Oracle Magazine, September/October 2018
PEER TO PEER ORACLE MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2018 32 Company URL eProseed Job title Database expert Oracle credentials Oracle Certified Master Oracle Database 11g Oracle Exadata Database Machine Certified Implementation Specialist Length of time using Oracle products 11 years How did you get started in IT By the time I finished university there was already a boom in the Indian IT sector I decided to pursue a career in computer science and by then I had a sense of which branch of IT had the best job prospects This led to an initial focus on software development but I later realized that planning coordinating and analyzing data is an area of specialization that makes me happy So I decided to become a database administrator Whats your go to Oracle reference book I always turn to docs oracle com first but in the course of my career the two best books Ive read are Expert Oracle Database Architecture by Thomas Kyte Apress 2014 and Troubleshooting Oracle Performance by Christian Antognini Apress 2008 Apart from these I often consult the My Oracle Support knowledgebase and various blogs What green practices do you use in your DBA work I think that my company is taking good steps toward reducing our environmental impact including our use of virtual servers utilizing cloud infrastructure instead of having on premises physical machines consolidating database and application servers consolidating networks and ensuring proper disposal of electronic waste Nassyam Basha Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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