This morning, we’ve opened up access to the beta release of Oracle Solaris 11.3. If you’ve been following along (and if not, why not?), you know there have...
This morning, we’ve opened up access to the beta release of Oracle Solaris 11.3. If you’ve been following along (and if not, why not?), you know there have been some big advances in Oracle Solaris 11, including lightning-fast intelligent provisioning and maintenance, and some key additions to our already highly-regarded “defense in depth” security.Most notable for the latter is the work we’ve done to simplify compliance checking and mitigation, making it possible for...
This morning, we’ve opened up access to the beta release of Oracle Solaris 11.3. If you’ve been following along (and if not, why not?), you know there have been some big advances in Oracle...
The Oracle Solaris Crash Analysis Engineering Team is happy to announce that Oracle Solaris CAT 5.5 is available for download. The 5.5 release patches are...
The Oracle Solaris Crash Analysis Engineering Team is happy to announce that Oracle Solaris CAT 5.5 is available for download. The 5.5 release patches are available on MOS, and can be found by searching on the patchIDs 21099218 (Combined package supporting SPARC and X86/X64) and 21099215 (platform specific packages). Go to MOS: https://support.oracle.com and login Click on tab entitled Patches and Updates at top Enter 21099218 and 21099215 for patch numbers Click on...
The Oracle Solaris Crash Analysis Engineering Team is happy to announce that Oracle Solaris CAT 5.5 is available for download. The 5.5 release patches are available on MOS, and can be found by...
This morning at the Vancouver summit, the OpenStack Foundation announced its Community App Catalog, a new service that makes it easy for developers to share...
This morning at the Vancouver summit, the OpenStack Foundation announced its Community App Catalog, a new service that makes it easy for developers to share their applications and developer tools for OpenStack clouds. (Which of course in turn makes it easy for admins to find, obtain and update software.) We're pleased that one of the charter entries in the catalog is Oracle Database 12c, with the Oracle Multitenant option, making it easy for admins to deploy Pluggable...
This morning at the Vancouver summit, the OpenStack Foundation announced its Community App Catalog, a new service that makes it easy for developers to share their applications and developer tools for...
As this week's OpenStack Summit moves into high gear in Vancouver, the OpenStack Foundation has highlighted a group of companies, including Oracle, that have...
As this week's OpenStack Summit moves into high gear in Vancouver, the OpenStack Foundation has highlighted a group of companies, including Oracle, that have committed to support the new federated identity capabilities in the upcoming OpenStack Kilo release. This is yet another step forward in simplifying cloud management and increasing interoperability, goals that are very high on the Oracle Solaris team's priority list. If you're at the Summit, you can learn more about this...
As this week's OpenStack Summit moves into high gear in Vancouver, the OpenStack Foundation has highlighted a group of companies, including Oracle, that have committed to support the new...
Today Oracle and Mirantis announced a collaboration to make it even easier to use Oracle Solaris and OpenStack for private cloud Database as a Service (DBaaS)...
Today Oracle and Mirantis announced a collaboration to make it even easier to use Oracle Solaris and OpenStack for private cloud Database as a Service (DBaaS) deployments, via the OpenStack Murano application catalog project. Murano is designed to let admins create a library of cloud-ready application services, simplifying the deployment of on-demand services for developers and end users. The combination of enterprise-grade Oracle Solaris and OpenStack as the foundation of...
Today Oracle and Mirantis announced a collaboration to make it even easier to use Oracle Solaris and OpenStack for private cloud Database as a Service (DBaaS) deployments, via the OpenStack...
This morning I gave a presentation to the IOUG (Independent Oracle Users Group) about how to manage Oracle Solaris systems using Puppet. Puppet was integrated...
This morning I gave a presentation to the IOUG (Independent Oracle Users Group) about how to manage Oracle Solaris systems using Puppet. Puppet was integrated with Oracle Solaris 11.2, with support for a number of new resources types thanks to Drew Fisher. The presentation covered the challenges in today's data center, some basic information about Puppet, and the work we've done to integrate it as part of the platform. Enjoy!
This morning I gave a presentation to the IOUG (Independent Oracle Users Group) about how to manage Oracle Solaris systems using Puppet. Puppet was integrated with Oracle Solaris 11.2, with support...
Oracle is a premier sponsor for the upcoming OpenStack Summit in Vancouver. We'll have representation from teams all over the company -- including Oracle...
Oracle is a premier sponsor for the upcoming OpenStack Summit in Vancouver. We'll have representation from teams all over the company -- including Oracle Solaris, of course. There's going to be lots to share and discover; will you be there? Register today. When you're at the conference, be sure to see Oracle Solaris engineering VP Markus Flierl's talk: Making OpenStack secure and compliant for the enterpriseTuesday, May 192:50 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.Room 116 / 117 As you might...
Oracle is a premier sponsor for the upcoming OpenStack Summit in Vancouver. We'll have representation from teams all over the company -- including Oracle Solaris, of course. There's going to be lots...
UPDATE: DEADLINE EXTENDED! You now have until May 6th! So, now there's absolutely no reason not to share your story. I don't want to freak you out, but:...
UPDATE: DEADLINE EXTENDED! You now have until May 6th! So, now there's absolutely no reason not to share your story. I don't want to freak you out, but: you're running out of time! Where'd everybody go? But it's OK. Really, it is. Because you can do this. Trust me. It's not too late. You've got it. What do you need to do? Just send us a simple outline of something cool and Oracle Solaris-related to talk about at the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld conference, taking place...
UPDATE: DEADLINE EXTENDED! You now have until May 6th! So, now there's absolutely no reason not to share your story. I don't want to freak you out, but: you're running out of time! Where'd everybody...
You may already know that the popular configuration management system Puppet is now integrated into Oracle Solaris (to much excitement). But do you know...
You may already know that the popular configuration management system Puppet is now integrated into Oracle Solaris (to much excitement). But do you know everything there is to know about how this can simplify your life? Here's your chance to find out more. On this coming Tuesday, April 28, IOUG will be hosting a webinar: Managing Oracle Solaris Systems with Puppet, featuring Glynn Foster from the Oracle Solaris team. If you're new to Puppet, here's how you can discover...
You may already know that the popular configuration management system Puppet is now integrated into Oracle Solaris (to much excitement). But do you know everything there is to know about how this can...
