Interface

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Title: Oracle Wait Interface: A Practical Guide to Performance Diagnostics & Tuning

Authors: Richmond Shee, Kiritkumar Deshpande, K Gopalakrishnan

ISBN: 0-07-222729-X

Reviewer: Raj Patel

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. It is a well organized and well written book. It is a practical guide as well as good reference book. The authors make a serious attempt introducing the wait interface. They have tried to make dry subject little more interesting by making humorous comment about speed in the first chapter. It complements nicely with Oracle manuals.

The verdict: Recommended.

Rating: 9 (10 being highest)

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#300

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Oct 3, 2006 10:01 pm
Subject: special user group offer from Brighthouse

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From: Reynolds, John D. [mailto:Dan.Reynolds@...]
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:22 AM
To: Jim Hill
Subject: RE: CAOUG and Tech Mixer 2.0

Hey Jim,

In celebration of the upcoming TechMixer I have been authorized to offer the following program to CAOUG. You are welcome to post this on your website or distribute by word of mouth. It�s my way of saying �thank you� for participating in the TechMixer and I think it is a valuable program to any of your members that live in our service area. This is the same program we have offered to the largest employers in the region and I�m glad I could get approval to offer it to all the User Groups. Let me know if you have any questions. See you at the TechMixer.

Services Offered: High Speed Internet Connection.

Service Provider: Brighthouse Networks.

Brighthouse Networks is pleased to offer the following services. Please note that these are very special rates and bandwidths offered through our Commercial Sales Department that are unavailable through our normal residential sales department. Under this program CAOUG Members will receive commercial grade bandwidth and support at their residence for a discounted rate.

Bandwidth / Internet Speed Monthly Rate

7Mbps download by 512Kbps upload $40.90 (regularly $99.95)

7Mbps download by 1Mbps upload $54.55 (regularly $199.95)

10Mbps download by 2Mbps upload $90.95 (regularly $379.95)

Benefits:

Higher bandwidths only available through our Commercial Department.
Highly discounted pricing over normal commercial rates.
Static IP availability for users who need to work from home.
Third party billing for tele-workers authorized by their employer.
Commercial level support which includes same day on site response to outages.
VIP level support for static IP customers which includes a maximum of 4 hour on site response to outages.
No contract.
Free transfer of Residential service or reduced installation fee of $29.95 (normally $149.95).

Service Area: Birmingham, Bessemer, Irondale, Roebuck, Centerpoint, McCalla, parts of Jefferson County, and some residential developments in Hoover and Helena. (Please note, if Charter is available at your home then Brighthouse is unavailable)

Contact Information: Please call Dan Reynolds of Brighthouse Networks at 238-3048 to check availability in your area and take advantage of this offer.

Dan Reynolds

Account Executive

Bright House Networks

Commercial Broadband Services

Phone: 205-238-3048

Cell: 205-516-4663

Fax: 205-941-1398

Danr@...

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#301

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Thu Oct 5, 2006 4:46 am
Subject: Fw: Upcoming Oracle conference

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----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Linda Hoover <LHoover@...>
To: jfordhill@...
Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2006 4:42:49 PM
Subject: Upcoming Oracle conference

Mark your calendars�the SouthEastern Oracle Users Conference (SEOUC) is returning to the Renaissance Charlotte Suites Hotel, March 1-2, for its 2007 conference. We are currently accepting abstract submissions for presentation consideration. To submit an abstract, please go to www.seouc.com. The deadline to submit abstracts is November 10, 2006.

We would greatly appreciate if you would forward this information to your user group members. We encourage everyone to consider sharing their knowledge and expertise at this outstanding opportunity to network with other professionals. Suggested topics for abstracts are:

DBA � backup/recovery, network connectivity, tuning, migration, tools
System Architecture/Administration � hardware, networking, performance
Security � database, applications, auditing, checklists
Application Development � tools, languages, modeling, design/build techniques
Data Warehousing/BI � design philosophies, tools, case studies, migrations
Professional Skills � project management, certifications, team building
Other � share your success stories and �tools of the trade�

If you have an upcoming user group event/meeting, I would like to send you postcards for distribution at the meeting, if possible. Please let me know how many attendees you are expecting and where to send the postcards.

