About the Author

Asif Momen has been working with Oracle Technologies for over 12 years and has expertise in Database Architecture, Performance Tuning, and High Availability. He has a Master's degree in Software Systems from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani.

Asif has been honored with the prestigious Oracle ACE award from Oracle Technology Network. He has the OCP 11g DBA and OCP 9i Forms Developer certifications and is an Oracle Certified Expert in RAC 10g.

Asif is a presenter for conferences such as Oracle OpenWorld-2010, All India Oracle User Group (AIOUG), and Brain Surface. In addition to this, he is a member of the Editorial Board for "Oracle Connect", the quarterly publication of AIOUG and the "Select" magazine of the United Kingdom Oracle User Group (UKOUG)

His articles have also appeared in Oracle Support Customer Knowledge Exchange. His particular interests are Database and SQL tuning, Oracle RAC, and Backup and Recovery. He posts his ideas and opinions on "The Momen Blog" (http://momendba.blogspot.com). Asif can be reached at <asif.momen@gmail.com>.