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Articles from 2015

• An Introduction to the Oracle Storage Cloud Software Appliance

  By Jonathan Hult, posted on Monday December 21, 2015
  Tags: Oracle Engineered Systems , Oracle Storage , Storage , OSCA , Oracls Storage Cloud Software Appliance

  Oracle is set to release the Oracle Storage Cloud Software Appliance (SCSA) soon. This appliance is a major step forward in interacting with Oracle Storage Cloud… Read more

• SPARC is NOT DEAD: Innovation through Integration, Efficiency and Ease of Management

  By Erik Benner, posted on Monday December 7, 2015
  Tags: SPARC , Fujitsu , m10

  Rebroadcast from the Oracle Systems Technology Enablement for Partners (STEP) Community Blog, by Torrey Martin (Dec 3, 2015) Blog: https://blogs.oracle.com/step/entry/sparc_is_not_dead_an Guest Blogger: Torrey Martin Fujitsu… Read more

• VIDEO Update - Hardware Matters When You Encrypt Your Database

  By Erik Benner, posted on Thursday November 19, 2015
  Tags: Oracle Database , Oracle Hardware , Encryption

  VIDEO - Hardware Matters When You Encrypt Your Database by Mythics Oracle Ace @Erik_Benner via @OTNArchBeat & @oracleotn Erik Benner, Enterprise Architect, Mythics Inc.   Read more

• Oracle Database 11gR2 Support Has Expired! But there is a Waiver? Confused? See Our V2 Guide Inside

  By Zeb Mellett, posted on Tuesday November 17, 2015
  Tags: Oracle Database , 12c , 11gR2 , Cloud Ready , Mythics Consulting

  Did you know that as of 1/31/2015 Premier Support for Oracle Database 11.2 (aka 11gR2) has ended?  On 2/1/2015 Oracle placed this version on "Extended… Read more

• Webcast Recap: 3 Ways to Power Collaboration and Mobility by Mythics & Oracle

  By Brent Seaman, posted on Friday November 13, 2015
  Tags: BPM , Cloud , Collaboration , Digital , Documents , Mobile , Oracle , Sites , WebCenter

  Rebroadcast from the Oracle Webcenter Blog, by Tanu Sood-Oracle (Nov 13, 2015) Blog: https://blogs.oracle.com/webcenter Webcast Replay: "Three Ways to Power Digital Workplace Collaboration and Mobility"… Read more

• Oracle’s Sites Cloud Service - Upcoming, New, and Exciting!

  By Anton Bondar, posted on Monday November 9, 2015
  Tags: Oracle OpenWorld , PaaS , Cloud Computing , 12c

  After yet another successful Oracle OpenWorld conference, it is time to talk about a new and upcoming Oracle Cloud PaaS offering. This new offering unlocks exciting… Read more

• Oracle OpenWorld 2015 Wrap-Up (Video Highlights & Perspective)

  By Greg Mika, posted on Friday November 6, 2015
  Tags: Oracle OpenWorld , #OOW15 , Data Security , Cloud , Cloud Computing , SaaS , PaaS , IaaS , Oracle Database , 12c , Enterprise Manager

  As another Oracle OpenWorld comes to a close it is time to reflect on last week’s grand event.  We were honored to be recognized by… Read more

• Oracle’s WebLogic Server 12c Release 2 (12.2.1) New Features and Architecture

  By Shawn Ruff, posted on Tuesday October 27, 2015
  Tags: OOW15 , Oracle OpenWorld , Oracle EM , WebLogic , 12c

  The first day of Oracle OpenWorld 2015 brought a lot of new announcements, but I think one of the most significant is the release of… Read more

• End-to-End Analytics Across Big Data and Data Warehouse for Data Monetization

  By Bill Heenan, posted on Tuesday October 27, 2015
  Tags: OOW15 , Oracle OpenWorld , Big Data

  Oracle OpenWorld is like a giant playground for everything Oracle.  You have all aspects from technology, architecture, executive, as well as, industry specific sessions.  I… Read more

