• What's Great in Solaris 11 Express for Developers

    Updated: 2010-11-25 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 153 Issue 4 Developer Sign in Register Password Help Membership types What's Great in Solaris 11 Express for Developers News Solaris Events Servers OpenStorage Top10 Developer Sysadmin Virtualization Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Oracle Invites Developers to Jump Aboard , Help with the Ride to GA November 25, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 4 Oracle Solaris 11 Express has a number of new features that application developers will find interesting and useful . George Drapeau of Oracle ISV engineering discusses some of these with Rick Ramsey on OTN in a url http : blogs.sun.com video entry what_s_great_in_solaris1 19:45 video . The items

  • Sun Blade 6000 Modular Systems from Oracle: White Paper

    Updated: 2010-11-24 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 153 Issue 4 Sun Servers Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Sun Blade 6000 Modular Systems from Oracle : White Paper News Solaris Events Servers OpenStorage Top10 Developer Sysadmin Virtualization Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Systems Optimized for Performance , Efficiency , and Density November 24, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 4 Oracle's innovative technology and open-systems approach make modular systems and the Sun Blade 6000 Modular Systems in particular attractive across a broad set of applications and activities from consolidating infrastructure through virtualization to deploying dynamic enterprise applications

  • DTrace BoF at LISA10

    Updated: 2010-11-24 16:00:00
    The two-part video download (29:58 + 25:35) filmed and edited by Deirdre Straughan captures the BoF session with Jim Mauro and Brendan Gregg at LISA10. The videos follow a Q&A format that is preceded by an outline of DTrace for those unfamiliar with the tool. Mauro and Gregg are the co-authors of the forthcoming book on DTrace, out in February 2011.

  • E-Business Suite 12.1.3 Templates for Oracle VM

    Updated: 2010-11-24 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 153 Issue 4 Oracle Sign in Register Password Help Membership types E-Business Suite 12.1.3 Templates for Oracle VM News Solaris Events Servers OpenStorage Top10 Developer Sysadmin Virtualization Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Create a Fully Operational Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 Environment November 24, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 4 you can use pre-built Oracle VM templates to create a fully operational Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 environment now In his blog E-Business Suite 12.1.3 Templates for Oracle VM Now Available Ivo Dujmovic reports that one can now use pre-built Oracle VM templates to create a fully

  • Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Now Offered for T2 & T2 Plus Servers

    Updated: 2010-11-23 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 153 Issue 4 Virtualization Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 Now Offered for T2 T2 Plus Servers Solaris OpenStorage Virtualization Security Oracle Previous Next Downloads , Support Notes , White Paper Available November 23, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 4 Now that Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0 is available for the support of SPARC t3 systems with Oracle Solaris 10 9 10, Oracle has announced that customers using UltraSPARC T2 Plus and UltraSPARC T2 servers can upgrade their server virtualization software to Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.0. The above link to Oracle's virtualization blog leads to a

  • Oracle Solaris 11 Express – What’s New for System Administrators

    Updated: 2010-11-23 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 153 Issue 4 Solaris Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Solaris 11 Express What�s New for System Administrators Solaris OpenStorage Virtualization Security Oracle Previous Next White Paper Includes Tips on Migration November 23, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 4 With Oracle Solaris 11 Express , Oracle has upped the ante by providing an OS release that builds on and improves its predecessor , Oracle 10 OS , while maintaining binary compatibility , whether x86 or SPARC . The Oracle white paper Introducing Oracle Solaris 11 Express : What s New for System Administrators explains how easy it is for system administrators to upgrade

  • Oracle Desktop Virtualisation Information

    Updated: 2010-11-22 16:00:00
    In Daniel Cifuentes' blog he says, "one of the most common requests people like me get is for "information" and "documentation" (and aren't they the same?) - so here goes a list of the most important and regularly referenced ones, kept up to date:" Oracle Virtualisation Oracle VDI Information Centre Sun Ray Software Information Centre Sun Ray Hardware Information Centre Oracle Virtual Desktop Client Information Centre Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.6 Collection Steve is from "Down under", hence 'Centre' rather than 'Center'. Read on for the links.

