Updated: 2011-06-28 15:00:00
Thursday, July 7, 2011: Save the Date, advises Tori Wieldt who invites everyone interested to the "Best Party of 2011," simultaneously scheduled for Redwood Shores, CA, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and London, England, all joined by satellite, for a session from developers around the globe who are discovering how to optimize the features of Java 7 and who will provide overviews on Project Coin, the Fork/Join framework, the new file system API, improvements to the VM, and a panel discussion with Q & A. Registration is required. A webcast will be made available for those unable to attend the events in person.
Updated: 2011-06-28 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 5 MySQL Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle VM Template for MySQL Enterprise Edition Released Features MySQL Cloud Computing Exadata SPARC OpenOffice Sysadmin Virtualization Java Technology Oracle Previous Next Enables Users to More Effectively Deploy and Manage Web and Cloud Applications at Lower Cost June 28, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 5 Developed to enable more efficient and lower cost deployments of virtualized MySQL environments , the first Oracle VM Template for MySQL Enterprise Edition was recently announced by Oracle . The new template helps eliminate manual configuration efforts and risks by providing a
Updated: 2011-06-28 03:00:33
If you’re familiar with Android, probably you have already created a button on the user interface and implemented a controller method to respond to this button’s action. This can be done through the OnClickListener interface and its onClick(View) method. A example below: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 [...]
Updated: 2011-06-27 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 5 Oracle Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Configuring Oracle Solaris Cluster Software With Oracle RAC CRS and Sun ZFS Storage Appliance 7000 Systems Features MySQL Cloud Computing Exadata SPARC OpenOffice Sysadmin Virtualization Java Technology Oracle Previous Next Procedure Applies to Entire Sun 7000 Unified Storage System Line June 27, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 5 A blog post on the Oracle TechNetwork by J . Randriam describes the installation procedure for a 3-node Sun Cluster 3.2 01 09 or Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 or later configuration running with Oracle Real Application Clusters RAC Cluster Ready Services
Updated: 2011-06-27 15:00:00
Early opposition to Oracle's donation of OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software Foundation was overcome when 41 of the 48 binding votes cast by Incubator PMC members were cast for acceptance of OO.o as an Apache incubator project. Certain voters, notably Simon Phipps, former Sun open source chief, were persuaded to soften their resistance with the realization that acceptance would make possible OO.o's being refactored into a reference implementation of office suite components - including ODF (Open Document Format) importers and exporters.
Updated: 2011-06-23 15:00:00
Oracle VM Server SPARC 2.1 (or OVMSS) has a new and useful feature: DTrace support, whose inclusion means that users can get information about domain activity that is otherwise unavailable, such as internal flow and timing. The blogger, Jeff Savit, illustrates the operation of DTrace in OVMSS by showing how a script written for that purpose, migrate.d, performs.
Updated: 2011-06-23 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 4 Developer Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Java EE 6 Development with NetBeans 7 News Features Solaris MySQL Linux Cloud Computing HPC Servers Storage Top10 Developer Virtualization Java Technology Security Trademarks Previous Next New Title by David Heffelfinger from Packt Publishing June 23, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 4 David Heffelfinger's new book from Packt Publishing , Java EE 6 Development with NetBeans 7 wins the praises of Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine in his blog on The Aquarium . He writes that Heffelfinger has written a step-by-step book documenting all of the Java EE 6 features and APIs including CDI
Updated: 2011-06-23 15:00:00
FatWire Software (FatWire), a leading provider of web experience management solutions that enable organizations to build and deploy a targeted and interactive online presence that optimizes the interactions companies have with their customers, is to be acquired by Oracle. Oracle's press release explains that FatWire complements Oracle's leading technology products, including Oracle Fusion Middleware, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Content Management, and Portal technology. It also complements Oracle's leading application products including Oracle Customer Relationship Management and ATG Web Commerce.
