Past Events
| Date: | Speaker: | Presentation: | Material: |
| 2017 | |||
| November 23rd | Alex Kizer, Groundswell Group | Introduction to NoSQL; MongoDB Database | **Files not yet available** |
| September 21st | Sarah Craynon Zumbrum, Oracle | Introduction to Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) | Introduction to Oracle Analytics Cloud |
| June 15th | Willie Hardie, Oracle and Ryan Behiel, Veritas |
Double Presentation | 1st Topic: What’s New in Oracle Database 12c Release 2 2nd Topic: Oracle Backups – Benchmarked and Best Practice |
| May 18th | Ray Smith CGI |
RMAN | RMAN |
| March 16th | Martin D’Souza Innovation at Insum |
APEX 5.1 New Features | **Files not yet available** |
| Feb 16th | Steve Recsky First4 Database Partners Inc. |
Oracle 11.2.0.4 – Free Extended Support was to on May 31, 2017. It is now the end of December 2018 – Now what? | **Files not yet available** |
| Jan 19th | Kevin Hayner from Oracle and Jason Popowich from Oracle | Oracle Cloud Overview Modernize Your Cloud to On-premises Integration |
**Files not yet available** |
| 2016 | |||
| Dec 8th | Diana Robete First4 Database Partners |
A Good DBA Always Has A Rollback Plan | **Files not yet available** |
| Nov 17th | Alex Kizer Ice Health Systems |
MySQL on Amazon RDS | MySQL on Amazon RDS |
| Oct 20th | Chandresh (CJ) Johnson Groundswell Group Inc. |
SQL Performance Tuning Strategies in Oracle 11g | SQL Performance Tuning Strategies in Oracle 11g |
| Sept 20th | Alberto Fazio Database & Technology (D&T) |
Migration from Oracle Warehouse Builder to Oracle Data Integrator | **Files not yet available** |
| June 23rd | Liron Amitzi, DBAces and Simon Pane, Pythian |
Double Presentation | 1st Topic – The Optimizer Complexity is Great But… 2nd Topic – Oracle DB Security: Things You Could & Should be Doing Differently! |
| May 19th | Denny Wong First4 Database Partners Inc. |
Oracle RMAN and EMC Data Domain | Oracle RMAN and EMC Data Domain |
| March 17th | Amin Omidi Shaw |
Oracle OEM Provisioning | Oracle OEM Provisioning |
| January 21st | Martin Giffy D’Souza Insum Solutions Inc. |
Open Source Oracle | Open Source Oracle: Tools That Make My Life Easier |
| 2015 | |||
| December 17th | Steve Recsky First4 Database Partners Inc. |
Oracle Licensing | **Files not yet available** |
| November 19th | Dr. Randall Dyck and Mark Zawalykut, NetApp |
Double Presentation | 1st Topic: Data Warehousing Design and Analysis Tools 2nd Topic: Save on Oracle Licensing and Increase Performance and Reliability |
| June 18th | Jeff Carter, CommVault and Ray Smith, CGI |
CommVault Solutions for Oracle Database Protection Oracle 12c Data Guard | ***Files Not Yet Available*** |
| May 21st | Martin D’Souza, ClariFit | An Overview of new Oracle Development Tools | New Oracle Development Tools Overview |
| April 16th | Lance Kimes, ExtraHop Networks | Performance Tuning with Wire Data Analytics | ***File Not Yet Available*** |
| March 19th | Simon Pane, Pythian | It’s time to get rid of your tnsnames.ora file – there are better alternatives! | Oracle Net Service Name Resolution |
| February 19th | Gordon McCart, Oracle | Oracle’s Cloud Strategy and Oracle Consulting Cloud Services | ***File Not Yet Available*** |
| January 15th | Alex Kizer, Longview Systems | Introduction to MySQL Database | Introduction to MySQL Database |
| 2014 | |||
| December 11th | Bruce McCartney, First4 Database Partners Inc. | In-Memory Option in Oracle 12 | In-Memory Option in Oracle 12 |
| November 20th | Marcos Nogueira Microsoft | Oracle on Microsoft Cloud AZURE | Oracle on Microsoft Cloud AZURE |
