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Oracle Database 11g Express Edition Beta - Feedback Needed!

Generally speaking we do not post product-oriented news here, but this particular news is so closely tied to the OTN community that we can't resist.You've...

Generally speaking we do not post product-oriented news here, but this particular news is so closely tied to the OTN community that we can't resist.You've waited patiently, and now that patience pays off: the Oracle Database 11g Express Edition (XE) Beta release is here. Download it and give us your feedback today! Just as you expect, Oracle Database 11g XE brings you an entry-level, small-footprint RDBMS based on the Oracle Database 11g Release 2 code base that's free to...

links for 2011-03-31

Oracle Technology Network Architect Day: Toronto(tags: ping.fm)Rittman Mead Consulting Blog Archive So How Does Enterprise Manager work, Within OBIEE...

Oracle Technology Network Architect Day: Toronto(tags: ping.fm)Rittman Mead Consulting Blog Archive So How Does Enterprise Manager work, Within OBIEE 11g?Rittman Mead Consulting - “Delivering Oracle Business Intelligence”(tags: ping.fm)Technical whitepapers list as at March 2011 (The Shorten Spot)(tags: ping.fm)Oracle SOA & Enterprise2.0 Partner Community Forum | Oracle Blog | Capgemini | Consulting, Technology, Outsourcing(tags: ping.fm)Ben Stopford: Beyond the...

Magic Solution

"Solution" is defined in the New Oxford American Dictionary as a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation. (Also, a liquid mixture in...

"Solution" is defined in the New Oxford American Dictionary as a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation. (Also, a liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component (the solvent)...) "Solution" as a term in our industry has been used and abused for as long as I remember. Everything is a solution if the problem is sufficiently atomic. I'm rather passionate about this because I have argued for...

links for 2011-03-30

Merv Adrian: Exadata Innovations Drive Greater Customer Value in Third Generation"In this paper, we look at the innovations in this latest generation, which...

Merv Adrian: Exadata Innovations Drive Greater Customer Value in Third Generation"In this paper, we look at the innovations in this latest generation, which drive additional value for customers by exploiting technology advances and increased integration to stay ahead of ever-increasing business demands and opportunities."(tags: oracle whitepaper exadata)Oracle Exadata: a Data Management Tipping Point"This White Paper describes Oracle’s Exadata V2 solution, also known as the...

Spotlight On Image Packaging System

Not getting enough technical specificity out of "record-breaking?"How about "industry-leading?"Not even "performance-enhancing?"No?The kind folks in Oracle...

Not getting enough technical specificity out of "record-breaking?"How about "industry-leading?"Not even "performance-enhancing?"No?The kind folks in Oracle Solaris marketing have decided to dig a little deeper and unearth the kind of information sysadmins and developers look for. They've put together three technology Spotlights.Each spotlight provides solid technical info such as podcasts with engineers, how-to guides, quick-reference cards ("one-liners"), technical...

links for 2011-03-29

René van Wijk: Setting-up a WebLogic Cluster that uses Coherence"When a server is under heavy load, we can reduce this load by using a cluster of servers. By...

René van Wijk: Setting-up a WebLogic Cluster that uses Coherence"When a server is under heavy load, we can reduce this load by using a cluster of servers. By distributing the load across multiple servers, we increase the capacity of the application. This is one of the advantages using clustering."(tags: oracle weblogic coherence clustering)Richard Veryard: Complexity and Value - Is Amazon bothered?"To what extent do customers have a reasonable expectation of sophisticated...

links for 2011-03-28

Andrejus Baranovskis's Blog: WebCenter 11g PS3 Performance Tuning and Iterative Development ModeGreat tutorial from Oracle ACE Director Andrejus...

Andrejus Baranovskis's Blog: WebCenter 11g PS3 Performance Tuning and Iterative Development ModeGreat tutorial from Oracle ACE Director Andrejus Baranovskis.(tags: oracle otn oracleace enterprise2.0 webcenter)Andy Mulholland: The open source community delivers cloud stacks"These three industry moves together create a pretty cohesive approach to the design and functionality of a mature cloud model supporting more than just internal deployment of improved capabilities reflected...

Dancing in Traffix

We published an interesting article last week that would seem to have a narrow focus, but in fact covers some fundamental architectural principles that I...

We published an interesting article last week that would seem to have a narrow focus, but in fact covers some fundamental architectural principles that I suspect you can apply to your enterprise.As Wikipedia puts it, Diameter is an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol for computer networks, and a successor to RADIUS. In fact, its name is a pun on radius. Diameter provides backward compatibility, with additional functionality. Diameter is twice the radius ......

God Bless Full-Spectrum Antibiotics

image courtesy of http://sitemaker.umich.eduEvery few months I feel moved to blog about something other than technology. OK, truth be told, that's pretty much...

image courtesy of http://sitemaker.umich.eduEvery few months I feel moved to blog about something other than technology. OK, truth be told, that's pretty much every day. But some days I feel rash enough to blog about something with zero technology content. Last one was:Thursday, November 18, 2010 - Posted as a Public Service NoticeSeems like it's about time for another. This one is a wee bit more personal. If you know where I'm coming from, please stand, remove your hat,...