Recent Posts by Alan Zeichick

From Java 7 to Java 16 and beyond, this technical journal has been a resource by and for the Java community. This is a syndicated post. Please find the original here.  Download a PDF of this article August 1, 2011: Java SE 7 was rolled out, and the first issue of Java Magazine appeared. Today, only a few months from Java SE 17, the magazine still publishes technical articles, behind-the-scenes insights, and other relevant information for Java developers. The official motto of Jav...

This post previously appeared on Forbes Oracle BrandVoice.  Cloud computing has made it so that artificial intelligence and machine learning are now tools that almost any company can use to find practical answers to difficult business problems. As companies scramble to get a competitive edge using AI and machine learning, they’re learning an important lesson: these aren’t “one strategy fits all” technologies. “A lot of companies want to apply machine-learning techniques...

FedRAMP, more formally known as the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, provides a standard approach to federal security assessments, authorizations, and monitoring of cloud services. With FedRAMP, once a cloud provider is approved to provide a set of services or applications to one branch of government, other departments can use that service without getting a new security authorization. With FedRAMP authorization in place, a federal agency can more quickly move...

When a microprocessor vulnerability rocked the tech industry last year, companies scrambled to patch nearly every server they had. In Oracle’s case, that meant patching the operating system on about 1.5 million Linux-based servers. Oracle finished the job in just 4 hours, without taking down the applications the servers ran, by using Oracle’s own automation technology. The technology involved is at the heart of Oracle Autonomous Linux, which the company announced at Oracle OpenW...

Did the CEO really say that? Maybe not. By Alan Zeichick Fall 2019 Free software, widely available on the internet, makes it easy for bad actors to launch “deepfakes,” altered or invented videos that can be convincingly real. In June, the US Congress held its first hearing on deepfakes, getting advice from experts on protecting democracy. How do executives fight forgeries that threaten their reputations or stock prices? “Be sure to respond swiftly in the media and social media...

How Gen 2 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure delivers for your business By Alan Zeichick July/August 2019 Fast transactions mean happy customers. Fast transactions mean happy employees. And fast transactions mean more business agility and scalability. Oracle has worked hard to ensure that every part of its second-generation Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is geared toward performance. Part of that effort means using the latest technology within the servers, memory, storage, and network...

With Oracle DataFox, business data is accurate, fresh, dynamic—and AI-powered. By Alan Zeichick May/June 2019 “Where are our best prospects?” the CEO asks the sales manager. “Two companies in our market are merging—how will that affect us?” the CEO asks a business analyst. To answer these types of questions with enough depth to make decisions, management teams need lots of data that’s relevant to the decisions and actions the team must face. What’s more, the data must be easily...