We are happy to reciprocate the favor and promote any upcoming events you may be hosting as well. We appreciate your help and look forward to seeing you in Charlotte.

Linda Hoover

SEOUC Conference Coordinator

910.632.9442 phone

910.792.9733 fax

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#302

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:39 pm
Subject: caoug meeting dates?

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If you would consider attending an Oracle user group meeting at 11:30am on November 16th, please let me know. We're trying to determined if this is too close to Thanksgiving to have a good turnout. Thanksgiving is one week later on the 23rd.

Thanks.

Jim

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#303

From: caoug-announce@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:17 pm
Subject: New poll for caoug-announce

caoug-announce@yahoogroups.com

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Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
caoug-announce group:

Please select the one Oracle User Group topic you
would like to hear Mike Ault of Quest Software present
at our Jan '07 meeting:

   o Beefing Up 10g Memory
   o Benchmarking Oracle
   o Are DBAs Obsolete
   o Welcome to my Nightmare � Common Oracle Tuning Issues


To vote, please visit the following web page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/caoug-announce/surveys?id=2376860

Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

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#304

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:41 pm
Subject: topic survey for Jan '07 (another option)

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Here's an easier option for doing the survey about your preference for the topic for our Jan '07 Oracle user group. It doesn't require a logon.

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#305

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:42 pm
Subject: oops - I forgot the link

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http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=928992889570

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#306

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:32 pm
Subject: Jan 07 meeting topic poll results

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Based on the poll results the meeting topic for January '07 will be "Welcome to my Nightmare � Common Oracle Tuning Issues". Watch for details in an upcoming message.

Here's how the voting turned out:

Topic        % Count
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beefing Up 10g Memory       0% 0
Benchmarking Oracle       19% 6
Are DBAs Obsolete       35% 11
Welcome to my Nightmare � Common Oracle Tuning Issues  45% 14

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#307

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Fri Dec 15, 2006 5:54 pm
Subject: Jan '07 Oracle User Group

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Reserve a spot on your calendar on Friday, January 19th for speaker (Mike Ault) and topic (Welcome to My Nightmare!� � Common Oracle Tuning Issues). We'll be meeting at 11:30 and lunch will be provided by Quest Software. We'll have more details later.

We already have presentations lined up for February and March and it's shaping up to be a good year. If you have a presentation your like to see, please send me a message.

thanks.

jim

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#308

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 9:53 pm
Subject: 3 eCycling days coming up this month

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I wanted to write and let you know that there will be 3 eCycling days coming up on 12/28, 12/29, and 12/30. This will give you the opportunity to do some good with computers and electronics that are no longer of use to you and/or your company. It will also be just in time for you to take advantage of 2006 fair market value tax deductions. For more details go to:

http://www.ecyclingday.com/default.asp?ID=2

Thanks.

Jim

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#309

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:37 pm
Subject: volunteers for eCycling days

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If you are willing and able to volunteer some of your time to help with the eCycling days from noon - 6pm on Thurs 12/28, Fri 12/29, and Saturday 12/30 please contact Curtis Palmer with the times you have available. Curtis can be reached at curtis@....

For more info on eCycling days go to: http://www.ecyclingday.com/default.asp?ID=2

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

Jim Hill

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#310

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Jan 2, 2007 11:08 pm
Subject: Next Oracle User Group - Jan 19th - RSVP Required

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============================================================

Welcome to My Nightmare � The Common Performance Errors
in Oracle Databases

- presented by Michael R. Ault of Quest Software

============================================================

DATE: Friday, January 19, 2007
TIME: 11:30 am
PLACE: Energen Corporation Conference Center
LUNCH: Provided by Quest Software
RSVP REQUIRED: Yes (please reply to this email to RSVP)

---------------------------------------------------------
Presentation Overview
---------------------------------------------------------

Topic: Welcome to My Nightmare � The Common Performance Errors in Oracle Databases

Presenter: Michael R. Ault, Quest Software

Abstract: Databases grow and change as new features are added and old ones removed or changed. However, even as things change, they remain the same in many respects. We still must index properly, set memory settings correctly and specify proper hardware. You would think that by now everyone would have a pretty good idea what an average configuration for an Oracle small, medium and large database would be, but unfortunately these classifications also undergo mutation. It wasn�t too long ago that if you used several hundred megabytes of disks you had a large database. Now of course large databases are in the terabyte and larger size range. This makes setting tuning guidelines for Oracle databases somewhat of a moving target where the rules change almost as fast as you can derive them.

