Dear partner With all the new hardware products and tools that Oraclehas recently announced I have spent a few good hours today and made a summary ofpartner specific resources. Let’s take them one by one: 1. The OracleZFS Storage Appliance got a softwareupdate and new8TB drives that will replace the now EOL 4TB ones. 2. The partnerZFS Raid calculator tool got an update and now it has the new 8 TB drives addedand also a few more competitors in the ZFS vs competition technical comparison.You can download it from Oracle HW TRC. 3. Wehave launched the new OracleX5-8 server, and is an amazing piece of technology. You would expect thisto be a standard X86 server - well the new server support OracleDatabase In-Memory Option and our Oracle Multitenant architecture making it the perfectmachines for small databases consolidation. 4. Lastbut certainly not least please enjoy the new OraclePrivate Cloud Appliance resource page dedicated to partners. PS: if you cannot access the links than you will need to completethis one-time registration

Dear partner With all the new hardware products and tools that Oracle has recently announced I have spent a few good hours today and made a summary of partner specific resources. Let’s take them one by...

Oracle announced the newOracle Server X5-4, based on the new Intel® Xeon® E7-8895 v3 processor. It is already available in OPS for quotingand ordering and is the direct replacement of our X4-4 server who is going EOL. You can read the fullannouncement and see the new server specification on our OPNHardware Resource Center (available only to OPN Partners, one-time registration isrequired).

Oracle announced the new Oracle Server X5-4, based on the new Intel® Xeon® E7-8895 v3 processor. It is already available in OPS for quotingand ordering and is the direct replacement of our X4-4 server...

First of all I would like tointroduce my colleagues’ blog: OracleCloud4Developers.Their goal is to help the developers understand how to use the Oracle PaaS& IaaS for their work. You will be able to read here some of the mosttechnical posts on cloud in this blogosphere. For today I would like tomake a recap of my 3 favorite partner resources from Oracle. I will start with HardwareTechnical Resource Center for OPN Partners, which is a beehive workspacethat provides Sales Engineers and Sales Consultants access to criticaltechnical product information for Oracle servers and storage. This is the place where all the EOLannouncement of our hardware will be posted together with all the informationyou will ever need to know about our hardware products. Second on my list is Oracle SystemHandbook, an actually gold mine for any presale that puts together hardwareproposal for his customer. The handbookis old as Sun Microsystem itself and is still the place to go if you wish tosee how the products look like if you strip them down to manufacturing partnumbers level. It’s downloadable and can even be access by your customer ifthey have an oracle support account. When I joined Oracle I camewith solid industry knowledge, yet with no tangible knowledge of Oracleproducts. After 3 weeks I was able to answer most of the customer questions andmy secret was (and still is) the Partner Competency Center online training. Here you will find product trainings that are grouptogether in specific products global learning path. What I love about this GLP’s is that they takea product (T5 severs or Oracle Linux for example) and present it from each ofthe opportunities stages perspectives. The best part of it is that is free andnew training are released almost in the same time with new product announcement. What is your favoritesOracle resource?

First of all I would like to introduce my colleagues’ blog: OracleCloud4Developers. Their goal is to help the developers understand how to use the Oracle PaaS& IaaS for their work. You will be able to...

One of the biggestchallenges that traditional hardware vendors face is shifting their mindset tonew market expectations and preparing for today’s customer needs. Everyone inthe industry is investing massively in cloud, in a desperate attempt tocontradict one of Geoffrey Moore theory that states that old industry companieswill not be able to adapt to today’s needs without a total reinvention ofitself. I am a strong believer that Oracle is one of those companies that arealways adapting to the new demands with as little disruption as possible. When I started my apprenticeshipin the IT business storage customers asked their suppliers for predictabilitymore than anything else. They wanted to make sure that the solution they will buycan guarantee them to accommodate company growth for the next decade withoutthe need to change the technology. In today’s market thecustomer needs flexibility above everything else. The best example is thegrowing demand for storage cloud, demand that in 2015 is still not meet. Youcan contradict me by showing all the storage cloud offers that all the bighardware players are offering. Putting traditional storagehardware behind a datacenter and selling it as a cloud solution will not giveour customers the flexibility they need. Flexibility, for the customer, means beingable to put the right storage behind the database layer, storage which will bedifferent than the one behind their mobile application layer and yes, it willbe from a different supplier sometimes. Oracle did somethingwonderful with the latest ZS4-4 product launch last year in fall – it hasengineered it around the storage needs of our cloud software. Furthermore we madeit open stack friendly so our customers can buy our storage solutions in orderto better optimize their Oracle applications and still have the freedom toscale on any other storage product, from either Oracle or another vendor. Do not take my word for it,please take a few minutes to watch these introductory videos in how Oracleengineered our storage around our software. · John Fowler ZS4 Launch Video · Five Minutes to Insight: The Brilliance of In-Memory Storage · 5-minute insight - Database-level StorageAnalytics for Oracle Database 12c · 5-minute insight - Thin Cloning for OracleDatabase 12c · 5-minute insight - Data Encryption and theOracle ZFS Storage Appliance · 5-minute insight -ZFS Storage - Ideal forOpenStack

One of the biggest challenges that traditional hardware vendors face is shifting their mindset to new market expectations and preparing for today’s customer needs. Everyone inthe industry is investing...

I was searching on Oracle cloud events planned in March and I stumble upon an interesting one day event. If you are passionate about the cloud technology and you are located in Romania, than you are in luck.Oracle will be hosting a one day Cloud Forum event dedicated to the #OracleCloud next week, on 3rd of March in Cluj Napoca. My colleague Bogdan Păun will be presenting the Storage and Developer services sections which might interest you.Check out the agenda and registration info here: http://bit.ly/1BLvEGv. PS: You can already get a free trial for Storage or Database, Java and Developer cloud.  

I was searching on Oracle cloud events planned in March and I stumble upon an interesting one day event. If you are passionate about the cloud technology and you are located in Romania, than you are in...

An updated FS1-2 Performance Sizing Calculator is now available on the FS1 Flash Storage System page at the OPN HW Resource Center (available only to OPN Partners, registration is required). A very tiny snapshot of the FS1-2 Performance Sizing Calculator The related training is essential, as it covers the required information/inputs, using the calculator, and understanding how to optimize the configuration based on the customer's need for performance, capacity, and/or costs. PS: this is a re-post from our sister US STEP blog to make sure we are reaching all our partners with this new version launch.

An updated FS1-2 Performance Sizing Calculator is now available on the FS1 Flash Storage System page at the OPN HW Resource Center (available only to OPN Partners, registration is required). A very...

Dear Partner, In 2015 the Oracle EMEA Exadata, Manageability and the Servers and Storage Partner Communities will celebrate a single joint Community Forum. We are delighted to invite you to this event which will take place in Budapest, Hungary on April 14-16, 2015. As in previous editions, the most important part of this Community Forum is sharing experiences, best-practices and customer cases. Presentations by partners and networking among participants are the enablers for building a valuable learning experience for you. During the event, Oracle executives driving the different product areas will share their insight on new products and market trends, and will be available for one-on-one meetings to discuss go-to-market plans and sales opportunities. Register for the Oracle Exadata, Manageability and Servers & Storage Partner Community Forum Now! Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in this Community Forum. Check the agenda and reserve your place by registering before 15th March, 2014. (There is no registration fee for Oracle partners). We look forward to welcoming you in Budapest.

Dear Partner, In 2015 the Oracle EMEA Exadata, Manageability and the Servers and Storage Partner Communities will celebrate a single joint Community Forum. We are delighted to invite you to this event...

Version 8 of our ZFS capacity calculator is fresh out of development and ready for download. NEWadd-ons & features: NEW ZS4-4 added Fixed to support NSPF with raidz1 NEW NAS Competitors added Solved some minor bugs Yourfeedback is highly appreciated!Feelfree to post in the comments section below. You can download itfrom OracleHW TRC (available only to OPN Partners, one-time registration is required).

Version 8 of our ZFS capacity calculator is fresh out of development and ready for download. NEW add-ons & features: NEW ZS4-4 added Fixed to support NSPF with raidz1 NEW NAS Competitors added Solved some...

Dear partner,We are pleased to announce Sparc the Base partner webcast on Thursday 13th of November and would be happy if you could join. Please see below the details:Date and time: Thursday, 13. November 2014, 17:00 - 18:00 CETTitle: SPARC The Base 2.0Abstract: Please join us to learn about Oracle's SPARC the BASE Refresh & Take Out Program. Learn all about Oracle's "SPARC The Base" 6-in-1 Offer. You'll hear how customers can upgrade their legacy servers to current generation SPARC servers with up to 30% less OPEX and up to 50% in total savings! Additionally, hear about the channel engagement process and supporting program assets and resourcesTarget audience: Oracle System VADs/VARs sales and presales personnelSpeaker: Randy Batterson, WW A&C Channel Go To Market Director and Giuseppe Facchetti, Director Servers Partner Programs (EMEA)The logistic and call details can be found in the EMEA Partner Community blog post

Dear partner, We are pleased to announce Sparc the Base partner webcast on Thursday 13th of November and would be happy if you could join. Please see below the details:Date and time: Thursday, 13....

As a presales, one ofthe most challenging and yet interesting activity was to size customers storage requirements. I saw the first smartarray card when I was in my first year of college and at that time I onlyknew that RAID 0 can greatly speed up the performance of an operating system by writing the bits on 2 disk drive simultaneously.Only when I started my first job as a configuration expert I learned thatactually this is an industry standard that was around since1988. When I started mypresales job with Oracle I had to face for the first time the software RAID-Zthat our storage was using. I realized then how important it is to calculate the usable capacity the customer will have based on the various RAID-Z levels, especially when there was no tool that allowed us to achieve this in an easy way. Luckily some of the creative mind within my team (Marius Ghergut and Adrian Topa) found a solution to cover the tool gap by developing an excel based simple solution that allows us to calculatethe ZFS Storage Appliance storage space based on different configurationoptions. They called it ZFS raid calculator and you can download itfrom OracleHW TRC. (If you are notregistered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions.) Lookingtowards the datacenter move to cloud strategy, the software RAID is thetechnology of the future, as the storage cloud provider will have a big enougharray to move the parity from the conventional bit parity to the new data/blockparity. ---- As this is my first blog post I will alsotake this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Adrian Pruna and I leadone of presales team in Oracle. Apart from various tools and new technology announcementI will also share with you my personal learning journey from an on premiseexpert to an infrastructure cloud expert.

As a presales, one of the most challenging and yet interesting activity was to size customers storage requirements. I saw the first smartarray card when I was in my first year of college and at that...

In August, Oracle gave a preview of the next generation SPARC processor - M7 at Hot Chips conference. Find some highlights of the very positive press coverage in EMEA below: UK: Oracle reveals 32-core, 10 BEEELLION-transistor SPARC M7 Germany: Oracle verrät erste Details zu SPARC M7 France: Hot Chips 2014 : La puce Sparc M7 d'Oracle va doper le in-memory Italy: Oracle M7: CPU con 10 miliardi di transistor e 32 core Switzerland: Oracle: Mit SPARC CPU gegen SAP Hana Hungary: Oracle SPARC M7: a lényeges részletek Turkey: 32 Çekirdekli SPARC M7: Oracle’dan Yeni Nesil İşlemci!

In August, Oracle gave a preview of the next generation SPARC processor - M7 at Hot Chips conference. Find some highlights of the very positive press coverage in EMEA below: UK: Oracle reveals 32-core,...

After the extended summer holidays of the eStep Blog, this eBook seems like a good start to catch up again after the long break. It serves quite well as a starting point to talk to customers about the Cloud and gives a good overview about different types of clouds with the example of Oracle products involved. However, the main focus of the eBook is IaaS, Infrastructure as a Service, which is also part of Oracle's Cloud offer. Here, you can download the eBook - Oracle Special Edition. -----  As a new writer in this blog, I'd like to take the opportunity and introduce myself. My name is Patrick Wurst and I grew up in southern Germany, where I also studied Business Informatics at the KIT. Based in southern Spain, I'm working in a Back-Office Systems PreSales Consultant Role for Oracle EMEA since one and a half years ago. 

After the extended summer holidays of the eStep Blog, this eBook seems like a good start to catch up again after the long break. It serves quite well as a starting point to talk to customers about the...

