Oracle Database 12c: Install, Configure & Maintain Like a Professional

Filled with easy-to-follow tutorials, this Oracle Press guide provides detailed coverage of core database concepts, the role of the administrator, and enterprise database capabilities. Oracle Database 12c: Install, Configure & Maintain Like a Professional walks you through database configuration, administration, programming, backup and recovery, and high availability. You'll get in-depth introductions to SQL and PL/SQL as well as important information on managing large databases and using Oracle's engineered systems. This essential beginner's resource features:

• Critical Skills--Lists of specific skills covered in each chapter
• Projects--Practical exercises that show how to apply the critical skills learned in each chapter
• Progress Checks--Quick self-assessment sections to check your progress
• Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with helpful tips
• Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered
• Mastery Checks--Chapter-ending quizzes to test your knowledge

About the Authors

Ian Abramson (@iabramson) lives in Toronto, Canada, where he works for EPAM Systems as the Canadian Director of Enterprise Data, a global leader in software engineering. Ian is a graduate in Mathematics from Concordia University in Montreal. His involvement with implementing solutions using Oracle technology and data warehouses reaches back over 25 years, as a developer of creative and innovative solutions for clients around the globe. He is the past president of the IOUG (Independent Oracle Users Group) and continues to share his knowledge through his lively presentations and published technical articles and blog.

Michael S. Abbey (@MichaelAbbeyCAN) has done nothing but Oracle since V3 in 1986. He has been a frequent presenter at tech shows on four continents since the early 1990s and started writing for Oracle Press in 1994. He is a well-known tech in the Oracle space and has a voracious appetite for the CORE Oracle technology. Michael has been actively involved in the user group programs for over two decades and is an Oracle ACE.

Michelle Malcher (@malcherm) is the current president of the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG). She is an Oracle ACE Director with more than 15 years' experience in database development, security, design, and administration. Michelle is based in Chicago, USA, where she leads a team of database developers and administrators. She has contributed articles to the IOUG Select Journal, has written the Oracle Database Administration for Microsoft SQL Server DBAs, and has contributed to other Oracle Press books. She enjoys presenting and sharing ideas about Oracle database topics at conferences and user group meetings.

Michael Corey (@Michael_Corey) is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ntirety. Michael is a frequent speaker at technology and business conferences throughout the world, from Australia to Brazil. Michael is a VMware vExpert and Oracle ACE, and is on the Talkin’ Cloud 200 Computing Executives and Experts List. Michael is a past president of the Independent Oracle Users Group; he helped found the Professional Association of SQL Server, is a current board member of the IOUG Virtualization SIG, and is actively involved in numerous professional associations and industry user groups.

Michael is the original Oracle Press author and a frequent blogger for Database Trends and Applications, and has written numerous articles and books.