Given a changing environment for tuning Oracle is the only constant this presentation will outline the major issues found in the last few years while tuning several dozen different client databases in addition to methods for determining set points that take into account this changing beast that is Oracle.

---------------------------------------------------------
Presenter's Bio
---------------------------------------------------------

Michael R. Ault, Quest Software

Following a 6 year Navy enlistment in the Nuclear Navy riding submarines, Mike began working with computers in 1980 programming in Basic and Fortran IV on the PDP-11 architecture in the nuclear industry. During Mike�s nuclear years he worked with PDP, IBM-PC, Osborne and later VAX-VMS and HP architectures and with the Informix and Ingres databases. Following the downturn in the nuclear industry Mike began working with Oracle as the only DBA at the Iuka, Mississippi based Advanced Solid Rocket Motor (ASRM) project for NASA in 1990. Since 1990 Mike has worked with a variety of industries both as in house and consulting talent.

Mike has published nearly two-dozen Oracle related books including the 7.0, 8.0, 8i and 9i versions of his Oracle Administration and Management title with Wiley, the Oracle8 Black Book and Oracle DBA OCP ExamCram series (for versions 8 and 8i) with Coriolis and multiple titles including Oracle9i RAC and Oracle10g Grid and RAC with Rampant Technical Press. Mike has written articles for Oracle, Select, DBMS, Oracle Internals and several other database related magazines. Mike is also a frequently high-rated presenter at local, regional and international Oracle conferences such as GOUSERS, SEOUG, RMOUG, NYOUG, NCOUG, IOUG, OOW, ODTUG, UKOUG and EOUG.

---------------------------------------------------------
DIRECTIONS
---------------------------------------------------------

Energen Conference Center is on the first floor of the
Energen Corporate building at 605 Richard Arrington Jr
Blvd N, Birmingham, AL 35203.

Here's a link to a map to help you reach the Energen
facility:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=605+Richard+Arrington+Jr+Blvd+North,+Birmingham,+Alabama+35203&ll=33.521075,-86.80757&spn=0.015563,0.0527

---------------------------------------------------------
Parking
---------------------------------------------------------

The Energen parking deck entry is on 6th Ave. N.
right across from the Colonial Properties parking
deck. Just push the button at the gate and tell
the guard that you are here for the Oracle User
Group in the Energen Conference Center.

NOTE: Please park on the top level.

---

I hope to see you all there.

Sincerely,
Jim Hill
Central Alabama Oracle User Group

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#311

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:31 pm
Subject: Reminder - next Oracle user group meeting - next Friday - January 19th

jfordhill

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If you are planning on attending and have not RSVP'ed, please reply to this message and let me know that you are coming so that we can have a good count for lunch.

============================================================

Welcome to My Nightmare � The Common Performance Errors
in Oracle Databases

- presented by Michael R. Ault of Quest Software

============================================================

DATE: Friday, January 19, 2007
TIME: 11:30 am
PLACE: Energen Corporation Conference Center
LUNCH: Provided by Quest Software
RSVP REQUIRED: Yes (please reply to this email to RSVP)

---------------------------------------------------------
Presentation Overview
---------------------------------------------------------

Topic: Welcome to My Nightmare � The Common Performance Errors in Oracle Databases

Presenter: Michael R. Ault, Quest Software

Abstract: Databases grow and change as new features are added and old ones removed or changed. However, even as things change, they remain the same in many respects. We still must index properly, set memory settings correctly and specify proper hardware. You would think that by now everyone would have a pretty good idea what an average configuration for an Oracle small, medium and large database would be, but unfortunately these classifications also undergo mutation. It wasn�t too long ago that if you used several hundred megabytes of disks you had a large database. Now of course large databases are in the terabyte and larger size range. This makes setting tuning guidelines for Oracle databases somewhat of a moving target where the rules change almost as fast as you can derive them.

