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Ignoring These Downloads is Not an Option

Oracle made two very interesting downloads available yesterday: Oracle Database Vault (for Linux x86) and Oracle Content Database  (for Windows and Linux x86),...

Oracle made two very interesting downloads available yesterday: Oracle Database Vault (for Linux x86) and Oracle Content Database  (for Windows and Linux x86), both of which are truly Oracle Database 10g EE options for the 21st century.Both these options have been extensively discussed on OTN and elsewhere so no need to be redundant here. Suffice it to say that security & compliance and enterprise management of unstructured data have each been described for years as...

Ubuntu Billboard for Oracle employees?

What is apparently the world's first-known Ubuntu billboard has popped up near the Ralston St. exit off Highway 101 in Belmont, CA -- the exit one takes to get...

What is apparently the world's first-known Ubuntu billboard has popped up near the Ralston St. exit off Highway 101 in Belmont, CA -- the exit one takes to get to Oracle HQ, actually. (Tagline: "Linux [for Servers] and Human Beings")Hmmm...what is Canonical's point, I wonder?

Oracle Podcasts Still Going Strong

We're well past the first birthday of the Oracle TechCast podcast program at this point: the first show, with TopLink product manager Shaun Smith as guest to...

We're well past the first birthday of the Oracle TechCast podcast program at this point: the first show, with TopLink product manager Shaun Smith as guest to discuss EJB3, published on May 17, 2005. Since then, TechCast shows have been downloaded or clicked more than 125,000 times. (There are some pretty good AppCasts out there too, by the way.)Thanks to our new crack production team, we plan to get more of these out to you and on a more regular basis. Last week alone we...

Danger, Will Robinson!

This mysteriously appeared in an Oracle lunchroom yesterday:I wonder what the "emergency provisions" might be? Spam? Turky-Jerky? Astronaut Ice Cream? Jolt...

This mysteriously appeared in an Oracle lunchroom yesterday:I wonder what the "emergency provisions" might be? Spam? Turky-Jerky? Astronaut Ice Cream? Jolt Cola?And what, pray tell, is the "Break Glass for Key" feature for? To keep the bears out?

Get Busy on Berkeley DB Discussion Forums

OTN Discussion Forums for various Berkeley DB editions are now online and available to OTN members. Berkeley DB users, get on board!This signals a new...

OTN Discussion Forums for various Berkeley DB editions are now online and available to OTN members. Berkeley DB users, get on board!This signals a new intersection between two massive, richly diverse, and longstanding communities. I think it will interesting to see how the Berkeley DB community, which previously relied on listserv for its interactions, will respond, and equally interesting to note how Oracle geeks will size up BDB.

Doc Search is Live

SES doc search is now live! Give it a shot.Look for podcasts in the next week or two about the install/deployment process.(BTW, I've seen at least one cynical...

SES doc search is now live! Give it a shot.Look for podcasts in the next week or two about the install/deployment process.(BTW, I've seen at least one cynical comment in the blogosphere about the fact that doc is still excluded from external search via robots.txt. This is true, but only because we are doing load testing before opening up doc to search by the Google masses. These exclusions will be removed when that testing is complete.)

New OOW Event: Oracle Develop

The Tech Sessions for Oracle Develop, the new, three-day hands-on event at OOW this year (Oct. 22-25), are now available for review. This is a great opportunity...

The Tech Sessions for Oracle Develop, the new, three-day hands-on event at OOW this year (Oct. 22-25), are now available for review. This is a great opportunity to roll up your sleeves and dive into Java/SOA, PHP, XML/XQuery, embedded DB development w/Berkeley DB, RAC management, HA, etc. Register by Aug 18 and you'll save some bucks.In the next couple weeks I'll also provide some details about OTN's activities this year, including OTN Night (new swanky venue!), "Meet the...

Oracle ACEs Rule

Man, there are some happy Oracle ACEs outthere.Let's start with Andrew Clarke, one of the"original" ACEs, who blogged about "OnBecoming an ACE" recently. As...

Man, there are some happy Oracle ACEs outthere.Let's start with Andrew Clarke, one of the"original" ACEs, who blogged about "OnBecoming an ACE" recently. As Andrew remarks, the perks maynot be "that great," but the community recognition is "priceless".(Personally, I consider the Oracle ACE fleece pullover to be among themost remarkable pieces of corporate swag ever foisted upon themasses.)Lewis Cunningham - who has a new techarticle about using SQL Developer reporting...

Setting Documentation Free

Last week we removed the authentication requirement from Oracle documentation libraries accessible via OTN. Thus OTN membership is no longer required for...

Last week we removed the authentication requirement from Oracle documentation libraries accessible via OTN. Thus OTN membership is no longer required for accessing doc!As part and parcel of this change, Googlebot and other external crawlers will soon have access (after some testing) to Oracle doc for the very first time, extending public access to that doc across the known universe. And naturally, a standalone "Documentation" search will shortly be possible in SES:It's a good...