Updated: 2011-11-03 15:00:00
There is now a YouTube channel hosting ExalogicTV, Cristobal Sota blogs on oracle.com. Currently there are 14 offerings, among them:
Extreme Performance Industrial SOA on Exalogic
Why Exalogic?
Oracle Public Cloud Built on Exalogic
Oracle Tuxedo on Exalogic
Java & Coherence on Exalogic
Oracle Weblogic Optimized
How Oracle Exalogic and Coherence Fit
Oracle Exalogic and Real World Examples
What Is Oracle Exalogic?
The listings are dynamic and grow in number almost weekly.
Updated: 2011-11-02 15:00:00
A significant announcement at JavaOne, Terrence Barr reminds readers of his blog, was the news that JavaFX 2.0 is available for MacOS X as a developer preview, along with NetBeans 7.1 Beta, which includes full support for JavaFX 2.0 as well as Java 7. Barr provides links to these downloads as well as to FAQs on JavaFX 2.0. A further link leads to a tutorial on JavaFX 2.0 that deals with getting started, creating a user interface, effects, animation and media, application logic, API reference and deployment.
Updated: 2011-10-31 15:00:00
Readers will find a convenient compilation of useful links to resources on the Oracle Database Appliance in a recent eSTEP Blog. The links include a datasheet, a white paper, FAQs, a 3-D demo, the ODA Handbook and ODA documentation manuals, along with three presentations on ODA. Registration and log in are required for certain of these links.
Updated: 2011-10-31 15:00:00
In his blog post Inside the Oracle Database Cloud Service Rick Greenwald summarizes the introduction of the Oracle Public Cloud, which was a major event at Oracle OpenWorld 2011. In his summary Greenwald touches in such features of the Oracle Database Service as RESTful Web services, Application Express (APEX) and the suite of productivity applications that enable users to track events on a shared calendar or manage projects in the cloud.
Updated: 2011-10-24 15:00:00
Two patch updates were released in October 2011, reports Eric Maurice in his oracle.com/security blog. One is the October 2011 Critical Patch Update and the other the Critical Patch Update for Java SE"] The latter provides fixes for 20 new security vulnerabilities, Maurice reports, and the former provides fixes for 57 new security vulnerabilities. He points out that, because of Oracle's diligence in identifying and fixing vulnerabilities, the number of required fixes declines with each passing release.
Updated: 2011-10-24 15:00:00
The release of Java 7, improvements in JavaFX and reforms to the Java Community Process are among the developments at Oracle that have renewed Andrew Binstock's confidence in Java Technology. Writing for Dr. Dobb's, Binstock proclaims that Oracle's clear commitment to Java has infused new life into what many feared would become a neglected technology following the acquisition of Sun. At the end of the recent JavaOne Conference, Binstock claims, the collective feeling was that Oracle is moving Java very much in the right direction.
Updated: 2011-10-24 15:00:00
Episode 52 of the Java Spotlight features Cameron Purdy, VP of Development at Oracle, on the subject of JavaEE. Purdy discusses his responsibilities at Oracle, the product sets and the new investments that Oracle is making in cooperation with the community behind JavaEE development. Dalibor Topic, Java Free and Open Source Software Ambassador, and Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine, Java EE Developer Advocate, are the Java All Star Developer Panel.
Updated: 2011-10-24 15:00:00
"The Exo-Friendly Enterprise with Oracle Desktop Virtualization," a blog by Chris Kawalek, reports that three of the winners at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 of the annual Oracle Eco-Enterprise Innovation Awards used Oracle desktop virtualization in their enterprise. These organizations are:
Denver Health Hospital
Gunsan City Hall
Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen universitat Munchen
Kawalek notes that the use of Oracle desktop virtualization by these three winning organizations conclusively demonstrates the ecological benefits of desktop virtualization and thin client computing.
Updated: 2011-10-24 15:00:00
In a recent episode of the Oracle in a Class by Itself podcast the panel discusses datacenter management using the new functionality in Solaris 11 and Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center, explaining how Oracle's integrated approach to design creates a means whereby sys admins can more readily manage a datacenter from a single point in the system. Solaris 11, the panel explains, has been designed as a virtualization-aware solution. The panel also reminds listeners of the November 9, 2011 launch of Solaris 11 and directs them to Oracle.com/events for further information.
Updated: 2011-10-24 15:00:00
The Oracle NoSQL Database, part of Oracle's Big Data Portfolio, is now available for download on the Oracle Technical Network. With its simple key-value data model, the highly-available and scalable Oracle NoSQL Database enables customers to easily manage massive amounts of data with dynamic schemas such as web log data, sensor and smart meter data, data gathered for personalization, and data maintained by social networks. Also soon to be available from Oracle is the Oracle Big Data Appliance, an optimized platform for running the Oracle NoSQL Database and Oracle's other Big Data offerings.
Updated: 2011-10-24 15:00:00
Want to know more about the Oracle Public Cloud? Then you could not do better than log on to Arun Gupta's blog where, in his own words, he describes the cloud as " ... a suite of Oracle Applications, Middleware and Database offerings delivered in a self-service, subscription-based, elastically scalable, reliable, highly available and secure manner. Oracle provides hosting, management, software updates, and world-class support for these offerings," and then provides instructive links to each of the components of the cloud.
