Updated: 2011-01-31 10:27:21
"When You Can't Find the Torque Wrench" here's a couple of handy alternatives that Rick Ramsey blogs to our attention in OTN Garage. They are Oracle Linux Validated Solutions and Oracle's Sun Hardware Solutions.
Updated: 2011-01-31 10:27:21
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 156 Issue 1 Virtualization Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Secure Deployment of Oracle VM Server for SPARC Features Solaris OpenOffice Virtualization Security Previous Next Oracle VM Server for SPARC Was Previously Called Sun Logical Domains or LDoms January 31, 2011, Volume 156, Issue 1 The white paper Secure Deployment of Oracle VM Server for SPARC calls for a familiarity with LDoms on the part of readers says author Stefan Hinker . Given that , he writes that the paper is designed to help readers understand the general security concerns in virtualized environments as well as the specific additional threats that arise
Updated: 2011-01-31 10:27:20
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 156 Issue 1 Sun Security Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Enabling Single Sign-On from Desktop to Cloud for the Extended Enterprise Features Solaris OpenOffice Virtualization Security Previous Next Enterprise Management Associates EMA Extols Virt ues of Oracle Open ESSO January 31, 2011, Volume 156, Issue 1 EMA's white paper Enabling Single Sign-On from Desktop to Cloud for the Extended Enterprise assesses the potential of single sign-on Oracle ESSO in particular in several spheres : the cloud , SaaS , and third-party resources . The paper notes that , inside the enterprise , the Oracle ESSO solution is compatible with a
Updated: 2011-01-28 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 155 Issue 4 Sun Security Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Implementing Enterprise Single Sign-On in an Identity Management System Features Solaris Cloud Computing HPC Storage Top10 OpenOffice Publications Virtualization Java Technology Security Trademarks Previous Next EMA White Paper January 28, 2011, Volume 155, Issue 4 Given the ease with which most hastily derived passwords can be cracked and the even greater ease with which users themselves can forget any one or more of the multiple password their access to resources require , the arrival on the scene of enterprise single sign-on ESSO is fortuitous . The white paper
Updated: 2011-01-28 16:00:00
The future of the Oracle Grid Engine product includes three major goals, according to Dan Templeton, whose blog contains a link that leads viewers to a replay of the webcast he did with Oracle's marketing director Moe Fardoost. The three goals articulated in the webinar are core infrastructure and feature improvements; tighter integrations with other Oracle products; and a richer cloud feature set. Registration and sign-in required.
Updated: 2011-01-27 16:00:00
Updated: 2011-01-27 16:00:00
A step-by-step approach to the download and install of the newly released pre-built VirtualBox VM for Solaris 10 9/10 is available in Brian Leonard's blog Solaris 10 9/10 VirtualBox VM. The simple six-step procedure even includes instructions on how to deal with the fact that the VM comes unconfigured. Leonard's instructions enable users to get the download to reboot into the Solaris 10 desktop.
Updated: 2011-01-27 16:00:00
OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 Release Candidate 10 is now available on the download website. A [url summary of new features outlines the changes to be found in RC10. Links are also provided to the release notes and the MD5 checksums.
Updated: 2011-01-26 16:00:00
The new home page for all Oracle Technology Network's Documentation is in operation. And we do mean all. A handy cheat sheet to the wealth of documentation on the page is available here. This will help familiarize users with the location of the former Sun documentation, which is still available in this new location.
Updated: 2011-01-25 16:00:00
In its Profit Online web page, Oracle declares itself a " ... steward of Java technology with a relentless commitment to fostering a community of participation and transparency." Readers are alerted by this particular page to developments on several fronts, including those in automotive engineering, logistics, robotics and others. The page also reminds readers of the commitment Oracle made in October 2010 to those developers and customers interested in fostering collaborative arrangements to innovate on existing Java investments and the OpenJDK reference implementation.