| October 23rd | David S. Chang and Omar Ahmad, Oracle | Double Presentation | Part 1: “De-mystifying Oracle Licensing” Part 2: “Reducing the Complexity and Cost of running a Data Centre” |
| September 19th | Alex Fatkulin Eclipsys Solutions | Understanding Exadata offloading | ***File Not Yet Available*** |
| June 19th | Ray Smith CGI | Oracle Database 12c Security Auditing | Oracle Database 12c Security Auditing |
| May 15th | Jos van Lammeren Lamko Database Solutions Inc. | Oracle GoldenGate | Oracle GoldenGate |
| April 17th | Martin D’Souza ClariFit | Instrumenting your PL/SQL and APEX Applications | ***File Not Yet Available*** |
| March 20th | Rich Niemiec ROLTA | 12c New Tuning Features & Preparing for the Future | 12c New Tuning Features & Preparing for the Future |
| February 20th | Jane Lamont geoLOGIC Systems Ltd. | Oracle Materialized Views for Replication | Oracle Materialized Views for Replication |
| Janauary 22nd | Mike Ault IBM Canada Ltd. | Oracle Acceleration with Flash Storage Technology | Oracle Acceleration with Flash Storage Technology |
| 2013 | |||
| December 12th | Steve Recsky First4 Database Partners Inc. | Oracle RAC with Data Guard and Golden Gate – Examination of 2 X 3-Node Clusters with 2 Data Centers. | Oracle Data Guard and RAC |
| November 21st | James Thomson Oracle | The Best of Oracle OpenWorld 2013 | ***File Not Yet Available*** |
| October 17th | Simon Pane First4 Database Partners Inc. | Experiences with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c | Experiences with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c |
| September 5th | Alex Gorbachev CTO at Pythian | Double Presentation | 1st Topic: Benchmarking Oracle I/O Performance with ORION 2nd Topic: Hadoop for Oracle Database Professionals |
| June 20th | Michelle Malcher IOUG President | Oracle Database 12c: Secured – Security New Features and Preparing for the Next Release | Oracle Database 12c: Secured – Security New Features and Preparing for the Next Release |
| May 16th | Martin D’Souza ClariFit | Building a Better Team | ***File Not Yet Available*** |
| April 18th | Shannon St. Dennis Oracle | The Next Wave of Productivity and Innovation with Oracle Database | ***File Not Yet Available*** |
| March 21st | Simon Pane First4 Database Partners Inc. | Oracle ASM – Letting Oracle manage Your Storage | Oracle ASM – Letting Oracle manage Your Storage |
| February 21st | Ray Smith CGI | Cross-Platform Database Migration Strategies | Cross-Platform Database Migration Strategies |
| January 17th | Adrian Cervatiuc Oracle | Oracle Fusion Middleware – Overview | Oracle Fusion Middleware – Overview |
| 2012 | |||
| December 13th | Ebtisam Baha’a Halliburton | Data Conversion – Real Life Example | ***File Not Yet Available*** |
| Novermber 15th | Wayne Linton ORA*DBA Systems Consulting Ltd. | Accessing your SQL Server Data from Oracle on Linux – for FREE! | Accessing your SQL Server Data from Oracle on LinuxWayne’s SQL Scripts |
| October 18th | Wolfgang Breitling Centrex Consulting Corp. | Statistics Gathering and Histograms – DOs and DON’Ts | Statistics Gathering and Histograms – DOs and DON’Ts |
| September 20th | Steve Recsky and Simon Pane First4 Database Partners Inc. | The Debate – “SQL Server vs Oracle” | The Debate – “SQL Server vs Oracle” |
| Sept 20/Oct 18 | Maria Anderson IOUG | Introduction to IOUG | Introduction to IOUG |
| June 21st | Shannon St. Dennis Oracle | Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Overview | Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Overview |
