The Great Guys of Paris

When I started my contribution to the Oracle community, I was doing it for two reasons. The noble: Give back to the community what I have learnt from it. The narcissist: Try to be as good as my favourite bloggers and get fame and prestige.

What I was not expecting, is that now I am getting more from the community than what I was getting before starting my contribution. Not only at a technical level, but also in terms of friends, travels, network.

Earlier this summer, I have been invited, along with Franck Pachot, to present at the Paris Oracle Meetup. We have been there last Friday (4 Sept 2015), and it has been mind blowing.

Une après-midi avec Franck Pachot et Ludovico Caldara

Friday, Sep 4, 2015, 2:00 PM

Avnet Technology Solutions
29 rue des 3 fontanot Nanterre 7 ème étage nanterre, FR

47 Oracle Professionals Went

Les vacances ne sont pas finis, mais un nouveau meetup est déjà prévu pour cette rentrée.Nous aurons le plaisir d’accueillir une délégation suisse:) Franck Pachot (Oracle ACE et certifié OCM 11g, OCP 12c, Performance Tuning Expert, Exadata Implementation)  de la société dbi-services blog de Franckansi que Ludovico Caldara (Oracle ACE,member of th…

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I’m excited about it because this meetup started only a couple of years ago, and it has already had speakers like Jonathan Lewis and Tom Kyte. But what surprises more, is the meetup has a near-zero budget.

The legend says that Gregory Gouillou and other french guys met Christian Antognini at the Open World (or was it UKOUG Tech?), discussed about the lack of active OUGs in France and then Chris said: “If you want it, make it happen”.

The Paris Oracle Meetup now is a reality, and I am proud of having been part of it.

Thank you @RBELHADJ, @Ycolin, @GregoryGuillou, @ParisOracle ! 🙂

#C15LV RAC Attack wrap

Did I say in some of my previous posts that I love RAC Attack? I love it more during Collaborate conference, because doing it as a pre-conference workshop is just the right way the get people involved and go straight to the goal: learning while having fun together.

We had way less people than expected but it still has been a great success!

The t-shirts have been great for coloring the room: as soon as people finished the installation of the first Linux VM, they’ve got one t-shirt.
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Look at the room at the beginning of the workshop:

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after a few hours, the room looked better! New ninjas, red stack, happy participants 🙂

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We had a very special guest today. Mr. RAC PM in person has tried and validated our installation instructions 😉
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We got pizza again, but because of restrictions at the convention center, it has been a beer-free afternoon 🙁

Thank you anyway to the OTN for sponsoring almost everything!!

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Looking forward to organize the next RAC Attack, Thank you guys!! 🙂

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Ludo

 

RAC Attack 12c arrive en Suisse en Septembre!

carte_suisse - CopieAprès Oracle Open World, IOUG Collaborate et d’autres grandes conférencesRAC Attack arrive également à Genève! Installez l’environnement Oracle 12c RAC sur votre laptop. Des volontaires expérimentés (ninjas) vous aideront à résoudre
toutes les énigmes apparentés et vous guideront à travers le processus
d’installation.

Ninjas
Ludovico Caldara – Oracle ACE, RAC SIG European Chair & RAC Attack co-writer
Luca Canali – OAK Table Member & frequent speaker
Eric Grancher – OAK Table member
Jacques Kostic – OCM 11g & Senior Consultant at Trivadis

Où? nouveaux bureaux Trivadis, Chemin Château-Bloch 11, CH1219 Geneva
Quand? Mercredi 17 September 2014, dès 17h00
Coût? C’est un évènement GRATUIT! C’est un atelier communautaire, plaisant et
informel. Vous n’avez qu’à apporter votre laptop et votre bonne humeur!
Inscription: TVD_LS_ADMIN@trivadis.com

Places limitées! Réservez votre place & votre T-shirt dès à présent: TVD_LS_ADMIN@trivadis.com

NinjaaaAgenda:
17.00 – Bienvenue
17.30 – RAC Attack 12c – 1ere partie
19.30 – Pizza et Bières! (sponsorisés par Trivadis)
20.00 – RAC Attack 12c – 2eme partie
22.00 – distribution des T-shirt et photo de groupe!!

TRES IMPORTANT: La participation à cet évènement requière l’apport de votre propre laptop!
Spécifications requises:
a) 64 bit OS qui supporte Oracle Virtual Box
b) 8GB RAM, 50GB free HDD space.
En raison de contraintes juridiques, merci de télécharger à l’avance Oracle Database 12c ainsi que Grid Infrastructure pour Linux x86-64 depuis https://edelivery.oracle.com/ (et pour
plus d’informations : http://goo.gl/pqavYh).

RAC Attack comes to Switzerland in September!!

carte_suisse - CopieAfter Oracle Open World, IOUG Collaborate and all major conferences, RAC Attack comes to Geneva! Set up Oracle 12c RAC environment on your laptop. Experienced volunteers (ninjas) will help you address any related issues and guide you through the setup process.

Ninjas
Ludovico Caldara – Oracle ACE, RAC SIG European Chair & RAC Attack co-writer
Luca Canali – OAK Table Member and frequent speaker
Eric Grancher – OAK Table member
Jacques Kostic – OCM 11g & Senior Consultant at Trivadis

Where? new Trivadis office, Chemin Château-Bloch 11, CH1219 Geneva
When? Wednesday September 17th 2014, from 17h00 onwards
Cost? It is a FREE event! It is a community based, informal and enjoyable workshop.
You just need to bring your laptop and your desire to have fun!
Registration: TVD_LS_ADMIN@trivadis.com

Limited places! Reserve your seat and T-shirt now: TVD_LS_ADMIN@trivadis.com

NinjaaaAgenda:
17.00 – Welcome
17.30 – RAC Attack 12c part I
19.30 – Pizza and Beers! (kindly sponsored by Trivadis)
20.00 – RAC Attack 12c part II
22.00 – T-shirt distribution and group photo!!

 

VERY IMPORTANT: To participate in the workshop, you need to bring your own laptop.
Required specification:
a) any 64 bit OS that supports Oracle Virtual Box
b) 8GB RAM, 50GB free HDD space.
Due to legal constraints, please pre-download Oracle Database 12c and Grid Infrastructure for Linux x86-64 from https://edelivery.oracle.com/ web site (further
information here: http://goo.gl/pqavYh).