Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

Overview of Oracle Enterprise Manager Management Packs How does Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control do so much across so many different systems? Porus Homi Havewala has the answers.  (tags: oracle otn grid soa entarch) How to overcome cloud computing hurdles - Computerworld What does it take to go from 'we should move to the cloud' to a successful cloud computing strategy? This excerpt from Silver Clouds, Dark Linings offers advice on crossing cloud chasms and developing a...

Oracle Solaris 11 Express: Network Virtualization and Resource Control | Oracle Clinic XiangBingLiu's detailed overview of Oracle Solaris 11 Express features, including Crossbow. (tags: oracle solaris virtualization crossbow) A New Threat To Web Applications: Connection String Parameter Pollution (CSPP) (The Oracle Global Product Security Blog) "CSPP, if carried out successfully, can be used to steal user identities and hijack web credentials. CSPP is a high risk attack because of...

In the latest ArchBeat interview series, Stephen G. Bennett and Archie Reed, the authors of Silver Clouds, Dark Linings: A Concise Guide to Cloud Computing,  discuss what’s new and what’s not so new about cloud computing, talk about how marketing hype has muddied understanding of what cloud is and what it can do, and explore other issues. Listen to Part 1 Listen to Part 2 Listen to Part 3 Listen to Part 4 Connect If you have questions, comments, or would otherwise like...

Pravin Janardanam: Security in OBIEE 11g, Part 1 Guest blogger Pravin Janardanam kicks off a two-part series in which he tackles the differences in security between OBIEE 11g and 10g, and provides some hints on security migration from a 10g environment. (tags: oracle otn businessintelligence obiee) HttpClusterServlet Configuration (Weblogic Server Acting as a Proxy) Quick tips from Divay Dureja. (tags: oracle weblogic servlet configuration) Accelerating Deployment of Virtualized...

LIVE Webcast this Thursday: 24/7 Availability... in the Cloud (Oracle Database Insider Blog) "Cloud computing environments must provide high quality of service -- high availability, predictable performance at any scale -- and high flexibility/agility to respond to workload peaks. In the past, making systems available around the clock and protecting them from unplanned downtime..." (tags: oracle highavailability cloud) IT Strategies from Oracle - Great EA Library (Enterprise...

DW on RAC Best Practices | Oracle Clinic "To make sure that a grid performs well all components need to be orchestrated to work together. Remember: The weakest link determines the performance." -Xiang Bing Liu (tags: oracle database datawarehousing rac) Upgrading Standalone ASM to Oracle Grid Infrastructure 11.2.0.2? Beware Bug 1233183.1! | The Pythian Blog A public blog on subject matters of interest to DBAs, by The Pythian Group's remote DBA specialists in Oracle, SQL, and MySQL. (t...

Oracle VM Blade Cluster Reference Configuration (InfraRed) "All components listed in the reference configuration have been tested together by Oracle, reducing the need for customer testing and the time-consuming and complex effort of designing and deploying a stable configuration." -- Ferhat Hatay (tags: oracle virtualization clustering) White Paper: Accelerating Deployment of Virtualized Infrastructures with the Oracle VM Blade Cluster Reference Configuration  The Oracle VM blade...

ORACLENERD: OBIEE 11g: Getting Started - Part I "I've configured my database to automatically startup/shutdown when the VM is started/shutdown. I followed Dr. Hall's guide here. Now I'm in the process of getting WebLogic configured to do the same thing automagically." -- Chet "ORACLENERD" Justice  (tags: oracle otn oracleace weblogic obiee11g) Introduction to WebCenter Personalization Server (WebCenter Personalization Server) "The next release of Oracle WebCenter will include a...

Rittman Mead Consulting Blog Archive Oracle BI EE 11g – Managing Host Name Changes Rittman Mead's Venkatakrishnan J (an Oracle ACE) looks at "how we can go about getting BI EE 11g to work when the Host Name of the machine changes post install and configuration."  (tags: oracle businessintelligence obiee) Evident Software's CTO and co-founder discusses Oracle Coherence (Application Grid) (tags: oracle successcast podcast coherence grid) Choice Hotels' Rain Fletcher talks WebLogic...