Updated: 2012-10-20 15:00:00
The Oracle Optimized Solution for Oracle E-Business Suite R12 12.1.3 is now available on oracle.com, Giri Mandalika reports. The post provides a brief explanation of optimized solutions and provides a link to business and technical white papers available to download once a user has registered and logged on. Mandalika also explains, and provides a detailed graphic to make his point, how when Oracle e-Business Suite R12 is consolidated on SPARC SuperCluster, it is Oracle Solaris Cluster and Oracle Real Application Cluster that deliver the high availability required for E-Business Suite.
Updated: 2012-10-18 15:00:00
Two new videos on the Oracle Learning Youtube channel cover the provisioning capabilities of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c, Owen Allen reports. Both presentations are by Simon Hayler. According to Allen the first video shows how to provision Oracle Solaris zones, explaining how to create an Oracle Solaris Zone profile and then showing how to apply it (using a deployment plan) to a target system. The second video shows how to provision an x86 server with Oracle Solaris using a very similar process: you create an OS provisioning profile, then use a deployment plan to apply it to the target hardware.
Updated: 2012-10-18 15:00:00
The October 2012 issue of Oracle's Database Insider Newsletter is now available. Contents include the following news articles:
"Newly Launched Oracle Exadata X3 Redefines Extreme Performance"
"Oracle OpenWorld Revelations Top Agendas at Regional User Group Meetings"
"FAQ: Label-Based Access Controls in Oracle Database 11g"
The issue also includes links to a video feature on analyzing big data, as well as links to a variety of webcasts and podcasts, news from the Oracle Database 11g Resource Center, reader responses, and a calendar of events.
Updated: 2012-10-15 15:00:00
It has been 20 years since the introduction of Solaris 2.0, Larry Wake observes, and in this anniversary year, Oracle announces Solaris 11.1, with new provisioning and update capabilities: the integration of Oracle ZFS, Zones, and IPS -- the new network repository and update system. olaris 11.1 is designed to tie in to Oracle Solaris and the Oracle stack and to all the third party software, and SPARC and x86 hardware that's supported on Solaris. New features also include integrated network virtualization and the connected cloud management feature.
Updated: 2012-10-11 15:00:00
If you'd like to review some of the Oracle Linux events from Oracle OpenWorld 2012, or if you did not attend the event, here's the next best thing: A wrap-up of the chief events of OpenWorld, ranging from a catalog of Oracle OpenWorld content to Edward Screven's keynote; the interview with Wim Coekaerts ... the list goes on. The links are to videos of the talks and presentations.
Updated: 2012-10-08 15:00:00
"California, home to many of the world's social media companies, now has the nation's strictest privacy laws preventing your boss or college from surfing through the personal information you post on sites like Facebook.
It will be illegal for companies or universities to ask for access to your personal social media or email accounts under two bills signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown..."
Updated: 2012-10-08 15:00:00
"Even if your enterprise has adequate bandwidth to satisfy employee and customer needs, it's important that network administrators have the ability to monitor how employees, customers, and various applications are using that bandwidth in order to monitor and set thresholds on usage should the need arise. The following tips can help in recognizing network bandwidth hogs and controlling their bandwidth habits..."
