Transcript Becoming a Bilingual Oracle/SQL Server DBA

BECOMING A BILINGUAL ORACLE/SQL SERVER DBA
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Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2015
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THE MULTI-PLATFORM DBA CHALLENGE
Today, 80% of you deal with more
than one database platform*
14%
BUSINESSES PROJECTS
NEED TO BE FASTER,
CHEAPER, BETTER
REQUIRE A BROAD SET
OF SKILLS THAT ARE
RELEVANT
8%
20%
2
3
25% 33%
4
5+
7%
2%
Microsoft SQL Server is the most
widely deployed Database on the
planet**
7%
19%
47%
18%
*Embarcadero Technologies Database Survey Report
http://www.embarcadero.com/images/dm/technical-papers/database-survey-report.pdf
**IDC's Server Workloads 2010 Model
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IBM
Microsoft SQL
Server
MySQL
Oracle
AS AN ORACLE DBA,
HOW CAN YOU SUCCEED
WHEN SQL SERVER IS
ADDED TO YOUR PLATE?
BECOME THE
INDISPENSABLE
IT PRO!
BEING A BILINGUAL DBA
WILL HELP YOU SUCCEED
IN THE TOUGH
ENTERPRISE OF TODAY
ENTERPRISES ARE A
MIXED SHOP REALITY
REQUIRING AN
EXPANDED SKILL SET
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Mergers and acquisitions
3rd party and custom
applications
Cost constraints
DBA evolves into
information architect
Closer collaboration
By 2015, 46% of net new IT
spending will be on cloud
technologies
TURNING NEW
TECHNOLOGIES INTO
NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Digital data is expected
to grow more than 40x in
this decade
Mobile computing
SQL Server is used as back-end
database for Microsoft SharePoint
SQL SERVER SHOWS UP
IN MANY FORMS
SQL Server Integration Services,
Reporting Services and Analysis
Services
3rd Party
Applications and
custom applications
Oracle Active Data
Guard
Always On Availability Groups
THERE IS ALSO
COMMONALITY WITH
ORACLE TOOLS THAT
YOU ALREADY KNOW
Oracle Advanced
Compression
Database and Backup Compression
Oracle Enterprise
Manager
Management Studio
BECOMING THE
BILINGUAL DBA
IS A STRONG PATH TO THE
INDISPENSABLE IT PRO
Join PASS Oracle DBA Virtual
Chapter and exchange
information with peers
Benefit from training and resources
provided by the bilingual DBA
community
WE CAN HELP!
Get on a DBA
certification path
EXPLORE
• Join PASS Oracle DBA Virtual Chapter
• http://oracle.sqlpass.org/
• Training
• Virtual Labs for SQL Server 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/learning-center/virtual-labs.aspx
• Free training SQL Server 2008 for Oracle DBA
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/dd548020.aspx
• SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) Readiness Videos
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/ff977043
• Try SQL Server 2012 for a limited period at no charge
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/get-sql-server/try-it.aspx
START YOUR BILINGUAL
ADVENTURE
SIGN UP FOR A FREE
MEMBERSHIP WITH
THE PASS ORACLE DBA
VIRTUAL CHAPTER TODAY
HTTP://ORACLE.SQLPASS.ORG
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