Oracle Exadata Sessions at Openworld 2010

Oracle Exadata SIG meeting on Sunday at Moscone W, 1st Floor, North side.
Time 10:30 AM PT, come meet folks like Robert Stackowiak, VP BI at Oracle and author of upcoming book on Exadata V2, Richard Niemiec, former President of IOUG, Andy Flower, current President of IOUG, Arup Nanda, DBA of the year 2003 and many other Oracle experts!

General Session: Why Standardize on Oracle Database 11g?
Oracle Senior VP Andy Mendelsohn covers the benefits of upgrading to Oracle Database 11g. Learn how customers are reducing IT costs and increasing quality of service for all their enterprise applications.
Monday, September 20 11:00 a.m. Moscone North, Hall D, Session ID: S318964

Oracle Exadata Customer Panel: OLTP and Consolidation Deployment
Hosted by Oracle VP Tim Shetler, this customer panel will cover the online transaction processing (OLTP) and consolidation experiences of Oracle Exadata customers. The conversation will be wide-ranging, addressing performance, installation, management, application design, and DBA experiences. The session also includes an open Q&A in which attendees can interact directly with Oracle Exadata customers.
Monday, September 20 3:30 p.m. Moscone South, Room 307, Session ID: S316819

Oracle Exadata Customer Panel: Deployment Experiences with Extreme Performance
In this session, customers from across the spectrum of industries, applications, and geographies discuss their experiences deploying Oracle Exadata. The conversation will be wide-ranging, addressing performance, installation, management, application design, and DBA experiences. The session also includes an open Q&A in which attendees can interact directly with Oracle Exadata customers.
Tuesday, September 21 1:00 p.m. Moscone South, Room 307, Session ID: S316818

Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Security: Defense in Depth
Securing information transparently and cost-effectively has never been more important. Attend this session to learn the latest on Oracle Database 11g security, from encryption and access control to the latest Oracle Database firewall solutions. This session is lead by Vipin Samar, Oracle's VP of Database Security.
Monday, September 20 3:30 p.m. Moscone South, Room 103, Session ID: S316986

Better Together: Oracle Database, Oracle Exadata, and Oracle's BI Solutions
Learn how to get the most from Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition and Oracle's BI applications by running them with Oracle Database and Oracle Exadata. In this session, you learn how Oracle Exadata improves BI users' experience with improved performance, as well as how Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition takes advantage of other Oracle Database features to improve security, enhance analytical content, and simplify manageability.
Tuesday, September 21 2:00 p.m. Moscone West L3, Room 3016, Session ID: S318290

Grid Consolidation Creates the Database Cloud
Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) and Oracle's grid infrastructure enable the consolidation of multiple applications on low-cost server and storage grids, providing unbeatable fault tolerance, performance, and scalability. This session, led by Oracle product manager Bob Thome, demonstrates how Oracle technology delivers key cloud capabilities, providing elastic database services that can be provisioned on demand in minutes.
Tuesday, September 21 11:00 a.m. Moscone South Room 308, Session ID: S317091

Learn more about this year's rich Database track at Oracle OpenWorld.