Recently(May2014) the Solution-in-a-box:Deploying Highly Available Monitoring Infrastructure using OracleEnterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c and Oracle Database Appliancewhite paper waspublished on OTN.Thiswhite paper outlines thesteps to deploy Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c on thehighly available Oracle Database Appliance platform. Byreading this document, you will learn more about the process ofplanning, installing and deploying Oracle Enterprise Manager CloudControl 12c Release 3 Plug - in Update 1 (12.1.0.3) on OracleDatabase Appliance Virtualized Platform.

Recently(May 2014) the Solution-in-a-box: Deploying Highly Available Monitoring Infrastructure using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c and Oracle Database Appliance white paper waspublished...

Strategic Applications Engineering (SAE) published in March an updated Benchmark presentation showing the performance of Oracle systems, software and Virtualization. SPARC M6/T5/ZFS Benchmarks March 2014 The presentation is available via our eSTEP portal.  You will need to provide your email address and the pin below to access the downloads. Link to the portal is shown below. URL: http://launch.oracle.com/ PIN: eSTEP_2011 The material can be found under tab eSTEP Download Located under: Recent Updates and Miscellaneous

Strategic Applications Engineering (SAE) published in March an updated Benchmark presentation showing the performance of Oracle systems, software and Virtualization. SPARC M6/T5/ZFS Benchmarks...

DearPartners,We would like to extend our sincere thanks to thoseof you who attended our TechCast on "Solaris11.2 Beta -  What's New!".Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the TechCast are now availablefor all of you via our eSTEPportal. You will need to provide your email address and the pin below toaccess the downloads. Link to the portal is shownbelow.URL: http://launch.oracle.com/PIN:eSTEP_2011The material can be found under tab eSTEP TechCast. Feel free to explore also the other delivered TechCasts andmore useful information under the Downloadand Linkstab.Any feedback is appreciated to help us improve the service andinformation we deliver.Thanks and best regards,PartnerSystems Enablement EMEA

Dear Partners, We would like to extend our sincere thanks to those of you who attended our TechCast on "Solaris 11.2 Beta -  What's New!". Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the TechCast are...

New qualifications announcements and general news for Oracle Solaris Cluster products can be found in the new Product Bulletin HardwareQualifications NewOracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit versions with Oracle SolarisCluster 4.1 geographic cluster PillarAXIOM 600 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 on x86 SoftwareQualifications SAPLivecache 7.9 and MAXDB 7.9 OracleWeblogic Server 12.1.2 LatestSupport Information OracleSolaris Cluster 4.1 SRU 7 (4.1.7) OracleSolaris Cluster 3.3 3/13 patch train #5 Resources Configurationguides and documentation ProductUpdate Bulletin Archives Contacts Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) _____________________________________________________________________ ForMore Information Go To:Oracle.comOracle Solaris Cluster page OracleTechnology Network Oracle Solaris Cluster pageOracleSolaris Cluster MOS communityPartnerweb Oracle Solaris Cluster pageOracleSolaris Cluster Blog

New qualifications announcements and general news for Oracle Solaris Cluster products can be found in the new Product Bulletin Hardware Qualifications New Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Kit versions...

On June 3rd, Oracle announced the latest in its line of workload-specific,enterprise-class servers, the Sun Server X4-8. Co-engineered withOracle software, these servers are based on the latest Intel® Xeon®E7-8895 v2 processor and are the first to include elastic computingfeatures, maximizing performance by adapting to different workloaddemands in real time. This server is currently available for quoting,ordering and shipping. Thisproduct replaces the Sun Server X2-8.  Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) ForMore Server Information: WhyBuy Howto Use x86Server Family oracle.com OTN

On June 3rd, Oracle announced the latest in its line of workload-specific, enterprise-class servers, the Sun Server X4-8. Co-engineered withOracle software, these servers are based on the latest...

Mostof you have heard about OpenStack and the annouced integration intoOracleSolaris 11.2and about OpenStacksupport for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM. Theseare two good reasons to start to learn more about OpenStack. RonenKofman starts a series of articles on his Blog (RonenKofman's Blog)to provide more knowledge regarding OpenStack. Firstarticle of the series is called: "Divinginto OpenStack Network Architecure - Part 1". Youare invited to follow Ronen through his articles where he shows how the different pieces come together and provides a biggerpicture of the network architecture in OpenStack.

Most of you have heard about OpenStack and the annouced integration intoOracle Solaris 11.2 and about OpenStack support for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM. Theseare two good reasons to start to learn more...

Aswe all know virtual IO is of great use in the IT environments oftoday but when it comes to performance we often have to pay theprice. Inhis Blog entry Improved vDisk Performance forLdoms, StefanHinker explained how the new implementationof the vdisk/vds software stack inSolaris 11.1 SRU 19 (and a Solaris 10 patch sortly afterwards)significantly improves latency and throughput of the vitual disk IO.

As we all know virtual IO is of great use in the IT environments of today but when it comes to performance we often have to pay the price. In his Blog entry Improved vDisk Performance for Ldoms, Stefan...

Consolidationin the data center is the driving factor in reducing capital andoperational expense in IT today. This is particularly relevant ascustomers invest more in cloud infrastructure and associated servicedelivery. Database consolidation is a strategic component in thiseffort. OracleDatabase 12 c introduces Oracle Multitenant , a new databaseconsolidation model in which multiple Pluggable Databases (PDBs) areconsolidated within a Container Database (CDB). While keeping many ofthe isolation aspects of single databases, it allows PDBs to sharethe system global area (SGA) and background processes of a common CDB. The white paper recently published on OTN: OracleMultitenant on SuperCluster T5-8: Study ofDatabase Consolidation Efficiency analyzesand quantifies savings in compute resources, efficiencies intransaction processing, and consolidation density of OracleMultitenant compared to consolidated single instance databases(SIDBs) running in a bare-metal environment.

Consolidation in the data center is the driving factor in reducing capital and operational expense in IT today. This is particularly relevant ascustomers invest more in cloud infrastructure and...

DearPartners,We would like to let you know that the May'14 issueof our Newsletter is now available.The issue contains informationon the following topics:Corp NewsOracleReports GAAP EPS up 8% to 56 Cents, Non-GAAP EPS up 5% to 68CentsCollaborate 14The Modern Marketing Tour is coming yourway!Modernizing IBM AIX/Power to Oracle Solaris/SPARCTechNewsAnnouncingOracle Solaris 11.2SPARC M6-32 Produces SAP SD Two-Tier BenchmarkWorld Record for 32-Processor Systems Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.3.10Released A few Thoughts about Single Thread Performance BigData Means Big PipesPVH- Best Characteristics of All Virtualization Modes EnterpriseServer Infrastructure Cost of Ownership Oracle SPARC T5-2 with OracleSolaris 11 versus IBM Power750 Express with AIX 7.1An Insightinto Oracle Flex ASM and Its Benefits BlogUpdatedSPARC / Oracle Solaris Public Roadmap AvailableNewupdated WP: Best practices for deploying JD Edwards EnterpriseOne onOracle Database ApplianceAnnouncement:x86 Product Sun Server X4-4 Announcing:Upgrade Kit for the Single Processor SPARC T5 - 2 ServerAnnouncingnew SPARC64 X+ Processors for Fujitsu M10 Servers AnnouncingStorageTek Tape Analytics 2.0 OracleSecure Global Desktop and Oracle VDI Learning& EventseSTEP Techcast –8thMay 12:00 CESTOps Center 12.2 – Next Generation of GraphicalLDOM Management by Elke FreymanWebcast:Simply Your Cloud Deployment with Oracle Virtual Compute AppliancePARTNERWEBINAR (Apr 17): Deploy BeyondTrust's Powerbroker in Minutes withOracle VM Template Run Virtual Machines with Oracle VM Video on Better Clouds Built with SPARC / Oracle SolarisSystems– How to & more Preserving Unpacked Software During a Package UninstallConfiguring COMSTAR to Provide Local iSCSI Storage Building a Cloud-Based Data Center with Oracle Solaris 11Oracle GoldenGate: Coordinated ApplyHow to Generate and Consume User Accounts when Testing WebCenter/ADF Applications with ATSFusionApplications Lifecycle – the Big Picture ReferencesOneBillion Stars, 30,000 Light Years, Petabytes of DataKey Win –Maersk (DK) – Tech ULAINSEADProcesses Applications 4x Faster for Online-Degree ProgramHüttenwerkeKrupp Mannesmann Supports Steel Production with an IntegratedPlatform that Reduces Maintenance and Energy Costs by 50%BRISABridgestone Scales for Continental Business Excellence and BoostsManufacturing-Process-Query Speed by 100x ExtraWhenThe Best Employees Quit, Can You Handle The Truth?HowTo Run The Best Virtual Meeting EverYoucan find the Newsletter on our portal under eSTEPNews---> Latest Newsletter. You will need to provide your emailaddress and the pin below to get access. Link to the portal is shownbelow.URL: http://launch.oracle.com/PIN:eSTEP_2011Previous published Newsletters can be found underthe Archived Newsletters section and more useful information underthe Events,Downloadand Linkstab.Feel free to explore and any feedback is appreciated to help usimprove the service and information we deliver.Thanks andbest regards,Partner HW Enablement EMEA

Dear Partners, We would like to let you know that the May'14 issue of our Newsletter is now available. The issue contains information on the following topics:Corp NewsOracleReports GAAP EPS up 8% to 56...

Oneplace you should know when you are working with Solaris 11 or you aretrying to learnmoreabout Solaris 11. The Solaris11 Information Center on MOS is an excellent source to explore when you are on you way toenhance your knowledge on Solaris 11. Welcometo the Solaris 11 Information Center! (Doc ID 1559480.2) This information Center replaces the Solaris 11 Resource Centers.

One place you should know when you are working with Solaris 11 or you are trying to learn more about Solaris 11. The Solaris 11 Information Center on MOS is an excellent source to explore when you are on...

Manyroads leads to Rome. We all know this phrase. Often enough thequestion is which road should I take? Which one is the best for myenvironment. Answering this question when developing a DisasterRecovery Solution could get very complex because of the number ofpossible roads that could be taken. Therecently published white paper Oracle VM 3 - Overview of DisasterRecovery Solutions discusses different highlevel deployment architectures and strategies when integrating Oracle VMinto a disaster recovery environment.

Many roads leads to Rome. We all know this phrase. Often enough the question is which road should I take? Which one is the best for my environment. Answering this question when developing a DisasterRec...

Dearpartner, weare pleased to announce our next eSTEP TechCast on Thursday5thof June andwould be happy if you could join. Please see below the details forthe next TechCast.Dateand time:Thursday,05. June 2014,11:00- 12:00 BST (12:00 - 13:00 CEST; 14:00- 15:00 GST) Title:Solaris11.2 Beta - What's New! Abstract:OnApril 29th, Oracle announced Solaris11.2 beta.Intention of this webinar is to provide you with more informationregarding the key features of the beta release and what the benefitsare. Join us in this call and learn about independent and isolatedenvironments with KernelZones,fast and agile application provisioning with UnifiedArchives,Cloud Management with OpenStack,IT automation with Puppetand what Solaris 11.2 can do to support your effort on compliancecheckingand reporting. Targetaudience: Tech Presales Speaker:Detlef Drewanz CallInfo:Showglobal numbers ConferenceCode: 803 594 3Security Passcode: 9876WebexInfo (OracleWeb Conference)MeetingNumber: 594329 430 Playback/ Recording / Archive: Thewebcasts will be recorded and will be available shortly after theevent in the eSTEP portalunder the Events tab, where you could find also material from alreadydelivered eSTEP TechCasts. Use your email-adressand PIN:eSTEP_2011to get access. Feel free to have a look. We are happy to get yourcomments and feedback. Thanksand best regards, PartnerSystems Enablement EMEA

Dear partner, we are pleased to announce our next eSTEP TechCast on Thursday 5th of June and would be happy if you could join. Please see below the details for the next TechCast.Date and time:Thursday,05...

Many of you have followed the information around the launch of Solaris 11.2 beta.Lots of new blog posts have been published and it seems that there is a continous stream of Links talking and discussing the new features that come with Solaris 11.2. Hard to keep track of all of them. May be this bloglist from Larry Wake could help.

Many of you have followed the information around the launch of Solaris 11.2 beta.Lots of new blog posts have been published and it seems that there is a continous stream of Links talking and...

