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House of Brick provides cutting-edge software innovation and industry-leading consulting experience to help navigate the most challenging cloud migration and operational challenges.

Learn best practices for configuring continuous database inventory with automated discovery, unified tracking, and historical snapshots to eliminate audit surprises.
Boost Oracle ODA performance with expert tips. Learn to optimize SQL, manage patches, and avoid pitfalls for a faster, more reliable Oracle Database Appliance.
Nick Walter, Principal Architect At House of Brick we’ve been closely following the latest news stories regarding the recently revealed Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, which
Andy Kerber (@dbakerber), Senior Consultant As an Oracle DBA, I often find it necessary to use X-Windows. For unknown reasons, Oracle has chosen to standardize
by Joe Grant (@dba_jedi), Principal Architect This summer I was involved with a large-scale datacenter move for one of our clients. Rather than maintaining their
Jonas Mason, Principal Architect My last blog on Non-Default Oracle parameters asked a question in order to prompt a conversation between technical management and DBAs. The
Dave Welch (@OraVBCA), CTO and Chief Evangelist Mars v. Oracle was dismissed at Mars’ initiative two years ago on December 16, 2015. What hasn’t changed
Andy Kerber (@dbakerber), Senior Consultant In this post, we will provide the steps to setup a GoldenGate hub. In our hypothetical environment, we have a
by Phil Ekins (@SQLPhilUK), Principal Architect Here at House of Brick, virtualization is near and dear to our hearts, we heavily utilize VMware Workstation to
by Jonas Mason, Principal Architect House of Brick Consultants assess Oracle instance performance for clients large and small and often find non-default parameters that are
Andy Kerber (@dbakerber), Senior Consultant A basic skill of any Oracle DBA is to install the Oracle database software, both silently and using the installer