Thanks to everyone for your replies, online and off. I've got a nice list to go back to management with to ask for their support. DAVID HERRING DBA Acxiom Corporation EML dave.herring@xxxxxxxxxx TEL 630.944.4762 MBL 630.430.5988 1501 Opus Pl, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA WWW.ACXIOM.COM The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Herring Dave - dherri Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 9:23 AM To: oracle-l List Subject: Slight OT: Remote DBA team & effective support & communication I'm curious how many of you belong to DBA teams where you rarely, if ever, ... -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l