Join us on May 28th, for an Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance (OVCA) launch update for the channel. This session is intended to provide an update on new channel related resources and programs supporting OVCA.  We will provide a brief product overview of OVCA followed by some great OPN program content such as Channel Sales & Marketing assets, Resell Criteria, GLPs, OPN Incentive Program and Demo Equipment Program (DEP) details.  Call Details: Date: May 28, 2014Time:8:00am PTDuration: 1 hour Click HERE for OVCA webcast details and to post on your calendar.  (You need to be an authorized OPN partner. Use your OPN member credentials to get access)

Join us on May 28th, for an Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance (OVCA) launch update for the channel. This session is intended to provide an update on new channel related resources and programs...

The following two new White Papers regarding Oracle Traffic Director (OTD) have been announced recently. They explain deployment and tuning tasks for OTD on Exalogic. Deploying Oracle Traffic Director within Exalogic (PDF) - Overview of the common Traffic Director deployment topologies within Exalogic (Virtual) to enable Application-to-Application communication. Tuning Oracle Traffic Director for Oracle Fusion Middleware and Business Applications within Exalogic (PDF) - Technical Guide to tune Traffic Director and the underlying Exalogic Linux VM to achieve optimal throughput for Oracle Fusion Middleware and Business Applications such as ATG E-Commerce, PeopleSoft, E-Business Suite etc. More white paper on Oracle Traffic Director could be found here.

The following two new White Papers regarding Oracle Traffic Director (OTD) have been announced recently. They explain deployment and tuning tasks for OTD on Exalogic. Deploying Oracle Traffic Director...

On May 13, Oracle announced OpenStack support for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM. This support will be included as part of Premier Support for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM at no extra cost. The software that has been released is a technology preview which allows customers and partners to test OpenStack with Oracle VM and Oracle Linux. The technology preview is available here. Together with the tech preview we are providing a Getting Started guide which walks the user through the steps of setting up an OpenStack deployment, the Getting Started guide is available here. The technology preview and Get Started guide give users a simple and easy way to deploy OpenStack and make their first steps exploring the features available with it. The technology preview is also suitable for vendors who would like to integrate with OpenStack from Oracle. For more details about this announcement please see the press release and this blog entry on Oracle's Virtualization Blog.

On May 13, Oracle announced OpenStack support for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM. This support will be included as part of Premier Support for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM at no extra cost. The software that...

DearPartners,We would like to extend our sincere thanks to thoseof you who attended our TechCast on "OpsCenter 12.2 - Next Generation of Graphical LDOM Management". Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the TechCast are now availablefor all of you via our eSTEPportal. You will need to provide your email address and the pin below toaccess the downloads. Link to the portal is shownbelow.URL: http://launch.oracle.com/PIN:eSTEP_2011The material can be found under tab eSTEP TechCast. Feel free to explore also the other delivered TechCasts andmore useful information under the Downloadand Linkstab.Any feedback is appreciated to help us improve the service andinformation we deliver.Thanks and best regards,PartnerSystems Enablement EMEA

Dear Partners, We would like to extend our sincere thanks to those of you who attended our TechCast on "Ops Center 12.2 - Next Generation of Graphical LDOM Management".  Thematerials (presentation,...

The  "Solution-in-a-box: Best practices for deploying PeopleSoft Applications on Oracle Database Appliance" red paper is now published. This red paper provides guidance for implementing a PeopleSoft Application deployment on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform. The instructions and recommendations provided in this document incorporate best practices for both PeopleSoft installations and Oracle Database Appliance. The operation and management of the entire stack is facilitated by Oracle Appliance Manager (oakcli). As you can see, this vertical integration of technology stacks on Oracle Database Appliance is a very substantial, powerful capability that produces a quantum jump in the value proposition of Oracle Database Appliance.

The  "Solution-in-a-box: Best practices for deploying PeopleSoft Applications on Oracle Database Appliance" red paper is now published. This red paper provides guidance for implementing aPeopleSoft...

New 1-pager for OVCA are available now. The two 1-pager will provide you and your customer in a condensed form with the necessary information to OVCA. Find below the instruction where to find the OVCA 1-pager: Customer version: URL: http://launch.oracle.com/ PIN: eSTEP_2011 The pdf can be found under tab eSTEP Download. Located under sub-tab: Recent Updates and Engineered Systems/Optimized Solutions Partner version (on Oracle HW TRC): Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance 1-pager for Partners (you need to be registered on Oracle HW TRC to view the document) (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click"> here ... and follow the instructions..)

New 1-pager for OVCA are available now. The two 1-pager will provide you and your customer in a condensed form with the necessary information to OVCA. Find below the instruction where to find the...

Thenumber of certified applications on Solaris 11 is growingconsistently. Listed below are applications that have been certifiedand added to the catalog in March/April 2014. March/April 2014: Backbase Customer Experience Platform (CXP) CA Technologies Harvest Software Change Manager EMC  DD Boost for Database and Applications EMC   Documentum CenterStage EMC  AutoStart EMC  Data Domain Operating System EMC  Documentum EMC  Documentum Digital Asset Manager EMC  Documentum Media WorkSpace EMC  Documentum Platform REST Services EMC  Documentum Web Publisher Version 6.5 SP7 EMC  Documentum xCelerated Composition Platform EMC  Documentum xCelerated Management System EMC  InfoArchive Version 3.0 support S11 EMC  ProSphere EMC  Storage Resource Management Suite EMC VPLEX and GeoSynchrony EMC  XtremIO EMC VMAX Storage Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c EMC VNX Storage Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Neoxam NX Compliance Neoxam NX GP3 Neoxam NX Manager NetCracker Discovery & Reconciliation NetCracker Netcracker TOMS 9.0 Suite NetCracker Outside Plant NetCracker Resource Inventory NetCracker Service Activation NetCracker Service Information Management NetCracker Service Inventory NetCracker Service Order Management Quest Software Management console for unix Quest Software Privilege Manager for Sudo Quest Software Privileged Access Suite for Unix SAP CRM 7.0 EHP3 SR1 SAP ERP 6.0 EHP7 SR1 SAP SRM 7.0 EHP3 SR1 SAP SCM 7.0 EHP3 SR1 Vormetric, Inc. Vormetric Transparent Encryption NOTE:the “complete" list of Solaris 11 certified applications isavailable on OTN: "ApplicationsCertified on Oracle Solaris 11 OracleApplications Certified on Solaris 11 Pleasecontact ISVSupport_WW@Oracle.comfor any additions, changes or clarifications to this information.

The number of certified applications on Solaris 11 is growing consistently. Listed below are applications that have been certified and added to the catalog in March/April 2014. March/April 2014: Backbase...

Appliance Manager 2.10 is now available for download from MOS. This release includes the following: Out-of-place update Grid Infrastructure from 11.2.0.3.x to 11.2.0.4.2(18031740). Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 11.2.0.4.2 and 11.2.0.3.10. odachk has been replaced by orachk Offline Configurator can be found on OTN/ODA here: Oracle Database Appliance Manager Configurator Please take a look at the README for details of applying this patch: Patch 18284007 – ODA Patch Bundle 2.10.0.0.0 The documentation will be refreshed in the next day.

Appliance Manager 2.10 is now available for download from MOS. This release includes the following: Out-of-place update Grid Infrastructure from 11.2.0.3.x to 11.2.0.4.2(18031740). Oracle Database Patch...

OnApril 29th, Oracle is pleased to announce Oracle Solaris11.2 - Engineered for Cloud. OracleSolaris 11.2 is a result of Oracle’s increased investment insystems.  With the release of Oracle Solaris 11.2 Beta, we’vemade it more than just an OS. Oracle Solaris is now a platformdesigned to take enterprise deployments from "zero to cloud"in minutes rather than days or weeks. It’s a complete platform forquickly and simply building secure and compliant enterprise clouds.Newfeature highlights include: OracleSolaris 11.2  includes a complete OpenStack distribution, thepopular cloud solution, allowing unified management of heterogeneousdata center environments. An OpenStack Unified Archive allowsadministrators to go from zero to enterprise in 10 minutes or less. Nocompromise virtualization with enhanced Oracle Solaris Zones.Oracle  Solaris 11.2 brings an even greater level offlexibility with independent and isolated Kernel Zones. UnifiedArchives are a new, simple and highly flexible snapshot and disasterrecovery feature that allows for flexible redeployment of multipleVMs in cloud environments. OracleSolaris 11.2 integrates compliance reporting that dramaticallyreduces the time needed for compliance review by as much as 10x. The generated reports also describe how to resolve any out-of-policyconditions detected. Application-drivenSoftware-Defined Networking allows you to build virtual networksbeyond system boundaries by using the existing network fabric wherepossible, or using tunneling, if required. They give theapplications like Oracle RAC and Java VMs the ability to specify theSLAs for the application traffic, resulting in higher uptime, lowerlatency and better performance. DownloadOracle Solaris 11.2 Beta Learnmore and share with your customers to excite them aboutdeploying Oracle Solaris 11.2! OracleSolaris 11.2 Data Sheet What'sNew in Oracle Solaris 11.2 Beta OracleSolaris 11.2 Beta FAQs ProductEssentials Oracle Solaris 11.2 Training Find the following updated presentations on Oracle HW TRC (for registered partner only): Oracle Solaris & OpenStack Oracle Solaris Economics Oracle Solaris 11.2 Virtualization and SDN Oracle Solaris 11.2 Lifecycle Management Oracle Solaris, Oracle Database, Java, and Applications Engineered Together (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) Connectwith Oracle Solaris via Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn ForMore Information Go To: External- Oracle.com Oracle SolarisExternal- Oracle Technology Network Oracle Solaris 11 External- Oracle Solaris OPN

On April 29th, Oracle is pleased to announce Oracle Solaris 11.2 - Engineered for Cloud. Oracle Solaris 11.2 is a result of Oracle’s increased investment insystems.  With the release of Oracle Solaris...

HardwareQualifications OracleSolaris Cluster agent for SAP NetWeaver update StoragePartner Update EMC LatestSupport Information OracleSolaris 3.3 3/13 patch train #4 NewTraining OracleSolaris 3.3 3/13 Advanced Administration course Resources Configurationguides and documentation ProductUpdate Bulletin Archives Contacts Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) _____________________________________________________________________ ForMore Information Go To:Oracle.comOracle Solaris Cluster page OracleTechnology Network Oracle Solaris Cluster pageOracleSolaris Cluster MOS communityPartnerweb Oracle Solaris Cluster pageOracleSolaris Cluster Blog Solaris.us.oracle.compage

Hardware Qualifications Oracle Solaris Cluster agent for SAP NetWeaver update Storage Partner Update EMC Latest Support Information Oracle Solaris 3.3 3/13 patch train #4 New Training Oracle Solaris 3.3 3/13...

The ODA Customer Reference Forum increases constantly. The Forurm provides you with replays (mp3) of interviews with customers that talk about how they use the ODA, what have been the reasons to choose it and what are their experiences with the system. Use the forum to learn from these customers and to help you to develop your opportunities to the next step.

The ODA Customer Reference Forum increases constantly. The Forurm provides you with replays (mp3) of interviews with customers that talk about how they use the ODA, what have been the reasons...

Rick posted a nice article on his OTN Garage that trys to give some guidelines to the question "Which Type of Virtualization Should I Use?". We all know that there are a lot of technologies and products available to provide different kind of virtualization solutions and very often with overlapping functions. Knowing this, the relevance of the above question increases.Take some minutes and have a look to "Which Type of Virtualization Should I Use?".

Rick posted a nice article on his OTN Garage that trys to give some guidelines to the question "Which Type of Virtualization Should I Use?". We all know that there are a lot of technologies...

Updated on April 15th, you will find over a hundred patches for Oracle products and technologies...including Oracle Database 12c.Check out the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2014 on OTN.

Updated on April 15th, you will find over a hundred patches for Oracle products and technologies...including Oracle Database 12c. Check out the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2014 on OTN...

OnApril 29th, Oracle will launch OracleSolaris 11.2 - Engineered for Cloud.This release adds significant new virtualization, networking, andprovisioning capabilities, including SDN and OpenStack, to the uniquefeatures already in Oracle Solaris 11, combining the traditionalOracle Solaris strengths of performance, reliability and securitywith innovation that matters for today's agile data center. More than just an OS, Oracle Solaris is now a platform designed totake enterprise deployments from "zero to cloud" in minutesrather than days and weeks.Takethe opportunityto join us in New York City or our live Webcast, and learn moreabout OracleSolaris 11.2.  Register Here

On April 29th, Oracle will launch Oracle Solaris 11.2 - Engineered for Cloud. This release adds significant new virtualization, networking, andprovisioning capabilities, including SDN and OpenStack,...

