• Policies Protect Employers against Privacy Intrusion Claims

    Updated: 2012-11-25 16:00:00
    "Employees don't just use the Internet to get sports scores and play games anymore. Their medical records and financial information are readily available online, and while employees may use the Internet at work to confirm their cholesterol test results or verify that their direct deposits went through, others might use it for more nefarious purposes," report Christine Parizo in "internet evolution." But even if workers' online use is completely innocent, employers need to guard themselves against claims of invasion of privacy and discrimination, according to experts...

  • Java Magazine November/December 2012

    Updated: 2012-11-23 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 177 Issue 3 Java Technology Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Java Magazine November December 2012 Illumos ZFS Linux Cloud Computing Exadata Hardware SPARC Top10 Free and Open Source S W Sysadmin Virtualization Java Technology Oracle Trademarks Previous Next The Latest on Innovations in Java November 23, 2012, Volume 177, Issue 3 The November December 2012 issue of Java Magazine is . available Tori Weildt outlines the content , which includes an article on the use by AgroSense of an all-Java open source platform for sustainable farming and precision agriculture Hadoop's use of Java for large-scale analytics using JavaFX in

  • Developing for Mobile Devices with Java Embedded

    Updated: 2012-11-23 16:00:00
    <a href="http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/177/3/ja/28580"Tori Weildt summarizes the rosy picture painted at the recent ARM TechCon in Santa Clara, CA by Fareed Suliman, Java ME Product Manager whose presentation was entitled "Modernizing the Explosion of Advanced Microcontrollers with Embedded Java." With the many billions of Java embedded devices predicted to be in service come 2020, Weildt writes, developers would do well to keep an eye on this market. Suliman presented several points in favor of developing with Java for the embedded market, including Java is a proven and open standard that provides connectivity, encryption, location, and web services APIs.

  • Oracle OpenWorld Presentations Available for Download

    Updated: 2012-11-23 16:00:00
    Videos of keynotes and sessions from Oracle OpenWorld 2012 are now available online, Di Seghposs reminds readers, providing a convenient link to the OpenWorld site. Even if you were there, you're bound to have missed something in a packed agenda. Here's another opportunity.

  • OpenWorld General Session 2012: Middleware & JavaOne

    Updated: 2012-11-21 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 177 Issue 3 Oracle Sign in Register Password Help Membership types OpenWorld General Session 2012 : Middleware JavaOne Illumos ZFS Linux Cloud Computing Exadata Hardware SPARC Top10 Free and Open Source S W Sysadmin Virtualization Java Technology Oracle Trademarks Previous Next On-Demand Videos Available November 21, 2012, Volume 177, Issue 3 In his one hour long remarks on Middleware at OpenWorld General Session 2012 Hasan Rizvi , EVP of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Java Development , comments on how fusion middleware aids business development , how to reach customers on mobile devices , how to use middleware in the cloud , and how to

  • How-to: get started with MySQL

    Updated: 2012-11-19 16:00:00
    "Long a staple of open source computing, MySQL serves as the database back end to a massive array of applications, from network monitoring frameworks to Facebook. To those uninitiated in how databases work, setting up MySQL for the first time can be somewhat daunting. Nevertheless, with a few pointers and concepts, you can quickly get a new MySQL instance up and running, ready to deploy your application..."

  • Managing Cloud for the Enterprise

    Updated: 2012-11-19 16:00:00
    "Senior IT executives from enterprises adopting cloud technologies shared their experience and advice last week at a summit forum held by research and management consulting firm Saugatuck Technology. Among the day's events was a panel of CIOs from News Corp, The Washington Post and Pitney Bowes, who discussed the inevitable tread of the service economy into the enterprise..."

  • Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 Released

    Updated: 2012-11-09 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 177 Issue 1 Sun SysAdmin Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 Released Features Solaris Cloud Computing Exadata SPARC Top10 LibreOffice Performance Sysadmin Java Technology Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Updates Available from Package Repository November 9, 2012, Volume 177, Issue 1 Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 has been released writes Larry Wake in a post . Existing users can update from the package repository others can download from this . link New features include the capability to update and consolidate existing Solaris 10 application environments with Oracle Solaris 10 Zones within Oracle

  • 'Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration: The Complete Reference'

    Updated: 2012-11-09 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 177 Issue 1 Solaris Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration : The Complete Reference' Features Solaris Cloud Computing Exadata SPARC Top10 LibreOffice Performance Sysadmin Java Technology Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Co-author Harry Foxwell Discusses the New Title for SysAdmins November 9, 2012, Volume 177, Issue 1 Harry Foxwell , one of the co-authors of Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration : The Complete Reference the others are Michael Jang , Christine Tran and Alan Formy-Duval discusses the book from Oracle Press . Glynn Foster , who announces the publication in a post ,

  • SPARC T4-4 Delivers New World Record Performance

    Updated: 2012-11-09 16:00:00
    Oracle's SPARC T4-4 server server with 4 x SPARC T4 processors, 3.0 GHz, and 1 TB memory delivered world record performance with subsecond response time on the Oracle OLAP Perf Version 2 benchmark using Oracle Database 11g Release 2 with Oracle OLAP option running on Oracle Solaris 11. Data storage employed 1 x Sun Fire X4275 (using COMSTAR) and 2 x Sun Storage F5100 Flash Array (each with 80 FMODs). Redo storage used 1 x Sun Fire X4275. The SPARC T4-4 server achieved throughput of 430,000 cube-queries/hour with an average response time of 0.85 seconds and the median response time of 0.43 seconds.

  • A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server

    Updated: 2012-11-09 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 177 Issue 1 Exadata Sign in Register Password Help Membership types A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server Features Solaris Cloud Computing Exadata SPARC Top10 LibreOffice Performance Sysadmin Java Technology Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Oracle White Paper Outlines the Benefits of Implementing Exadata Database Machine November 9, 2012, Volume 177, Issue 1 The Oracle white paper A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server explains that its implementation will allow users to accelerate database performance , exploit its scalability and

  • Talking about Java Security Update @spoofzu

    Updated: 2012-11-03 15:00:00
    Milton Smith and Bruce Lowenthal are that guests of Roger Brinkley on Java Spotlight Episode 106, where Java Security Update @spoofzu is up for discussion. Milton Smith leads the security program for Java products at Oracle where his responsibilities span from tactical to strategic: definition and communication of the security vision for Java; working with engineering teams and researchers and the industry at large. He has over 20+ years of industry experience with emphasis in programming and computer security. Bruce Lowenthal is the Senior Director of Security Alerts at Oracle Corporation.

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