• MySQL Newsletter

    Updated: 2012-12-29 16:00:00
    This Edition's Content December 2012 News Spotlight: MySQL for the Cloud White Papers Case Studies On Demand Webcasts Blogs Read on for the "December Issue".

  • 'Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c: Managing Data Center Chaos'

    Updated: 2012-12-28 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 178 Issue 4 Publications Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c : Managing Data Center Chaos' Features Solaris MySQL Cloud Computing Exadata Top10 LibreOffice Publications Networking Virtualization Java Technology Oracle Trademarks Previous Next New Title from Packt Publishing Offers Guidance Toward Panic-free DataCenter Management December 28, 2012, Volume 178, Issue 4 Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c : Managing Data Center Chaos is a new title from Packt Publishing by Porus Homi Havewala , Senior Manager , Database Management , in the Enterprise Technology Program

  • Nike Achieves Scalability and Performance with Oracle Coherence & Exadata

    Updated: 2012-12-21 16:00:00
    In a brief video Nicole Otto, Senior Director, Consumer Digital Tech at Nike, explains how the company achieved scalability and performance with Oracle Coherence and Oracle Exadata for users of its Nike+ FuelBand, which measures everyday activity and turns it into NikeFuel. It tracks calories burned, steps taken, running, walking, dancing, basketball and dozens of everyday activities. Otto reports some 650,000 users daily of the FuelBand product.

  • Oracle Big Data Appliance X3-2 and Enhanced Oracle Big Data Connectors Are Released

    Updated: 2012-12-20 16:00:00
    Oracle's release of Oracle Big Data Appliance X3-2 and the Enhanced Oracle Big Data Connectors provides users with a cost-effective, engineered system of hardware and software upgraded to include Intel's new processors and the latest Cloudera Distribution including Apache Hadoop (CDH) and Cloudera Manager, plus the new Oracle Enterprise Manager plug-in for Big Data Appliance. The enhanced Oracle Big Data Connectors enable greater SQL access to Hadoop from Oracle Database and more transparent access to Hadoop from R. Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalytics, and Oracle Big Data Appliance with Oracle Big Data Connectors provide an engineered system to acquire, organize, and analyze big data.

  • Underground PHP and Oracle Manual Available on OTN

    Updated: 2012-12-20 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 178 Issue 3 Developer Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Underground PHP and Oracle Manual Available on OTN News MySQL Exadata Servers Sun Tape Top10 Developer Sysadmin Virtualization Java Technology Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Download this Free PDF with the Latest Information on PHP OCI8 Extension , Oracle Database 11g R2 December 20, 2012, Volume 178, Issue 3 The Underground PHP and Oracle Manual has been updated for Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2, co-author Christopher Jones announces . He and Alison Holloway wrote the manual for PHP programmers developing applications for Oracle Database , showing how

  • Oracle Reports Q2 GAAP EPS up 24% to $.53; Q2 NON-GAAP EPS up 18% to $.64

    Updated: 2012-12-20 16:00:00
    Oracle reported 2013 Q2 total revenues up 3% to $9.1 billion, and new software licenses and cloud software subscriptions revenues up 17% to $2.4 billion. Hardware systems products revenues were $734 million. GAAP operating income was up 12% to $3.5 billion, and GAAP operating margin was 38%. Non-GAAP operating income was up 9% to $4.3 billion, and non-GAAP operating margin was 47%. GAAP net income was up 18% to $2.6 billion, while non-GAAP net income was up 12% to $3.1 billion. GAAP earnings per share were $0.53, up 24% compared to last year while non-GAAP earnings per share were up 18% to $0.64.

  • Oracle NoSQL Database 2.0 Available for Download

    Updated: 2012-12-20 16:00:00
    Oracle has released Oracle NoSQL Database 2.0, a highly scalable,low latency, key-value database for real-time big data workloads that adds efficient support for storage and retrieval of large objects such as documents and images, as well as dynamic elasticity and automatic rebalancing for allocating storage and compute resources in response to changing production data processing requirements. Tighter integration with both Oracle Database and Hadoop environments, enables Oracle NoSQL Database 2.0 to fit seamlessly into an enterprise IT stack. Download a free evaluation version of NoSQL Database 2.0.

  • The Top Ten Financial Services Cyber Risk Trends For 2013

    Updated: 2012-12-15 16:00:00
    An article in "Continuity Central" reports that "Booz Allen Hamilton works with financial services firms to identify and benchmark best practices and challenges for long-term cybersecurity prevention and protection. This process is part of Booz Allen's Cyber M3 (Measure, Manage, Mature) capability, which evaluates the maturity of a firm's cybersecurity programs. This work gives Booz Allen a good insight into upcoming trends and as a result it has produced the following list of the Top 10 Financial Services Cybersecurity Trends for 2013:..."

