The Cross Platform DBA: Managing Oracle and SQL Server

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Many businesses today are using heterogeneous database platforms. In the enterprise, this most commonly means using Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. In this webcast, join Penton Senior Contributing Editor Michael Otey as he digs into some of the trends in today’s database industry that drive heterogeneous database adoption. He’ll examine the need to support legacy applications as well as flexibility and the need to use best-of-breed functionality – and of course, the need to reduce costs.

Otey will also cover some common scenarios like offloading data warehousing and reporting to SQL Server from your Oracle production environments as well as moving non-mission critical systems and applications from Oracle to reduce licensing costs. He’ll give you a big picture view of some of the most important similarities and differences between SQL Server and Oracle. Both databases are fully ACID compliant, support transactional recovery and provide OLTP and data warehousing features. However, the way they implement some core features like system databases, temp databases and schemas are quite different. Finally, the audience will get a deep dive down into some of the tools that can help you work with both platforms where he’ll cover management tools, writing queries and monitoring.

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Speakers:

Michael Otey, senior contributing editor for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Pro, is president of TECA, a software-development and consulting company in Portland, Oregon. Michael has covered the topic of virtualization extensively for Windows IT Pro, having written several features articles showing how to take advantage of virtualization in the enterprise as well as reviewing all of the major virtualization products. He also previously served as technical director for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Pro. Email him at [email protected] Follow Michael on Google+ and Twitter.

Kathy Gibbs, Product Manager, Toad For SQL Server and Benchmark Factory

Kathy has over 24 years’ experience in IT with 15 plus years as a Senior Oracle DBA working with Performance Tuning, RAC, Exadata, Backup and Recovery, Disaster Recovery, and Administration. She has worked in several business sectors including Retail, Finance, and Real Estate.  Kathy also as 5 years’ experience as a SQL Server Production DBA and has worked with MySQL, Sybase and DB2 LUW.  Kathy has created or been involved with countless presentations at various user groups and webinars.  Kathy’s current role is as a Product Manager working with DB related tools.   In her spare time Kathy enjoys travelling, mountain activities, reading and spending time with her family.