Oracle Magazine, Jan/Feb 2018
PEER TO PEER ORACLE MAGAZINE JANUARY FEBRUARY 2018 27 Company URL PDVBV Job title Owner Length of time using Oracle products More than 20 years Which features in Oracle Database are you currently finding most valuable Im exploring pluggable databases notably the cloning possibilities for use with fast paced development teams Using the pluggable database cloning feature for so called thin cloning or thin provisioning allows me to very quickly make a copy of a database based on what storage engineers know as the copy onwrite principle In the near future I hope to have this process working on a semiautomated self service basis and timed down to minutes What technology has most changed your life Every solution that has enabled mobile working I do a lot of work remotely its why I work for myself and I love having the freedom to go wherever work takes me I prefer traveling by motorcycle which is much more fun and its what I use for most of my transport these days including my visits to customers But the best trips are the visits to Oracle user groups in countries farther away I do two to five longer touring trips every year visiting places such as Helsinki Paris Vienna Belgrade Bucharest and Sofia On these trips I present at user group and SIG special interest group meetings at meetups and at OTN Developer Days What are your go to Oracle reference materials I really rely on in this order AskTom the official documentation which I never skip reading support oracle com and the blogosphere Blog wise I particularly like ORACLE BASE and blog dbi services com I also closely follow blogs by Richard Foote Martin Widlake and Frits Hoogland Tim Halls ORACLE BASE has been around since the early days and its always informative Piet de Visser Spa Belgium
You must have JavaScript enabled to view digital editions.
