Oracle has presented at several previous SPARC meetings, and they have all been well attended. Bring your DBA along to this informative and useful session.

SPEND LESS TIME MANAGING YOUR ORACLE DATABASE. Oracle 10g introduces a sophisticated database that automatically adapts, monitors and fixes itself. Oracle Tuning Pack and Diagnostics Pack are the tools that provide the window into many of these powerful new features. Come see how these capabilities allow DBAs and Admins to become more productive and reduce management costs.

- Eliminate the need for manual tuning
- Automatic identification of performance bottlenecks
- System monitoring and event management

DISCOVER THE HIDDEN JEWEL OF ORACLE 10G. Build quick database driven web applications without writing a single line of code. Oracle HTML DB is a rapid web-based application development tool for the Oracle database. Using only a web browser and limited programming experience, you can develop and deploy professional-looking applications that are both fast and secure.

- HTML DB is a standard feature of all editions of Oracle DB 10g
- Deploy to tens, hundreds, or thousands of users. Platform independent.
- Prevent wasted cycles finding the "true" data in your organization
- Reduce bandwidth usage, lower software costs

Our speaker, Matt Portnoy is an Oracle Principal Sales Consultant. Matt has over 25 years of technology experience - the past 8 with Oracle. Matt has had extensive experience installing, configuring and supporting various operating systems, programming languages, management tools, databases, networking solutions, and third party applications. He has worked with Oracle since version 5.

IMPORTANT CHANGE FOR 2005

Sun Microsystems will be sponsoring a "Loyalty Program" for regular attendees of SPARC. Details are yet to be ironed out, but our most loyal attendees will receive a Premium Award at year end. Be sure to get off to a good start by coming to our first meeting of 2005!

LOCATION: Genworth Financial, formerly GE Financial Assurance, in Building 4 (6630 West Broad St.) on the sixth floor (GEFA U). Genworth Financial is located on West Broad Street in the Brookfield Office Park. After turning at the light on Broad Street and entering the Brookfield Complex...you should stay in the left lane and turn left at the stop sign. Follow the road around past the Sheraton to Building 4 toward the back of the campus. Turn left for Visitor Parking. Additional parking is located on the far side of the building as well. Please enter at the front main entrance.

For directions to 6630 West Broad St. go to the following URL:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=6630+West+Broad+St&tarcsz=Richmond,+VA+23230-1702&newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&doit=1

RSVP: Please send an email RSVP at RSVP@RichmondSparc.org. You can also RSVP via the web site. We need to have a list of attendees for the Security Guards at GE Financial Assurance. THANKS!

For additional information about the Richmond SPARC Users Group, please visit http://www.RichmondSparc.org/. We hope to see you there!