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links for 2009-03-06

William Vambenepe’s blog » Blog Archive » Managing the stack from top to bottom, including virtualization"So this is where it starts to get interesting,"...

William Vambenepe’s blog » Blog Archive » Managing the stack from top to bottom, including virtualization"So this is where it starts to get interesting," William Vambenepe says. "This is where the game starts to really be about not just the virtualization itself, but how it makes the rest of your overall data center better and more efficient. The Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Oracle VM Management Pack is a huge step forward for users."(tags: virtualization...

links for 2009-03-05

Is there a better way to say SOA governance? - SOA Talk"The term “SOA governance” sucks," says SOATalk blogger Michael Meehan. "It reeks of someone else telling...

Is there a better way to say SOA governance? - SOA Talk"The term “SOA governance” sucks," says SOATalk blogger Michael Meehan. "It reeks of someone else telling you what to do, hectoring you over every little detail of a project. It sounds about as desirable as a colonoscopy with an IMAX camera."(tags: soa soagovernance)Mainframe and Legacy Re-Architecture (Part 1) (Jason's Blog on Oracle Modernization Solutions)"Re-architecture is distinguished from greenfield development in...

links for 2009-03-04

Oracle Database Architecture in Less than 10 MinutesStephane Faroult describes his video as “a pretty reckless description of what happens when you start Oracle...

Oracle Database Architecture in Less than 10 MinutesStephane Faroult describes his video as “a pretty reckless description of what happens when you start Oracle and when you execute a statement.”(tags: oracle database architecture)Enterprise Architecture: From Incite comes Insight...In a post addressing networking among enterprise architects, James Governor asserts that "People want to connect to their peers above and beyond just some abstract concept of enterprise...

Oracle Unbreakable Linux Adoption Survey: Scratching the Surface

A recent post about Oracle Unbreakable Linux adoption ("Oracle's Unbreakable Linux not denting Red Hat"), certainly a rainmaker on Twitter, was brought to mind...

A recent post about Oracle Unbreakable Linux adoption ("Oracle's Unbreakable Linux not denting Red Hat"), certainly a rainmaker on Twitter, was brought to mind while I was authoring my previous post about awareness of Oracle Unbreakable Linux.There's a lot of stuff in there - which Wim Coekaerts himself more than adequately has addressed - but I'm going to limit myself here to the purported results of a Piper Jaffray survey on which Matt's post is largely based (which I...

Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM Awareness: It's a Question of SCALE

Last month, at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) in L.A., OTN's Chief Installfest Officer Todd Trichler was present on the exhibitor floor to sling...

Last month, at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) in L.A., OTN's Chief Installfest Officer Todd Trichler was present on the exhibitor floor to sling free software (Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM), as he is wont to do.Todd also had the presence of mind to take a small survey sample among the 1,000 attendees, with questions focusing on awareness of the availability of free Enterprise Linux ISOs from OTN, of Oracle VM, and of VM templates for Oracle Database,...

links for 2009-03-03

Time to check out social networking and SOA |Real World SOA | David Linthicum | InfoWorld"Lately I've been mixing SOA with social networking within a few...

Time to check out social networking and SOA |Real World SOA | David Linthicum | InfoWorld"Lately I've been mixing SOA with social networking within a few engagements," writes David Linthiucum, "and I have to tell you that the value is clearly there. Thus, you can take the API from one social network, and perhaps a few others, and blend the information extracted with corporate information, such as sales data, to spot trends in what's being Twittered and what's being sold....

Vote for Architect Day Roundtable topics

Proposed topics for discussion during the roundtable/whiteboarding sessions at the upcoming OTN Architect Day event in Toronto have been posted for voting in...

Proposed topics for discussion during the roundtable/whiteboarding sessions at the upcoming OTN Architect Day event in Toronto have been posted for voting in the OTN Architect Day Group on Oracle Mix.Topics include:Oracle Data Warehousing: Beyond ETLAgile and SOA: Peanut Butter and Jelly or Oil and Water?Defining SOASOA Governanceand several othersIf you have registered to attend Architect Day Toronto, or plan to, please take a moment to vote for the topics of your choice,...

links for 2009-02-28

President Obama Abandons Twitter | Paul Boutin | Voices | AllThingsD"So what happened?" asks Paul Boutin. "President Obama hasn’t tweeted once since being sworn...

President Obama Abandons Twitter | Paul Boutin | Voices | AllThingsD"So what happened?" asks Paul Boutin. "President Obama hasn’t tweeted once since being sworn into office. He posts weekly five-minute videos at whitehouse.gov. Can’t the guy type a one-line update?"(tags: socialmedia twitter obama)Facebook’s “In-House Sociologist” Shares Stats on Users’ Social BehaviorCameron Marlow: “Humans may be advertising themselves more efficiently. But they still have the same small...

links for 2009-02-27

Q&A: How and Why Oracle is Utilizing Virtualization and Open Source » Post » The Bitsource: The Pulse of Technology.Wim Coekaerts, Vice President Linux...

Q&A: How and Why Oracle is Utilizing Virtualization and Open Source » Post » The Bitsource: The Pulse of Technology.Wim Coekaerts, Vice President Linux Engineering at Oracle, reveals what Oracle is doing with open source technology, their position on open source development, and how it has benefited the mammoth of the business software industry.(tags: virtualization opensource linux)