  • 7 Cool Things About the New Oracle Solaris 11 Express

    Updated: 2010-11-22 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 153 Issue 4 Solaris Sign in Register Password Help Membership types 7 Cool Things About the New Oracle Solaris 11 Express Solaris OpenStorage Virtualization Security Oracle Previous Next Many Features Users Have Been Waiting to Employ November 22, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 4 Oracle Solaris 11 Express is here , folks , and it is an OS that is better than ever . Blogger Constantin Gonzalez has assembled a list of attributes of the new release to help potential adopters make up their minds . These things include : Upgrading is easy Oracle Solaris 11 is production ready this is no beta Development and evaluation uses of Oracle Solaris 11

  • Enhancing Oracle Database Performance with Flash Storage

    Updated: 2010-11-22 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 153 Issue 4 Oracle Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Enhancing Oracle Database Performance with Flash Storage Solaris OpenStorage Virtualization Security Oracle Previous Next A Look at the Gains Available in Replacing Disk Storage with F5100 Flash Arrays November 22, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 4 The Oracle white paper Enhancing Oracle Database Performance with Flash Storage details the performance gains that users can realize in replacing disk storage devices with Oracle Sun F5100 Flash Array . The small I Os 8K on an F5100 are about an order of magnitude faster than small I Os on 15K SAS disks , the paper notes , and large I

  • Slides from Oracle Solaris Summit at LISA 2010

    Updated: 2010-11-19 16:00:00
    Introduction to Oracle Solaris 11 Express, Markus Flierl Image Packaging System, Bart Smaalders Deploying Oracle Solaris 11 in the Enterprise, Dave Miner Advances in Solaris Networking with Crossbow and Beyond, Nicolas Droux Oracle Solaris Containers in Oracle Solaris 11 Express, Dan Price ZFS Features in Oracle Solaris Express, Cindy Swearingen New Security Features in Oracle Solaris 11 Express, Glenn Faden Deploying Applications Using SMF and Other Solaris 11 Features, Liane Praza Read on for the links to the slides.

  • Driving Datacenter Agility and Efficiency with Oracle Sun Blades

    Updated: 2010-11-18 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 153 Issue 3 Sun Servers Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Webcast : Driving Datacenter Agility and Efficiency with Oracle Sun Blades Solaris MySQL Events HPC Servers OpenOffice Developer Free and Open Source Software Sysadmin Security Oracle Previous Next Get Greater Performance , Generate Faster ROI November 18, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 3 Oracle can provide the tools that enable organizations to enjoy enhanced performance from their datacenters , tools in the form of the Oracle Sun Blade , systems whose modular design offers unparalleled architectural flexibility that can deliver a business-driven infrastructure aligned

  • Taking Advantage of OpenMP 3.0 Tasking with Oracle Solaris Studio

    Updated: 2010-11-16 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 153 Issue 3 Developer Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Taking Advantage of OpenMP 3.0 Tasking with Oracle Solaris Studio Solaris MySQL Events HPC Developer Free and Open Source Software Sysadmin Security Oracle Previous Next Everything a Developer Working in OpenMP Might Need for Creating Enterprise Applications November 16, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 3 Taking Advantage of OpenMP 3.0 Tasking with oracle Solaris , Studio an Oracle white paper , discusses how Oracle Solaris Studio 12.2 software provides developers with all the compilers and tools they might need to generate scalable , secure , and reliable enterprise

  • Oracle Solaris Studio Performance Tools

    Updated: 2010-11-16 16:00:00
    The 35-page Oracle white paper "Oracle Solaris Studio Performance Tools" presents the kinds of performance questions users typically ask about Solaris Studio, and then describes the user model and its several steps for using the tools.Finally, it reviews a number of examples of what the tools can do.

