About the Author

Aman Sharma is an Oracle Database consultant and instructor. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Applications and has been working with Oracle Database for over a decade. His main focus is to understand how Oracle Database works internally. Besides the core database, he has a very strong knowledge of Linux, Solaris, Oracle RAC, Data Guard, RMAN, Oracle Exadata and Oracle Enterprise Manager.

He is an Oracle Certified Professional and also an Oracle Certified Expert in Oracle RAC, SQL and Linux. He is also an Oracle Certified Implementation Specialist and a certified Solaris System Administrator. He loves to share his learning with the Oracle community, so when he is not delivering an Oracle related session, he spends a lot of his time participating in OTN (Oracle Technology Network) discussion forums. He also maintains an Oracle blog (http://blog.aristadba.com), is also on Twitter (@amansharma81), you can reach to him using either ways. He is a strong supporter of user groups and is a member of India Oracle Users Group (http://www.aioug.org) and has been a speaker at various Oracle conferences organized by AIOUG. He is also an associate member of IOUG (http://www.ioug.org). In 2010, he was awarded the prestigious Oracle ACE award from Oracle Corporation.