OnApril 16th, Oracle announced the Oracle Virtual Compute ApplianceX4-2. Delivering a converged infrastructure solution forvirtually any x86 application and workload, Oracle Virtual ComputeAppliance enables enterprises to rapidly deploy and easily managevirtual resources in production data centers and developmentenvironments. OracleVirtual Compute Appliance is comprised of Oracle server, storage, andnetworking hardware. It is factory pre-configured with Oracle VMserver virtualization software and Oracle SDN virtual networkingsoftware. The latest release, Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X4-2,delivers increased computing power, faster data processing andexpanded cloud lifecycle management capabilities via its integrationwith Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c. Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) ForMore Product Information Go To: WhyBuy Howto Use OracleVirtual Compute Appliance oracle.com OTN

On April 16th, Oracle announced the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance X4-2. Delivering a converged infrastructure solution for virtually any x86 application and workload, Oracle Virtual ComputeAppliance...

Reducehours to minutes for Oracle Engineered Systems backup setup. TheOracle Engineered Systems Backup Utility (ESBU) streamlines theimplementation by configuring Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance and thedatabase nodes of an Oracle engineered system through acommand-line-based wizard. Rather than having to enter up to 20individual steps per database node, ESBU easily implementsbest-practice configurations based upon a few simple user inputselections (CutBackup Setup Time by 8X). ThisESBU release supports Oracle Exadata, Oracle SuperCluster and OracleDatabase Appliance (ODA) systems. Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) ForMore Product Information Go To External:ZFSStorage Appliance Oracle.com page External:ZFSStorage Appliance Oracle Technical Network.com page

Reduce hours to minutes for Oracle Engineered Systems backup setup. The Oracle Engineered Systems Backup Utility (ESBU) streamlines theimplementation by configuring Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance...

On April 16th, we will launch the next version of Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance. Join us and learn about Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance, an integrated, “wire once”, software-defined infrastructure system designed for rapid cloud deployment. Register here

On April 16th, we will launch the next version of Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance. Join us and learn about Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance, anintegrated, “wire once”, software-defined...

On April 8th the Solution-in-a-box: Best practices for deploying Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.x on Oracle Database Appliance white paper was published.This white paper illustrates the process of deploying the complete application architecture stack on the Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform. This includes deployment of the database and application tiers on a single Oracle Database Appliance system. The operation and management of the entire stack is facilitated by Oracle Appliance Manager (oakcli). As you can see, this vertical integration of technology stacks on Oracle Database Appliance is a very substantial, powerful capability that produces a quantum jump in the value proposition of Oracle Database Appliance.

On April 8th the Solution-in-a-box: Best practices for deploying Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.x on Oracle Database Appliance white paper was published. Thiswhite paper illustrates the process...

OnApril 9th the WebLogic team announced that WebLogic on ODA2.9 has been released!!! OracleWebLogic Server on Oracle Database Appliance 2.9 offers a completesolution for building and deploying enterprise Java EE applicationsin a fully integrated system of software, servers, storage, andnetworking that delivers highly available database and WebLogicservices. The world's most popular database, Oracle Database and theindustry's best application server, WebLogic Server have beencombined in this industry-unique appliance to provide highavailability and the simplicity of One-Button deployment. And to topit all off, it reduces IT cost with a unique capacity-on-demandsoftware licensing model. Hereyou can download the new version of WebLogic on ODA 2.9 which offersWebLogic templates for 11g  (10.3.6), 12c (12.1.1 and 12.1.2). Thefollowing highlighted new features are included in this release: Supportsnew X4-2 hardware with more capacity, faster processor, betternetworking with no price increase! WebLogicon ODA provisioning tool now offers multi domain and multi clusteroptions in the wizard-driven templates. Newlicensing options include a 'pool' of WebLogic licenses with min/maxrange, that can be allocated to WebLogic, Oracle Traffic Directorand other Oracle Cloud Application Foudation products. Providesa 'silent provisioning' option. Anew WebLogic on ODA provisioning wizard-driven template with a nicerGUI. Sharedstorage repository option.

On April 9th the WebLogic team announced that WebLogic on ODA 2.9 has been released!!! Oracle WebLogic Server on Oracle Database Appliance 2.9 offers a completesolution for building and deploying...

Overview Oracleannounces the support of the 400GB eMLC SATA SSD on Netra SPARC T4-1server (ATO andX-option parts). KeyDates RevenueRelease: April 8, 2014 Where to find more information Contenton these pages Oracle.comSun Netra family page Listof all Oracle’s Netra Systems with links to product pages  OracleTechnology Network Sun Netra family page Technicalwhitepapers, documentation, downloads Pleaseread the ProductBulletin onOracle HW TRC for more details. (Ifyou are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here... andfollow the instructions..)

Overview Oracle announces the support of the 400GB eMLC SATA SSD on Netra SPARC T4-1 server (ATO and X-option parts). Key Dates Revenue Release: April 8, 2014 Where to find more information Content on these...

On April 8 , 2014 Oracle announced the enhanced Fujitsu M10 - 1, Fujitsu M10 - 4 and Fujitsu M10 - 4S server with new and improved SPARC64 X+ processors.The new SPARC64 X+ processor brings higher performance to the Fujitsu M10 servers. Depending on the Fujitsu M10 server model, the new SPARC64 X+ processor runs at 3.2 GHz to 3.7 GHz, which means that processor speeds have been increased by 14% to 23% compared to the previous generation SPARC64 X processor . The Fujitsu M10 servers enhanced with this new processor will enable increases in performance up to 1.3 times compared to the previous configurations. The server enhancements also bring additional capabilities for large scale clustering. Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..)

On April 8 , 2014 Oracle announced the enhanced Fujitsu M10 - 1, Fujitsu M10 - 4 and Fujitsu M10 - 4S server with new and improved SPARC64 X+ processors.The new SPARC64 X+ processor brings higher...

On April 8th Oracle announced an upgrade kit for the single processor SPARC T5 - 2 server to a two processor configuration. The upgrade kit also includes sixteen additional memory DIMM slots which increase the maximum system memory to 1 TB . All memory DIMM slots must be fully populated; therefore, when ordering the upgrade kit, sixteen DIMMs matching those which are currently installed should also be ordered. After the upgrade, with 32 memory DIMM slots and two SPARC T5 processors, the supported memory configurations are: 256 GB with (32x 8 GB DDR3 DIMMs) 512 GB with (32 x 16 GB DDR3 DIMMs) 1 TB with (32 x 32 GB DDR3 DIMMs) Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..)

On April 8th Oracle announced an upgrade kit for the single processor SPARC T5 - 2 server to a two processor configuration.The upgrade kit also includes sixteen additional memory DIMM slots which...

On April 8th, Oracle announced the new Sun Server X4-4 system, based on the latestIntel® Xeon® Processor E7-8800 v2 Family, also known as IvyBridge-EX processors. Thisserver is currently available for quoting, ordering and shipping. Thisproduct replaces the Sun Server X2-4. End of life (EOL) for the SunServer X2-4 is April 8th, 2014. The last order date (LOD) for SunServer X2-4 will be August 31st, 2014. Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..)

On April 8th, Oracle announced the new Sun Server X4-4 system, based on the latest Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8800 v2 Family, also known as Ivy Bridge-EX processors. Thisserver is currently available...

Please note that the ZFS Storage ZS3 Implementation Beta Exam (1Z0-414) has been released recently. If you are going through ZFS storage specialization, it is strongly recommended to take part in this exam. For the ZS3 Beta Exam, the Exam fee is US$50 and the End Date is 31-05-2014 (1Z1-414) Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3 Implementation Essentials Beta Exam OPN Partners will be able to request free beta vouchers via the OPN Beta Certified Specialist Exam Voucher Request Form To Book Your Exams: http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=651 To perform your Registration:     Purchase exam voucher from Oracle University (or use one of your companies free exam vouchers) Register for exam at PearsonVue or  locate a test center near you Register for Exam at an Oracle Testing Center Choose your country on the right-hand side Look for “Systems” then “Storage” and locate “Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3 Implementation Essentials (1Z0-414)”

Please note that the ZFS Storage ZS3 Implementation Beta Exam (1Z0-414) has been released recently. If you are going through ZFS storage specialization, it is strongly recommended to take part in this...

DearPartners,We would like to extend our sincere thanks to thoseof you who attended our TechCast on "Whatis Performance - Benchmarks beyond SPECint". Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the TechCast are now availablefor all of you via our eSTEPportal. You will need to provide your email address and the pin below toaccess the downloads. Link to the portal is shownbelow.URL: http://launch.oracle.com/PIN:eSTEP_2011The material can be found under tab eSTEP TechCast. Feel free to explore also the other delivered TechCasts andmore useful information under the Downloadand Linkstab.Any feedback is appreciated to help us improve the service andinformation we deliver.Thanks and best regards,PartnerSystems Enablement EMEA

Dear Partners, We would like to extend our sincere thanks to those of you who attended our TechCast on "What is Performance - Benchmarks beyond SPECint".  Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the...

Recently an updated version of the White Paper named "Solution-in-a-box: Best Practices for deploying JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on Oracle Database Appliance" was published on OTN. The updated version of the white paper outlines the process of setting up Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform. Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform utilizes Oracle VM to establish a dedicated management domain (Domain-0), a dedicated database domain (ODA_BASE) and optional additional domains (virtual machines) on each server node.Watch also this 9 minutes video where the value proposition of this solution is discussed.  Video: JD Edwards Solution-in-the-Box

Recently an updated version of the White Paper named "Solution-in-a-box: Best Practices for deploying JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on Oracle Database Appliance" was published on OTN. The updated version of...

Announcing the next generation of Oracle's StorageTek Monitoring Software! Oracle is pleased to announce the availability of the second generation of StorageTek Tape Analytics.  With StorageTek Tape Analytics 2.0 software, Oracle is creating solutions to proactively manage and monitor digital tape library environments.  Now, administrators to executives have access to the data they need when they need it to make informed decisions to improve the performance of their StorageTek hardware. Key Features in StorageTek Tape Analytics 2.0 - Automated Library Media Validation - Capacity & Performance Graphs and Charts - Customized Dashboards - Executive Reports - New Hardware Monitored: Robots, CAPs, PTPs and Elevators- - Logical Asset Grouping - Email Alerts - Mobile Browser Support Please read the Product DataSheet on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) For More Information Go To: Oracle.com Tape Page Oracle Technology Network Tape Page

Announcing the next generation of Oracle's StorageTek Monitoring Software! Oracle is pleased to announce the availability of the second generation of StorageTek Tape Analytics.  WithStorageTek Tape...

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Hardware Qualifications Oracle ZFS Storage Array ZS3 with Fibre Channel and iSCSI for Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 Storage Partner Update Fujitsu IBM Latest Support Information Oracle Solaris 4.1 SRU6 (4.1.6) Reso...

New SPARC / Oracle Solaris Public Roadmap In order to help you sell Oracle's SPARC / Solaris systems and improve your customers' confidence in their future, Oracle has published an updated roadmap that extends to year 2019! No other enterprise server vendor will commit to enhancing their technology the way Oracle does with SPARC and Solaris, and our outstanding track record in the past 4 years is the proof that we can deliver. The public roadmap slide can be found here, and Oracle SPARC server web pages such asthis. Video on Better Clouds Built with SPARC / Oracle Solaris This video discusses how customers create better clouds, at lower costs, with Oracle SPARC servers running Oracle Solaris. It presents the case study of a customer that created a SPARC / Oracle Solaris cloud with demonstrated lower cost per virtual machine. It showcases the new wisdom that goes against the conventional wisdom of using virtualized X86 / Linux for cloud computing. The video goes on to show how customers can do the same in their environments using Oracle Optimized Solutions. Better Clouds at Lower Cost: SPARC Servers with Oracle Solaris

New SPARC / Oracle Solaris Public Roadmap In order to help you sell Oracle's SPARC / Solaris systems and improve your customers' confidence in their future, Oracle has published an updatedroadmap...

