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Daily Archives Friday, October 2008

Podcast: Pythian Group Oracle Exadata Storage Server Q&A with Kevin Closson.

The Pythian Group recently conducted a short podcast interview with me to discuss a few topics related to Oracle Exadata Storage Server and the HP Oracle Database Machine. Sadly, the audio is troublesome in some segments, due to telephony issues, but in general I think you may find it informative. Here is the link:
The Pythian [...]

Posted 03 October 2008 † kevinclosson § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Sarah Palin, the lipstick-coated, pitbull-mannered Stepford Wife

I watched the VP debate. Yep, there is no doubt about it: we now know that if Sarah Palin is given a month to prepare for a debate, then she will not totally screw things up. In fact, what we found is that she will be able to pretty much ignore whateve…

Posted 03 October 2008 † Steven Feuerstein § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Oracle Exadata Storage Server FAQ - Part V. Sweet and Sour Disk.

This is installment number five in my series on Oracle Exadata Storage Server and HP Oracle Database Machine frequently asked questions. I recommend you also visit The Index of my other Exadata posts. I’m mostly cutting and pasting questions from the comment threads of my blog posts about Oracle Exadata Storage Server and the HP [...]

Posted 03 October 2008 † kevinclosson § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Making new friends…

So there I was, minding my own business when this guy decided to introduce himself.

From 2008_Perth

I turned around and this guy was grinning at me.

From 2008_Perth

Later, this old geezer ambled past and said hello.

From 2008_Perth

After all the exitement, I decided to find a nice spot and chill out, like this guy.

From 2008_Perth

Cheers
Tim…

Posted 03 October 2008 † Tim... § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °

Disappointing News

I received confirmation recently that the OOW 2008 presentations will only be available to registered attendees. Whilst I can understand that Oracle might not want to give away presentations when they can sell them on DVD and want to encourage attendance, I’m very disappointed in this change from previous years. When I’ve been blogging about presentations, I’ve assumed that readers who work for companies who won’t send them will at least be able to put some of their own time into digging around the presentations.

I hope that as many people as possible can post their presentation material on their own websites.

[Heavy sigh ....]

Posted 03 October 2008 † Doug Burns § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off °