Given a changing environment for tuning Oracle is the only constant this presentation will outline the ! major issues found in the last few years while tuning several dozen different client databases in addition to methods for determining set points that take into account this changing beast that is Oracle.

---------------------------------------------------------
Presenter's Bio
---------------------------------------------------------

Michael R. Ault, Quest Software

Following a 6 year Navy enlistment in the Nuclear Navy riding submarines, Mike began working with computers in 1980 programming in Basic and Fortran IV on the PDP-11 architecture in the nuclear industry. During ! Mike�s nuclear years he worked with PDP, IBM-PC, Osborne and later VAX-VMS and HP architectures and with the Informix and Ingres databases. Following the downturn in the nuclear industry Mike began working with Oracle as the only DBA at the Iuka, Mississippi based Advanced Solid Rocket Motor (ASRM) project for NASA in 1990. Since 1990 Mike has worked with a variety of industries both as in house and consulting talent.

Mike has published nearly two-dozen Oracle related books including the 7.0, 8.0, 8i and 9i versions of his Oracle Administration and Management title with Wiley, the Oracle8 Black Book and Oracle DBA OCP ExamCram series (for versions 8 and 8i) with Coriolis and multiple titles including Oracle9i RAC and Oracle10g Grid and RAC with Rampant Technical Press. Mike has written articles for Oracle, Select, DBMS, Oracle Internals and several other database related magazines. Mike is also a frequently high-rated presenter at local, regional and international Oracle conferences such as GOUSERS, SEOUG, RMOUG, NYOUG, NCOUG, IOUG, OOW, ODTUG, UKOUG and EOUG.

---------------------------------------------------------
DIRECTIONS
---------------------------------------------------------

Energen Conference Center is on the first floor of the
Energen Corporate building at 605 Richard Arrington Jr
Blvd N, Birmingham, AL 35203.

Here's a link to a map to help you reach the Energen
facility:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=605+Richard+Arrington+Jr+Blvd+North,+Birmingham,+Alabama+35203&ll=33.521075,-86.80757&spn=0.015563,0.0527

---------------------------------------------------------
Parking
---------------------------------------------------------

NOTE: Please park on the top level.

---

I hope to see you all there.

Sincerely,
Jim Hill
Central Alabama Oracle User Group

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#312

From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:36 pm
Subject: Volunteer to help with TechMixer 3.0, e-Cycling Days

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If you are willing and able to help with the coordination of TechMixer 3.0, please consider attending the meeting tonight. If you plan to come, please contact Kate Megaw to let her know (see info below).

Thanks to all of you who were able to help with e-Cycling Days a couple of weeks ago. On the day that I worked there was a steady flow of people dropping off computers/electronics and we completely filled 4 large "Metro" moving trucks.

Thanks again.

Jim Hill

From: Kate Megaw [mailto:kate@...]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:56 PM
To: Kate Megaw
Subject: TechMixer 3.0 Planning Meeting - 1/16/07

For anyone interested in helping plan TechMixer 3.0 for May 2007 �..

TechMixer 3.0 Planning Meeting - 1/16/07

5:30pm Welcome & Food

6:00pm � 7:00pm Meeting

Location: L. Kianoff & Associates, 1128 22^nd Street South, Birmingham, AL 35205 (http://www.kianoff.com/about%20us/directions.html )

Thanks to the following for agreeing to help out in these roles:

Attendee Coordinator: Wallace Allison
Users Group Coordinator: Michael Phillips
Sponsor Coordinator: Dan Reynolds

We still need:

Venue Coordinator
Marketing Coordinator
General Volunteers

If you are interested in helping out then we�d love to see you next week. Please forward this email to anyone you think may be interested in working on this event.

Let me know if you�ll be coming next Tuesday so I order enough food!

Thanks

Kate Megaw

1128 22nd Street South

Birmingham, AL 35205

Phone: 205-592-9990

Fax: 205-592-9991

Email: kate@...

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From: Jim Hill <jfordhill@...>
Date: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:42 pm
Subject: last call for RSVP's for Friday's event (1/19)