Updated: 2011-06-23 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 4 Solaris Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Install Oracle Solaris 11 Express on Oracle VM VirtualBox News Features Solaris MySQL Linux Cloud Computing HPC Servers Storage Top10 Developer Virtualization Java Technology Security Trademarks Previous Next Solaris 11 Express Version of Solaris-VM Lab June 23, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 4 In a lab that is the first of a forthcoming series , students can learn what is necessary for Installing Oracle Solaris 11 Express in Oracle VM . VirtualBox The lab consists of several exercises : Exercise 1 : Download the Oracle Solaris 10 09 10 Appliance Image for Oracle VM VirtualBox
Updated: 2011-06-21 15:00:00
<img border=0 src="http://sun.systemnews.com/images/160/4/duke-spotlight.jpg" align="right"For Java Spotlight Episode 35 Host Roger Brinkley trots out the heavyweights in an interview with Vladimir Ivanov, HotSpot JVM Quality Engingeer; Ivan Krylov, Licensee Engineering; and Sergey Kuksenko, Java SE Performance Team on the JDK 7 Java Virtual Machine performance and quality. As usual, Dalibor Topic, Java Free and Open Source Software Ambassador, and Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine, Java EE Developer Advocate, join the Java All Star Developer Panel.
Updated: 2011-06-21 15:00:00
Writing on Oracle's Virtualization Blog Honglin Su provides a rundown on the new features in the Oracle VM Server for x86 2.2.2 Release. Among those features is the expanded guest OS support list that now includes Oracle Linux 6.x and Oracle Solaris 11 Express OS, and the VMPinfo system information and cluster troubleshooting utility, which is now provided.
Updated: 2011-06-21 15:00:00
Spend three minutes viewing the new MySQL Enterprise Edition Flash demo, urges Bertrand Matthelie in his post on Oracle's MySQL Blog. The demo will show viewers how Oracle's MySQL Enterprise Edition reduces the risk, cost and time required in developing, deploying and managing business-critical MySQL applications, he writes. Also included in the post are links to the MySQL Enterprise Edition Trial and to relevant whitepapers. (Registration and log in are required.)
Updated: 2011-06-20 15:00:00
In Episode 34 of the Java Spotlight Oracle Java Evangelist Chuck Munn Lee shares his recent experience of porting PhoneME on Nintendo DS. Regulars Dalibor Topic, Java Free and Open Source Software Ambassador, and Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine, Java EE Developer Advocate, join the session, which is rounded out with news and the calendar of events.
Updated: 2011-06-20 15:00:00
: Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 4 Cloud Computing Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle's Complete Stack for Cloud Computing : Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Features Linux Cloud Computing HPC Java Technology Previous Next Accelerating Enterprise-class Cloud Infrastructure Deployments June 20, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 4 Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud , Infrastructure newly announced by Oracle , is a tested solution that is fully integrated with Oracle�s Sun Blade server modules , Oracle Solaris or Oracle Linux , Oracle�s ZFS Storage Appliance , and Oracle VM . In addition , Oracle Optimized Solution
Updated: 2011-06-14 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 3 Virtualization Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle VM Server SPARC 2.1 Released with Important New Features Partners Solaris MySQL Cloud Computing Exadata Storage Top10 Performance Virtualization Java Technology Security Trademarks Previous Next Notes by Jeff Savit June 14, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 3 With the release of Oracle VM Server SPARC 2.1 OVMSS users can now enjoy several new and important features that amount to useful enhancements of this solution . These features are : Live Domain Migration CPU Dynamic Resource Management DTrace enablement Improved allocation and deallocation of CPUs and crypto
Updated: 2011-06-14 15:00:00
Bill Nesheim, VP for Oracle Solaris Engineering, Chris Armes, Senior Director of Oracle Solaris Engineering, join host Charlie Boyle to discuss how important availability features are in Oracle Solaris. These include reduction, even elimination, of unplanned downtime, and especially the heavy focus in Oracle Solaris 11 on great reduction of planned downtime, i.e. maintenance. In addition, Eve Kleinknecht, Product Manager for Oracle Solaris Cluster, joins the other panel members to discuss recent developments in multi-system high availability and the great solutions that Oracle Solaris Cluster provides.
Updated: 2011-06-13 15:00:00
Java Spotlight Episode 33 features Sreekumar Pillai, CTO Experiod, in a discussion of the use of the Java ME Platform in their carrier operations, which involve providing phones and building software stacks based on OJWC and LWUIT. As usual, Dalibor Topic and Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine join the Java All Star Developer Panel.