Updated: 2011-10-18 15:00:00
Java Spotlight Episode 51 reprises the timelines and/or milestones for the Java Platform and covers as well the 2011 Duke Choice Award Winners. The timelines include the JDK Roadmap; JavaFX Roadmap; GlassFish Roadmap; and the Java ME/Embedded Roadmap. Seated on the Java All Star Developer Panel for this episode are Dalibor Topic, Java Free and Open Source Software Ambassador, and Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine, Java EE Developer Advocate.
Updated: 2011-10-18 15:00:00
Readers can catch a glimpse of the varied program at JavaOne 2011 in the blog posted by Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine who has assembled links to slide sets from some of the presentations at JavaOne dealing with Java EE and GlassFish. He also provides a link to the conference content calendar.
Updated: 2011-10-17 15:00:00
There is now a micro-update available to the Sun ZFS 7000 Storage Appliance 2010.Q3.4.2 software release that provides support for 73GB Logzilla SSDs for the Sun ZFS 7120 Storage Appliance, a firmware upgrade for high speed 15K RPM 300GB disk drives and over 20 bug fixes. Readers are advised to read the release notes for more details including a full list of changes and links to download the software.
Updated: 2011-10-17 15:00:00
The Solaris 10 8/11 (Update 10) patchset is now available from My Oracle Support (MOS). While these patchsets will bring all pre-existing packages up to the same software level as the corresponding Solaris Update, it is important to know that, as the blog points out, applying the patchset is not the same as upgrading to the Solaris Update release, as the patchset will not include any new packages introduced in the Solaris Update or any obsolete packages deleted in the Update.
Updated: 2011-10-17 15:00:00
The NetBeans IDE consists of an open-source IDE and an application platform that enable developers to rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications using the Java platform, as well as PHP, JavaScript and Ajax, Groovy and Grails, and C/C++. NetBeans IDE 7.1 Beta introduces support for JavaFX 2.0 by enabling the full compile/debug/profile development cycle for JavaFX 2.0 applications. The release also provides significant Swing GUI Builder enhancements, CSS3 support, and tools for visual debugging of Swing and JavaFX user interfaces.
Updated: 2011-10-17 15:00:00
<img border=0 src="http://sun.systemnews.com/images/164/3/podcast_logo.png" align="right"Joining Host Roger Brinkley on Java Spotlight Episode 50 to discuss the release of JavaFX 2.0 is Jasper Potts, Developer Experience Architect for the Java Client Group at Oracle, where he is responsible for technical design for everything that is on the core platform including Controls, Tools, Samples and Blueprints. The Java All Star Developer Panel for this episode consists of Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine, Java EE Developer Advocate; Tomas Nilson, Java SE Principal Product Manager; and Ashwin Rao, NetBeans Principal Product Manager.
Updated: 2011-10-17 15:00:00
"Every now and then along comes a technology that is revolutionary and changes everything. But a very few of these new technologies cause fast change ..."
What if you could have all the power you ever needed and didn't have to pay one cent? Sounds incredible but maybe no so farfetched.
"Cheap Power: An Overnight Revolution" is about a test that will occur in Barcelona, Italy on October 28, 2011 where a cold fusion type process will be tested. If successful, a true power revolution will occur and very quickly all the economies based on oil production will tank.
Updated: 2011-10-15 15:00:00
The three announcements just released by Oracle concerning the Oracle Storage Group are ample testimonial to the superiority of Oracle's storage solutions. For example, results in the SPC Benchmark-1 (SPC-1) for best-in-class performance and price/performance; the ZFS Storage Appliance, now with Oracle Database Hybrid Columnar Compression now delivers 3-5 times the storage efficiency over all competitive products; and the availability of 15K RPM 300 Gigabyte (GB) and 600 GB SAS-2 high performance drives for the ZFS Storage 7120 appliance all lend distinction to Oracle Storage solutions for their superior performance.
Updated: 2011-10-15 15:00:00
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, Oracle's complete cloud lifecycle management solution, includes self-service provisioning balanced against centralized, policy-based resource management, integrated chargeback and capacity planning and complete visibility of the physical and virtual environment from applications to disk. The three-minute video overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c gives viewers a comprehensive look at the capabilities of this solution.
Updated: 2011-10-11 15:00:00
With 10 active Java Specification Requests (JSRs) currently being worked on through the Java Community Process (JCP) by over 20 different participating companies and represented by hundreds of engineers, indications are that Java technology, Java EE 7 in particular, is alive and well. And Java EE 6 is not doing all that badly either, given that six major IT vendors have released certified, open source and commercial implementations of Java EE 6 since it became available in December 2009. Java EE 7 is being designed to further enhance the Java EE platform for Cloud environments.
Updated: 2011-10-11 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 164 Issue 2 Oracle Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Database 11g Express Edition Quick Tour News ZFS MySQL Cloud Computing SPARC Storage Top10 Performance Sysadmin Java Technology Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Release Sets a New Standard for Express' October 11, 2011, Volume 164, Issue 2 Explore Oracle Database 11g Express Edition with senior Oracle database administrator Przemyslaw Piotrowski , who provides a quick tour via the Oracle Technetwork . The tour introduces the many new features in Oracle Database 11g Express Edition XE the latest version of Oracle's free database , including essential updates
Updated: 2011-10-11 15:00:00
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison recently unveiled a new service, the Oracle Public Cloud, which is designed to deliver subscription-based, self-service access to Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Cloud Service, Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud Service, Oracle Social Network, Oracle Java Cloud Service and Oracle Database Cloud Service. Customers will be able to deploy existing standard Java and Oracle Database applications to the Oracle Public Cloud without rewriting them, allowing users to take advantage of their existing IT assets, skills and ecosystems.
