Hotsos Symposium 2011 Speakers and Topics

We are pleased to announce that the speakers for Hotsos Symposium 2011 have been selected. Topics include Oracle performance, database I/O, latch internals, AWR, ASH, Apex, CBO, Exadata, Data Warehousing, RAC, Streams, Triggers and many more. Visit Hotsos Symposium 2011 Speakers and Topics for a complete listing and to find out more about each topic.

We are so glad to have so many outstanding speakers who are returning for 2011. They include (in alphabetical order by first name): Alex Gorbachev, Andrew Zitelli, Cary Millsap, Doug Burns, Gerwin Hendriksen, Gwen Shapira, Henry Poras, Kerry Osborne, Margaret Norman, Neil Gunther, Riyaj Shamsudeen, Stephan Haisley, Tanel Põder, Tim Gorman, Tom Kyte, Toon Koppelaars, and Wolfgang Breitling.

We are also excited about these speakers who are presenting at Hotsos Symposium for the first time. They are: Andrey Nikolaev, Dan Fink, Doug Gault, Friedrich Pfeiffer, Gary Propeck, Karl Arao, Mahesh Vallampati, Maria Colgan, Mark Farnham, Miladin Modrakovic, and Shan Nawaz.

Please don't forget that Kerry Osborne is scheduled to present a technical keynote on "Back to the Future: Mainframes, Open Systems, and the New Role of Exadata", and more about his presentation can be found at Hotsos Symposium 2011 Keynote.

You also won't want to miss the optional Training Day. Karen Morton is presenting, "Managing SQL Performance - Practical Information and Tools for Writing and Maintaining Optimally Performing SQL". Visit Training Day 2011 to read more. Both presentations, Kerry's and Karen's, will be well-worth the admission price.

Hotsos Symposium 2011 will be held March 6th through 10th in Irving, Texas. Go ahead! Sign up today and get the early bird registration price. Visit our Registration page today.

Questions about Hotsos Symposium 2011? Send them to symposium@hotsos.com.

Hotsos Symposium 2011 Party Theme

Comment ca va? It's official. The theme for the 2011 Hotsos Symposium party is a "Swamp Stomp". It will have a definite Cajun flair to it with crawfish, Hotsos hot sauce and Zydeco music. Attendees, find your favorite pair of blue jeans and an old flannel shirt to wear. Visit our website to find out more. Laissez les bons temps rouler (let the good times roll)!

Kerry Osborne - Keynote Speaker for Hotsos Symposium 2011

We are pleased to announce that Kerry Osborne of Enkitec has agreed to be the keynote speaker at Hotsos Symposium 2011.

Kerry has been a frequent speaker at prior Hotsos Symposia, and his presentations are always interesting, informative and well-attended. He's become a favorite of attendees.

The title of the keynote presentation is "Back to the Future: Mainframes, Open Systems, and the New Role of Exadata". More information about Kerry's topic is available at www.hotsos.com.

To sign up for Hotsos Symposium, please visit our Registration page.

Hotsos Symposium Abstracts

Thanks to everyone who submitted an abstract for Hotsos Symposium 2011. We received a record number of abstracts this year, and it is going to be extremely difficult to choose the 30 plus session topics from all of these great abstracts.

We'd like to especially thank Cary Millsap in advance for his help in the selection process.

Speakers and topics will be announced on November 5, 2010, but go ahead and register now. You won't want to miss Sym '11.

Early bird registration pricing is in effect now. Sign up today!

Hotsos Profiler 5.2.3 Is Available for Download

Hotsos is pleased to announce that Profiler 5.2.3 is ready for download.

This release fixes the following issues:

• --runstat command line option on Mac OS x


• changed file mode of p5prof_wrapper to a+x


• correctly identifies task end times for more pre-10.2 trace files


• no longer renders "CPU service, unreported call(s)" duration offset by large "unaccounted-for between dbcalls" duration"

Current customers may download the latest release at portal.hotsos.com. Please use your portal id to log in as it works more consistently than using your email address.

Prospective customers may contact sales@hotsos.com or call +1.817.488.6200 for a demo.

Hotsos Symposium 2011 Call for Presentations Is Open!

Interested in Oracle application and database performance? Have a great story to tell? Then we want you to submit a presentation abstract for Hotsos Symposium 2011. Visit sym4speakers to get the application. Send it to symposium@hotsos.com by September 30, 2010.

What do you get out of presenting? Free registration for Symposium AND Training Day with Karen Morton. That's four full days of learning, networking and FUN!!! And...it only takes one hour of your time.

Come join an elite crew of Oracle performance presenters! Send in your abstract today!

Karen Morton - Hotsos Symposium Training Day 2011

Yep, we got her! The Grand Poobah of SQL, Karen Morton, has agreed to host Hotsos Symposium Training Day 2011.

Training Day will take place on March 10, 2011, and Karen's topic is entitled:

"Managing SQL Performance - Practical Information and Tools for Writing and Maintaining Optimally Performing SQL".

Karen is a consultant and educator who specializes in application optimization, and the aim of her presentation is to make managing SQL performance an engrained and automatic part of your application lifecycle. She will give you tools and techniques to help you write better SQL faster while also helping you to quickly diagnose poorly performing SQL. Karen is an entertaining and engaging speaker. To find out more about what Karen will teach you, please visit the Training Day page to read her abstract.

This is one Training Day you will not want to miss! Register now!

For more information about Hotsos Symposium or Training Day, please call +1.817.488.6200 x520 or send an email to symposium@hotsos.com.

Karen, we can't wait to see you (with or without the hat):