Mythics Blog

Articles from 2017

• Automating your Disaster Recovery Plan with Oracle Site Guard

  By Erik Benner, posted on Wednesday October 25, 2017
  Tags: Oracle , Oracle Database , Oracle OpenWorld , Oracle Hardware , Disaster Recovery , Oracle Site Guard , Oracle VM , Oracle WebLogic , Cloud , Cloud Computing , Oracle Cloud

  Connect with Erik Benner on Twitter! Often when planning a disaster recovery solution, the focus is on the two key metrics, Recovery Point Objective (RPO)… Read more

• SPARC and Solaris, the Past and the Future

  By Erik Benner, posted on Wednesday October 18, 2017
  Tags: Oracle , Oracle SPARC , Oracle Solaris , Solaris , SPARC , Oracle OpenWorld , OOW17 , Oracle Hardware , Mythics Consulting , Consulting

  Connect with Erik Benner on Twitter! “A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.”  -Terry Pratchett, The Truth  … Read more

• Oracle Database Appliance X7 Family, Performance AND Capacity!

  By Erik Benner, posted on Tuesday October 10, 2017
  Tags: Oracle , Oracle Database , Oracle OpenWorld , #OOW17 , Oracle Database Appliance , ODA , X7 , Oracle Hardware

  Connect with Erik Benner on Twitter! Some of the best things come in small and unobtrusive packages. At Oracle OpenWorld last week, Oracle silently announced… Read more

• Thank You - Mythics #OOW17 Awards

  By Chris Richards, posted on Thursday October 5, 2017
  Tags: Oracle , Linux , Oracle Linux , Virtualization , #OOW17 , Oracle OpenWorld , Oracle Integration Cloud , Oracle Process Cloud , Data Migration

  Mythics was proud to accept the 2017 Oracle Linux and Virtualization NAS Partner of the Year Award at Oracle OpenWorld 2017 in San Francisco. This… Read more

• Oracle Database 18c and the New Oracle Release Cycle

  By Erik Benner, posted on Monday October 2, 2017
  Tags: Oracle , Oracle Database , Oracle OpenWorld , 18c , OOW17

  At OOW this year, Oracle announced Database 18c. Technically this is a refresh to 12.2.0.1, and at one point was going to be released as… Read more

• What is “Cloud Diversity” and Why Should I Care? - #OOW17 Perspectives

  By Erik Benner, posted on Saturday September 30, 2017
  Tags: Cloud , Multicloud Architecture , GoldenGate , Cloud Diversity , Oracle Cloud , Mythics Cloud Assessment , #OOW17

  What is all this talk about cloud diversity about? Recently, there has been some talk about a concept called cloud diversity. Cloud diversity is an… Read more

• New Oracle VM 3 Cloud Book by Erik Benner, Mythics VP Enterprise Transformation

  By Chris Richards, posted on Wednesday September 13, 2017
  Tags: Oracle , Cloud Computing , Mythics Consulting , Cloud , Oracle VM

  I am excited to post today, announcing a new book by our Vice President of Enterprise Transformation, Erik Benner. The book titled, “Oracle VM 3… Read more

• Will “Pay As You Go” Really Save Money?

  By Mark Johnson, posted on Wednesday August 30, 2017
  Tags: Mythics Consulting , Oracle , Cloud Computing , Cloud , Consulting , Oracle Hardware , Oracle Software

  Connect with Mark Johnson on LinkedIn! I talk often with IT leaders who have heard about the ability to turn cloud servers off when not… Read more

• What is “IT-as-a-Service?”

  By Mark Johnson, posted on Friday August 18, 2017
  Tags: ITaaS , Cloud , Mythics Consulting , Oracle , Cloud Computing

    Connect with Mark Johnson on LinkedIn!   Here at Mythics, we talk a lot about “Information Technology as a Service”, but what does that… Read more

• WTOP Executive Briefing Series with Mythics - Are You Ready for Cloud?

  By Brent Seaman, posted on Wednesday July 12, 2017
  Tags: Oracle , Mythics Consulting , Cloud , Cloud Computing

  Mythics was honored to be included in the Capital Exchange Series sponsored by WTOP, Federal News Radio, and FedInsider. Tom Temin—host of the popular “Federal… Read more

• Understanding the Next Generation of Security Technologies

  By Erik Benner, posted on Monday May 8, 2017
  Tags: Oracle , Oracle Database , Security , Consulting , Cloud Access Security Brokers , CASB , User and Entity Behavior Analytics , UEBA

  Your Users Are Your Security Perimeter, Understanding the Next Generation of Security Technologies. The need for Security is changing, no longer can you protect your… Read more

• Oracle Database 12.2 - New Feature: Online Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

  By Erik Benner, posted on Monday March 6, 2017
  Tags: Oracle , Orace Database , Database , 12c , Transparent Data Encryption , Mythics Consulting

  Database 12.2 was recently released by Oracle, and with it came a ton of new features. One of the new features is the ability to… Read more

• A Guide to Oracle Database 12c Release 2 (12cR2)

  By Jayson Nowlen, posted on Wednesday January 11, 2017
  Tags: Oracle Database , Oracle Database 12c , Oracle Database 12cR2 , Mythics Consulting , Oracle Database Upgrade

  Oracle introduced the long awaited Database 12c Release 2 earlier this year at Oracle Open World.  The latest major release since 2013, originally announced in… Read more

• “An Alternative Approach to IT Modernization” Whitepaper Featuring Gary Foster CIO MBTA & MassDOT

  By Chris Richards, posted on Monday January 9, 2017
  Tags: IT Modernization , IT Appliances , Mythics Consulting , Data Migration , Extract, Transform, Load ETL , Oracle Database Appliance ODA , Bridge to the Cloud

  I am excited to post a blog today, which is highlighting a new whitepaper “An Alternative Approach to Modernization: IT Appliances Offer a Viable Path… Read more

• How Do You Manage Your Cloud? Strategies for Multi-Vendor Public, Private & Hybrid Cloud Management

  By Erik Benner, posted on Tuesday January 3, 2017
  Tags: Oracle Management Cloud OMC , Oracle Cloud , Microsoft Azure , Amazon Web Services AWS , Private Cloud

  It’s happening folks, the migration to the cloud. Over the last decade, the cloud has become one of the most defining transformation challenges to IT.… Read more