• Oracle PaaS’ing the Competition with Platform as a Service Cloud Offerings

  By Shawn Ruff, posted on Friday September 4, 2015
  Tags: PaaS , Platform as a Service , Oracle , Cloud Computing , Cloud , Java , Java Cloud Service , Developer Cloud Service , Mobile Cloud Service , Application Platform Cloud Service , Integration Cloud Service , Internet of Things Cloud Service , Messaging Cloud Service , Process Cloud Service , Documents Cloud Service

  Oracle has been experimenting with the Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings in the Cloud arena for a few years now and have had some small… Read more

• Practical Strategies for Data Security

  By Venkat Sundaram, posted on Monday July 27, 2015
  Tags: Data Security , Data Risk , Cyber Security , Mythics Consulting , Oracle Security Solutions

  Data breaches have become an everyday occurrence. The remediation is very expensive and resolution of a breach costs much more. The overall impact of a… Read more

• Try SPARC for Free!

  By Erik Benner, posted on Tuesday June 16, 2015
  Tags: Oracle , SPARC , Fujitsu , M10 Server

  Mythics, through our partnership with Oracle-Fujitsu, is offering its M10 servers through a loaner program that lets organizations bring in the systems for free to… Read more

• Part 3 of 3 - Database 12c ADO:  The Feet Hit The Street

  By Erik Benner, posted on Friday May 22, 2015
  Tags: OLTP , Automatic Data Optimization , Oracle

  In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we discussed the history of database compression, and the new features in Oracle 12c called Heat Maps… Read more

• Java SE 7 - End of Public Updates - April 2015

  By Jonathan Hult, posted on Friday March 27, 2015
  Tags: Oracle , Java

  Java is at the core of most Oracle products. Oracle acquired Java as part of the Sun acquisition in early 2010 [1].   Almost all of… Read more

• How to Guide: Installing, Patching and Managing Oracle Solaris

  By Erik Benner, posted on Friday February 20, 2015
  Tags: Oracle Solaris , Install , Install Guide , Installation Guide , Solaris Patching , Solaris Management

  How to Install and Use Oracle Solaris 11.2 for x86 from an ISO in VirtualBox Published on the "OTN Garage" the Official blog of the… Read more

• Part 2 of 3: Automatic Data Optimization (ADO) in Oracle Database 12c

  By Erik Benner, posted on Wednesday February 18, 2015
  Tags: Oracle , 12c , Oracle Database , Automatic Data Optimization

  In the first of this series, the history of data compression was discussed as well as several methods used to compress data. In this section… Read more

• Part 1 of 3:  Oracle Database Compression

  By Mike Haas, posted on Tuesday February 10, 2015
  Tags: Oracle Database , 12c , Compression , Hybrid Columnar Compression

  A Primer on Oracle Database-Centric Compression Capabilities Oracle is a pioneer in database compression technology.  If you’ve been around the Oracle technology for several decades,… Read more

• Oracle Database 11gR2 Support Has Expired! But there is a Waiver? Confused? See Our Guide Inside

  By Zeb Mellett, posted on Tuesday February 3, 2015
  Tags: Oracle Software , Oracle , Oracle Database , 11g , 12c , Mythics Consulting

  Did you know that Premier Support for the Oracle Database 11gR2 has expired on 1/31/2015?   Did you also know that Oracle has now issued a… Read more

• GoldenGate 12c Setup with Oracle 12c Pluggable Multi-Tenant DB and OEM GoldenGate Plugins

  By Randy Hardee, posted on Wednesday January 28, 2015
  Tags: Oracle , 12c , GoldenGate , Oracle Database

  I recently built out a new installation of GoldenGate using the latest versions and features, namely the Integrated Capture and Replication capabilities for Oracle-to-Oracle Database. … Read more

• ODA X5-2: Just Plain More Everything!

  By Erik Benner, posted on Monday January 26, 2015
  Tags: Oracle , ODA X5-2

  Every time a major manufacturer announces a new system, we hear the same common messages from marketing.  More CPU, more RAM, faster than before, more… Read more

• Practical Oracle WebCenter Content UI

  By Anton Bondar, posted on Friday January 16, 2015
  Tags: WebCenter , Content UI , Oracle Software

  This article focuses on practical aspects of Oracle's new WebCenter Content User Interface, frequently referred as Content UI (aka ADF UI and Web UI). Content… Read more