Oracle9i: A Beginner's Guide

Michael Abbey Michael S. Abbey is a seasoned writer in the Oracle Press series, this being his tenth work. Michael is past director of conferences for the IOUG-Americas, orchestrating the delivery of its successful user-driven event IOUG-A Live! from 1997 until 2000. He has presented at conferences in Europe and North America, and is a member of the faculty for the IOUG-A's University Master Class series. Michael has been working exclusively with Oracle's technology since the 1980s, having experienced the product all the way from desktop to large mainframes. He is currently the lead DBA for the Pythian Group's dbaSource initiative, delivering off-site services to clients in North America and Europe. Michael can be reached at masii@ottawa.com. He enjoys feedback on these works and is happy to respond to quick questions. Ian Abramson Ian Abramson is based in Toronto, Ontario, in the position of CTO of Data Warehousing for Cognicase Inc., Toronto. He has over 15 years of IT and Oracle experience, focusing in all areas of the IT life cycle. His Oracle skills include design, development, and administration, having served in almost every capacity on numerous Oracle projects. Ian is also director of education for the International Oracle Users Group (IOUG), where he is a regular instructor of Oracle and data warehousing topics. In his spare time, Ian likes to play goalie at cold hockey rinks, still hoping to one day fulfill his dream of hockey stardom. Ian can be reached at ian@abramson.to. Michael Corey Michael Corey is the founder and chief executive officer of Ntirety (www.ntirety.com). Prior to founding Ntirety, Mike was CEO of Database Technologies (DBT), the first consulting company on the East Coast to specialize in Oracle. In 1997 and 1998 Deloitte and Touche, and Hale and Dorr recognized Database Technologies as the fastest growing technology company in New England and the 51st fastest growing high-tech company in the United States. Mike is a recognized expert on relational databases and data warehousing. He has written a number of articles and books and is a frequent guest speaker at technology conferences around the world. Mike is also a past president of the International Oracle User Group and a past member of the Microsoft Corporation Data Warehousing Advisory Group. He has a B.S. in Management Information Systems from Bentley College, in Waltham, Massachusetts. Feel free to contact Mike at michael.corey@ntirety.com.Michael Abbey is the author of 'Oracle9i: A Beginner's Guide', published 2001 under ISBN 9780072192797 and ISBN 0072192798.