Podcast #377: Oracle Autonomous Database -- An Interview with Maria Colgan

March 4, 2020 | 3 minute read
Bob Rhubart
Community Manager, Oracle Groundbreakers Team
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This episode brings you an interview with Maria Colgan, Master Product Manager for Oracle Database. Maria joined Oracle in 1996, and since then has held positions as product manager for Oracle Database In-Memory and the Oracle Database query optimizer. Maria is the primary author of the SQLMaria blog and a contributing author to the Oracle Optimizer blog.

"With the Autonomous Database, data scientists and developers can basically help themselves, provision the database and get running and utilize it." – Maria Colgan

Handling the host duties for this program is Alexa Weber Morales. An award-winning musician and writer, Alexa is director of developer content at Oracle. She is the former editor in chief of Software Development magazine, and has more than 15 years of experience as a technology content strategist and journalist.   

In this program Maria talks about Oracle Autonomous Database and the new features that allow data scientists, developers, and others beyond traditional database users to help themselves.

This program is Groundbreakers Podcast #377. The interview was originally recorded on September 17, 2019 at Oracle Openworld. Listen! 

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Maria ColganMaria Colgan
Master Product Manager, Oracle Database, Oracle
San Francisco, California

Alexa Weber MoralesAlexa Weber Morales
Editor/Content Strategist, Oracle
San Francisco, California

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Bob Rhubart

Community Manager, Oracle Groundbreakers Team

Oracle Groundbreaker Team Community Manager Bob Rhubart is the host/engineer/producer of the Oracle Groundbreaker Podcast, producer of the 2 Minute Tech Tip video series, hosts Groundbreaker Live interviews with technology experts recorded at Oracle Code, Oracle OpenWorld, and other events, writes a regular column for Oracle Magazine, and manages the ACES in Action blog.


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