OraPub is all about Oracle performance management

Highlights

• OraPub is all about Oracle performance management; monitoring, firefighting, quantitative and predictive analysis.
• The web site started in 1995 and the company was founded in 1998 by Craig Shallahamer.
• From the beginning, OraPub has always been about disseminating Oracle database centric technical information.
• Committed to resourcing the Oracle DBA community, world-class training, books, papers, and products are available.
• OraPub has been on-site in 23 countries and our resources have been received in probably every country where there are DBAs.
• In July 2009 OraPub started its corporate giving program.

Who We Are

OraPub is a training, consulting, and product company focused exclusively on helping maximize Oracle system performance. The OraPub web-site went on-line in 1995 and OraPub, Inc. was founded by Mr. Craig Shallahamer in 1998. Join us in celebrating over 10 years of service to Oracle professionals!

When working with OraPub you receive the fruit from years of research, field testing, and published work. All of our offerings are field driven, scientifically researched, and field tested. We always have and will continue to push Oracle performance management forward. It is what we love to do!

When being trained by OraPub, you will always receive personal attention from industry expert and gifted communicator and teacher, Mr. Craig Shallahamer. He will teach you what you need to know so you can achieve consistent and optimal performing systems. Period. We are passionate about teaching and empowering you!

What We Do

Through our research and fieldwork, we have spearheaded a number of now-accepted, industry-wide best practices. For example, we have introduced to the Oracle community block selectivity based index analysis, wait event analysis, response time analysis, multi-perspective computing system analysis (3 circle diagnosis), ratio modeling forecasting, and analytical capacity planning modeling. These have all been initially publicized and driven into the mainstream by OraPub's publications, consulting engagements, teaching, products, and speaking engagements.

OraPub's founder, Mr. Craig Shallahamer, is a keynote speaker and continues to research and publish multiple technical papers as well as present at Oracle conferences each year. His classes have been taught to over 1000 students located on 6 continents in 23 countries. Nearly 30% of OraPub students are consultants!

And, we guarantee our work. OraPub has been around for over 18 years researching, writing, and publishing papers, tools, and products. We have never had anyone even hint that they did not receive an exceptional value. We are so confident in our training and products, if you are not satisfied, we will refund your payment. Period. There is no fine print.

Why We Are Different

OraPub is the only Oracle-focused company offering both firefighting (diagnosis and resolution) and forecasting (capacity planning) publications, teaching, consulting, and products. Since OraPub's inception 18 years ago, we have been creators and disseminators of Oracle performance management expertise. OraPub was founded and is led by industry expert, Mr. Craig Shallahamer. OraPub's training courses have reached thousands of DBAs, and its free tools and technical publications have touched DBAs on every continent and in nearly every country.

For more information, please feel free to call or email us. We would be happy to talk to you about our products, services, and solutions.

OraPub, Inc.
17125 Warren
Lake Oswego, OR 97035 USA
main: +1.503.636.0228
general email: orapub @ comcast.net