Thenumber of certified applications on Solaris 11 is growingconsistently. Listed below are applications that have been certifiedand added to the catalog in Feb/March 2014. Feb/March 2014: Openet's FusionWorks Convergent MediationOpenet's FusionWorks Policy ManagerIBM Message Broker 8.0.0.3ORSYP Dollar Universe 6.0 (with Solaris Cluster 4.1 using ISVe Labs on T5)ExLibris Voyager 9 Gemalto's LinqUs OTA Advanced v2 CA Technologies Harvest  Software Change Manager 12.5 Infosys Finacle e-Banking 10.3, 11.xNOTE:the “complete" list of Solaris 11 certified applications isavailable on OTN: ApplicationsCertified on Oracle Solaris 11 OracleApplications Certified on Solaris 11 Pleasecontact ISVSupport_WW@Oracle.comfor any additions, changes or clarifications to this information.

The number of certified applications on Solaris 11 is growing consistently. Listed below are applications that have been certified and added to the catalog in Feb/March 2014. Feb/March 2014: Openet's...

DearPartners,We would like to let you know that the March'14 issueof our Newsletter is now available.The issue contains informationon the following topics:CorpNewsOracleand BlueKai Accelerating SPARC Innovation – Fujitsu M10 ServerRoadmap Oracle PartnerNetwork Smart Combos OUAG– Oracle Applications Users Group Oracle Supply Chain Management TechNewsBig Data Architecture in Under 4 Minutes OracleVM VirtualBox SPARC T5-2 delivers World Record 2-SocketSPECvirt_sc2010 Benchmark Browse End of Life Servers AnnouncingOracle ZFS Storage ZS3-BA Appliance BlogNowavailable Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c Release 2 Announcing Oracle Solaris Cluster Product Bulletin,February 2014 Announcing 32GB DDR3 DIMMs and 400GB support forNetra Server X3-2 system New Applications on Oracle Solaris 11Announcement: Oracle Database Appliance 2.9 now available Learning& eventsPlanned Techcasts – AprilGet JavaMagazine You are not even wrong about the Cloud (part 1 & 2) Systems– How to & moreOracle GoldenGate: TransactionalData Capture from WebLogic Java Messaging Service Oracle Solarisfor IBM AIX Users Simplify your Migration from AIX to SolarisAvoiding Performance Loss from RAW Hazards ReferencesAveaTelecommunications Services Accelerates Reporting to Improve CampaignAnalysis and New Service Delivery CERN Keeps IT Team Focused onCore Business by Using Cloud Services Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaMinistry of Health Enhances Data Security, Improves OperationalEfficiency, and Reduces Total Cost of Ownership by 20% ExtraInsideThe 2014 Forbes Billionaires List: Facts & Figures Youcan find the Newsletter on our portal under eSTEPNews---> Latest Newsletter. You will need to provide your emailaddress and the pin below to get access. Link to the portal is shownbelow.URL: http://launch.oracle.com/PIN:eSTEP_2011Previous published Newsletters can be found underthe Archived Newsletters section and more useful information underthe Events,Downloadand Linkstab.Feel free to explore and any feedback is appreciated to help usimprove the service and information we deliver.Thanks andbest regards,Partner SystemsEnablement EMEA

Dear Partners, We would like to let you know that the March'14 issue of our Newsletter is now available. The issue contains information on the following topics:Corp News Oracle and BlueKaiAccelerating...

Dearpartner, we are pleased toannounce our next eSTEP TechCast on Thursday3rdof  April andwould be happy if you could join. Please see below the details forthe next TechCast.Dateand time:Thursday,03. April 2014,11:00- 12:00 GMT (12:00 - 13:00 CET; 15:00- 16:00 GST) Title: Whatis Performance - Benchmarks beyond SPECint Abstract:Evaluatingsystem performance is an art.  It goes well beyond the singlenumber result you might get from a popular benchmark like SPECint. Because different applications stress different parts of asystem, there are numerous other benchmarks.  Only if you knowthe most popular ones, what they do and how they correlate to realworld workloads will you be able to use them successfully indiscussions with your customer. This webinar will present anoverview of common benchmarks and shed some light on benchmarketingtricks used by hardware vendors. Targetaudience: Tech Presales Speaker:Stefan Hinker CallInfo:Showglobal numbers ConferenceCode: 803 594 3Security Passcode: 9876WebexInfo (OracleWeb Conference)MeetingNumber: 599419 299 Playback/ Recording / Archive: Thewebcasts will be recorded and will be available shortly after theevent in the eSTEP portalunder the Events tab, where you could find also material from alreadydelivered eSTEP TechCasts. Use your email-adressand PIN:eSTEP_2011to get access. Feel free to have a look. We are happy to get yourcomments and feedback. Thanksand best regards, Partner Systems Enablement EMEA

Dear partner, we are pleased to announce our next eSTEP TechCast on Thursday 3rd of  April and would be happy if you could join. Please see below the details for the next TechCast.Date and time:Thursday,...

Since March 10th, Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.0.0) is available to download here. This release offers many feature, stability, and enhancement improvements that will benefit our users. Here are some highlights of what is new and improved: Virtualization: Discoverand manage Oracle VM for SPARC servers not created by EnterpriseManager Ops Center Bring in OracleVM for SPARC servers configured outside of Ops Center into a serverpool and enable guest migration Multi I/ODomains, Direct I/O and SR-IOV in managed Oracle VM Server for SPARC VLAN taggingsupport (802.1Q) for Oracle VM for SPARC guests Layeredvirtualization support enabling the deployment and management ofOracle Solaris non global zones within Oracle VM for SPARC guests Separation ofprovisioning profiles for Oracle VM for SPARC SpecializedVirtualization Agent Controllers- Oracle Solaris Zone-Oracle VM Server EngineeredSystems: Ability to managegeneric datacenter assets and multiple Engineered Systems with asingle Enterprise Manager Ops Center instance Support forOracle SuperCluster M6-32 OracleSuperCluster Discovery and rack addition enhancements HardwareSupport: Support for theOracle SPARC M10, M5-32 and Oracle SPARC M6-32 servers Support for the Fujitsu M10 servers M5/M6/T5management using the ILOM Simplified Data Model (SDM) Core Features: Incident andMonitoring enhancements Network domainenhancements Improved upgradesupport High availabilityfeatures for Proxy Controllers MoreInformation: Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c is powerful and robust infrastructure management software. In order to gain maximum value from Enterprise Manager 12c Ops Center, potential and existing users should fully review the product documentation, in particular, the concepts guide and applicable installation guide before implementing. In addition, fully tested Deployment and Operate How To Guides are available from the documentation library. Oracle University currently provides instructor led and live virtual classroom format training for Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c with R2 material currently in progress. Documentation/ Public Resources: What'sNew in Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12cR2 ConceptsGuide DeploymentHow To Guides OperateHow To Guides MainDocumentation Library EnterpriseManager Ops Center OTN site OpsCenter MOS Resource Center EnterpriseManager Oracle site The Ops Center Blog OracleUniversity Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c Training Courses: OracleEnterprise Manager Ops Center 12c Administration OracleEnterprise Manager Ops Center 12c Virtualizing Systems

Since March 10th, Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12c Release 2 (12.2.0.0.0) is available to download here. This release offers many feature, stability, and enhancementimprovements that will...

HardwareQualifications OracleZFS Storage Appliance with Fibre Channel for Oracle Solaris Cluster4.1 SoftwareQualifications OracleDatabase 11.2.0.4 with Oracle Solaris Volume Manager for OracleSolaris Cluster 3.3 StoragePartner Update NetApp HDS Fujitsu New"How To" Guide Howto Use an Oracle Solaris 10 Zone Cluster to Easily MigrateApplications to Oracle Solaris 11 Environments Resources Configurationguides and documentation ProductUpdate Bulletin Archives Contacts Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) _____________________________________________________________________ For More Information Go To: Oracle.com Oracle Solaris Cluster page Oracle Technology Network Oracle Solaris Cluster page Oracle Solaris Cluster mos community (MOS account required.) Partner web Oracle Solaris Cluster page (OPN Member account required.) Oracle Solaris Cluster Blog

Hardware Qualifications Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance with Fibre Channel for Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.1 Software Qualifications Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 with Oracle Solaris Volume Manager for Oracle Solaris...

DearPartners,We would like to extend our sincere thanks to thoseof you who attended our TechCast on "Updateon Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance". Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the TechCast are now availablefor all of you via our eSTEPportal. You will need to provide your email address and the pin below toaccess the downloads. Link to the portal is shownbelow.URL: http://launch.oracle.com/PIN:eSTEP_2011The material can be found under tab eSTEP TechCast. Feel free to explore also the other delivered TechCasts andmore useful information under the Downloadand Linkstab.Any feedback is appreciated to help us improve the service andinformation we deliver.Thanks and best regards,PartnerHW Enablement EMEA

Dear Partners, We would like to extend our sincere thanks to those of you who attended our TechCast on "Update on Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance".  Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the...

OnMarch 4th,Oracle announcedthe end-of-life of the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 half rack to full rackupgrades, effective March 4, 2014. The Last Order Date is June 30,2014 and the Last Shipment Date is December 31, 2014. This EOLincludes the hardware upgrades and IaaS subscriptions. Readthe ProductBulletin onOracle HW TRC formore details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) ForMore Information Go To: Why Buy How to Use Oracle SuperCluster oracle.com OTN

On March 4th,Oracle announced the end-of-life of the SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 half rack to full rack upgrades, effective March 4, 2014. The Last Order Date is June 30,2014 and the Last Shipment Date is...

Announcing 32 GB DDR3 DIMMs and 400 GB SSDs support for the Netra Server X3-2 system Oracle announces theavailability of 32 GB DDR3 RDIMMs and 400 GB SSDs support on NetraServer X3-2.With 32 GB DIMMs, the Netra X3-2 Server haseffectively doubled the memory capacity to 512 GB. The additionalmemory may be used to improve performance of individual applicationsby retaining large amounts of data in memory, thereby eliminating thelatency associated with disk or network I/O. Find more information in the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..)

Announcing 32 GB DDR3 DIMMs and 400 GB SSDs support for the Netra Server X3-2 system Oracle announces the availability of 32 GB DDR3 RDIMMs and 400 GB SSDs support on Netra Server X3-2.With 32 GB...

AnnouncingEOL for Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe Card!We're announcingEnd-of-Life (EOL) for the Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe Flash CardMarch 4, 2014 with the Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Flash Card asits replacement. The Sun Flash Accelerator F40 Card has been replacedby a higher capacity Sun Flash Accelerator F80 Card! TheSun Flash Accelerator F80 Card that offers 2X the capacity at halfthe $/GB NOWALL SERVERS supporting the F40 (with the exception of the X3-2L) nowsupport the F80 card ACTION: Pleasedirect your customers to the new, higher capacity F80 card! Key dates are asfollows: End of Life (EOL) - 3March 2014 Last Order Date (LOD) -31 August 2014 Last Ship Date (LSD) -30 September 2014 End of Service Life(EOSL) – 30 September 2019 Pleaseread the SalesBulletinon Oracle HW TRC for more details on this announcement. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..)

Announcing EOL for Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe Card! We're announcing End-of-Life (EOL) for the Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe Flash CardMarch 4, 2014 with the Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe Flash...

Thenumber of certified applications on Solaris 11 is growingconsistently. Listed below are applications that have been certifiedand added to the catalog until February 2014. Dec2013: TCSBaNCS Compliance v6.0 Moody’sAnalytics Risk Foundation 2.2 CATechnologies IdentityMinder 12.51, 12.6 CATechnologies DataMinder 14.0 IBMTivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 7.4.0 IBMMaximo Asset Management 7.5 Jan2014: SymantecStorage Foundation 6.0/5.1/6.1 (M6-32 qualification) SAPBusinessObjects BI Platform 4.1 SWIFTAlliance Access 7.0.75 SWIFTAlliance Gateway 7.0.25 StellarCraft Enterpras Pro 6.2 (Part of Japan's KDDI SuperCluster deal) SungardAsset Arena Manager (AAM) 2.4 ValtechvRegCoSS 2.0 R-StyleSoftLab RS-Bank V6 R-StyleSoftLab InterBank RS R-StyleSoftLab Business Universe RS ExLibrisAleph 22 ExLibrisPrimo 4 ExLibrisSFX 4 ExLibrisRosetta ObserveITObserveIT Enterprise Moody'sAnalytics Risk Foundation AcuteSoftware EasyBankCore 5.1 NOTE:the “complete" list of Solaris 11 certified applications isavailable on OTN: ApplicationsCertified on Oracle Solaris 11 OracleApplications Certified on Solaris 11 Pleasecontact ISVSupport_WW@Oracle.comfor any additions, changes or clarifications to this information.

The number of certified applications on Solaris 11 is growing consistently. Listed below are applications that have been certified and added to the catalog until February 2014. Dec 2013: TCSBaNCS...

