Three Essential DBA Career Priorities for 2018

Many database administrators (DBAs) will go into 2018 wondering if “self-driving” databases will weaken their career prospects. More likely, 2018 will be a year that database technology leaps forward and these valuable data experts take on other, more important responsibilities. Find out three of the top strategic priorities for database administrators in 2018.
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New! AskTom Office Hours

We’re excited to launch the Oracle AskTOM Office Hours to help our users get the best performance, security and ease-of-use out of Oracle Database. Building on the proven success of the AskTOM forum, Office Hours features monthly free live Q&A sessions with Oracle Database experts, from product managers to developers to evangelists, and covers topics including database upgrade, SQL analytics, JSON, Application Express, PL/SQL, In-Memory, Multitenant, and more.
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New! Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Savings Calculator

Intelligent data management delivers more scalability, simplicity and security to enable companies make faster decisions and derive more value from their data. Calculate the value of automation in three quick steps and see how much you can save with the Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud.
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Announcing Oracle NoSQL Database Virtual Machine

Oracle NoSQL Database Community Edition is now available within a Virtual Machine that can run in Oracle VirtualBox. With the easy-to-use VM, you can get started quickly to use Oracle NoSQL Database Community Edition.
Learn more and download the latest Oracle NoSQL Database Community Edition.

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Weekly Live Demo Webcasts

The popular weekly webcast series continues to showcase live demos of Oracle’s new Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud Service in 2018! Join the Oracle experts on Tuesdays at 9am PT and see how quick and easy you can provision a data warehouse on Oracle Cloud.
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AT&T Migrates Massive Mission-Critical Databases to Oracle Cloud

AT&T, like other large companies, is moving to the cloud to ensure it can continue to innovate and stay ahead in a fast-moving industry. Until recently, AT&T has lacked a cloud-based solution to run its 2,000 largest Oracle databases. Read the story and learn how Oracle Cloud at Customer will enable AT&T to host mission-critical databases up to 100 TB in size in an Oracle-managed cloud that’s as flexible and scalable as a public cloud—but is located in AT&T facilities.
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New Oracle Database 12c R2 Courses

Kick off 2018 by equipping yourself with the professional skills you need! Oracle University works with Oracle Database product experts to develop a wide range of courses from core DBA classes to advanced topics and specialty courses. Here is the highlight of our recently released courses on Oracle Database Cloud and Oracle Database 12c R2:

• Oracle Database Cloud for Oracle DBAs
• Oracle Database Security: Preventive Controls for Developers
• Oracle Database 12c R2: New Features for Administrators Part 1
• Oracle Database 12c R2: Backup and Recovery Workshop
• Oracle Database 12c R2: Managing Multitenant Architecture
• Oracle Database 12c R2: Advanced PL/SQL