Hotsos Partners with Tanel Põder to Present "Advanced Oracle Troubleshooting" Seminars

Hotsos is pleased to announce that we are partnering with Tanel Põder to bring you two sessions in two cities of "Advanced Oracle Troubleshooting". The first seminar will be held in Dallas, TX on September 9, 2009, and the second will be in Washington, DC on September 14, 2009.

To register for either event, please go to https://portal.hotsos.com/education/SEM. On this page, you may read more about the seminars then scroll down to the bottom of the page to pick a location and register.

For more detailed information about what will be covered in these intensive 3-day programs, you may also visit http://blog.tanelpoder.com/seminar/.

And...if you still can't get enough of Tanel, sign up for Hotsos Symposium 2010. Tanel will be presenting sessions and hosting the Training Day.

Hotsos Symposium 2010 Call for Papers Is Open

Did you attend Hotsos Symposium 2009? No? Want to see what you missed? Watch this video.

The Sym is a great way to network with your peers, discuss Oracle performance issues and meet others who share the same interests. In addition, being selected as a presenter is a great way to get into the Symposium and Training Day for free! However, the only way to be chosen as a speaker is to fill out and submit the form.

We've opened the call for papers for Hotsos Symposium 2010 this week. You can download the form from www.hotsos.com. It's in Microsoft Word format so it will be easy for you to fill out. All you need is an idea. Send your completed form and/or questions to symposium@hotsos.com.

Just be sure to return it by September 30, 2009 for consideration.

Optimizing Oracle SQL Is Intensive in Hotsos HQ

We thought it might be fun to host one of our classes in the office for a change. Our first opportunity was the Optimizing Oracle SQL, Intensive class, which started on May 11th, 2009.

You might be able to tell how "intense" this class is by the expressions on the students faces below:



Monty said that the students didn't want to leave after his first day of teaching. He wasn't sure if they needed some extra time to absorb all of the material, or if they were scared to run the gauntlet through the Hotsos staff.

After all, they'd have to walk by Sales and Accounting to get out. Does this adorable face look like she'd bite?



Or these?



Heck, no! Well...at least not hard, any way. We're a friendly crew.

BTW, Monty is in fine form today so the students better beware!



We'll see what happens at the end of Day 2! Will the students stay after class or bolt?

Whatever they do, we love having the students inhouse. It's fun having new faces and stories around the water cooler.

Back from Down Under

Australia is a great country. I was mostly in Sydney this go around so I didn't see much of the country really. But what I did see and the folks I did meet were all good. Cary the restaurant you recommended is gone, so couldn't try it. We were able to find many other splendid places to eat. An Italian place close to Curricular Quay was very good.

Went to Manly (of course!) and hand lunch at the Manly Grill (arr-arr-arr!) right on the beach. Unfortunately it was cold and rainy, it is fall there right now after all. Only a few brave souls were out surfing, and I was not one of them.



The presentation at the Sydney Meetup went very well. Tanel and I had a great time. Alex runs a great group, here is Alex and I just before I started. (Note to self, remember NO beer with Alex until AFTER the presentation next time.)



I hope to make it back soon.

Ric Down Under

I'll be in beautiful Sydney Australia (is there another Sydney in the world?) next Friday (17 April) at the Sydney Meetup doing a presentation on using Oracle Trace data to tune SQL.

Tanel Põder will be there as well doing his "No Slides" gig. I saw this at the Hotsos Symposium this year, and it's a presentation not to be missed. I'm glad that I'll be able to see it twice; hopefully, I can fill in the gaps in my notes from the first go.

Stop by and have some great Oracle training and some beer and Pizza with other Oracle geeks!

Ta, Da! Hotsos Symposium 2010

We have been busy getting the website updated for Hotsos Symposium 2010 and have some great announcements for you:

• Mark your calendars! Hotsos Symposium 2010 will be held March 7 — 11, 2010 at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Irving, TX.
  
  


• Tom Kyte will be the keynote speaker!
  
  


• Tanel Põder is doing the Training Day!
  
  


• We're holding registration prices the same! We've even added a really early bird registration option. If you register before September 30, 2009, you'll pay only $995 for the Symposium. The optional Training Day is an extra $500, but it's worth it to get a whole day with Tanel. To register, click here.


• Want a free registration? Submit a presentation idea, and if you're chosen as a speaker, you get in free for Symposium and Training Day. However, this doesn't include travel and hotel. The call for presentations opens May 5, 2009.


• Registration is capped at 500 attendees to ensure that you have plenty of networking opportunities with the speakers and other attendees.

See our website for more information. We hope to see you there.

Hotsos Symposium Training Day 2009 with Jonathan Lewis

We had a higher percentage of attendees stay for Jonathan Lewis' Training Day this year. Jonathan's topic was "Understanding Troubleshooting".







As always, Jonathan got rave reviews, and we're really pleased to have hosted him again this year.