StartingonMarch4th,quotations and orders forthe SPARCT5-2 server with one processorcould be entered via the standard process using WebQuote, Partner Store andOracle Store. Shipments are expected to follow standard lead times. Seethe announcement on eSTEP Blog for more details regarding the newconfiguration.

StartingonMarch 4th, quotations and orders for the SPARC T5-2 server with one processor could be entered via the standard process using WebQuote, Partner Store andOracle Store. Shipments are expected...

As promised in our "Save the Date: Technical Update M10" announcement recently, here the link to the webinar coordinates. Find the coordinates here on Oracle Hardware Technical Resource Center. You need to be a registered member on Oracle HW TRC to get access to the page. To get registered you need to be an official Oracle partner. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..)

As promised in our "Save the Date: Technical Update M10" announcement recently, here the link to the webinar coordinates. Find the coordinates here on Oracle Hardware Technical Resource Center. You need...

The new updated and certified WebLogic installation template(release 2.7) that is in synch with the latest hardware and latestOracle Database Appliance release (2.9) is now on OTN, available todownload. For several month there have been some gaps in coverage betweenthe ODA releases and the WebLogic wizard-driven installationtemplates for the Appliance. This is now aligned and the releaseswill be in sync from now on. Be aware that sometimes the release numbers will be not the same,usually WebLogic will appear to lag behind. Never mind, it is agreedthat the latest WebLogic release will always work with the latest ODArelease from now on.

The new updated and certified WebLogic installation template (release 2.7) that is in synch with the latest hardware and latest Oracle Database Appliance release (2.9) is now on OTN, available to downlo...

Now available on OTN the Appliance Manager 2.9 Offline ConfiguratorFind the Oracle Database Appliance Manager 2.9 release on MOS.Search for MOS document ID: 888888.1. The doc has been updated now and holds all information regarding the new realese. For your memories, the 2.9 release includes: January 2014 PSU of RDBMS – 11.2.0.4.1 and 11.2.0.3.9 Import of http based templates on ODA_BASESend Key support to the VMAdditional hardware  monitoring on X3-2 and X4-2.Out-of-place update Grid Infrastructure from 11.2.0.3.x to 11.2.0.4.0(17721778).Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 11.2.0.4.1 and 11.2.0.3.9.Improved VM stack - better module level logging (TINT ID), better exception handling in oakd, mutithreading of XML rpc agent, multithreading oakd adapter, to allow parallel VM commands.

Now available on OTN the Appliance Manager 2.9 Offline Configurator Find the Oracle Database Appliance Manager 2.9 release on MOS. Search for MOS document ID: 888888.1. The doc has been updated now and...

The Oracle VM development-team has released a beta version of Oracle VM 3.3 for testing. The beta software and documentation are available on OTN under Oracle VM Early Access Downloads Please read the Welcome Letter to understand the requirements of the beta testing. We rely on our Beta Program participants to provide feedback on the usability, stability, and overall quality of our product release. This feedback will focus on your experience with the new features, product documentation, support services, and training materials. By providing in-depth feedback, you can help influence Oracle’s product direction. Provide us information about your set-up here. Periodically tell us what you have tried and how it is going here.

The Oracle VM development-team has released a beta version of Oracle VM 3.3 for testing. The beta software and documentation are available on OTN under Oracle VM Early Access Downloads Please read the We...

Dear Partners, We would like to let you know that the February'14 issue of our Newsletter is now available.You can find the Newsletter on our portal under eSTEP News ---> Latest Newsletter. You will need to provide your email address and the pin below to get access. Link to the portal is shown below. URL: http://launch.oracle.com/ PIN: eSTEP_2011 The issue contains information on the following topics: Corp News The CEO’s Perfect Storm: Demographics, Data, and Devices Change Everything: By Mark Hurd – President at Oracle Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to Deliver Keynote Address at Oracle HCM World TransformBusiness Processes with Oracle In-Memory Applications and Oracle SuperCluster New Oracle’s SPARC M6-32 Server Disrupts Traditional High-End Pricing Model Tech News Oracle Applications Certified on Oracle Solaris 11 Applications Certified on Oracle Solaris 11 Why use OVM for Oracle Databases New Single Processor Configuration for the SPARC T5 -2 Server SPARC T4-4, SPARC T4-2 and SPARC T4-1B End of Life Announcement Another TPC benchmark revealed New Oracle ZFS Storage ZS3 Proves Ideal for Backing Up and Restoring Oracle’s Engineered Systems Collected White Papers covering Storage, Tape and Archiving Backup is not Archiving: Reduce Total Cost of Ownership and Improve Data Protection with a Customized Archive Solution Oracle StorageTek 10000D Tape Drive Further Reduces the Total Cost of Ownership for Storing Data on Tape Lowering Storage Costs with the World's Fastest, Highest-Capacity Tape Drive IDC White Paper: The Business Case for Midrange Tape Library Solutions Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance and Oracle IT: Uses Cases and Benefits Exposing the Unvarnished Truth About Database Storage Blog Run Oracle Database like a Ferrari, but save like a Prius with Oracle Storage Announcing Oracle SDN Support in New Solaris Drivers Announcing: Oracle Solaris Cluster Product Bulletin, January 2014 Announcement: Picklist v42 Released Learning& events eSTEP Techcast March – Update on Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Learning Paths Exadata, Exalogic & Manageability and of the Servers and Storage Partner Community Forums for EMEA Pre-Built Developer VMs (for Oracle VM VirtualBox) Why Choose Oracle University? Expand your product knowledge and validate your expertise to give yourself an edge in the job market. Why Oracle Database Runs Best on Oracle Servers and Storage (E-book) Oracle SPARC T-Series Servers PartnerCast:Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance (video) Systems- How to & more Deploying the Oracle Solaris Integrated Load Balancer in 60 Minutes OIM monitoring check-list Lab: How to Delopy a Four-Node Oracle RAC 12c Cluster in Minutes Lab: How To Migrate to Oracle VM and Oracle Linux from VMware and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Part 12: Event- Driven SOA BPM and ACM References Croatian Waters Gains 20% in Efficiency for Project Management While Meeting Demanding European Union Accreditation Standards Tukaş Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret Monitors Value Creation Chain with Business Intelligence Platform, Shortens Sales Reporting by 20 Calendar Days Each Month Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Creates a Three-Dimensional Map of the Milky Way from 1 Petabye of Data Extra 5 Things Managers Should Know About The Big Data Economy Previous published Newsletters can be found under the Archived Newsletters section and more useful information under the Events, Download and Links tab. Feel free to explore and any feedback is appreciated to help us improve the service and information we deliver. Thanks and best regards, Partner HW Enablement EMEA

Dear Partners, We would like to let you know that the February'14 issue of our Newsletter is now available. You can find the Newsletter on our portal under eSTEP News ---> Latest Newsletter. You willneed...

Recently there have been two new presetations created to assist you with selling SPARC M6 and T5 servers. They are targeted to technical decision makers - customer executives and architects that are concerned with business issues, but appreciate technology details. These presentations are available on Oracle HW Technical Resource Center (Oracle HW TRC): SPARC M6-32 Technical Decision Maker Presentation SPARC T5 Servers Technical Decision Maker Presentation Be aware Oracle HW TRC is accessible for registered Oracle partners only.  (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..)

Recently there have been two new presetations created to assist you with selling SPARC M6 and T5 servers. They are targeted to technical decision makers - customer executives and architects that arecon...

Hello all, Fujitsu M10 servers, based on SPARC, deliver high performance and mission critical RAS for enterprise class workloads.To enhance your understanding and provide direct information from the source, EMEA Systems Sales Consulting has worked with Fujitsu and we are happy that Torrey Martin, Fujitsu M10 Product Specialist, US FOrCE (Fujitsu Oracle Center of Excellence) will present an overview and technical update for Fujitsu M10 servers.Please attend this webcast to learn about Fujitsu M10's unique features, success stories and the partner relationship with Fujitsu. This session will help you understand how the M10 redefines performance and scalability and how M10 contributes to customer investment optimization. Planned Date/time for the Training session?     (Please mark your calendars)• Wednesday, March 5th                    15:00 - 16:00 CET Currently planned agenda:- Reminder of Fujitsu M10 basic design & configuration rules- Fujitsu M10 Performance updates- Fujitsu M10 Functional updates- Success Stories with a focus on technical aspects/architecture- QA Details of the webcasts (dial-in) will be published as soon as possible.We currently plan to record the call.

Hello all, Fujitsu M10 servers, based on SPARC, deliver high performance and mission critical RAS for enterprise class workloads.To enhance your understanding and provide direct information from thesou...

StorageTektape drives will be taken off of the remanufactured offerings list asof 28 February, 2014.  Although Oracle will no longer offer usedand remanufactured StorageTek tape drives, there will be no impactto  trade-in policies of the Upgrade Advantage Program (UAP),Oracle’s removal and recycling policies, or the availability oftape drive support and spare parts. Also, this does not impactavailability of any other Oracle remanfactured products Thefollowing used and remanufactured StorageTek tape drives will be nolonger offered:•    StorageTek LTO tape drives(all versions)•    StorageTek T9840 tape drives(all versions)•    StorageTek T9940 tape drives(all versions)•    StorageTek T10000 tapedrives (all versions) For usedStorageTek tape drives procured from alternate sources, OracleAdvance Customer Support (ACS) Services offer "ORACLE PREMIERSUPPORT QUALIFICATION" to qualify/certify drives prior to beingplaced under Oracle support. ForMore Information Go To: OracleUpgrade Advantage Program (UAP)Oracle.comACS page

StorageTek tape drives will be taken off of the remanufactured offerings list as of 28 February, 2014.  Although Oracle will no longer offer usedand remanufactured StorageTek tape drives, there will...

Dearpartner, we are pleased toannounce our next eSTEP TechCast on Thursday6thof  March andwould be happy if you could join. Please see below the details forthe next TechCast.Dateand time:Thursday,06. March 2014,11:00- 12:00 GMT (12:00 - 13:00 CET; 15:00- 16:00 GST) Title: Updateon Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance Abstract:Joinus in this call to get a better understanding for the OracleVirtual Compute Appliance(OVCA).Learn how the OVCA helps your customer to implement aconverged infrastructure solution in few hours instead of days.Wewill explain the lessonslearned from 1st OVCA installation Targetaudience: Tech Presales Speaker:Anre Den Hond CallInfo:Showglobal numbers ConferenceCode: 803 594 3Security Passcode: 9876WebexInfo (OracleWeb Conference)MeetingNumber: <number> Playback/ Recording / Archive: Thewebcasts will be recorded and will be available shortly after theevent in the eSTEP portalunder the Events tab, where you could find also material from alreadydelivered eSTEP TechCasts. Use your email-adressand PIN:eSTEP_2011to get access. Feel free to have a look. We are happy to get yourcomments and feedback. Thanksand best regards, PartnerHW Enablement EMEA

Dear partner, we are pleased to announce our next eSTEP TechCast on Thursday 6th of  March and would be happy if you could join. Please see below the details for the next TechCast.Date and time:Thursday,...

Strategic Applications Engineering (SAE) published on February 19th updated Benchmark presentations showing the performance of Oracle systems, software and Virtualization. Oracle's SPARC M6/T5/ZFS Storage Benchmarks is an updated presentation (February 19, 2014) which shows performance advantages of Oracle systems and software. SPARC & Solaris Innovations February 2014 shows how the performance of SPARC & Solaris can reduce costs throughout the datacenter ( February 19, 2014). The presentation is available via our eSTEP portal.  You will need to provide your email address and the pin below to access the downloads. Link to the portal is shown below. URL: http://launch.oracle.com/ PIN: eSTEP_2011 The material can be found under tab eSTEP Download Located under: Recent Updates and Miscellaneous

Strategic Applications Engineering (SAE) published on February 19th updated Benchmark presentations showing the performance of Oracle systems, software and Virtualization. Oracle's SPARC M6/T5/ZFS Stora...

Oracle Database Appliance Manager 2.9 release is now available on MOS. This 2.9 release includes: January 2014 PSU of RDBMS – 11.2.0.4.1 and 11.2.0.3.9 Import of http based templates on ODA_BASESend Key support to the VMAdditional hardware  monitoring on X3-2 and X4-2.Out-of-place update Grid Infrastructure from 11.2.0.3.x to 11.2.0.4.0(17721778).Oracle Database Patch Set Update (PSU) 11.2.0.4.1 and 11.2.0.3.9.Improved VM stack - better module level logging (TINT ID), better exception handling in oakd, mutithreading of XML rpc agent, multithreading oakd adapter, to allow parallel VM commands. The documentation will be refreshed shortly.