Updated: 2011-01-25 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 155 Issue 4 Sun Features Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle's Open Source Product Marketing Director Beats the Drum for Unbreakable Linux Kernel Features Cloud Computing Java Technology Security Previous Next Made to Order for Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud January 25, 2011, Volume 155, Issue 4 Monica Kumar , Oracle's Senior Director of Open Source Product Marketing , provides a refresher on the company's unbreakable Linux kernel in a Q A with the Director of Communications and Community at the Linux Foundation , Jennifer Cloer . Oracle now offers both the Red Hat Compatible Kernel
Updated: 2011-01-25 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 155 Issue 4 Publications Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Packt Publishes Open AM' Features Solaris Cloud Computing HPC Storage Top10 OpenOffice Publications Virtualization Java Technology Security Trademarks Previous Next Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Open AM January 25, 2011, Volume 155, Issue 4 Indira Thangasamy , OpenSSO Quality engineering team manager , explains her new book , Open AM as all you want to know about the OpenAM , the open source version of Sun�s OpenSSO product , now backed by Forgerock.com , in a recent blog . post Oracle , she explains , continues to provide support for the OpenSSO 8.0
Updated: 2011-01-25 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 155 Issue 4 Cloud Computing Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Enterprise Cloud Summit : Worldwide Sessions Features Cloud Computing Java Technology Security Previous Next Develop Your Strategy and Roadmap for Cloud Computing January 25, 2011, Volume 155, Issue 4 Attendees at any of the several venues worldwide of the Oracle Enterprise Cloud Summit will be introduced to the real-world best practices , reference architectures , detailed customer case studies that will enable them to transform IT into a superior service provider with a strategy and roadmap for building , deploying , and managing an enterprise cloud .
Updated: 2011-01-24 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 155 Issue 4 Sun Security Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Enterprise Single Sign-On and HIPAA Features Cloud Computing Java Technology Security Previous Next Understand the Requirements January 24, 2011, Volume 155, Issue 4 The Oracle white paper Enterprise Single Sign-On and HIPAA examines the potential of enterprise single sign-on ESSO for creating a best practice for ensuring compliance with the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPPA immediately upon implementation . ESSO , the paper contends . can mitigate an organization�s privacy risk , save valuable time , reduce help desk
Updated: 2011-01-24 16:00:00
The Oracle white paper "Enterprise Single Sign-On: The Missing Link in Password Management" argues cogently for the implementation of Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On, noting that the solution can reduce the number of application passwords users require for access; automate the process of password entry; and securely store user credentials for every application in a central repository where they can easily be managed and from which they can be recovered. One key cost factor cited is the reduction of help desk costs associated with password support, even as security is increased by the enforcement of strong password standards.
Updated: 2011-01-24 16:00:00
Facebook, by releasing its Facebook for Feature Phones, a Java ME app that will run on non-smartphones, has registered a vote of confidence in the market potential of the substantial number of Java ME feature phones in the hands of users. This is the opinion of blogger Hinkmond Wong, who writes in his post, "Facebook Validates Java ME Technology Relevance." Facebook for Feature Phones will run on some 2500 devices from vendors as varied as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and LG..
Updated: 2011-01-24 16:00:00
If you missed the 47:57 minute webinar screencast on Java EE 6 with NetBeans and GlassFish, #37, blogger Arun Gupta has provided a convenient avenue for latecomers to view it on his blog. The webinar begins from the beginning, so to speak, with illustrations of the download procedure for both NetBeans and GlassFish. Gupta also provides a helpful link to a download of the complete source code built during the webinar, as well as a transcript of the Q&A that came at its conclusion, along with a complete list of the webinars already held (available in replay) and those that are forthcoming.
Updated: 2011-01-19 16:00:00
Comparing the capabilities of Solaris 11 Express with the requirements of the U.S. DoD Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (specifically the STIG document for Unix/Linux operating systems), Jim Laurent blogs that, with one exception, Solaris 11 Express can be made to come into compliance with the Defense Information Systems Agency's STIG. That exception involves the default ZFS root file system which currently does not allow /var to be mounted as a separate filesystem as required by one of the STIG items. Laurent has notified Solaris Engineering of this fact. He cautions that his investigation is altogether unofficial has is not sanctioned by either Oracle or DISA.
Updated: 2011-01-19 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 155 Issue 3 Sun Security Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Integrating Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Suite Plus with Strong Authentication Solaris Cloud Computing Hardware Events OpenStorage Education and Research Sysadmin Virtualization Java Technology Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Oracle ESSO Will Work with Password Protected Systems and those Employing Authentication January 19, 2011, Volume 155, Issue 3 Whether an enterprise requires multiple , frequently changed strong passwords of its internal users , or instead requires users to authenticate to the network with a form of strong authentication , both
Updated: 2011-01-19 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 155 Issue 3 Sun SysAdmin Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Critical Patch Update Solaris Events OpenStorage Education and Research Sysadmin Virtualization Java Technology Oracle Previous Next January 2011 January 19, 2011, Volume 155, Issue 3 The Critical Patch Update for January 2011 was released on January 18th , 2011. Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible . Please note that Sun products are included to this Critical Patch Update . The Critical Patch Update Advisory is the starting point for relevant information . It includes a list of products affected , pointers to obtain the patches , a
Updated: 2011-01-19 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 155 Issue 3 Java Technology Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Which Java EE 6 App Server : JBoss 6.0 or GlassFish 3.x Solaris Events OpenStorage Education and Research Sysadmin Virtualization Java Technology Oracle Previous Next Or Maybe Oracle WebLogic 10.3.4 January 19, 2011, Volume 155, Issue 3 With all the app servers now available and forthcoming for Java EE 6, it's helpful to have some expert guidance when deciding which to adopt . This is exactly what Arun Gupta provides in his blog post Which Java EE 6 App Server : JBoss 6.0 or GlassFish 3.x Gupta points out some of the shortcomings in the JBoss app server no SLA
Updated: 2011-01-17 16:00:00
OTN Garage assembles a number of resources for VirtualBox 4.0 that include the following:
Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0
OTN Live video: VirtualBox and Oracle's Virtualization Story
VirtualBox 4.0 User Guide
The VirtualBox Community
And the two blogs, "What's New in Version 4.0" and "Changes to Configuration Files in VirtualBox 4.0."