  • Oracle's Big Data Page Offers Users Guidance, Insight

    Updated: 2012-12-14 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 178 Issue 2 Oracle Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Oracle's Big Data Page Offers Users Guidance , Insight ZFS DTrace MySQL Cloud Computing Exadata Events Storage Sun Tape Top10 LibreOffice Sysadmin Java Technology JavaFX Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Learn Just How Inclusive the Expression Big Data' Can Be December 14, 2012, Volume 178, Issue 2 In keeping with its heritage as a database industry leader , Oracle has furthered its reputation by establishing the web page Oracle and Big Data : Big Data for the . Enterprise Oracle demonstrates how big data analysis can include not just transactional data but such important

  • DTrace for Oracle Linux Brings Powerful New Tool to Customers

    Updated: 2012-12-14 16:00:00
    Initially developed for the Oracle Solaris operating system, DTrace for Oracle Linux is now available to Oracle Linux customers who can download it from the Unbreakable Linux Network, Zeynep Koch reports. DTrace is a comprehensive dynamic tracing framework designed to give operational insights that allow users to tune and troubleshoot the operating system. Among the benefits to users of DTrace for Oracle Linux that Koch cites are its ability to find performance bottlenecks; its dynamically enabled, multiple-probe-point kernel; and its ability to enable maximum resource utilization and application performance.

  • New Kid in the Cloud: Oracle RightNow CX Cloud Service

    Updated: 2012-12-14 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 178 Issue 2 Cloud Computing Sign in Register Password Help Membership types New Kid in the Cloud : Oracle RightNow CX Cloud Service ZFS DTrace MySQL Cloud Computing Exadata Events Storage Sun Tape Top10 LibreOffice Sysadmin Java Technology JavaFX Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Enhances Customer Experience , Loyalty Reduces TCO December 14, 2012, Volume 178, Issue 2 There's a new cloud service in town : Oracle RightNow CX Cloud Service with Oracle Engagement Engine Cloud . Service This new release , which is part of the Oracle Cloud , integrates Oracle RightNow Chat Cloud Service with Oracle Engagement Engine Cloud Service to deliver

  • Partner Webcast – Oracle Exadata X3 Database In-Memory Machine

    Updated: 2012-12-13 16:00:00
    Log in on Thursday, December 20th at 10:00 a.m. CET (9:00 a.m. GMT) for a free, online live eSeminar devoted to Oracle Exadata X3. Topics covered will include the evolution of Oracle Exadata and the Oracle Exadata X3 Database In-Memory Machine (hardware and software update); review of the unique next-generation technologies underlying Exadata; how to get onboard with Oracle Exadata; and Q&A. Registration is required. Oracle cautions that registrations received less than 24 hours prior to start may not be sufficiently timely to enable receipt of confirmation to attend.

  • Database Insider - December 2012 Issue Available Now

    Updated: 2012-12-13 16:00:00
    Both an overview of and a link to Database Insider -- December 2012 Issue are provided in a post by Javier Puerta, who draws attention to such featured articles as "Big Data: From Acquisition to Analysis"; "Total Cost of Ownership Comparison: Oracle Exadata vs. IBM P-Series"; a webinar on Oracle Exadata Database Machine X3; and "Maximum Availability with Oracle GoldenGate." The issue also includes webcasts and podcasts, a featured video, "customer buzz," Oracle Exadata Spotlight, Mobile Resource, and how to find an Oracle Partner.

  • Importing Data from a MySQL Database to Excel using MySQL for Excel

    Updated: 2012-12-13 16:00:00
    There are several standard methods for importing data from a MySQL database to an Excel spreadsheet, Javier Treviño observes but all of them involve some degree of technical knowledge and require the repetition of several steps each time data needs to be imported from a MySQL table to an Excel spreadsheet. He proposes a method that employs MySQL for Excel as an easier alternative. MySQL for Excel, he notes, features an Import MySQL Data action that allows users to import data from a MySQL Table, View or use Stored Procedures literally with a few clicks within Excel.

  • Oracle Exadata Gives PayPal 10X Improvement in Processing Speed

    Updated: 2012-12-13 16:00:00
    In a brief webcast Nat Natarajan, PayPal VP Technology Operations, explains how Oracle Exadata enables PayPal to employ Petabyte (PB) scale OLTP operations. He says deployment on Exadata offered 10X improvement in processing speed, 100% availability, and zero downtime during deployment. Implementation was accomplished withing 60 days, he said, from the creation of a pilot to complete use of Exadata in PayPal's business decision making operations.

  • OS-Level Virtualization with Oracle Solaris Zones and Linux Containers

    Updated: 2012-12-09 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 178 Issue 1 Virtualization Sign in Register Password Help Membership types OS-Level Virtualization with Oracle Solaris Zones and Linux Containers Features MySQL Cloud Computing Exadata SPARC Top10 LibreOffice Publications Virtualization Java Technology Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Requires No Additional Software Layer December 9, 2012, Volume 178, Issue 1 In the third article of a series that covered Oracle VM Server for SPARC and Oracle VM Server for x86 Detlef Drewanz posts about the operating system level of , virtualization which is one type of software virtualization , by looking at Oracle Solaris Zones and Linux

  • Second Generation Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Released

    Updated: 2012-12-08 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 178 Issue 1 Exadata Sign in Register Password Help Membership types Second Generation Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Released Features MySQL Cloud Computing Exadata SPARC Top10 LibreOffice Publications Virtualization Java Technology Security Oracle Trademarks Previous Next Delivers 60x Increase in Application Deployment Density December 8, 2012, Volume 178, Issue 1 Oracle has released Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X3-2, the second hardware generation of the company's flagship engineered system for running business applications . Oracle Exalogic X3-2 builds on the recent release of Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software 2.0 to provide

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