Oracle Database Appliance Manager 2.9 release is now available on MOS. This 2.9 release includes: January 2014 PSU of RDBMS – 11.2.0.4.1 and 11.2.0.3.9 Import of http based templates on ODA_BASE Send Key...

A Virtual Sys Admin Day was held on January 28th 2014. Even if you have missed the event, there is a lot of material online available for you. Schedule a time that fits into you own timetable and review the replays and presentations presented from the subject matter experts: Learn tips and best practices for deploying Oracle Solaris 11 in the cloud Get a better understanding of how to take advantage of Oracle Solaris 11 unique features in software lifecycle, virtualization and data management Keep Oracle Linux up to date by accessing updates and errata with yum, apply kernel updates with Ksplice, and use btrfs to allow rolling back of updates Run multiple, isolated instances of Oracle Linux with extremely low overhead using Linux Containers Deploy and manage a private cloud with Oracle VM and Enterprise Manager 12c Virtualize and deploy Oracle Database in minutes using Oracle VM Templates  Only thing you need to do is to  Register here

A Virtual Sys Admin Day was held on January 28th 2014. Even if you have missed the event, there is a lot of material online available for you. Schedule a time that fits into you own timetable and...

Everthought aboutDatabase Speed andEfficiencyand what role the storagecomponent of your infrastructure play in this game? Interesting enough towatch the recently held webcast  highlighting the businessbenefits of ZS3 with Oracle Database together with an industryoverview and competitive comparison of ZS3 vs. NetApp FAS6000 systemsby Wikibon Chief Research Officer Dave Vellante As Dave Vellantestated on the webcast, “The bottom line is what we found withtraditional filers, we compared NetApp to the Oracle ZS3, they don’tscale well, NetApp is working on that, but today the architecture asit stands has a challenge of scaling…we’ve been watching Oraclepretty closely…watching significant progress that’s beenmade…with really strong performance figures that we’ve seen…” The public webcastreplay is available at the following link: http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=739873&s=1&k=F8E067CC88DE2B901369E8F66B3505E1 The presentationmaterials used by Oracle and Wikibon during the webcast are availableon our eSTEP portal: URL:http://launch.oracle.com/PIN:eSTEP_2011The pdf can be found under tab eSTEPDownload. Locatedunder sub-tab: RecentUpdates andEngineeredSystems/Optimized Solutions

Ever thought aboutDatabase Speed and Efficiencyand what role the storage component of your infrastructure play in this game? Interesting enough towatch the recently held webcast  highlighting...

DearPartners,We would like to extend our sincere thanks to thoseof you who attended our TechCast on "OracleDatabase Appliance Manager - Version 2.8". Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the TechCast are now availablefor all of you via our eSTEPportal. You will need to provide your email address and the pin below toaccess the downloads. Link to the portal is shownbelow.URL: http://launch.oracle.com/PIN:eSTEP_2011The material can be found under tab eSTEP TechCast. Feel free to explore also the other delivered TechCasts andmore useful information under the Downloadand Linkstab.Any feedback is appreciated to help us improve the service andinformation we deliver.Thanks and best regards,PartnerHW Enablement EMEA

Dear Partners, We would like to extend our sincere thanks to those of you who attended our TechCast on "Oracle Database Appliance Manager - Version 2.8".  Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the...

The Solution-in-a-box: Best practices for deploying JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on Oracle Database Appliance white paper is now published. A first in a series of "solution-in-a-box" white papers! This white paper illustrates the process of deploying the complete application architecture stack on the Oracle Database Appliance Virtualized Platform. This includes deployment of the database, application and web tiers on a single Oracle Database Appliance system. The operation and management of the entire stack is facilitated by Oracle Appliance Manager (oakcli). As you can see, this vertical integration of technology stacks on Oracle Database Appliance is a very substantial, powerful capability that produces a quantum jump in the value proposition of Oracle Database Appliance.

The Solution-in-a-box: Best practices for deploying JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on Oracle Database Appliance white paper is now published. A first in a series of "solution-in-a-box" white papers!This...

SPARCPortfolio Update for T5 and T4 Servers Sinceintroduction last year, Oracle's T5 servers have topped performancemetrics in virtually all enterprise workloads. The SPARC T5 processorretains the title of world's fastest microprocessor, and the SPARCT5-2 server has just shattered another world record (see the latestSPECjEnterprise2010 benchmarkresult). To make it easier for customers to adopt our T5technology, Oracle announces a new configuration for the SPARC T5-2server with one SPARC T5 processor, providing a new entry point tothe T5 line of rackmount servers. Inaddition, Oracle announces the End-of-Life (EOL) of the SPARCT4-4, T4-2 and T4-1B servers along with all unique ATO and Xoptionparts. Find more information in the Product Bulletins on Oracle HW TRC: NewSingle Processor Configuration for SPARC T5-2 Servers SPARCT4-4, SPARC T4-2 and SPARC T4-1B End-of-Life Announcement (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) ForMore Server Information Why Buy How to Use SPARC T5 Servers oracle.com OTN SPARC T4 Servers oracle.com OTN

SPARC Portfolio Update for T5 and T4 Servers Since introduction last year, Oracle's T5 servers have topped performance metrics in virtually all enterprise workloads. The SPARC T5 processorretains the...

The2014editions of the Exadata,Exalogic & Manageabilityand of the Serversand StoragePartner Community Forumsfor EMEA partners will take place in Prague,Czech Republic, on 1-2 and 2-3 April 2014.Sharingsales and implementation experiences,customer cases and best-practices among partnersconstitutes the core of these forums. Through presentations by Oraclesolutions experts partners will learnthe latest on the different solution areasand the best way to go to market together. One-on-onesessions with Oracle executivescan help to boost the relationship between your company and theOracle organization at local level and facilitate increased salesengagement.Bothforumswill be held at the same hotel in the beautiful cityof Prague,so that partners interested in both areas can attend the two eventswhile minimizing their travel costs.Don’t miss theopportunity to participate in these Community Forums. Reserveyour place and register before 28th February 2014.(There is noregistration fee for Oracle partners).Reviewthe detailed agendas and registerfor each of the forums at: Exadata,Exalogic and Manageability Forum Serversand Storage Forum

The2014 editions of the Exadata, Exalogic & Manageability and of the Servers and Storage Partner Community Forums for EMEA partners will take place in Prague,Czech Republic, on 1-2 and 2-3...

EffectiveJanuary 28, 2014, we're announcing the release of Oracle VirtualNetworking drivers for Oracle Solaris 11 with Oracle SDN support.Oracle Virtual Networking now supports Oracle SDN on the Oracle SPARCT-series servers, M5 servers, as well as x86 servers. Now,customers can expand network virtualization capabilities forOracle Solaris virtualization deployments, by using the high-speednetworks created using Oracle SDN for applications and to performlive migrations of virtual machines across the fabric. Oracle VirtualNetworking’s virtual I/O devices are presented as physical I/Odevices to the hypervisor and operating system. Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..)

Effective January 28, 2014, we're announcing the release of Oracle Virtual Networking drivers for Oracle Solaris 11 with Oracle SDN support. Oracle Virtual Networking now supports Oracle SDN on the Orac...

In his recently published article Porus Horni Havewala describes how to use Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c to backup thousand databases. This solution is by far a faster and more efficient way as to use shell scripts and cron jobs. To read the full article go to: Back Up a Thousand Databases Using Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c on OTN.

In his recently published article Porus Horni Havewala describes how to use Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c to backup thousand databases. This solution is by far a faster and more efficient way...

Sincebeginning of 2012 we are offering the so called Picklist templatesfor our partners. ThePicklist Templates provide you an easy and fast overview across theentire hardware portfoliowith some well-balanced configurations. With the included Buildingblock template name, you can use these blocks for easy communicationwith quoting teams in EMEA. ThePicklist Templates have been created to significantly reducethe time spent with the Configurator,you will reduce time from an average of 20 minutes to less than 5minutes per system. Instead of creating each new system from scratchyou simply import the PreconfiguredTemplate andyour entire quote is created automatically, if required thisconfiguration may then be modified to meet your customers individualneeds What'snew inversion 42? NewProducts – Exadata X4-2, Exalogic X4-2, Oracle Database Appliance X4-2,Big Data Appliance X4-2 products are now included in the Picklist and available in a variety ofsmall, medium and large configurations. RemovedProducts - X3-2, X3-2L, X3-2B, T4-4 non-EU,Exadata X3-2, Exalogic X3-2, Oracle Database Appliance X3-2, Big DataAppliance X3-2 products have beenremoved from the Picklist due to End Of Life. Variety- Added new ZS3 Medium Configurations without High Availabilityand new ZS3 Minimum configurations with 300 GB disks as alternativesolutions to 25x0 M2 configurations. Prices- All list prices have been updated to match the FY14 E-BusinessUpdate #12 Youcan read more about the Picklist and how to use them in the followingarticle: Oraclenow offers hardware templates to partners via the Master-Picklist

Since beginning of 2012 we are offering the so called Picklist templates for our partners. The Picklist Templates provide you an easy and fast overview across theentire hardware portfoliowith some...

HardwareQualifications NewOracle ZFS Storage Appliance configurations with Oracle SolarisCluster 3.3 and 4.1 SoftwareQualifications OracleDatabase 11.2.0.4 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 OracleSolaris Cluster 4.1 extended support for applications in OracleSolaris 10 Zone clusters StoragePartner Update OracleSolaris Cluster 3.3 and 4 with selected EMC storage LatestSupport Information OracleSolaris Cluster 3.3 3/13 patch train #3 Resources Configurationguides and documentation ProductUpdate Bulletin Archives Contacts Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) For More Information Go To: Oracle.com Oracle Solaris Cluster page Oracle Technology Network Oracle Solaris Cluster page Oracle Solaris Cluster mos community (MOS account required.) Partner web Oracle Solaris Cluster page (OPN Member account required.) Oracle Solaris Cluster Blog

Hardware Qualifications New Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance configurations with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 and 4.1 Software Qualifications Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 Oracle Solaris...

Recently a new Hands-on lab was published on OTN, showing the capabilities of Oracel VM Templates. How to Deploy a Four-Node Oracle RAC 12c Cluster in MinutesThis lab demonstrates how easy it is to deploy software environments with Oracle VM Templates. It uses a single-instance, Oracle Restart (Single-Instance High Availability [SIHA]), and Oracle Real Application Clusters (Oracle RAC) for Oracle Database as an example. During this lab, you are going to deploy a four-node Flex Cluster (three hubs and one leaf) with a dedicated network for Oracle Flex ASM traffic.

Recently a new Hands-on lab was published on OTN, showing the capabilities of Oracel VM Templates. How to Deploy a Four-Node Oracle RAC 12c Cluster in Minutes This lab demonstrates how easy it is to...

On January 23rd Oracle reported a new world record for his SARC T5-2 server. SPARC T5-2 Delivers World Record 2-Socket Application Server for SPECjEnterprise2010 Benchmark Oracle's SPARC T5-2 servers have set the world record for theSPECjEnterprise2010 benchmark using two-socket applicationservers with a result of 17,033.54 SPECjEnterprise2010 EjOPS.The result used two SPARC T5-2 servers, one serverfor the application tier and the other server for the database tier.  Read more on BestPerf.

On January 23rd Oracle reported a new world record for his SARC T5-2 server. SPARC T5-2 Delivers World Record 2-Socket Application Server for SPECjEnterprise2010 Benchmark Oracle's SPARC T5-2 servers...