Updated: 2011-06-13 15:00:00
Oracle announces that MySQL Enterprise Monitor 2.3.4 is now GA, and available for download on the My Oracle Support (MOS) and Oracle E-Delivery web sites. Oracle describes the download as a "maintenance release that fixes a number of bugs and contains some new features, including graph export."
Updated: 2011-06-13 15:00:00
: Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 3 Cloud Computing Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Discover Enterprise Cloud Computing : Oracle�s Use of Oracle VM for IaaS Partners MySQL Cloud Computing Exadata Storage Java Technology Security Previous Next Register and Log in on June 28, 2011, at 9:00 a.m . Pacific Daylight Time June 13, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 3 Oracle invites participants to register and log in to their event Discover Enterprise Cloud Computing : Oracle s Use of Oracle VM for Infrastructure as a Service IaaS scheduled for 9:00 a.m . Pacific Daylight Time on June 28, 2011. Speakers will be Don Nalezyty , Director , Enterprise Architecture
Updated: 2011-06-09 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 2 Sun Security Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Issues 17 Fixes for Java SE Platform Features Solaris SPARC Servers Storage Top10 OpenOffice Performance Sysadmin Virtualization Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory June 2011 June 9, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 2 The June 2011 Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory alters users to 17 new security fixes across Java SE . products The affected product releases and versions are : JDK and JRE 6 Update 25 and earlier JDK 5.0 Update 29 and earlier SDK 1.4.2_31 and earlier The next Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Updates
Updated: 2011-06-09 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 2 SPARC Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1 Features Solaris SPARC Servers Storage Top10 OpenOffice Performance Sysadmin Virtualization Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Adds Live Migration , Improved P2V Tool , Dynamic Resource Management DRM between domains June 9, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 2 Oracle has augmented its virtualization portfolio with the release of Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1, which comes installed on Oracle�s SPARC T-series servers . Oracle VM Server for SPARC allows up to 128 virtual machines , or domains� , on one system , providing organizations increased
Updated: 2011-06-09 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 2 Oracle Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Database Cloning Using Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance and Oracle Data Guard Features Solaris SPARC Servers Storage Top10 OpenOffice Performance Sysadmin Virtualization Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next High Availability and Disaster Protection for Production Databases June 9, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 2 Responding to the challenges facing database administrators charged with meeting the requirements of application development and code testing within a production environment , Oracle has developed Oracle Data Guard and the Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance to provide
Updated: 2011-06-08 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 2 Sun Servers Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Linux 6.1 With Both 32 and 64 Bit Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Features Solaris Servers Storage Performance Sysadmin Virtualization Oracle Previous Next ISOs Available for Download June 8, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 2 With the release of Oracle Linux 6.1 users can enjoy the benefits of improved IRQ balancing reduced lock contention across the kernel improves performance on large NUMA systems improved network I O via receive packet steering and RDS improvements and improved virtual memory performance . In addition to these improvements , uses will discover
Updated: 2011-06-07 15:00:00
In Chapter 3 of the "Oracle Solaris ZFS Administration Guide" is a discussion of differences between Oracle Solaris ZFS and traditional file systems, an understanding of which can contribute to minimizing confusion whenever traditional tools are employed in conjunction with Solaris ZFS. The differences under discussion include the following:
ZFS File System Granularity
ZFS Disk Space Accounting
Out of Space Behavior
Mounting ZFS File Systems
Traditional Volume Management
New Solaris ACL Model
and more
Updated: 2011-06-07 15:00:00
Spend three minutes watching Oracle Senior Director of Product Marketing Monica Kumar's whiteboard explanation of "Application-Aware Virtualization" in which she outlines the benefits of Oracle VM Server, Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder, and Oracle Enterprise Manager, all of which move virtualization from the horse-and-buggy era of server consolidation to the 21st Century era in which the datacenter becomes a service center that can deliver complete solutions on demand efficiently and rapidly.
