How does an organization create a plan of attack for SQL tuning? What are the tricks for changing its execution plans? How can an organization make Oracle SQL statements perform quickly and efficiently? How can an organization uncover the internal execution plan for Oracle SQL? How can an organization learn how to extract top performance from the application?

What are some effective tuning strategies for ensuring the best performance from Oracle database applications? What are the overall concepts behind Oracle tuning? How doe Oracle tuning and disk I/O; tuning with RAM data buffers; using multiple block sizes; disk I/O tuning; external tuning; and row re-sequencing work? What are the underlying processes that affect the performance of Oracle databases? What are the major causes of poor performance within Oracle? How do experts ensure that the Oracle database is performing at an optimal level?

What is the architecture of a Web database? What are the components of a Web database and how do they fit together? How can we create Oracle Web databases for continuous availability? What are the most important issues involved in choosing a scalable Oracle Web architecture?

What are the issues involved in building and deploying a business intelligence (BI) portal? Is there an example of how the BI portal is helping a company streamline its processes? How is the implementation of a BI portal defined and described? How does BI help organizations seeking competitive advantage from data gathered? How is extract, transform and load (ETL) technology used? What are the requirements and processes involved in information delivery? What security and benefits should a BI portal deliver –- and what are its limits? Is there an outline of the roles and responsibilities of the BI portal development team? What are the pitfalls and problems associated with building a BI portal?

What are some of the pitfalls of 11i customization? What steps need to be taken to create a successful 11i upgrade team? How can my organization accurately estimate the costs and risks with an 11i upgrade? How can we objectively determine if an 11i upgrade is right for us? What should I know when hiring appropriate consulting services for an 11i upgrade?