| May 17th | Russell Bryant, Groundswell Group & Sue Shaw, Cenovus Energy Inc. | Expanding Your Universe with Middleware | Expanding Your Universe with Middleware |
| April 19th | Martin Giffy D’Souza ClariFit | Common Questions DBAs have about APEX | Common Questions DBAs have about APEX |
| March 15th | Simon Pane First4 Database Partners Inc. | Oracle Database Security: Beyond the Basics | Oracle Database Security: Beyond the Basics |
| February 16th | Kamran Siddique CGI | Data Guard | Data Guard |
| January 19th | Steve Recsky First4 Database Partners Inc. | Oracle Database Refreshes | Oracle Database Refreshes |
| 2011 | |||
| December 15th | Trevor Roskewich Nulli Secundus Inc. | Identity of the Enterprise | Identity of the Enterprise |
| November 17th | Andre Tardif Oracle Canada | Oracle Open World Update | Oracle Open World Update |
| October 20th | Dean Richards Confio Software | Monitoring Oracle Databases in a VMware Environment | Monitoring Oracle Databases in a VMware Environment |
| September 15th | Cary Millsap Method R | Thinking Clearly About Performance | Thinking Clearly About PerformanceClick here to see updated info on this topic from Method R |
| June 2nd | Tom Kyte Senior Technical Architect, Oracle’s Server Technology Division | Metadata Matters | Metadata Matters |
| May 19th | Simon Pane First4 Database Partners Inc. | RMAN – From the Basics to the Cloud | RMAN – From the Basics to the Cloud |
| April 21st | Howie Legge AMEC | Oracle Forms Application Modernization | |
| March 17th | Chad McMahon CGI | Method R: Performance Optimization the Smart Way | Method R: Performance Optimization the Smart Way |
| February 17th | Kamran Siddique CGI | Clusterware 11.2 | Clusterware 11.2 |
| January 20th | Simon Pane First4 Database Partners Inc. | Oracle Tips & Tricks | Oracle Tips & Tricks |
| 2010 | |||
| December 16th | Steve Recsky First4 Database Partners Inc. | Oracle Large Client Deployment | Oracle Large Client Deployment |
| November 18th | Paul Bekker Oracle Corporation | Clash of the Titans/Golden Gate | Clash of the Titans/Golden Gate |
| October 21st | Wolfgang Breitling | Anatomy of a SQL Tuning Session | Anatomy of a SQL Tuning Session PDF |
| September 30th | Mel Shum EMC | ECM Data Protection for Oracle | ECM Data Protection for Oracle |
| June 10th | Dr. Randall Dyck | Data Warehousing and Mining | Presentation Notes DOC |
| May 22th | Maria Anderson Encana Corporation | Mergers and Aquistions: How to Survive as a DBA | |
| April 29th | Kamran Siddique CGI | 11g R2 Real Application Clusters | |
| February 25th | Ray Smith CGI | Flashback Technologies | Oracle Flashback Examples DOCFlashback PPT |
| January 28th | Ebtisam Baha’a Intervera Data Solutions | Data Migration: Challenges and Framework Solutions | |
| 2009 | |||
| December 10th | Chad McMahon CGI | SQL Tuning for Scalability | |
| November 19th | Frank Vandongen Talisman Energy Inc | Maximizing Your Oracle Investment | |
| October 22nd | Jim Josephs Oracle Corporation | Oracle Exadata V2 | Oracle Exadata PDF |
| September 24th | Jamie Kinney Amazon | Cloud Computing with Oracle | |
| June 25th | Bruce McCartney First4 Database Partners Inc | Using Oracle Scheduler in 11g | |
| April 30th | Martin D’Souza Cognera Corp | Migrate Existing Applications to APEX | |
| March 26th | Maria Anderson Petro-Canada | CSI DBA: Anatomy of a Database Upgrade | CSI DBA PPT |
| Feburary 26th | Robert Svoboda Key2Data Ltd. | Oracle Data Encryption | Oracle Data Encryption |
