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		<title>How to become an Oracle Certified Master (OCM)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen Pang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A turning point in a DBA&#8217;s career is when he/she is recognized by Oracle as an elite Oracle professional. I was happily surprised to find out I became an Oracle Certified Master (OCM). I got another surprise right away, &#8220;You are the 2nd OCM at the Pythian Group&#8221;. Well, I am very happy that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pythian adds another Certified MySQL Cluster DBA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raj Thukral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pythian Group added another feather to its cap today. Our Nicklas Westerlund passed his MySQL Cluster DBA Certification exam, making him part of an elite group of 57 MySQL Cluster Certified DBAs worldwide, and now two here at Pythian, the other being Augusto Bott. We have a wealth of hands-on experience setting up and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Vendor-Neutral Database Certification</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheeri Cabral</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A company has come up with a vendor-neutral database certification exam. Some are wondering how much use this will be, as it doesn&#8217;t go into vendor-specificities. Now, the specifics of how a query optimizer handles queries, how backups, restores and security are done and with MySQL specifically, how different storage engines act are very important. [...]]]></description>
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