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BC Oracle Training Cruise

A Burleson Consulting cruise

May 9, 2010: Cruise sets sail from Port Canaveral
May 9-16, 2010: Cruise the Eastern Caribbean
At Sea Training Days: May 11, 14, & 15, 2010

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Only once per year, Burleson Consulting offers a public training class. This presents a rare opportunity to learn the secrets of Oracle from some of the world's most highly regarded Oracle experts and authors.

Burleson Consulting provides the world's best Oracle training. All BC trainers are real Oracle experts and authors who combine years of experience with outstanding communications skills.

Don Burleson Lecturing on 2008 Cruise

Beautiful amenities on board

The Appeal of a BC Oracle Cruise

This is a full 7-night Cruise with an onboard Oracle Remote DBA class. The total price is less than the cost of a traditional training class. With cruise prices are at an all-time low, this is an unprecedented opportunity to combine the vacation of a lifetime with world-class Oracle Remote DBA internals training. In past years, BC has had great success with our shipboard Oracle cruises, a great way to have fun and share valuable Oracle technical information.

The Freedom of the Seas

There are some of the benefits to our land-sea Oracle training:

Great Price - The BC Oracle DBA cruise is better quality training at an even better price. The BC Oracle cruise is far less expensive than a traditional Oracle DBA class, with an unparalleled intimate learning experiences. Compare your options, and you will see why the Oracle cruise is a no-brainer!

Vendor	Course	Travel	Room	Total Cost
Oracle University	$3,750	$600	$1,000	$5,300
BC Oracle Cruise	$1,995	$600	$1,250*	$3,845

World class education: BC has some of the top Oracle experts in the world, that will share their extensive knowledge as working Remote DBA professionals. Unlike traditional Oracle Remote DBA training, all BC Oracle Remote DBA training is taught by practicing Oracle Remote DBA consultants with decades of hands-on, real-world experience.
Bring the family: Your loved ones can share your stateroom for as little as $649⁺⁺ each, making the BC Oracle cruise the most affordable training option anywhere.
Bring the team - This is a phenomenal team building opportunity! Check out the discounts for multiple attendees from the same company:

Students	Cost each
1	$1,995
2	$1,795
3	$1,665
4	$1,495
5	$1,325
6	$1,265
7	$1,195
8	$1,130
9	$1,065
10+	$ 995

Convince the boss: See these important notes on how to convince your boss the BC cruise is a great value. Here is an Oracle 11g Upgrade Training Class management overview, ready to print for review by your management. (TOP)
Traditional invoicing: Because the training is not at any fixed place, the Oracle class invoices are shown as being conducted in Port Canaveral, where the class begins.

*Based on single occupancy cabin rate for attendee and includes 2 nights of hotel in Port Canaveral.

Meet your trainers:

Michael Culp is a seasoned IT professional and holder of two Oracle Masters certificates, an expert with over 25 years of experience with database technology. Michael has been a Senior DBA Consultant for a large IT services organization supporting many Fortune 500 corporations and he spent the previous 10 years managing one of the largest database shops in the world with thousands of databases.

Michael is a popular instructor who has been teaching Oracle Database management skills for many years on a variety of products including Oracle, MS SQL Server, IBM DB2 UDB, as well as half of dozen other variants of SQL RDBMSs.

Donald K. Burleson is one of the world's best known Oracle experts and authors.

A retired Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Burleson has more than 20 years of full-time DBA experience, authored 32 Oracle database books, written over 100 Oracle articles, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Rampant TechPress.

About the BC Oracle cruise:

On May 9, 2010 we set sail on the Freedom of the Seas. Experience a masterpieces of naval engineering, featuring a rock-climbing wall; our FlowRider^� surf park at sea; cantilevered whirlpools that extend 12 feet beyond the sides of the ship; the H20 Zone^SM waterpark, complete with interactive sculpture fountains, ground geysers and a cascading waterfall; and so much more!

For Oracle cruise details and booking information, now.

It's never been easier to book your Oracle training at sea. You book your cruise independently with Royal Caribbean, so you have the full flexibility to choose your own accommodations.