Updated: 2011-01-14 16:00:00
It was a fruitful synergy that allowed the server, storage, and OS virtualization technologies common in datacenters to be considered for a new role in network virtualization, where cost reductions and increases in network flexibility are now reasonable expectations. In his blog "Consolidating and Virtualizing with Oracle's Network Fabric" Ferhat Hatay writes,
"Oracle provides a networking fabric that delivers cloud-ready network services based on Ethernet or InfiniBand fabrics that are tightly integrated with application infrastructure. Oracle's network fabric provides the performance and manageability required for any Oracle application environment or private cloud infrastructure."
Updated: 2011-01-13 16:00:00
Oracle Solaris 11 Express server can perform two different functions, writes Mary Ding in "Installing Oracle Solaris 10 Using JumpStart on an Oracle Solaris 11 Express Server." These are to serve Oracle Solaris 11 Express OS installations using Automated Installer and to serve Oracle Solaris 10 OS installations using JumpStart. Ding describes the procedure for setting up a JumpStart install server on an Oracle Solaris 11 Express system. She provides code samples as well as suggested workarounds.
Updated: 2011-01-13 16:00:00
Wim Coekaerts blogs about his satisfactory experience of installing Oracle Virtual Desktop Client (OVDC) on his minimac at home and using the external usb card reader feature to re-connect with the sessions on the Sun Ray 3i at work. He used the SCM SCR 3500 Smartfold to read his smart card in the re-connect. It worked out of the box, he reports.
Updated: 2011-01-13 16:00:00
Gartner, Inc. has named Oracle as a leader in its "2010 Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools", citing Oracle GoldenGate 11g and Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition 11g as " ... the industry's most complete, open and fully-integrated, enterprise-class, real-time data integration solution." Gartner's criteria for inclusion in the quadrant are companies that " ... are front runners in the convergence of single-purpose tools into an offering that supports a range of data delivery styles."
Updated: 2011-01-12 16:00:00
Turns out Oracle is not the villain some segments of the IT press suggested it would become once Sun was safely within its fold. Fernando Cassia, for one, disputes those alarmist headlines so common during the acquisition negotiations (Oracle Might Kill OpenOffice; Oracle Will Kill MySQL) in TechEYE.net. Most of the open source projects that came through Oracle's door with Sun are still vital and ongoing, Cassia writes, noting the apparent exception of OpenSolaris.
Updated: 2011-01-11 16:54:34
All about RichFaces by Ilya Shaikovsky All Java General jsf ajax RichFaces 4 We . Main Tuesday January 11, 2011 RichFaces 4.0.0.Milestone5 Released The last milestone release of RichFaces 4.0 is now available Below is a summary of the main items we've worked on for M5, and you can review the complete list in our Jira Release Notes New components such as fileUpload , panelMenu , toolbar , drag'n'drop , and dropDownMenu Added more advanced features to other components like calendar , and . tree Client side validation is nearly ready for primetime Server side functionality is complete , and the core client side is nearly ready . Ajax fallback support is already there , and as client side validators are integrated they will transparently begin to function . The CR1 release will have the final
Updated: 2011-01-11 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 155 Issue 2 Partners Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Solaris 11 ISV Adoption Guide News VendorVoice Partners OpenStorage Free and Open Source Software Sysadmin Networking Virtualization Java Technology Previous Next Cites Instrances Where Changes May Be Required to Applications January 11, 2011, Volume 155, Issue 2 Oracle Solaris 11 ISV Adoption Guide is a white paper written to assist ISVs transition their applications smoothly from Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11. While applications developed for Oracle Solaris 10 or earlier Oracle Solaris operating systems are binary compatible with Solaris 11 Express and
Updated: 2011-01-11 16:00:00
The end of 2010 saw the usual plethora of "Best of, Worst " stories. Why not a rating of the top stories on Java as well? Darryl K. Taft has provided one in his compilation of the "Top seven Java stories of 2010" in eWeek that ranges from the departure of James Gosling from Oracle to the withdrawal of Apache from the JCP; the lukewarm response to Oracle's first staging of JavaOne; Oracle's suit against Google over Java in Android; the controversy over the approval of roadmaps for Java 7 and 8; and the signing on of IBM and Apple to the OpenJDK.
