Oracle's Tom Kyte (AKA 'Ask Tom') at Richmond Oracle/Sun User Group. Tue Aug 10, at Genworth Financial

Join the newly formed Richmond Oracle/Sun User Group and Tom Kyte as we discuss Oracle Exadata. Learn how today's challenges of ever-increasing data volume, number of servers and storage, and rising complexity of applications can be addressed.

Visit With Tom Kyte And Learn About The Oracle Exadata Database Machine While Networking With Colleagues.

The Sun Oracle Database Machine, Exadata, was created for an optimized and consolidated workload, including data warehousing, OLTP and content management. Built on revolutionary technologies like Exadata Smart Flash Cache, Exadata Smart Scans, Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC), advanced networking and storage built-in, the Sun Oracle Database Machine is a complete package of software, servers, and storage.

Attendees will have the chance to WIN Various Door Prizes and Food and Beverage will be provided.

Click here to register for this free event or call 1.800.820.5592 ext. 7965.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Genworth Financial 
6630 W. Broad St.
Richmond, VA 23230
Building 4
"The Forum" Conference Room 

Directions: 
Genworth Financial in Building 4 (6630 West Broad St.) on the first floor (The Forum). Genworth Financial is located on West Broad Street in the Brookfield Office Park. After turning at the light on Broad Street and entering the Brookfield Complex...you should stay in the left lane and turn left at the stop sign. Follow the road around past the Sheraton to Building 4 toward the back of the campus. Turn left for Visitor Parking. Additional parking is located on the far side of the building as well. Please enter at the front main entrance.

Speaker Biography: 

Thomas (Tom) Kyte (b1965) is a Vice President at Oracle Corporation, and is the Tom behind the popular AskTom website, in which he answers questions from Oracle Developers and DBAs. Tom is also an Oracle ACE, a featured speaker at Oracle conferences around the world and is well respected in the Oracle community.
Tom has been working with the Oracle Database product since 1987 (Oracle 5.1.5c) and working with Oracle Corporation since 1993 (Oracle 7).
He currently lives in Round Hill, Virginia, United States with his children Megan and Alan (with a guinea pig and fish called Patches and Tim).

Books 

• Tom has written several books related to the Oracle Database, including:
• Expert One on One Oracle (ISBN 1-59059-243-3)
• Effective Oracle by Design (ISBN 0-07-223065-7)
• Expert Oracle Database Architecture: 9i and 10g Programming Techniques and Solutions (ISBN 1-59059-530-0)

External links 
Tom's weblog
The Asktom website
Tom's photos on Flickr