Oracle OpenWorld attendees, information about OTN Night - or "OTN Underground" as it's called this year -- are now available.The first thing you need to know is...
Oracle OpenWorld attendees, information about OTN Night - or "OTN Underground" as it's called this year -- are now available.The first thing you need to know is that the event, while historically held on Tuesday night during the conference, is occurring on Monday night this year (at the usual Marriott location).Also note that in addition to the traditional "DBA Hot Seat" competition, great food and drinks, and copious gaming, you can also attend the "OCFS2 Challenge" - in...
Oracle OpenWorld attendees, information about OTN Night - or "OTN Underground" as it's called this year -- are now available.The first thing you need to know is that the event, while historically held...
Long time coming: thanks to a major software upgrade (we've gone from v2.6.5 of Jive to 4.1.2), the OTN discussion forums now include native RSS feeds, user...
Long time coming: thanks to a major software upgrade (we've gone from v2.6.5 of Jive to 4.1.2), the OTN discussion forums now include native RSS feeds, user status levels, more accurate and reliable search, and a much improved UI. I think you'll agree that the user experience is much improved overall. Check 'em out!
Long time coming: thanks to a major software upgrade (we've gone from v2.6.5 of Jive to 4.1.2), the OTN discussion forums now include native RSS feeds, user status levels, more accurate and reliable...
So what is the major difference between an Installfest and a Deployfest?With the Installfest we focus on getting developers, DBAs, sysadmins quick easy hands on...
So what is the major difference between an Installfest and a Deployfest?With the Installfest we focus on getting developers, DBAs, sysadmins quick easy hands on access to 10gR2, OCFS2 and PHP in a enterprise linux development environment. see 'Oracle & PHP Installfest' for details.With the Deployfest the focus is on giving DBAs and sysadmins exposure to realworld experience for best practises in production deployments.*Oracle-on-Linux Deployfest*Peter Sechser of the 'Hacker...
So what is the major difference between an Installfest and a Deployfest?With the Installfest we focus on getting developers, DBAs, sysadmins quick easy hands on access to 10gR2, OCFS2 and PHP in a...
Today we published a new OTN TechCast (podcast) interview with the legendary Tom Kyte, and it's *packed* with great insider information about the origins of...
Today we published a new OTN TechCast (podcast) interview with the legendary Tom Kyte, and it's *packed* with great insider information about the origins of AskTom.oracle.com (including the very first question!), the technology/people behind it (news bulletin: there are no AskTom.com elves), and Tom's forthcoming new book. Plus, Tom has some things to say (surprise!) about new features in Oracle Database 10g Release 2 he really likes, such as transparent data encryption....
Today we published a new OTN TechCast (podcast) interview with the legendary Tom Kyte, and it's *packed* with great insider information about the origins of AskTom.oracle.com (including the very first...
Waiting for OCFS2 to go production is I bit like my daughter on the drive out to Kansas to pick up a new dog - are we there yet ?You might ask why drive all the...
Waiting for OCFS2 to go production is I bit like my daughter on the drive out to Kansas to pick up a new dog - are we there yet ?You might ask why drive all the way from Denver (9.5hrs), aren't there other cluster file systems - none like this one ;-) -- besides my daughter likes this one.Last week at HQ I met with the Oracle's linux kernel team and the php team and was able to get the lowdown on the new technical content for Linux World and OTN night at OpenWorld.*Oracle &...
Waiting for OCFS2 to go production is I bit like my daughter on the drive out to Kansas to pick up a new dog - are we there yet ?You might ask why drive all the way from Denver (9.5hrs), aren't...
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 for Linux x86 is now available for download from OTN (with versions for more platforms to be available soon)!As I mentioned in...
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 for Linux x86 is now available for download from OTN (with versions for more platforms to be available soon)!As I mentioned in previous blogs, reading Arup Nanda's Oracle Database 10g Release 2: Top Features for DBAs is a great way to get started with new features such as Transparent Data Encryption, XML Query, DML Error Logging (Tom Kyte's favorite new feature), and more.If you're a Web developer, you may also want to check out the new DeployPHP...
Oracle Database 10g Release 2 for Linux x86 is now available for download from OTN (with versions for more platforms to be available soon)!As I mentioned in previous blogs, reading Arup Nanda's...
Tal Broda from the Server Technologies division apparently saw the almost unreadable screenshot image in the previous blog and took pity on me; was kind enough...
Tal Broda from the Server Technologies division apparently saw the almost unreadable screenshot image in the previous blog and took pity on me; was kind enough to send over some nice, sharp images that do the Oracle BAM UI justice:Call Center DashboardFinancial Portfolio DashboardLoan Flow DashboardThat's more like it....
Tal Broda from the Server Technologies division apparently saw the almost unreadable screenshot image in the previous blog and took pity on me; was kind enough to send over some nice, sharp...
Oracle VP for Fusion Middleware just laid out Oracle's most detailed vision yet of how the SOA lifecycle should work -- from simplified, declarative development...
Oracle VP for Fusion Middleware just laid out Oracle's most detailed vision yet of how the SOA lifecycle should work -- from simplified, declarative development via standards-based (JSF, EJB3) frameworks, to standards-based (BPEL) service integration/orchestration, to runtime management and security (via Oracle Web Services Manager et al), to post-deployment changes (via Oracle BAM). The SOA stack is starting to make some sense for the real world.Thomas also made (or echoed)...
Oracle VP for Fusion Middleware just laid out Oracle's most detailed vision yet of how the SOA lifecycle should work -- from simplified, declarative development via standards-based (JSF,...
Just saw Roel Stalman and Brian Fry of the JDeveloper team offer a very high-level (who could ask otherwise in less than an hour?) but fairly detailed overview...
Just saw Roel Stalman and Brian Fry of the JDeveloper team offer a very high-level (who could ask otherwise in less than an hour?) but fairly detailed overview of the new features in Oracle JDeveloper 10g 10.1.3. (You can download a Developer Preview from OTN right now.) The list is fairly comprehensive and amazing, and Roel and Brian (pictured at left just prior to the session) punctuated some of the highlights with demos - of JDev's tight integration with CVS, its much...
Just saw Roel Stalman and Brian Fry of the JDeveloper team offer a very high-level (who could ask otherwise in less than an hour?) but fairly detailed overview of the new features in Oracle...