Updated: 2011-01-10 16:00:00
Things really started happening in a positive way for GlassFish in 2010 when, in March, reports The Aquarium the issuance of the roadmap made it clear that Oracle was committed to the open source project. That was followed in June by the the "100-day" (Oracle-branded 3.0.1) release to coincide with the five-year celebration of GlassFish and, following in a matter of days, five years for The Aquarium itself.
Updated: 2011-01-10 16:00:00
The M2GM MigrationGuide for GlassFish is divided into a number of subheadings. These include:
JBoss -- GlassFish Migration Issues
WebSphere -- GlassFish Migration Issues
WebLogic -- GlassFish Migration Issues
Tomcat -- GlassFish Migration Issues
JaxRPC -- JAX-WS Migration Issues
The guide is comprehensive in scope, providing all the necessary code for each category.
Updated: 2011-01-10 16:00:00
"NDMP Implementation Guide for the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance," an Oracle white paper, describes the implementation and configuration details for Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) backups on the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance, using such industry-leading backup applications as Oracle Secure Backup 10.3.0.2, Symantec NetBackup 7.0, and EMC Legato Networker 7.6.
Updated: 2011-01-06 16:00:00
With the coming of the new year, a new chapter is opening in Oracle Grid Engine's life. Oracle is handing off maintenance of the open source code base to the Open Grid Scheduler project hosted on SourceForge. Dan Templeton reports that the transition will allow the Oracle Grid Engine engineering team to focus their efforts more directly on enhancing the product.
Updated: 2011-01-05 16:00:00
A handy catalog of 50 UNIX/Linux tutorials of interest to sysadmins can be found on The Geek Stuff, courtesy of Ramesh Natarajan. What is more, appended to the list of 50 tutorials are five further references, one of them listing another 50 Linux sysadmin tutorials. All in all, TGS has provided readers with several months' worth of instructional resources ... quite a nice holiday gift.
Updated: 2011-01-05 16:00:00
Release of the new Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0 extension packs have raised questions in the minds of some users that Wim Coekaerts seeks to put to rest in his blog on the subject. Prior to 4.0, he explains, there were two versions a user could download. Oracle has simplified the process by separating the two out and enabling installation through the "extension pack." The two classes of license are still available (commercial and PUEL). The result, Coekaerts contends, is a more flexible structure for installing VirtualBox and its drivers and one that allows for more modular additions as well.
Updated: 2011-01-05 16:00:00
The Oracle white paper "Maximum Availability Architecture: Oracle Best Practices for High Availability" details the best practices for implementing Oracle high-availability technologies such as Oracle E-Business Suite Applications on the Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
Updated: 2011-01-05 16:00:00
A new minor update to the Sun Storage 7000 2010.Q3 software has been posted. The release includes more than 60 bug fixes, among them, fixes for a number of ZFS-related panics, improvements to ACL handling and NDMP behavior, and improvements to scalability in the block target management subsystem. Please read the release notes for more details,including a full list of changes. Also, please note that Oracle has shut down the Sun Download Center, so be sure to read and follow the new instructions for obtaining and installing the software, as found on the main software update landing page.
Updated: 2011-01-04 16:00:00
New JSRs for Java SE 7 and 8, Update 23 for Java SE, new tutorial for JDK 7 Support in NetBeans IDE 7.0, new podcasts on Java Spotlight Podcast Episode 7, Episode 53 of NetBeans Podcast series ... who could have guessed it was a holiday season, given the level of activity in the world of Java as reported by Jacob Lehrbaum in "The Java Source."
Updated: 2011-01-04 16:00:00
Redundancy is sometimes the salvation of technology. Certainly in the case involving the supposed holdings of the Computer History Museum, without redundancy and YouTube, the "Sun Microsystems Founders Panel" (Bill Joy, Andy Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and moderator John Gage) would have vanished forever since the video disappeared mysteriously from the museum's web site during the confusion around the reorganization reflecting Oracle's acquisition of Sun. Now, in all their glory, the founding four, courtesy of YouTube, share their personal stories of the early days at Sun.
