UTOUG Training Days 2025: Full Schedule

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9:30am MDT

From Data Silos to Unified Platforms: Leveraging Oracle Autonomous Database for Cross-Cloud and Multiplatform Integration

Monday March 24, 2025 9:30am - 10:15am MDT

Room 213

In today’s multi-cloud, multiplatform environment, a unified data platform is critical for maximizing the potential of an organization’s data assets. Oracle Autonomous Database supports this all-data strategy by seamlessly integrating with OCI, Azure, GCP, AWS, and third-party platforms like Snowflake and Databricks.

This session explores how Oracle’s advanced data platform enables seamless data integration across clouds, unifying structured and unstructured data into a cohesive system. Highlights include the latest enhancements for managing unstructured data, such as full-text indexing and semantic vector search, along with automation tools for efficient metadata integration.

Learn how multiple Autonomous Databases can operate as a single, unified platform, delivering high-performance analytics and insights regardless of data location. Featuring real-world demonstrations, this session provides actionable strategies to leverage Oracle’s data platform for driving value across all data sources and environments.

Speakers

Alexey Filanovskiy

Senior Prinicipal Product Manager, Oracle

Alexey has more than 16 years of experience in data warehousing and data lakes, including 12 years at Oracle. He began as a data warehouse developer, working with technologies like Oracle Exadata, Teradata, and Apache Hadoop. In 2012, he became a sales consultant at Oracle, promoting... Read More →

Monday March 24, 2025 9:30am - 10:15am MDT
Room 213

Infrastructure (including database), Data (not database)

10:30am MDT

Case Study: Payment Processing Company Achieves 100% Uptime Migrating and Upgrading Database to Exadata

Monday March 24, 2025 10:30am - 11:15am MDT

Room 213

Learn how one of the largest payment processing companies migrated its mission-critical databases to the latest Exadata platform with zero downtime. During the migration, we upgraded databases from Oracle 12c (12.1) to Oracle Database 19c. This session will cover technical architecture details, how ultra-high availability was achieved, lessons learned, and, most importantly, how we mitigated risks related to performance.

Numerous challenges were overcome as the databases served a global financial client base. The production database migration to the Exadata environment was completed with zero downtime architecture, using a "live cutover" while continuing to process application data. The Exadata clusters consisted of two sets of ten-node RAC compute nodes across two data centers.

Technologies leveraged include:
- Datapump
- GoldenGate
- Real Application Testing
- 10-Node RAC Cluster
- Global Data Services
- 10-Node RAC Cluster Exadata replicating data to another 10-Node RAC Cluster Exadata

Speakers

Charles Kim

CEO, Viscosity North America

Charles Kim is an Oracle ACE Director, VMware vExpert, Oracle Certified DBA, and certified in Exadata, Oracle Linux, Oracle Cloud, and RAC. He joined the Oracle ACE Program in 2008 and became an Oracle ACE Director in 2009. Kim also became a VMware vExpert in 2013. He specializes... Read More →

Monday March 24, 2025 10:30am - 11:15am MDT
Room 213

Infrastructure (including database)

11:30am MDT

Streamlined Analytics: Maximizing the Oracle Database for In-Place Processing

Monday March 24, 2025 11:30am - 12:15pm MDT

Room 213

Learn how to leverage Oracle Database's powerful features to eliminate the need for transferring data between OLTP and OLAP/DW environments for analytics and reporting. This session will explore strategic use cases of Oracle's Materialized Views, In-Memory Column Store, Result Cache, Partitioning, and more, showing how these tools can significantly reduce data movement. The focus will be on the key benefits of in-place data processing, including minimized network traffic, reduced processing demands, and lower data redundancy. We will discuss how using these Oracle Database features not only streamlines analytics but also boosts efficiency and data integrity, enabling more agile business practices. Discover how to transform your data ecosystem into a more efficient, integrated environment that cuts costs, reduces complexity, and enhances analytical performance.

Speakers

Franky Weber Faust

Lead Database Consultant, Pythian

Franky Faust is a lead Oracle database consultant at Pythian, specializing in Oracle Exadata and high-availability technologies. He also has extensive expertise in databases such as Snowflake, MySQL, Cassandra, and SQL Server.Franky is dedicated to enhancing his skills, with a focus... Read More →

Monday March 24, 2025 11:30am - 12:15pm MDT
Room 213

Infrastructure (including database), Development

1:15pm MDT

"Rogue One" (2024) Best Security Practices for Oracle Databases and How to Use DBSAT

Monday March 24, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm MDT

Room 213

This conference covers general best practices for Oracle security and explores new features in database security from versions 12c, 18c, 19c, 20c, 21c, and 23c.

I will explain the importance of protecting data, particularly sensitive information, in compliance with regulations like GDPR and others. The session will also provide a detailed overview of DBSAT, including its functionality, how to use it, and how it helps identify sensitive data within your database.

Additionally, I will cover the basics of database security, highlight key considerations, and briefly introduce DataSafe, an Oracle Cloud OCI tool based on DBSAT. This tool offers a graphical interface with enhanced capabilities.

Speakers

Roy Salazar

Senior Oracle Database Consultant, Pythian

Roy Salazar is a senior IT professional with experience working with Oracle products and technology since 1998. He spent the first six years as a consultant developer and systems analyst, followed by more than 18 years as a DBA and database consultant, working with Oracle versions... Read More →

Monday March 24, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm MDT
Room 213

Infrastructure (including database)

2:15pm MDT

Hands-On With the New Oracle Multi-Cloud Services

Monday March 24, 2025 2:15pm - 3:00pm MDT

Room 213

Oracle now supports Oracle Database on Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS. What do these services look like, and how do they interact with other cloud services? What’s the difference between provisioning through a third-party cloud versus using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) directly? This demo-heavy session will provide critical details and show live implementation steps in Google Cloud. Learn how to plan and provision Oracle Databases and APEX environments through these new services.

Speakers

Simon Pane

Principal Consultant, Pythian

Simon is an Oracle ACE Pro and Oracle Certified Professional with extensive experience presenting at major Oracle and PostgreSQL conferences, including Oracle CloudWorld. He has won multiple speaking and writing awards, including the UKOUG Best New Overseas Speaker in 2016. A former... Read More →

Monday March 24, 2025 2:15pm - 3:00pm MDT
Room 213

Infrastructure (including database), Beyond Oracle

3:15pm MDT

Amazing Free Tools for Oracle DBAs

Monday March 24, 2025 3:15pm - 4:00pm MDT

Room 213

Our scripts utility belt doesn't have to cover it all! Know some outstanding free tools to manage your Oracle Database environment. In this session we'll get in touch with some amazing free tools to check on the database performance, issues, tracing things from your database and server perspectives.

Speakers

Matheus Boesing

Database Consultant, Aggrandize

A frequent speaker in the Oracle community across Latin America and Europe, Matheus is a computer scientist from PUCRS with 15 years of experience as an Oracle DBA. He is an Oracle Instructor and serves as a professor for the databases in cloud postgraduate program in Brazil. Matheus... Read More →

Monday March 24, 2025 3:15pm - 4:00pm MDT
Room 213

Infrastructure (including database), Development

UTOUG Training Days 2025

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