The Seven Deadly Habits of a DBA and How to Cure Them by Paul Vallee
Calling widespread bad habits in database administration "deadly" may seem extreme. However, when you consider the critical nature of most data, and just how damaging data loss or corruption can be to a corporation, "deadly" seems pretty dead-on. Although these habits are distressingly common... This type of interface allows a beginner DBA to act as an intermediate DBA under certain circumstances, but simultaneously prevents that beginner from learning the actual skills behind the tasks. ... Watch out for DBA support software that presents friendly GUI interfaces for difficult tasks.

Why Oracle RAC by Valerian Cardoza
Pre-RAC Let’s face it, today’s IT environments are in constant flux. Acquisitions, mergers, global economies, and the general unrest in the marketplace continually put stress on IT infrastructures. It has become increasingly difficult for IT organizations to predict, plan, and deploy proper... These independent systems typically are improperly sized, too small or too big for the applications they support, and are likely to become islands of computing power that are spread thinly around a corporation.

Database Guru James F. Koopmann Reviews DBxtra Reporting and Query Tool by Rudolf Vanek
DBxtra is a powerful query and reporting tool that hides many of the complexity and technical expertise required for creating connections to disperse data sources, building queries, designing reports, and delivery information throughout an enterprise or to your customer base. ... Hardware / Software Requirements • Processor 600Mhz • 128 MB RAM • 25 MB available space on hard disk drive • Microsoft Windows 98 SE or later • Microsoft Excel 97 & Outlook 97 for higher level features Download and Installation You can get a free 15 day trial off DBxta’s web site at...