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Status |
Our current
workload is such that we can accept a new long-term engagements
in North America or be available for short-term
assignments, and support engagements, in North America,
Europe, or Japan.
Our team is small and consists of experts hand picked for
their knowledge, experience, and international reputation. No
team, large or small, can know everything. So, in addition to
"what we know," we bring to each engagement "who we
know." Our contacts both inside and outside Oracle are
extensive and allow us to solve problems beyond the
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Mission Critical |
There are a number of services required by organizations running Oracle
databases that don't necessarily fall cleanly into the predefined organization-chart categories of Architect, DBA, or
developer. This section highlights those specific areas where I am available to support your team.
- Key-person Selection
Every organization, from time-to-time, must hire people with skills not possessed by the current team. How do you
interview someone for skills you do not already have? An associate told me that he once had someone say to him: "If
I knew what questions to ask you I wouldn't need you." If you are in that position contact us. We have the skills
required to help you select the right member for your team.
- Audit Consulting
Every organization big enough to implement the Oracle database is big enough that information technology requires
audits. These may be financial audits, security audits, performance audits, and other both internal and external.
The unfortunate fact is that almost all auditors are incompetent when it comes to Oracle. They have no formal
Oracle training and at times dispense advice that is either dangerous or out-of-date. If you need a sanity check on your
auditor's advice?
- Vendor Evaluation
Too many times the factors that should have been considered in the purchase of products and services happens after the
contract is signed. To often decisions are made after viewing projector-ware. We are uniquely qualified to help
your team understand the issues, pose the right questions, advise on contract language, and present your organization with alternatives.
- Expert Witness
There is more-and-more a need to have available expert witnesses to advise legal counsel on issues relating to
database and industry best practices. Our expertise and reputation make us ideally positioned to perform this service.
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Architecture |
The Oracle database in 2010 is substantially different from the Oracle
database six to ten years ago and very different from database products based on the UC Berkeley Ingres model such as SQL
Server. The best way to install, configure, and utilize an Oracle database are, sadly, a foreign language to most
enterprise architects that learned Oracle 10-20 years ago.
- "Best practice" consulting on how to build enterprise solutions
- Support selecting optimal architectures for Oracle database implementations
- Support selecting database features best suited for your specific requirements
- Guidance developing internal "best practice" guidelines
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DBA |
There is possibly no job worse than being a fire fighter. You sit around day
after day waiting for something to do. And when that opportunity arises ... it is because of someone else's
misfortune: We do not fight fires because we are not on call 7x24x365. Been there ... done that. But we do:
- Advise and training on fire-fighting techniques so that your team is prepared and self-sufficient
- Advise and training on high-availability including RAC, ASM, and DataGuard
- Advise and training on database security
- Hands-on training in disaster avoidance, backup and recovery, and high availability
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SQL and PL/SQL
Development |
Cursor loops have been obsolete in Oracle during the current millennium. Yet
most PL/SQL developers are still writing them, reinventing the wheel, investing substantial efforts into recreating database
built-ins they are not aware of, and stubbing their toes, and your budget, on trying to use techniques that worked with
gigabytes on far larger terabyte and petabyte databases. To support our clients we provide the following services:
- Advise and training on coding practices appropriate for your version, your
application, your transaction rates, your transaction sizes, and your high availability and security requirements
- Code reviews in SQL, PL/SQL, and Java
- One-off coding assignments required to implement or tune specific functionality
- Expert advice and training on the implementations and deployments with Edition Based Redefinition
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To contact us phone +01 206 669 2949 or send us an email.
All members of our team are Oracle ACEs, Oak Table members, or former Oracle employees. |
