Recent Posts by Jerilyn Stiles

Join Oracle expert, Bill Millar for an in-depth overview of MySQL memory, variables and statuses. Bill will provide insight into some of the complex MySQL memory variables, how they impact your system performance, how you can simplify some of these complex variables, and what you can learn from looking at statuses. The following topics will be covered: Explore and simplify complex memory allocation variables Provide insight into variables that can  impact system performance Discove...

Are you going to Oracle OpenWorld or JavaOne?  If so, you won’t want to miss the opportunity to attend preconference training! Participate in Oracle University’s Preconference Training Event Sunday, September 18th from 8:30am - 3:30pm  with an hour break for lunch. Oracle experts take you on a deep-dive into a full day of accelerated training on a topic of your choosing from the list below: Oracle University Sessions Oracle Cloud Security Architecture Workshop Certification Exam...

Will you be in San Francisco for Oracle OpenWorld or JavaOne? If so, you'll want to take this opportunity to turbo-charge your knowledge and get trained by Oracle experts such as Craig A. Shallahamer, Cary Millsap, Steven Feuerstein, Simon Roberts and more. Oracle University and Java University Preconference Training sessions give you a full-day of accelerated training by Oracle experts on Sunday, October 25th. Sessions run from 9am to 4pm, with a one-hour lunch break,...

Java has continued to evolve since launching in 1995, but have your skills kept up? 20 years, 592,000+ Certified Java Programmers and 9 Million Java Developers later, Java Developers have never been in more demand than they are today. According to Dice.com, in January 2015, “Java was named one of the top 10 skills hiring managers search for when in the market for cloud candidates, according to our November report.” Do you have the latest Java skills hiring managers are seeking? T...

By Brad Herren, Senior Principal Instructor, Oracle University If 100 questions are asked during a week-long WebLogic class, about 75 of them will be about Node Manager. It's interesting - people come to the class with WebLogic experience, yet have no idea what this Node Manager thing is or does. A common misconception about Node Manager is that it actually does more than it does (a few people think it doesn't do half of what it actually does). Basically, you can use Node...

Written by Ira Singer, Oracle DBA Understanding the Shared Pool for Tuning, a recent webinar, I talked about parsing the library cache of the shared pool, how to cut down on hard parses, and AWR (Automatic Workload Repository) findings to help tune the library cache. The main purpose of the shared pool is to share your SQL statements -- your execution plans, especially for online transaction processing. There are other areas in the shared pool that can be used, butthere are...

Each month Oracle University releases numerous new courses to make sure our training portfolio is current.  Courses are typically available both in the classroom and online.  Here's a quick summary of some of the courses that we anticipate will be popular with customers. Top New Courses for February Using Oracle Database Vault with Oracle Database 12c Oracle Audit Vault and Database Firewall: Install & Configure Oracle Commerce: Implementing Guided Search Rel 11.1 PeopleSoft Fluid...

Written by Diana Gray, Senior Principal Curriculum Product Manager Each year Oracle hosts the Oracle OpenWorld Conference . This year, attendees were introduced to more than 2,500 sessions, including keynotes and general sessions covering diverse business and technology topics. But you might not be aware of what happened behind the scenes and what you can access for free. Oracle University asked Oracle professionals from around the world if we could tape their technical sessions...

From PL/SQL tuning and SQL development, to Java, to Oracle application and BI report development, all of these skills are being sought after right now in the job marketplace. Taking the time to get formal training will help you become a better developer and will validate your skill set among the competition. Oracle University has many training and certification options to choose from. Here is a list of what’s popular for developers right now: Top 10 TrainingCourses for Oracle...