Oracle Certification

A Good Time To Be an Oracle DBA

By Paul Sorensen on June 19, 2009 7:38 AM

I’ve seen a few articles lately that remind us that - in spite of the current economic climate - it is a good time to be a Database Administrator, both now and in the future. In a CNN article the...

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Certain Measures for Uncertain Times

By Paul Sorensen on January 7, 2009 11:25 AM

The unsettling news of the global economy is unwelcome to IT professionals looking to improve their careers. It seems that during tougher economic times – not only are there fewer opportunities for promotions, training or new/challenging projects, but sometimes even...

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Cheating Part 7: What Can You and I Do About Cheating?

By Paul Sorensen on December 19, 2008 3:30 PM

Oracle has implemented a number of strategies to help curb cheating and continues to work on even more. We realize that - in spite of all of our efforts - that if people are bent on stealing, sharing and...

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Cheating Part 6: "The Lone Beneficiary" (And It's Not You)

By Paul Sorensen on December 18, 2008 11:47 PM

Isn’t in ironic that the only real beneficiary of cheating are those who steal test content (test questions) and sell or give them away. And for what…to earn money from ad traffic on their website? Because these people operate...

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Cheating Part 5: "Cheating Hurts the Oracle Certification Program"

By Paul Sorensen on December 15, 2008 9:45 PM

The effort and cost that goes into building and launching a single exam is tremendous. Building a certification involves many resources, including subject matter experts, exam project managers, psychometricians, beta testers, marketing/launch coordinators, customer service reps, and vendors. All...

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To Certify or Not to Certify: Part 2

By Paul Sorensen on July 18, 2008 11:30 AM

Obviously you all know that I think certification is great. It can be an important career-building tool for people who take the process seriously (see my previous blog entry). However it’s my strong feeling that certification alone is only a...

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To Certify or Not to Certify: Part 1

By Paul Sorensen on July 10, 2008 3:25 PM

I often hear questions such as: "Is it worth it to get certified?", "Should I get my team certified?", and "What is the value of certification?" To answer these questions, I often share the key data points in our latest...

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Welcome to the Oracle Certification Blog

By Paul Sorensen on July 10, 2008 1:08 PM

Hi everyone, Welcome to the new Oracle Certification Program Blog. We hope that you’ll enjoy this as a great way for those of us on the Oracle Certification team to share information and updates into what’s going on in the...

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