Updated: 2012-03-22 15:00:00
Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (R2) and Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (R1) are certified on and immediately available on Oracle Linux 6 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. In 90 days, Oracle Database 11g R2 and Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 will be available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6) and Oracle Linux 6 with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel, according to an Oracle press release. Oracle offers direct Linux support to customers running RHEL6, Oracle Linux 6, or a combination of both, and Oracle Linux will continue to maintain compatibility with Red Hat Linux, the company reports.
Updated: 2012-03-21 15:00:00
"Two seemingly unrelated events in the cloud computing space should make you think about taking a different approach to your sourcing strategy for the cloud. The first event: Cloud outages, such as the recent Microsoft Azure failure, have shown us that no single cloud is infallible. The second event: Google, Amazon.com, and Microsoft have all dropped their cloud services' prices ..."
Updated: 2012-03-19 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 169 Issue 3 Virtualization Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Top 10 Tips to Accelerate Oracle VM Deployments News Illumos Solaris DTrace Linux Exadata Storage Top10 Service LibreOffice Developer Virtualization Java Technology JavaFX Oracle Trademarks Previous Next On-Demand Webcast Outlines Rapid , Reliable Process for Deployment March 19, 2012, Volume 169, Issue 3 Server virtualization deployments need not be difficult to get up and running quickly , particularly with Oracle VM . The webcast Top 10 Tips to Accelerate Oracle VM , Deployments hosted by Adam Hawley , Senior Director for Oracle Desktop and Server
Updated: 2012-03-19 15:00:00
<a href="http://sun.systemnews.com/articles/169/3/Solaris/25735"Joerg Moellenkamp's Oracle Solaris 11 Cheat Sheet covers a lot of ground. Among the categories for which he provides guidance are:
Installation
System Configuration
Users and Groups
Boot Environments
Packaging
File Systems: Basic ZFS Administration
Service Management Facility
Oracle Solaris Zones
Networking and Manual Administration
Networking and Automatic and Advanced Administration
Look out for updates!
Updated: 2012-03-19 15:00:00
Readers will find a comprehensive catalog of hardware and software proactive support presentations and best practices from OpenWorld 2011 compiled in a post by Chris Warticki. Among the titles he lists are best practices for maintaining and upgrading Oracle Solaris, JD Edwards, Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Exalogic, and Oracle Exadata, as well as many others.
Updated: 2012-03-19 15:00:00
A number of Oracle partners have high praise for the Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine, chiefly for the insights into corporate operations that the solution provides. The comments of David Wheeler, VP, Business Intelligence & Performance Management, Apps Associates LLC, are typical: "Our customers will now realize robust, real-time reporting coupled with proactive, forward-looking planning, modeling and predictive analysis. With Oracle Exalytics, complexity and TCO are reduced.'
Updated: 2012-03-09 16:00:00
Oracle has introduced commercial licenses and support for Oracle VM VirtualBox designed for customers interested in using a fully supported version that can be rolled out across their enterprises. Oracle VM VirtualBox Enterprise - Named User Plus includes standard Named User Plus licensing, $50 per named user with a minimum of 100 users. Oracle VM VirtualBox Enterprise - Per Socket offers standard processing at $1,000 per socket with a minimum of one socket. Support for both schemes is available at Oracle's standard support pricing rates. Oracle VM VirtualBox continues to be free for personal use.
Updated: 2012-03-09 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 169 Issue 1 Linux Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Linux 5.8 Released to General Availability vBeers-SF Illumos Features ZFS MySQL Linux Exadata Storage OpenStorage Top10 Performance Sysadmin Publications Networking Virtualization Java Technology Telco Trademarks Previous Next ISO Installation Images Coming Soon March 9, 2012, Volume 169, Issue 1 Oracle Linux 5 Update 8 is now in general . availability This distribution includes the latest release of the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 1 version 2.6.32-300.10.1, based on mainline Linux 2.6.32 which includes a number of important bug fixes and driver updates .