  • Oracle Solaris 11 Express: The Future of Solaris Now

    Updated: 2010-11-16 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 153 Issue 3 Events Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Solaris 11 Express : The Future of Solaris Now Solaris MySQL Events HPC Developer Free and Open Source Software Sysadmin Security Oracle Previous Next Dec . 7th Webcast November 16, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 3 Join this Webcast as Markus Weber , Oracle Solaris Product Marketing Director , and Glynn Foster , Principal Product Manager for Solaris , detail the exciting new features and capabilities in Oracle Solaris 11 Express . You can deploy this release now and use it prepare your environments for Oracle Solaris 11. Throughout the Webcast , you�ll have the

  • Oracle Releases Oracle Solaris 11 Express

    Updated: 2010-11-15 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 153 Issue 3 Solaris Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Releases Oracle Solaris 11 Express Solaris HPC Free and Open Source Software Sysadmin Security Oracle Previous Next Enables Production Deployment of the Latest Oracle Solaris 11 Features November 15, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 3 Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Solaris 11 Express , demonstrating Oracle�s continued commitment and R D investment in Oracle Solaris . Oracle Solaris 11 Express delivers advanced Oracle Solaris features that have been in development for over five years in an easy to use , production-ready package , allowing customers to

  • New Oracle VM Templates for Oracle Real Application Cluster

    Updated: 2010-11-15 16:00:00
    Oracle announced the availability of new Oracle VM Templates for Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Oracle Real Application Clusters which enabled customers to rapidly deploy a highly available, virtualized database. "Only Oracle offers the unique combination of clustering and virtualization,' said Wim Coekaerts, senior vice president, Linux and Virtualization Engineering, Oracle. 'Using an Oracle VM infrastructure combined with the performance, scalability and resiliency of Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle VM Templates, we help customers significantly reduce deployment and operational costs while enabling a highly available infrastructure.'

  • Oracle Grid Engine Podcast

    Updated: 2010-11-15 09:50:21
    A podcast conversation between Daniel Templeton and Bob Rhubart about the Oracle Grid Engine is available on the OTN Architect Community's ArchBeat. Rhubart also lists a number of links that reflect Templeton's long history as an active member of the Grid Engine community.

  • White Paper: Oracle Fusion Applications Security Leveraging Oracle Identity Management

    Updated: 2010-11-15 09:50:20
    : Daily News Current Issue Archives by Activity by Section by Date Blogs Keywords Condensed List List Cloud Mediakit Advertise Free Trial System News Volume 153 Issue 3 Sun Security Sign in Register Password Help Membership types White Paper : Oracle Fusion Applications Security Leveraging Oracle Identity Management HPC Free and Open Source Software Security Oracle Previous Next A Look at the Mechanics of the Solution November 15, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 3 Oracle Fusion Applications Security Leveraging Oracle Identity Management , an Oracle white paper describes how Oracle Fusion Applications leverage Oracle Identity Management for foundation security services identity administration authentication and trust management access control identity and access governance fraud-prevention

  • Deploying Oracle Database on the Oracle Solaris Platform

    Updated: 2010-11-15 09:50:20
    "Deploying Oracle "Database on the Oracle Solaris Platform: An Introduction" is an Oracle white paper intended for the audience of Oracle DBAs interested in understanding the benefits offered by the Oracle Solaris 10 environment. An Oracle database deployment on Oracle Solaris 10 can take great performance advantage of the features of the OS such as Solaris Containers, DTrace and ZFS to deliver enhanced manageability, scalability, availability and security, whether on single or multiple Oracle database instances and across multiple platform and processor architectures.

  • Using TCP Wrappers to protect Linux and Solaris services

    Updated: 2010-11-15 09:50:19
    The fetchingly titled "Blog O'Matty" reports on "Using TCP Wrappers to Protect Linux and Solaris Services" which the author terms "a very simple way to allow and deny network access to applications." TCP wrappers, the blog continues, is an invaluable tool that provides a simple and intuitive way to secure services, cautioning it's no substitute for a properly functioning host firewall, but instead an additional tool that can be used to protect critical services.

  • Manage Mass Provisioning Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control

    Updated: 2010-11-11 16:00:00
    With Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control it is possible to provision an entire software stack -- operating system, middleware, and applications -- while simultaneously cloning databases, whether clustered or non-clustered, and all of this can be accomplished on thousands of systems in one operation. Porus Homi Havewala outlines the procedures in detail, step by step, for installing and using Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control in his blog.

  • Oracle Cloud API and an Archived Video

    Updated: 2010-11-11 16:00:00
    A link to the Oracle Cloud Resource Model API can be found in Arun Gupta's blog that also leads readers to the archived 21:28 video interview on Oracle Tech Net with Jack Yu, Engineering Manager at Oracle, who provides an insider's view of the Oracle Cloud.

