• 100 Most Popular Articles of 2010

    Updated: 2010-12-31 06:25:32
    These are the 10 most popular articles that were posted in 2010: Oracle's Hardware and Systems Support Policies (2010-04-07) <liOracle's Plans for Sun Products, Technologies (2010-02-04) Choosing SPARC or Intel Processors (2010-01-22) Oracle-Sun and Hitachi Data Systems End Reseller Agreement (2010-03-04) Sun's Niagara 3 (2010-02-25) Tutorial on IP Multipathing (IPMP) (2010-02-04) In the Linux vs. Solaris Debate, Watch out for Scalability FUD (2010-02-19) Sun Ray 3 Plus Client (2010-04-06) Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 11g Accelerates Java Development (2010-08-25) Capitalizing on Sun Technologies (2010-05-19) The web version of this article has the list of the 100 most popular articles posted in 2010.

  • Solaris LDAP client

    Updated: 2010-12-29 16:00:00
    "Solaris LDAP client with OpenLDAP server" is a blog that documents the configuration of Solaris' NATIVE LDAP client with OpenLDAP server. With a working LDAP tree in place, the blog proceeds to outline a step-by-step approach to configuring a Solaris host for LDAP. While the instructions were written for Solaris 10, the blog assumes they should work with Solaris 9 and even Solaris 8, though it cautions to expect semantic differences.

  • VirtualBox Development Images

    Updated: 2010-12-29 16:00:00
    The Aquarium reminds readers that three VirtualBox development images -- SOA & BPM Development, Database App Development, and Java Development -- have been made available as VirtualBox images loaded with all the necessary software that enables users to get on with things the moment they log on to the system. As an example of the inclusive nature of these development environments, The Aquarium notes that the Java Development image uses Oracle Linux version 5, JDK 6, Java FX 1.3.1, NetBeans IDE 6.9.1, and GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.0.1 -- everything one might need to get started with Java EE 6 development and you'll even find three labs (with code and instructions) to start using JSF 2, JAX-RS 1.1, EJB 3.1, Servlet 3.0, JPA 2.0 and CDI 1.0.

  • Oracle VM Blade Cluster Reference Configuration

    Updated: 2010-12-28 16:00:00
    A recent Oracle InfraRed posting announced the single-vendor Oracle VM blade cluster reference configuration solution for Sun Blade 6000 modular systems. This new cluster reference configuration helps users reduce deployment time by up to 98 percent over deployments using multi-vendor configurations. In addition to the faster time to value and reduced deployment cost and risk users can derive from this reference configuration, elastic scalability is also a valuable benefit. Oracle has tested all the components in the reference configuration, which means users will not have to submit their

  • Zonestat: New Feature in Oracle Solaris 11 Express: Part 2

    Updated: 2010-12-28 08:25:32
    As promised in Part 1, "Zonestat in Solaris 11 Express," Jeff Victor returns with Part 2 to complete his description of the new feature. He shows how Zonestat can help users monitor instances of CPU contention and identify which zones, if any, are using more compute resources than expected. He adds that, in addition to providing intelligence on short-term resource usage, Zonestat can provide summary reports of peak or average usage over longer periods. He shows readers how to specify the interval at which Zonestat gathers data by setting the zones-monitoring:default service property config/sample_interval.

  • Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2

    Updated: 2010-12-27 16:00:00
    Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 5 Virtualization Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2 Features Software Sysadmin Networking Virtualization Oracle Previous Next Ideal Foundation for Cloud Computing December 27, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 5 Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is a giant step forward in realizing Oracle�s vision for the datacenter of the 21st century Hasan Rizvi Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2 is available as the world's best foundation for cloud computing , declares Oracle . The press release describes the new release as , a complete cloud application infrastructure for consolidating the widest possible

  • Linux and Virtualization Update with Wim Coekaerts

    Updated: 2010-12-23 11:16:33
    Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 4 Virtualization Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Linux and Virtualization Update with Wim Coekaerts Features Software SPARC Servers Free and Open Source Software Performance Sysadmin Networking Virtualization Java Technology NetBeans Security Previous Next 20 Minute Video From TechCast Live December 23, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 4 Seeking to avoid the problems inherent with a virtualization only approach to server consolidation , Oracle has developed its Oracle VM Templates , explains Senior VP for Linux Wim Coekaerts in the 22:43 TechCast Live : Linux and Virtualization webcast . VM templates are fully

  • Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0

    Updated: 2010-12-22 16:00:00
    Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 4 Virtualization Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0 Features Software SPARC Servers Free and Open Source Software Performance Sysadmin Networking Virtualization Java Technology NetBeans Security Previous Next New Release of Open Source , Cross-Platform Virtualization Software Delivers Improved Usability , Performance and Scalability December 22, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 4 Oracle announced the availability the popular , open source , cross-platform virtualization software of Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0 Part of Oracle�s comprehensive portfolio of virtualization solutions Oracle VM VirtualBox

  • Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module: Oracle's Highest Compute Density Solution

    Updated: 2010-12-22 11:14:36
    : Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 4 Sun Servers Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module : Oracle's Highest Compute Density Solution Features Software SPARC Servers Free and Open Source Software Performance Sysadmin Networking Virtualization Java Technology NetBeans Security Previous Next Designed for Virtualization and for the Private Cloud December 22, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 4 Oracle's diskless , dual-node Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module with up to 24 cores , is Oracle's highest compute density blade server and , as such , is ideally suited for cloud computing and virtualized environments . The hot-swappable Sun

  • Oracle Solaris: A Security Overview

    Updated: 2010-12-22 11:14:34
    : Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 4 Sun Security Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Solaris : A Security Overview Features Software SPARC Servers Free and Open Source Software Performance Sysadmin Networking Virtualization Java Technology NetBeans Security Previous Next Part of the Oracle Solaris : In a Class by Itself Series December 22, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 4 In this episode of the Oracle Solaris : In a Class By Itself podcast series , the hosts are joined by Dr . Christoph Schuba , co-security lead for hardware at Oracle , to talk about Oracle Solaris security . After a brief overview of Oracle's Security Assurance Program which

  • Open Source Survey: Oracle Products Top Several Categories

    Updated: 2010-12-22 11:14:33
    : Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 4 Free and Open Source Software Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Open Source Survey : Oracle Products Top Several Categories Features Software SPARC Servers Free and Open Source Software Performance Sysadmin Networking Virtualization Java Technology NetBeans Security Previous Next Did Someone Doubt the Future of Open Source at Oracle December 22, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 4 As the leading open source technology and service provider , Oracle continues to work with the community stakeholders to rapidly innovate many open source products for use in fully tested production environments Edward Screven The funeral

  • SPARC T3-1B Server

    Updated: 2010-12-21 06:42:11
    Learn about Oracle's new server lines and storage solutions in an on-demand webcast with EVP for Server and Storage Systems John Fowler. He discusses Oracle's new 16-core processor and the new SPARC T3 server systems, along with the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance product line and Oracle's optimized-solution applications-to-disk approach to IT.

  • New Weekly Blog on Java Updates

    Updated: 2010-12-20 16:00:00
    <pClearly, in spite of all the early skepticism, Java is alive and well at Oracle. So much so, in fact, that the Java Team has found it necessary to create the weekly blog What's brewing in the world of Java? In the current edition readers will find information about JavaOne Brazil; a build (unofficial) of OpenJDK 7 for Snow Leopard; HotSpot-enabled Java SE Embedded vs. Android (Java won); a link to a December 16th Webcast on Java TV Standards; and a further link to the now numerous screencasts created by the LWUIT Builder Team; plus an appraisal of the new JavaFX 2.0.

  • Roadmap for SPARC Enterprise Servers Through 2015

    Updated: 2010-12-20 16:00:00
    Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 4 SPARC Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Roadmap for SPARC Enterprise Servers Through 2015 Features Software SPARC Servers Free and Open Source Software Performance Sysadmin Networking Virtualization Java Technology NetBeans Security Previous Next John Fowler Outlines Plans for Oracle's Entire Product Family December 20, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 4 Oracle is on a well defined roll , as EVP John Fowler makes clear in the pdf Oracle Systems Storage Product , Briefing which lays out the company's plans for its optimized product lines between now and 2015. Goals for the five-year SPARC Enterprise Servers include 4x

  • Oracle Linux Delivers Top CPU Benchmark Results on Sun Blades

    Updated: 2010-12-20 16:00:00
    Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.5, running on a dual-node Sun Blade X6275 M2 server module (two compute nodes per blade) delivered the best SPECint_rate2006 and SPECfp_rate2006 benchmark results for all systems with Intel Xeon processor 5000 sequence. The opposition included HP's dual-node blade server and, based on their single node performance, the Sun Blade X6275 M2 server module SPECfp_rate2006 score of 241 outperformed the best published HP ProLiant BL2X220c G5 server score by 3.2x, as reported in Oracle's Linux Blog.

