Success is about Imagination

Steve Jobs sets a great perspective on the journey of simplicity. It starts from simple, goes through complexity and ends up in...

I don’t know if you are ever asked to compare to AWR periods. AWR period comparison is pretty easy if you have access to the two periods...

Here is a short video D3 Show Reel from Mike Bostock on Vimeo. Here is a longer tutorial video Data-driven Documents from London Web...

Looking around Oracle Open World this year, it seemed like there was a significant drop in  attendees – at least compared to years past...

UPDATE: recorded videos now available If you can’t make it in person to Oaktable World, check it out via live streaming ! here is the agenda

Want a free version of Delphix Express installed on your computer with the assistance of Oracle and Delphix experts? We will be holding...

The following is an example of rolling a virtual database (VDB) back in time with Delphix Express, the free version of Delphix. Delphix...

What if I’m a developer or QA person using a copy of production database to do my work. What if my copy of production is now out of...

photo by Chase Elliott Clark Here a video on using Jetstream which I like to call “DevOps Jetpack for Developers” (Remember you can get...

Delphix has a developer self service interface called “Jetstream.”  I like to call it the “DevOps Jetpack” for developers. Jetstream is...

What kinds of things keep a IT ops person up at night? What kinds of things make IT Ops people have to work over the weekends? What keeps...

I have previously announced that Delphix now has a free version available called Delphix Express as well as how to install Delphix...

This post is part of a series Delphix Express: Installation Delphix Express: Virtualizing a database and web application Delphix Express:...

Delphix Express is available! To get a copy of Delphix Express go to http://pages.delphix.com/Free-Trial-Request.html and put “Express”...

Wow – 5 years have flown by. Five years ago I joined Delphix and five years ago Delphix began the virtual data industry. Like all...

Looking forward to speaking at NWOUG Monday September 14 Please come join me ! I lived in Portland between 2006-2008 and love city. It...

photo by Yannis (CC 2.0) Announcing Delphix Express, a completely new and free version of Delphix limited to 1 vCPU and 25 GB of managed...

People ask me from time to time what are some good SQL tuning books. It’s a tough question to answer. There are some seminal books such...

photo by Tom Woodward Summary of responses to questions from Solarwinds #datachat back in the fall. 1. Why do performance issues happen?...

I’ve been using VMware Fusion on my Mac but it costs about $60. Not that much but Virtualbox is free, so I also have Virtualbox as well....