About the Authors

Dr. Arun Kumar R., Systems Architect at Cingular Wireless in Dallas, has a decade of experience in Oracle database technologies and multiple relational database systems in telecommunications, retail, and health-care industries. He serves as the Executive Editor for IOUG SELECT Journal and as a columnist on Oracle data strategies for Database Trends and Applications Journal. He has published in many technical journals and has spoken at various national and international conferences. In addition to Oracle Database 10g Insider Solutions, he is the author of Easy Oracle Automation. He is a senior member of the IEEE and was chosen for the IEEE Young Engineer of the Year award in 2005. He has a Ph.D. in Business Administration and an M.S. in Computer Science (Louisiana State University). Arun is an adjunct faculty member in the Database Technologies (B.S./M.S.) and E-Business (M.B.A. program) at the University of Phoenix. He can be reached via his Web page at www.dbatrends.com or at [e-mail].

John Kanagaraj is a principal consultant with DB Soft Inc. and resides in the Bay Area in sunny California. He has been working with various flavors of UNIX since 1984 and with Oracle since 1988, mostly as a Developer/DBA/Apps DBA and System Administrator. Prior to joining DB Soft, he led small teams of DBAs and UNIX/NT sys admins at Shell Petroleum companies in Brunei and Oman. He started his troubleshooting career as a member (and later became head) of the Database SWAT/Benchmarking team at Wipro Infotech, India. His specialization is UNIX/Oracle performance management, backup/recovery, and system availability, and he has put out many fires in these areas during his career! John is also a Contributing Editor for IOUG SELECT Journal. He can be reached via his Web page at http://www.appsdba.biz or via email at [e-mail].

Richard Stroupe is president of TRS Consulting Inc., a northern Virginiabased consulting firm that specializes in Oracle development, administration, and training for the federal government. He has more than 10 years of experience in analysis, design, development, integration, and engineering of large-scale Oracle systems using both core and apps DBA technologies on both NT and UNIX/Solaris platforms. Along with his consulting experience, he has also taught Oracle courses for the past five years at various local universities and corporations and is a member of the review board for IOUG SELECT Journal. Richard holds OCP credentials for Oracle 8i/9i/10g, an M.S. degree from the George Washington University, and a B.S. degree from Appalachian State University. He can be reached at [e-mail].