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About the Authors

Ian Abramson is the CTO of Red Sky Data, a Toronto-based company that has been building a results-based track record for delivering high-quality Data Warehouse and Oracle solutions to its clients around the world.

Ian is coauthor of several Oracle titles including books on Data Warehousing, on Tuning, and, of course, in the Oracle Beginner's Guide series. He is very active in the Oracle user community and is the International Oracle Users Group's Director of Education and Programming. Ian is also well known for his lively seminars and technical training classes. While Ian is busy during the day building Oracle Data Warehouses and applications, by night he continues to engage in his dreams of being a professional hockey goalie. Ian may be contacted at ian.abramson@redskydata.com.

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Michael S. Abbey is a frequent presenter at many Oracle user group events. He has been working with the software since the mid '80s, having had the pleasure of experiencing versions 3 through 10g. Michael has been very active in the International Oracle Users Group, a Chicago-based voice for the Oracle software user community. Michael's forté is anything related to installation, configuration, backup/recovery, and management of very large databases. He is recognized in many circles as an expert in many facets of the Oracle technology. He is the owner of two 1970s Fender Precision bass guitars, evidence of one of his other passions—loud, grinding rock music.

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Michael Corey, an entrepreneur, author, and recognized expert on relational databases and Data Warehousing, founded Ntirety Technologies in May 2001. As CEO, he leverages his extensive experience and business savvy to manage and expand the premier Remote Administration Services firm in New England. Corey is a frequent speaker at technology conferences throughout the world and has written numerous articles and books (published by McGraw-Hill/Osborne) on topics such as SQL Server 7 Data Warehousing, and Oracle8 and Oracle8i Data Warehousing; he's also contributed to several Beginner's Guides. Corey also founded and is actively involved in numerous Oracle associations and industry user groups.

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