PTOUG

Securing data is one of the most critical and business-sensitive issues faced by IT security architects and database administrators. Oracle offers solid solutions for implementing high-end database security policies.

This hands-on workshop offers customers a technical overview of the following Oracle 10gR2 and 11g security products:
- Advanced Security Option – network encryption, Transparent Data Encryption (TDE), Tablespace-level data encryption, encrypting backups using RMAN
- Database Vault – provides separation of duty and lockdown capabilities against privileged database users
- Audit Vault – provides centralized audit collection and reporting capabilities for Oracle and selected non-Oracle databases
- Enterprise Manager Data Masking Pack – provides numerous built-in and customizable scrambling/masking functions for ensuring that sensitive production data is not visible within staging or test environments

Since seating is limited, please RSVP by July 21, 2008. 

This is a hands-on workshop.  Participants are provided with an overview of all of Oracle’s database security products listed above.   Each participant is provided with collateral containing all slides, lab exercises, and VMWare image used in the workshop.

Please contact Linda Johnson if you have any questions

Unifi, Inc.
7201 W Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27410

3:00 - 3:15 Meet & Greet
3:15 - 3:30 Script / Tip / Whitepaper swap (Everyone)
3:30 - 4:30 Database Security and Compliance (James Ellis)
4:30 - 5:00 Shell Scripting for the Oracle Professional (Stewart McGlaughlin)

Eliminating Database Downtime when Moving to Oracle 10g - featuring customer Overstock.com
GoldenGate Software Web Seminar
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST

Join GoldenGate Software and customer Overstock.com for this one-hour webinar event for companies who need to upgrade their business-critical systems running on Oracle 8i or 9i — but can’t take significant downtime.

Unifi, Inc.
7201 W Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27410

This meeting has been pushed back to avoid conflicts with Collaborate 08

3:00 - 3:15 Meet & Greet
3:15 - 3:30 Script / Tip / Whitepaper swap (Everyone)
3:30 - 4:15 Replacing JInitiator with Sun JRE in 11i (Mike Brown)
4:15 - 5:00 60 Oracle Security Tips in  60  45 Minutes (Stewart McGlaughlin)

I’d like to also discuss appointing PTOUG Officers - to help with future meetings.

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Location: Blueridge Conference room, Building 5 (Creekside), Cisco Systems, RTP, NC 27709

Sponsored by Texas Memory Systems and Burleson Consulting

Our NCOUG Spring TechBlast continues in our tradition of finding the very best Oracle experts to maximize your learning experience. Join us at Cisco on Friday May 2nd for our spring Oracle TechBlast. 

Don Burleson will present his top-rated talk on Oracle 11g SQL Tuning Secrets.
 
Texas Memory Systems - Presentation on RAM SAN Solid State Disks (SSD) and Oracle

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to “tune in” to the new secrets in Oracle software and explore SSD as a storage option.

12:30 - 1:00 PM - Networking
1:00 - 2:00 PM -  11g SQL Tuning Secrets - Don Burleson

This presentation examines real-world techniques for improving the speed of SQL queries with a focus on the new Oracle11g SQL tuning features. The topics will include the new SQL workload replay, fully automatic SQL tuning, the “result cache” hint, new Oracle parameters that affect SQL performance, and changes to the new Oracle11g CBO costing approach.

2:15 - 4:30 PM - Understanding the Storage Impact on Oracle - Should you look at Solid State Disks? - Jamon Bowen (Texas Memory Systems)  
 
To reserve your spot, e-mail Harry Conway at: ncoug@remote-dba.net
 
Directions:
* I-40 to the Davis Drive (Exit 280).
* At the ramp signal, turn left (South) onto Davis Drive.
* Proceed 3.5 miles on Davis Drive to Kit Creek Road intersection.
* Turn right onto Kit Creek Road. You will see Cisco sign here.
* Take the 2nd left, the building is Creekside (building number 5).
* Sign in with the receptionist.

The Critical Patch Update Advisory is available at any of the following locations:

Oracle Technology Network: http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/alerts.htm

Oracle, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards products: http://www.peoplesoft.com/corp/en/support/security_index.jsp

The next four Critical Patch Update release dates are:
* July 15, 2008
* October 14, 2008
* January 13, 2009
* April 14, 2009

Managing the Enterprise with Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control

Wednesday, March 5th @ 2:00 p.m. EST
For registration please click here.

Conference Details

Webcast Link
Web Conf ID/Key: 101819594/grid
Audio: 888-794-4691 Password: grid

Spanning applications, middleware, and database management, Oracle Enterprise Manager unique “top-down” approach enables Information Technology (IT) departments to focus on what matters to the business - greater agility, better service quality and lower operational costs. Oracle Enterprise Manager enables its customers to manage their applications from top to bottom - from monitoring service levels to proactively isolating business exceptions before they escalate, and remediating issues at any level of the IT stack.

Join Oracle Product Development for this live ninety minute presentation to learn how Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control can help you manage your heterogeneous enterprise environment.

The following areas will be covered during this presentation:

• EM Grid Control Overview
• Customer Examples
• Best Practices & Roadmap
• EM Demonstration
• Q&A with Product Development

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Jan. 16 — Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) and BEA Systems (Nasdaq: BEAS) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire all outstanding shares of BEA for $19.375 per share in cash. The offer is valued at approximately $8.5 billion, or $7.2 billion net of BEA’s cash on hand of $1.3 billion. “We expect this deal to be accretive to Oracle’s earnings by at least 1-2 cents on a non-GAAP basis in its first full year after closing,” said Oracle President and Chief Financial Officer Safra Catz.

Unifi, Inc.
7201 W Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27410

3:00 - 3:15 Meet & Greet
3:15 - 3:30 Script / Tip / Whitepaper swap (Everyone)
3:30 - 4:30 Using Hot Backup Technology to Implement a Physical Standby Database in Standard Edition (Mike Brown)
4:30 - 5:00 TBA

The Critical Patch Update Advisory is available at any of the following locations:

Oracle Technology Network: http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/alerts.htm

Oracle, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards products: http://www.peoplesoft.com/corp/en/support/security_index.jsp

The next four Critical Patch Update release dates are:
* April 15, 2008
* July 15, 2008
* October 14, 2008
* January 13, 2009