  • Oracle VM Templates and Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder

    Updated: 2010-11-10 16:00:00
    Only Oracle offers integrated virtualization in the industry's most complete form that extends from desktop to the datacenter and offers far more than mere consolidation. Access and watch the following flash demos to learn more: Flash Demo: Oracle VM Server for x86 Flash Demo: Oracle VM Templates and Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder Flash Demo: Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Flash Demo: Oracle VM VirtualBox Oracle enables users to virtualize and manage their full hardware and software stack.

  • Oracle Solaris Premier Subscriptions for Non-Oracle x86 Systems

    Updated: 2010-11-10 16:00:00
    Now that Dell and HP have certified and agreed to resell Oracle Solaris, Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM on their x86 servers, it comes as a relief that Oracle is now making Oracle Solaris Premier Subscription for Non-Oracle Hardware available. The subscription will be offered to new and existing customers running Oracle Solaris across multiple x86 platforms, which ensures successful Oracle Solaris deployments by providing 24/7 phone access to world-class Oracle Solaris support on any certified x86 system on the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List. Upgrades will include future Oracle Solaris releases and enhancements.

  • LogLogic Leverages MySQL and Oracle Linux

    Updated: 2010-11-09 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 153 Issue 2 Partners Sign in Register Password Help Membership types LogLogic Leverages MySQL and Oracle Linux News Partners Solaris MySQL Cloud Computing xVM Workstation Servers OpenStorage Top10 Service Sysadmin Networking Virtualization Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Delivers Improved Performance and Reliability for its Critical Business Offerings November 9, 2010, Volume 153, Issue 2 A recent Oracle press release announces that LogLogic Leverages MySQL and Oracle Linux to Improve Performance and Reliability for its Critical Business Offerings . LogLogic , the release continues , has integrated the combination of MySQL and

  • Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 Download Available

    Updated: 2010-11-08 10:30:20
    The new features of Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 can be conveniently browsed in the blog of Juergen Schleich, which includes a link to a three minute 45 second video that notes the solution's proven integration with Sun server and storage systems and its ability to support a wide portfolio of mission-critical applications and databases while offering high availability and disaster recovery for both physical data centers and virtual environments. Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 offers support for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, Oracle Weblogic Server, MySQL cluster, PeopleSoft and TimesTen.

  • IDC Insight Report: "MySQL Thrives"

    Updated: 2010-11-08 10:30:19
    In his IDC Insight report on Oracle OpenWorld 2010, Carl W. Olaofson writes, " ... MySQL users should take heart from the 5.5 release candidate and the ongoing support that Oracle has shown to this important open source RDBMS. It is unlikely that Oracle will try to cannibalize or otherwise compromise its open source nature or the community, and it can feel comfortable with its continued involvement in MySQL." He also found satisfaction in the continued assurances from Oracle that MySQL will remain an autonomous solution, even though, as Olaofson suggested, MySQL IP may find its way into other Oracle products.

  • Register for the Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Ops Center Launch, November 9th

    Updated: 2010-11-04 15:00:00
    Converged hardware management is the key concept behind the new Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g Ops Center, scheduled for launch on November 9th and introduced in less than a minute by Steve Wilson, VP of Systems Management at Oracle. Servers, hypervisors, network fabrics and storage devices can now all be managed from a single console, Wilson says, which results in a reduction of up to 90% in management effort.

  • Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Launch

    Updated: 2010-11-04 15:00:00
    The Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud is a combination of hardware and software engineered for extreme performance, reliability, and scalability that enables Oracle customers to consolidate tens, hundreds, or even thousands of applications onto a single consistent elastic cloud foundation. Hasan Rizvi, Senior VP, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Java Products, presents a webcast overview of this new Oracle product. Exalogic can accelerate web applications by as much a factor of 12 while ensuring fault tolerance, scalability, security, and easy maintenance.

  • Oracle Access Management Suite

    Updated: 2010-11-03 15:00:00
    The blog Virtual Nick Wooler draws attention to the recent security breach experienced by the University of North Florida in which some 100,000 identities were compromised. A 12-minute video accompanying the blog introduces Oracle Adaptive Access Manager, which enables users to combat unauthorized access to applications and network resources.

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