DearPartners,We would like to let you know that the January'14 issueof our Newsletter is now available.The issue contains informationon the following topics:CorpNewsOraclePresident Mark Hurd to Keynote Oracle Value Chain SummitReduceIT complexityOracleBuys Corente Oracle’sMobile Platform Creates New Opportunities and Innovation for theFuture TechNews & Blog entriesAnnouncingExadata X4 - Overview of Changes from X3OracleScorecard and Strategy Management Establisha Winning Strategy and Align Everyone to ItProductUpdate Bulletin: Oracle Solaris Cluster December 2013 FeatureOverview of ODA Appliance Manager Releases (2.2 - 2.8) Announcing:Oracle SuperCluster T5-8 Half Rack to Full Rack Upgrade Now AvailableStorageTekLinear Tape File System, Library Edition for SL150 ReducedStorageTek SL150 Premier Service PricingT5servers: 2 versions of Qlogic 8 Gb FC PCIe Dual Port adapterNoticed?Oracle has a SPARC-powered Exadata Configuration called SuperCluster Learning& eventseSTEPTechcast February - OracleDatabase Appliance Manager - Version 2.8 Systems- How to & moreExploring Networking, Services, andthe New Image Packaging System in Oracle Solaris 11 (two partsavailable)How to Configure x86 Memory Performance for LargeDatabasesLab - How to Deploy and Manage a PrivateCloud Performance Analysis in a Multitenant CloudEnvironmentRESTful GlassFish Monitoring and ManagementSOAand User InterfacesPart10: Event- Driven SOAPart 11: MDM and SOA: BeWarned!ReferencesISSWorld Services Improves Customer Experience, Quickly Realizes Returnon InvestmentSaudiTelecom Optimizes Financial and Human Resources Reporting, ReducesCustomizations by 30% CroatianWaters Gains 20% in Efficiency for Project Management While MeetingDemanding European Union Accreditation Standards OracleWin: Big Data Appliance for Airbus Flight Tests - Winover EMC, HP, Microsoft and IBM with Big Data Appliance & NoSQL Extra6Fundamentals That Can Make You A Better Manager In 2014Youcan find the Newsletter on our portal under eSTEPNews---> Latest Newsletter. You will need to provide your emailaddress and the pin below to get access. Link to the portal is shownbelow.URL: http://launch.oracle.com/PIN:eSTEP_2011Previous published Newsletters can be found underthe Archived Newsletters section and more useful information underthe Events,Downloadand Linkstab.Feel free to explore and any feedback is appreciated to help usimprove the service and information we deliver.Thanks andbest regards,Partner HW Enablement EMEA

Dear Partners, We would like to let you know that the January'14 issue of our Newsletter is now available. The issue contains information on the following topics:Corp NewsOraclePresident Mark Hurd to...

In this following short note, Simon Hayler describes how Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c enables the patching of RHEL running as a guest on OVCA.The methodology is to utilize the Custom Channel features of Enterprise Manager 12c Linux Patching. The high level steps are as follows: A repository server under the control of Enterprise Manager 12c (Enterprise Manager 12c agent installed and configured) must exist in the environment, have a valid Oracle CSI and have access to the Oracle ULN. For more information on the Enterprise Manager 12c Linux Patching setup refer to the online documentation: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24628_01/em.121/e27046/pat_linux_patch.htm On the repository server create a file-system to store the RHEL rpm's, this should be in the same area as the Oracle Linux repository Create a portfolio of suitable RHEL rpm's and copy them to the repository server Create the metadata for the RHEL repository, the repository file-system contains the required rpm's Create a Custom Patching Channel within Enterprise Manager 12c Install Enterprise Manager agents on all target RHEL hosts Create an Enterprise Manager patching group selecting the target RHEL hosts as targets for the group Enterprise Manager 12c will run a compliance job to identify rpm's that are non compliant on the target hosts compared to the ones within the Custom Channel Either automatically or manually Enterprise Manager 12c runs a Deployment Procedure to update rpm's that are reported as non compliant Important note:A manual process is needed to create a portfolio of the required RHEL RPM’s to patch. Enterprise Manager 12c Linux Patching only connects to the Oracle ULN, therefore we are not able to either manually or automatically download RHEL rpm's.

In this following short note, Simon Hayler describes how Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c enables the patching of RHEL running as a guest on OVCA.The methodology is to utilize the Custom Channel features...

The following Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance assets are now available for your use: - New OVCA video for customers and partners - OVCA 1.0 DocumentationNew OVCA video for customers and partners: Listen to Ravi Pendekanti, VP of Platforms Product Marketing, and Joel Borellis, Group VP of Partner Enablement, talk about how OVCA addresses customer pain points and provides opportunities for partners. Video is accessible from the customer-facing oracle.com/ovca webpage by following this link..... OVCA 1.0 Documentation can be accessed from Oracle Documentation page: You can view the following in HTML, PDF or ePub: - Release Notes - Installation Guide - Administrator's Guide - Safety and Compliance Guide - Quick Start Poster - Expansion Node Setup Poster

The following Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance assets are now available for your use: - New OVCA video for customers and partners - OVCA 1.0 Documentation New OVCA video for customers and partners:Listen...

Dearpartner, we are pleased toannounce our next eSTEP TechCast on Thursday6thof  February andwould be happy if you could join. Please see below the details forthe next TechCast.Dateand time:Thursday,06. February 2014,11:00- 12:00 GMT (12:00 - 13:00 CET; 15:00- 16:00 GST) Title: OracleDatabase Appliance Manager - Version 2.8 Abstract:Simple.Reliable. Affordable.The Oracle Database Appliance is a completepackage of software, server, storage, and networking that'sengineered for simplicity.In this webinar we will talk about thenew features the Oracle Database Appliance Manager introduced withthe 2.8 release. The shared repository for virtual guests, VLANsupport and improved hardware monitoring will be covered along withthe hardware specs of the new X4-2 servers.The webinar willconclude with some best practices for the handling of virtual gueston the Oracle Database Appliance. Targetaudience: Tech Presales Speaker:Hagen Herbst (Technical Manager, Database Appliance Team) CallInfo: ConferenceCode: 803 594 3Security Passcode: 9876WebexInfo (OracleWeb Conference)MeetingNumber: 256360 005 Playback/ Recording / Archive: Thewebcasts will be recorded and will be available shortly after theevent in the eSTEP portalunder the Events tab, where you could find also material from alreadydelivered eSTEP TechCasts. Use your email-adressand PIN:eSTEP_2011to get access. Feel free to have a look. We are happy to get yourcomments and feedback. Thanksand best regards, PartnerHW Enablement EMEA

Dear partner, we are pleased to announce our next eSTEP TechCast on Thursday 6th of  February and would be happy if you could join. Please see below the details for the next TechCast.Date and time:Thursd...

DearPartners,We would like to extend our sincere thanks to thoseof you who attended our TechCast on "<HighAvailability vs. Disaster Recovery>". Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the TechCast are now availablefor all of you via our eSTEPportal. You will need to provide your email address and the pin below toaccess the downloads. Link to the portal is shownbelow.URL: http://launch.oracle.com/PIN:eSTEP_2011The material can be found under tab eSTEP TechCast. Feel free to explore also the other delivered TechCasts andmore useful information under the Downloadand Linkstab.Any feedback is appreciated to help us improve the service andinformation we deliver.Thanks and best regards,PartnerHW Enablement EMEA

Dear Partners, We would like to extend our sincere thanks to those of you who attended our TechCast on "<High Availability vs. Disaster Recovery>".  Thematerials (presentation, replay) from the...

What are we announcing? We are announcing the immediate availability of a new service called Partner Budgetary Sizing Support. by the Oracle Systems Partner Enablement EMEA team and the EMEA Presales Center. The service provides a basis to choose the right Oracle Systems for your workload needs. The aim of this service is to provide our Partners a guidance what Oracle Systems to choose for their Oracle Application (and SAP) workloads. In addition, we offer budgetary information and some architectural diagrams of the recommended systems/architectures. All of this can be used by our Partners to improve their offerings to their respective customers, as we have observed an direct relation between  win probability and the number of layers being added to the solution recommendation to the customer. The service is organized in a way, that the Partner sends a request to the infoline_hw_ww@oracle.com email address, receiving back a questionnaire. With the results of the questionnaire we then perform this service and will return the budgetary sizing and any additional information requested. A detailed description "Budgetary Sizing Read Me" of this service is available for download from our eSTEP portal (s. below). The description incluses also some sample outputs and a list of Software, that this service is available for.  URL: http://launch.oracle.com/ PIN: eSTEP_2011 The pdf can be found under tab eSTEP Download. Located under sub-tab: Recent Updates and Sales - Operations

What are we announcing? We are announcing the immediate availability of a new service called Partner Budgetary Sizing Support. by the Oracle Systems Partner Enablement EMEA team and the EMEAPresales...

OnJanuary 7, 2014, Oracle announced the availability of SuperClusterT5-8 half rack to full rack upgrade, providing an excellent upgradepath for customers with SuperCluster T5-8 half racks. The upgradeallows a smooth in-rack upgrade to a full rack, allowing customers tomeet database and application growth requirements. Please read the Product Bulletin on Oracle HW TRC for more details. (If you are not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here ... and follow the instructions..) ForMore Information Go To: Why Buy How to Use Oracle SuperCluster oracle.com OTN

On January 7, 2014, Oracle announced the availability of SuperCluster T5-8 half rack to full rack upgrade, providing an excellent upgradepath for customers with SuperCluster T5-8 half racks....

On 7th of January 2014 Oracle announced the expansion of our LTFS library support to include theStorageTek SL150 modular tape library.  This announcement alsointroduces a new price point that is better suited for the smallbusiness and mid-range archive markets. Customer Benefitsof StorageTek LTFS-LE: LowerStorage Costs - Expanded support for the only scalable entrytape library, the StorageTek SL150 modular tape library. ­ Simplified File Management – Exposes a standard filesystem interface that enables users drag and drop files between diskand tape. ­ImprovedFile Access – Transports files between workstations, datacenters and 3rd parties without the need for expensivebackup or archiving software. Pleaseread the StorageTek Tape SalesBulletin onOracle HW TRC for more details.(If youare not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here... andfollow the instructions..) ForMore Information Go To: Oracle.comTape PageOracleTechnology Network Tape Page

On 7th of January 2014 Oracle announced the expansion of our LTFS library support to include the StorageTek SL150 modular tape library.  This announcement alsointroduces a new price point that is...

From January 7, 2014 on, Oracle will begin offering Premier Support forSystems pricing for the StorageTek SL150 modular tape library and theLTO drives at 4% (reduced from 12%) of the net hardware price fordirect, indirect and OEM customers. Details: 67%Reduction in Oracle Premier Service Pricing - This service pricereduction underscores Oracle’s commitment for success with ourVAD/VAR channel partners.  The SL150 was designed for theVAD/VAR channel as the most innovative entry to mid-range automatedtape product for SMBs and departmental groups in large corporations.This price reduction means that the SL150 now also has extremelyattractive service pricing to go along with already aggressiveproduct pricing, strengthening our value proposition to both thechannel and end users. Self SupportIs Also Available - Please note that the existing SL150 SelfSupport model is also available as another option for authorizedpartners who wish to provide their own service and buy replacementparts from Oracle.  Channel partners will now have the optionof self support or a very attractive Oracle premier support offeringthat they can offer their customers. Pleaseread the SalesBulletin onOracle HW TRC for more details. (If youare not registered on Oracle HW TRC, click here... andfollow the instructions..) ForMore Information Go To: Oracle.comTape PageOracleTechnology Network Tape Page

From January 7, 2014 on, Oracle will begin offering Premier Support for Systems pricing for the StorageTek SL150 modular tape library and theLTO drives at 4% (reduced from 12%) of the net hardware...

An advice for all of you who are configuring FC adapters in T5 servers. There are two versions of the Qlogic 8 Gb FC PCIe Dual Port adapter one for T5-4/T5-8, model number: 7106958 one for T5-2/T4-1/T4-1 and other servers; model number: SG-XPCIE2FC-QF8-N See the I/O support wiki for more information.

An advice for all of you who are configuring FC adapters in T5 servers. There are two versions of the Qlogic 8 Gb FC PCIe Dual Port adapter one for T5-4/T5-8, model number: 7106958 one for T5-2/T4-1/T4-1...

There is quite an interesting post on Oracle Hardware from Michael Palmeter regarding Exadata and SuperCluster, worth to read and think about it. On 23rd of Dec 2013 Michael Palmeter wrote: Oracle has been shipping an Oracle Exadata configuration that runs Oracle’s T and M-series (SPARC) microprocessors for more than 2 years. This database machine is called Oracle SuperCluster. Technically, SuperCluster has always included every single Exadata feature of note. This is because every SuperCluster configuration is built around the same Exadata Storage Servers and InfiniBand switches that are used in every other Exadata system configuration. Read the whole articel:  Oracle has a SPARC-powered Exadata Configuration Called SuperCluster

There is quite an interesting post on Oracle Hardware from Michael Palmeter regarding Exadata and SuperCluster, worth to read and think about it. On 23rd of Dec 2013 Michael Palmeter wrote: Oracle has...