  • Oracle Cloud Office and Oracle Open Office 3.3

    Updated: 2010-12-17 16:00:00
    Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 3 OpenOffice Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Cloud Office and Oracle Open Office 3.3 News Partners Features MySQL Software Hardware Storage OpenOffice Performance Virtualization Java Technology Oracle Trademarks Previous Next First Complete , Open Standards-Based Office Productivity Suites for Desktop , Web and Mobile Users December 17, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 3 Oracle Cloud Office and Oracle Open Office 3.3 deliver complete , open and cost-effective office productivity suites that are designed and optimized for our customers� needs Michael Bemmer , VP of Oracle Office Oracle introduced Oracle Cloud

  • MySQL 5.5 Now Generally Available

    Updated: 2010-12-17 16:00:00
    Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 3 MySQL Sign in Register Password Help Membership types MySQL 5.5 Now Generally Available News Partners Features MySQL Software Hardware Storage OpenOffice Performance Virtualization Java Technology Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Performance and Scalability Enhancements Highlight Oracle�s Continued Investment in MySQL December 17, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 3 The latest release of MySQL further exemplifies Oracle�s commitment to the MySQL community Edward Screven , Oracle�s Chief Corporate Architect Underscoring its commitment to deliver new innovations to MySQL users , Oracle announced the general availability of MySQL 5.5.

  • JCP Executive Committee Vote Approves Java SE 7 and Java SE 8 Technical Specs

    Updated: 2010-12-16 16:00:00
    Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 3 Java Technology Sign in Register Password Help Membership types JCP Executive Committee Vote Approves Java SE 7 and Java SE 8 Technical Specs News Partners Features MySQL Software Hardware Storage OpenOffice Performance Virtualization Java Technology NetBeans Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Standardizations in Java SE 7 Due in 2011 in Java SE 8 in 2012 December 16, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 3 these developments demonstrate a renewed energy behind Java and strengthen its future as the language and platform of choice According to a recent Oracle press , release the Java Specification Requests JSRs for the next two releases of the

  • Java SE 6 Update 23 Released

    Updated: 2010-12-15 16:00:00
    Among the several improvements and added features to be found in Java SE 6 Update 23 enhancements to Java VisualVM 1.3.1; corrections for right-to-left languages in Swing JMenuItem; changes in HotSpot 19 JVM Engine that improve performance and reliability; new language support in SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and 11; and improvements in supported system configurations.

  • Q&A with Rick Hetherington, Oracle Vice President of Hardware Development

    Updated: 2010-12-15 16:00:00
    <pOracle VP for Hardware Development Rick Hetherington shares his perspective on developments at Oracle in a Q&A in the Conversations with Oracle Innovators series. Among the topics discussed are the SPARC roadmap (T4 and T5 processors); what's in the works for SPARC processors (critical thread API); system on a chip; and the use of Oracle Solaris, Oracle OVM for SPARC and the Oracle database in the process of chip design, and the resulting edge this practice gives Oracle over its competitors.

  • Oracle for SAP Technology Update

    Updated: 2010-12-13 16:00:00
    Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 3 Partners Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle for SAP Technology Update News Partners Features MySQL Software Hardware Storage OpenOffice Performance Virtualization Java Technology NetBeans Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Special Newsletter Edition December 13, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 3 John Fowler , Oracle EVP for Systems , addresses the company's SAP customers in his introduction to a special edition of the Oracle Newsletter for , SAP explaining how the complete stack of SPARC and x86 servers , storage , and virtualization technologies , integrated with the Oracle Solaris OS and Oracle databases , can

  • New Oracle Names for Sun Software

    Updated: 2010-12-13 10:54:26
    Many of the software products produced by Sun Microsystems have been rebranded since the Oracle acquisition. This is a useful table mapping the old names to the new names along with links to the Oracle (or other) home pages for those products.

  • Sun Ray 3i Thin Client Hardware Provides Fat VDI for Intense Virtual Workloads

    Updated: 2010-12-13 02:53:59
    "Sun Ray 3i Thin Client Hardware Provides Fat VDI for Intense Virtual Workloads," a review article by Cameron Sturdevant in eWeek.com, promotes Oracle's virtual desktop infrastructure to the ranks of VMware, Microsoft and Citrix in the competition to impose centralized control over the end-user desktop experience. No small part of the credit, Sturdevant asserts, goes to the zero management Sun Ray 3 and 3i thin client systems, which he finds well designed and easy for the average user to deploy.

  • Oracle Solaris Storage in Video

    Updated: 2010-12-13 02:53:58
    Oracle Solaris Storage in Video is a repository of a wealth of information on the subject ranging from overviews through seriously technical treatments and deep dives, to the Solaris Storage Stack, QFS, to hardware and performance -- a literal anthology of presentations on Oracle Solaris Storage that runs to several hours, citations to all of which were helpfully gathered by Deirdre Straughan in a blog post.

