If you think about a company's most valuable assets, you probably picture a manufacturing plant, a state-of-the-art piece of machinery, or something big, new, and tangible. You may be surprised to discover that the most valuable asset to most companies is the amount of industry knowledge that they've stored up over the years. This industry knowledge can include customer contact lists, catalogs of past product designs, reports of industry trends, marketing research, and any other information that helps a company to maintain a competitive advantage.
A company's cumulative experience and industry
knowledge is only as valuable as its ability to be accessed efficiently. For this reason, advanced computer databases were created that store information
in a way that makes it easy to access. Today's database technology has become very advanced, and most mid- to large companies rely on databases for
many of their business needs.
Oracle is one of the largest database manufacturer's in the industry, and those that are looking at careers in database administration will probably
need to eventually familiarize themselves with Oracle databases. This can be done easily by earning an Oracle Certified Professional Database Administrator
(OCPDBA) certification. OCPDBA certification programs were created by Oracle as a way to help employers evaluate the skills of potential job applicants.
If you have earned your OCPDBA certification, you've proven that you can effectively manage, backup, recover, and tune an Oracle database.
OCPDBA certification programs are generally offered at community colleges, vocational schools, or through distance learning schools online. Online
OCPDBA certification programs have become popular because they generally offer more academic flexibility than more traditional courses.