So it begins

So I'm starting off my new blog, in the world of millions of blogs.  It's been a hectic year, and this initial post is somewhat late.

Let me start with a little background, I've been working with computer and IT technology my whole life, my first computer was a Tandy TRS-80 and I've been lucky enough to work with many people that have experiences that pre-date even that.  But needless to say, I grew up in computers and I come from a background of having to make everything work.  There was no separate group you sent a ticket to, or another expert to call.

In this carer I've worked with Oracle products for about 23 years now, starting with Oracle database version 6.  In the vein of database administration I've built, setup and managed almost every possible technology that is required to use a database.  Inclusive of storage, network, server, directories, operating system, backup, clients, development tools, data modeling, data transfer tools and so on.

My roles in the last 12 years have really been in the areas of infrastructure and architecture for very large environments.  Support many databases simultaneously as well as very large or heavily used databases.  This includes everything from the power to the server up to the application working and deploying change controls for code changes.  I have also spent a lot of time doing performance tuning of applications from end to end, and working in very large global corporate environment.

So what's this blog going to contain, well in general things that fit into my background.  As you can see it could be just about anything in the IT corporate world, with an emphasis on Oracle technology.  But since Oracle has over 4,000 products now, I'm sure we won't run out of things to discuss.  There will probably be the occasional mention to beer, as that is one of my favorite hobbies.  But I'll try to remain focused.

See you in the inter-webs.