July 16, 2001 SearchDatabase Member, Thinking of certification? Want to know your best options, and how certification will affect your career? This week's featured topic will help you swim through the murky waters of certification and find the right path for you. Plus, check out the other great new resources we've found for you this week. * Featured Topic: Certification -- Worth the Pain? * Quick Takes: A New Home for Developers * New Book, Great Price: Berkeley DB * Compiled News: Oracle 9i * Great Bridge Revs PostgreSQL * For More: The Viability of Open Source * Complete Event Download: DB Replication with Mike Hotek * For More: Ask the Expert -- Mike Hotek * SQL Server: SELECT DISTINCT queries and derived tables * Featured Destination: SearchMiddleware.com FEATURED TOPIC: Certification Worth the Pain? For this week's Featured Topic, we've gathered links and resources to help you decide which certification (if any) you should pursue, and what the ultimate affect will be on your career. Here are just some of the items you will find: ** News: Oracle plans 9i certification exams in September ** IT Training & Certification: How to Find & Benefit from Top Solutions ** Take our Salary Survey and see how your job measures up Log on at: http://www.searchDatabase.com QUICK TAKES By: John Hogan, News Editor * Clustra Systems announces new developer program * PointBase adds NetClue's Clue browser to RDBMS * Core Integration launches 'college' of DW/BI instruction * New book on Berkeley DB is released For details on each item, click here: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci752908,00.html NEW BOOK, GREAT PRICE: BERKELEY DB Get a detailed technical introduction to the Berkeley DB database library, and learn how to build apps with Berkeley DB. Order this brand new title from us for a discounted price and fast shipping: http://www.digitalguru.com/dgstore/product.asp?isbn=0735710643&ac_id=58 COMPILED NEWS: Oracle 9i Our news team gathers information from around the Internet for you daily. As a sampling of the breadth of news coverage you can find, the following link delivers over 70 stories we've found on the release of the new Oracle 9i database. Check it out: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/integratedSearchResults/1,289503,sid13_stpnews,00.html?query=Oracle+9i&type=simple SEARCHDATABASE EXCLUSIVE Great Bridge revs PostgreSQL The most recent version of Great Bridge's entry in the open-source database arena, Great Bridge PostgreSQL 7.1, offers administration tools, professional documentation, a graphical installer and an installation and configuration support package. Read on: http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid13_gci754671,00.html FOR MORE: THE VIABILITY OF OPEN SOURCE Open-source DBMS's such as MySQL and PostgreSQL are becoming viable alternatives to the Big 3. But can they truly handle the demands of enterprise applications? Learn more with this collection of insights and advice. http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid13_gci752470,00.html COMPLETE EVENT DOWNLOAD: DB Replication with Mike Hotek Thank you to all that attended the recent Live Expert Q&A on Database Replication with Michael Hotek! If you missed the event (or want to give it a second visit) the complete audio archive/transcript is now available. Listen in on what Mike and your peers discussed about this tricky subject: http://www.italkservices.com/iTalkSlides/CustomerDocs/tcht01/viewLogin.asp?prov=15001&pres=1&U=50bdf65c-762e-11d5-a8ca-00d0b79d91f0&SA=1 This event was sponsored by VERITAS. 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