Updated: 2011-06-06 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 2 Sun Storage Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Monitoring Multiple 7000s with Oracle Grid Control Features Solaris Servers Storage Performance Sysadmin Virtualization Oracle Previous Next No-cost Solution Simplifies the Process June 6, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 2 Oracle Grid Control OGC is a no-cost subset of Oracle Enterprise Manager , writes Steve Tunstall on his . blog He adds that there are a large variety of Management Agents available for it , many at no cost . The agents for the 7000 and 6000 arrays are free . The oracle database needed is considered an Infrastruture database a separate Oracle Database that
Updated: 2011-06-06 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 2 Solaris Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Automating ZFS Snapshots and Tracking Software Updates Features Solaris Servers Storage Performance Sysadmin Virtualization Oracle Previous Next Part 2 of a Series on Oracle Solaris 11 Express Software Management Best Practices June 6, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 2 In Part 2 of her series Software Management Best Practices for Oracle Solaris 11 Express Automating ZFS Snapshots and Tracking Software Updates Ginny Henningsen describes how Oracle Solaris 11 Express uses automated snapshots to deliver Time Slider services , a new feature in the GNOME desktop . Using Time Slider
Updated: 2011-06-06 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 2 Oracle Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Exadata Database Machine Command Reference Features Solaris Servers Storage Performance Sysadmin Virtualization Oracle Previous Next All the Commands DBAs and DMAs Might Require June 6, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 2 Users new to Oracle Exadata Database Machine and even some old hands will surely find the four-part guide authored by Arup Nanda called Series : Oracle Exadata Command Reference a helpful reference . Nanda assures readers that they will learn all the commands necessary to administer the Exadata Database Machine , especially the storage-related commands
Updated: 2011-06-03 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 1 Sun Servers Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Linux 6.1 With Both 32 and 64 Bit Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Features Solaris Software Servers Storage Top10 OpenOffice Developer Sysadmin Publications Virtualization Java Technology JavaFX Trademarks Previous Next Features Numerous Improvements : IRQ Balancing Lock Contention Network I O June 3, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 1 With the release of Oracle Linux 6.1 users can enjoy the benefits of improved IRQ balancing reduced lock contention across the kernel improves performance on large NUMA systems improved network I O via receive packet steering and RDS
Updated: 2011-06-03 15:00:00
Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 1 Java Technology Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Java ME Embedded Client 1.0 Now Available for Download Features Solaris Software Servers Storage Top10 OpenOffice Developer Sysadmin Publications Virtualization Java Technology JavaFX Trademarks Previous Next Delivers Feature-rich Java Platform Without Requiring Java SE Embedded . Environment June 3, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 1 In a recent blog post Hinkmond Wong draws attention to the release of Java ME Embedded Client 1.0, which is now available for download . Wong calls this release the latest Java ME CDC-based stack now brought to you by Oracle . He
Updated: 2011-06-03 15:00:00
: , Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 160 Issue 1 Java Technology Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Java Spotlight Episode 32 : Nandini Ramani , VPof Deveopment in Oracle's Fusion Middleware Group Features Solaris Software Servers Storage Top10 OpenOffice Developer Sysadmin Publications Virtualization Java Technology JavaFX Trademarks Previous Next On JavaFX 2.0 Beta Release June 3, 2011, Volume 160, Issue 1 Java Spotlight Episode 32 features Nandini Ramani , VP of Development in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Group . Her responsibilities include the Java Client Platform , to which she brings a long history of creating innovation and futures at Sun . Ramani's
Updated: 2011-06-03 15:00:00
"JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Sixth Edition" by David Flanagan is now available from O'Reilly, which describes the volume as " ... a programmer's guide and comprehensive reference to the core language and to the client-side JavaScript APIs defined by web browsers. The 6th edition covers HTML5 and ECMAScript 5, with new chapters on jQuery and server side JavaScript. It's recommended for experienced programmers who want to learn the programming language of the Web, and for current JavaScript programmers who want to master it."
Updated: 2011-06-03 15:00:00
The Oracle Tech Network now lists the "Hardware Compatibility List for Oracle Solaris," upgraded from the list originally compiled for BigAdmin by Robert Weeks. The HCL includes:
Oracle Solaris 10 HCL
Oracle Solaris 11 Express HCL
Solaris for x86 Device List
HCL Search
Device Detection Tool
Hardware Certification Test Suite
Information about Oracle's Solaris-Ready Program
The HCL lists all the hardware, including servers, desktops, laptops, and peripheral devices, that are compatible with Oracle Solaris 10 and Oracle Solaris 11 Express.