- Step 1: Call (800) 766-1884 to book your class seat

- Step 2: Book your cruise online

- Step 3: Book your Port Canaveral hotel

About the Oracle 11g Upgrade training class

Upgrading to Oracle11g

New Features for Database Creation and Deletion

� SYSAUX Tablespace

� Automated Storage Management Configuration

� Automated RAC Services Configuration

� Simplified Upgrade for RAC and OPS Databases

� Drop Database

Database Tuning and Performance Improvements

Database Resource Manager Improvements

� Database Resource Manager Overview

� Adaptive Consumer Group Mapping

� Fixed CPU Quota

� Integration of Resource Manager and Profiles

Tuning Improvements

� Buffer Cache Flushing - User Initiated

� Automated Checkpoint Tuning

� CPU Costing

� Dynamic Sampling

Tuning Transaction Recovery

� Easy Transaction Recovery Monitoring

Oracle Enterprise Manager Changes

� Overview of the changes

� SQL Reporting

� New Performance Overview Charts

Single-Set Aggregates in DML Returning Clause

New and Updated Optimizer Hints

Wait Model Improvements

� Overview of enhancements

� Changes and updates

Application Tuning

� Overview of improvements

� SQL Access Advisor

� Materialized View Tuning API - The new
TUNE_MVIEW API

New Static Data Dictionary Views

� Overview

� List of Views and Explanation

New Dynamic Performance Views

� Overview

� List of Views

Static data dictionary views have new columns

Dynamic performance views have new columns

Oracle11g New Features for Tablespace Management

Temporary Tablespace

� Temporary Tablespace Group Overview

� Temporary Tablespace Group Benefits

� Examples

Rename Tablespace

� Tablespace Rename Overview

� Tablespace Rename Benefits

� Examples

Bigfile Tablespace

� Bigfile Tablespace Overview

� Bigfile Tablespace Benefits

� Extended ROWID Format

� Examples

Automated Storage Management (ASM)

� Automated Storage Management Overview

� Automated Storage Management Benefits

� ASM Disk Group

� ASM Disk

� ASM Files

� ASM Instance

New Oracle11g Table and Index Features

Creating a Sorted Hash Cluster

� Benefits

� Examples

Partitioning Improvement

� Overview of Improvements in Partitioning

� Global Partitioned Indexes - Hash Partitioning

� Enhancements for Partitioned Index-Organized Tables

- List Partitioning

- LOB Support

- Global Index Maintenance

� Local Partitioned Indexes Manageability Improvements

� Enhanced Partition Management in Enterprise Manager

Enhanced Bitmap Index Performance and Space Management

New Oracle11g DML Features: Insert, Update and Delete

Single-Set Aggregates in DML Returning Clause

Upsert through SQL Interrow Calculations

New Oracle11g SELECT features

SQLAccess Advisor

Materialized View Tuning API

Grouped Table Outer Join

Increased Number of Aggregates per Query

SQL Interrow Calculations

Remote Stored Functions in SELECT Statements

Native Net Over Fast Interconnects

Native Net Over TCP/IP

Case-Insensitive and Accent-Insensitive Query and Sort

Enhanced Collections

Enhanced CONNECT BY Support

Oracle Expression Filter

SQL Regular

Row Timestamp

Improved Features: MERGE, EXTERNAL TABLES, MINSERT

Asynchronous Change Data

Cross-Platform Transportable Tablespaces

Enhanced Table Functions

External Tables Unload

Enhanced MERGE Functionality

New Oracle11g Initialization Parameters

Type of Initialization Parameters

Twenty New Parameters

CREATE_STORED_OUTLINES

DB_ALLOWED_LOGIN_VERSION

DB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET

DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST

DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE

DDL_WAIT_FOR_LICKS

INSTANCE_TYPE

LDAP_DIRECTORY_ACCESS

LOG_ARCHIVE_CONFIG

OSM_DISK_REPARIR_TIME

OSM_DISKGROUPS

OSM_DISKSTRING

OSM_POWER_LIMIT

PLSQL_OPTIMIZE_LEVEL

PLSQL_WARNINGS

RESUMABLE_TIMEOUT

SKIP_UNUSABLE_INDESES

SMTP_OUT_SERVER

SP_NAME

STREAMS_POOL_SIZE

New Oracle11g Management Features

Database Startup and Shutdown

� Overview of enhancements

� Database Automated Startup and Shutdown Configuration

Database Install

� Simplified Database Install

Improvements in Auditing

� Uniform Audit Trail

� Extended SQL Support in FGA

Easier Database Registration

Unified User Model

New Oracle11g Network Features

Database Authentication with Standard LDAP Password Verifiers

Single Station Administration for Password Authentication to Oracle Database

SSL Session Renegotiation

Performance Improvements

4096-Bit Key Size Support

Oracle11g Backup and Recovery New Features

Extended Flashback Functions

� Flashback Database

� Flashback Standby Database

� Flashback Re-instantiation

� Flashback Drop

� Flashback Table

� Flashback Row History

� Flashback Transaction History

RMAN Enhancements

� Automated Channel Failover for Backup and Restore

� Automated File Creation During Recovery

� Simplified Backups to Disk

� Simplified Recovery Manager Cataloging of Backup Files

Why learn Oracle on a cruise?

This is the best Oracle Remote DBA training course anywhere, plus the learning environment is substantially enhanced by the "at sea" experience. You will have nearly endless opportunities to interact with our experienced Oracle gurus.

We are limiting enrollees to ensure that every students get personalized attention.

For Oracle cruise details and booking information, send an e-mail to now.

Plus, you can bring your family, sharing your stateroom, combining your training with the ultimate family vacation.

This is an unparalleled opportunity to learn Oracle Remote DBA from working Oracle Remote DBA experts. We are only accepting a limited number of attendees, so call and reserve your spot now in this amazing Oracle Remote DBA training.