Oracle Magazine, September/October 2017
PEER TO PEER ORACLE MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2017 24 Company Sumner Technologies Job title President and founder Oracle credentials Oracle Application Express Developer Certified Expert Length of time using Oracle products 21 years How did you get started in IT One day long ago my father brought home an Atari 400 computer I was fascinated by it particularly with the BASIC programming language and spent any and all free time learning how to program with it Fast forward a few years and I took a summer job at Aetna Health Plans where I used Visual Basic and FoxPro to build some of my first database applications I loved the challenge and the ability to work with both the business side and the technical side to craft solutions and then see those solutions in action Whats the next big thing driving change in your industry Id say total cost of code ownership is starting to change the way that we think about building new solutions Ive also seen this called technical debt Like your personal finances debt is a fact of life its how that debt is managed that makes it either good or bad And in most cases application costs arent even close to realized during the design and development phase Requirements change platforms get swapped out and even methods of delivery evolve Applications that are well thought out and built on a solid foundation will weather these changes better How are you using cloud computing in your work these days From my companys public website to its back office applications everything runs on Oracle Application Express in Oracle Database Cloud Service This was a no brainer for a company that provides Oracle Application Express services and training because theres no better customer use case than your own Scott Spendolini Ashburn Virginia
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