  • Turn Software Stacks into VM Images

    Updated: 2010-12-11 16:00:00
    How do you like your stacks? With Java, database or SOA/BPM? All (and more soon) are available, according to a posting on the Oracle Technology Network by Justin Kestelyn, who writes that is now possible to turn software stacks into VM images that can then be run as a pre-built VM in VirtualBox. What's more, Kestelyn adds, this desktop virtualization tool is absolutely free.

  • MySQL Technology Update, Wed Dec 15th

    Updated: 2010-12-11 16:00:00
    Oracle will deliver an update on MySQL in a webcast on Dec 15th. (45 minutes plus Q and A). In this live webcast, Tomas Ulin, Vice President of MySQL development, and Rob Young, Senior MySQL Product Manager, will deliver an update on the latest developments with MySQL. Mark your calendar and register now!

  • World Record SPECweb2005 Result on SPARC T3-2 with Oracle iPlanet Web Server

    Updated: 2010-12-09 16:00:00
    Oracle's SPARC T3-2 server with dual 1.65 GHz SPARC T3 processors running Oracle iPlanet Web Server middleware delivered a world record SPECweb2005 benchmark result of 113857. On this, the SPARC T3-2 server is 9% faster than the Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX300 S6 with two 3.3 GHz Intel X5680 processors; 37% faster than the HP ProLiant DL370 G6 with two 3.2 GHz Intel W5580 processors; 41% higher faster than the Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX300 S6 with two 3.3 GHz Intel X5680 processors; and 14.4 times faster than the result of the 4-core IBM System p5 550 1.9 GHz POWER5+ system.

  • Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000 Servers Set World Record Performance

    Updated: 2010-12-09 16:00:00
    Running in combination, Oracle's Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000 servers achieved a world record on Oracle's own PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management 9.0 benchmark. The servers were configured with SPARC64 VII+ processors along with Oracle's Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array system achieved this record result using PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management and Oracle Database 11g Release 2 software running on the Oracle Solaris 10 operating system. The Sun SPARC Enterprise M4000 and M5000 servers were able process online users and concurrent batch jobs simultaneously in 34.72 minutes.

  • OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 Release Candidate 7

    Updated: 2010-12-08 16:00:00
    Clicking on GullFOSS will take readers to the download site for OpenOffice.org 3.3.0, release notes for the solution, MD5 Cheksums, and Issue Tracker for reporting problems with the build. An abundance of new features includes increased document protection in Writer and Calc; improved slide layout handling in Impress; support of read-only database registrations; redesign of Thesaurus; resetting text to the default language in Writer, and many more.

  • Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Express Virtual Machine with Oracle VM Manager

    Updated: 2010-12-06 11:22:36
    With the release of Oracle Solaris 11 Express, there are a number of questions concerned with its many features and their installation. In the blog "Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Express Virtual Machine with Oracle VM Manager" Honglin Su describes the experience, along with the installation of the necessary hardware virtual machine (HVM) support. In the case of the HVM, modification of the system BIOS may be required. The blog divides the installation into six steps, providing code samples and screen shots as necessary for clarity. The result is a fully functional Solaris 11 Express VM in Oracle VM.

  • Oracle Processor Core Factor for SPARC Systems

    Updated: 2010-12-06 11:22:22
    Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 2 SPARC Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Processor Core Factor for SPARC Systems Solaris Software SPARC Storage Sysadmin Virtualization Previous Next SPARC64 VII+ Now a core multiplicator of 0.5 December 6, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 2 For many systems , the cost of the solution can be dominated by the Oracle license fee . A systems solution with CPUs that have a lower multiplier may end up with a lower overall cost than one with a smaller number cores that have a higher Oracle multiplier . Oracle has set the multiplier for the newest SPARC chips the SPARC T3 and the SPARC64 VII+ very aggressively . The SPARC

  • New Features in Oracle Solaris 11 Express for Sys Admins

    Updated: 2010-12-06 11:22:20
    Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 154 Issue 2 Sun SysAdmin Sign in Register Password Help Membership types New Features in Oracle Solaris 11 Express for Sys Admins Solaris Software SPARC Storage Sysadmin Virtualization Previous Next 32-minute OTN Video Pulls Back the Curtain December 6, 2010, Volume 154, Issue 2 Have questions about the capabilities of Oracle Solaris 11 Express Answers to many of them are available on the OTN video hosted by Rick Ramsey with guests Markus Flierl , Dan Price and Liane Praza of Core Solaris engineering , who share their expertise on the new features in the release . Solaris 11 Express can send you an email notification if a software of a

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