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Links – Week ending 8/2

Saturday, 03 August, 2013 08:19 Written by Brian B

MultitennantX2 with on . Please join launch to learn more –

at 25: Past, Present, and Future Register @ to hear the story of SPARC from the people who shaped it.

Need backup solution for compute assets? Check out refreshed Oracle Optimized Solution for Backup & Recovery

Oracle Engineered Systems eBook Now Available –

End-of-Life for SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 –

Oracle Solaris Cluster Product Bulletin, July 2013 –

Very cool videos about Upgrade to Oracle 12c –

How to Get Best Performance From the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance

What makes 12c the most optimized App Server for Database 12c? Read the WP to find out

Some facts about T5 CPU architecture and “Software on Silicon”. What do you think about this new technology?

Excellent Reading! Part 2 – and WLS – Application Continuity –

Unveiling Oracle’s Latest Engineered System. Live webcast August 13th, 2013, 10am PT/1pm ET –

Beta testing begins this week for the new “Upgrade to Oracle Database 12c” certification exam (1Z1-060)

IDC White Paper: Oracle Virtual Networking Delivering Fabric Virtualization and Software Defined Networks

Double Maximum Memory Capacity for SPARC T5-1B & T5-2 Servers

YouTube Video: Hands-On Labs for Oracle VM –

Complete integration, continuous innovation: See how and systems are evolving: –

Database-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service –

The System Administration course is on Oracle’s top selling course list, check it out yourself

VM – bit.ly/1clXH1Q

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Oracle Technology Day: Plug into the Cloud with Oracle Database 12c – Kolkata –

for diagnostic purposes –

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OTN PartnerCast: Collier IT

Monday, 29 July, 2013 07:47 Written by Brian B

Gary Koopman, Group Vice President of NAS Commercial Channels hosts Steve Collier, Founder and President at Collier IT to discuss selling Oracle hardware and software.

President and Founder of Collier IT Steve Collier speaks with Gary Koopman, GVP Oracle NAS Commercial Channels about decisions and positioning Collier IT took to make a successful transition from Sun Microsystems to Oracle.

Interesting listen

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Certifications and Specializations

Sunday, 28 July, 2013 17:00 Written by Brian B

At times, I’m asked for my opinion as it relates to certification exams and the necessity in completing them.

I’m a proponent of them. They validate your expertise and they provide proof that you carry an advertised skill set.

They can help address the following scenarios:

  • Job Retention
  • Salary Maintenance
  • Hiring and Promotion Eligibility
  • Career Improvement
  • New-Generation Certs Increase Relevance
  • Organizations Will Become More Discriminating
  • New Products Will Gain Momentum
  • Organizations Must Minimize Downtime
  • Organizations Need to Reduce Costs
  • Confidence Proves Handy During Turbulent Times

They aren’t an end all, be all, method of displaying your skill set, but they are another tool to evaluate an employee, a potential employee, or the ability of a company to demonstrate requirements to complete a contract.

I’ve not hired an employee because they may or may not carry a certification, but they are used in my grading criteria. As a CTO at an Oracle Platinum Partner (Collier IT) we have many requirements placed upon us by Oracle to prove to them that we carry specific skill sets. One of Oracle’s many grading criteria include certifications and specializations that are assigned to both the company and its employees.

So yes, if the skill sets between candidates are close, certifications will assist in my hiring one over another.

To assist those that may question my position, here is a listing of my certifications and specializations.

We have a number of Engineers and Senior Sales Account Managers that carry a similar certification Résumé as do company management and ownership.

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