Oracle Technology Network TechCasts

VIDEO PODCAST - Oracle SQL Developer: Dig the New Data Modeler!

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PST

VIDEO PODCAST: Product manager Sue Harper describes Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler, the newest addition to the SQL Developer family of tools.

Oracle SQL Developer: Dig the New Data Modeler!

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PST

VIDEO PODCAST: Product manager Sue Harper describes Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler, the newest addition to the SQL Developer family of tools.

VIDEO PODCAST - Part 2: Linux Engineering Update, Virtualizing the Oracle Stack

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:00:00 PST

VIDEO PODCAST: Wim Coekaerts, VP Linux Engineering at Oracle, offers an overview of Oracle VM server virtualization - its HA capabilities in particular.

Part 2: Linux Engineering Update, Virtualizing the Oracle Stack

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:00:00 PST

Wim Coekaerts, VP Linux Engineering at Oracle, offers an overview of Oracle VM server virtualization - its HA capabilities in particular.

VIDEO PODCAST - Part 1: Linux Kernel Development at Oracle

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:00:00 PST

VIDEO PODCAST: Wim Coekaerts, VP Linux Engineering at Oracle, offers a report from the recent Linux Foundation conference and explains the purpose of Linux Kernel development efforts at Oracle.

Part 1: Linux Kernel Development at Oracle

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:00:00 PST

Wim Coekaerts, VP Linux Engineering at Oracle, offers a report from the recent Linux Foundation conference and explains the purpose of Linux Kernel development efforts at Oracle.

VIDEO PODCAST - One Console to Rule Them All

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:00:00 PST

VIDEO PODCAST: Development SVP Richard Sarwal, Development VP Leng Tan, and Justin Kestelyn discuss the transformation of Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 5 into a true IT stack management console.

One Console to Rule Them All

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:00:00 PST

Development SVP Richard Sarwal, Development VP Leng Tan, and Justin Kestelyn discuss the transformation of Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 5 into a true IT stack management console.

Oracle Tuxedo: Dressed for Success

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:00:00 PST

Deepak Goel, software development director for Oracle Tuxedo, and Todd Little, its primary architect, explain the reasons for Oracle Tuxedo's enduring value in distributed heterogeneous architecture as well as new support for Service Component Architecture (SCA)-based composition.

Meet the Linux Kernel Team: Martin Petersen on Data Integrity Extensions for the Linux Kernel

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:00:00 PST

This podcast covers Martin Petersen's work to bring T10 Data Integrity Field and Extensions support into the Linux kernel.

Opening the Black Box: Diagnostics and Monitoring for Production Java Apps

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:00:00 PST

Shiraz Kanga, a member of the Oracle Application Diagnostics for Java (AD4J) development team, delves into the special requirements involved in diagnosing performance problems in production Java applications.

Oracle OpenWorld 2008: Dynamic Language Duo

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:00:00 PST

Chris Jones and Kuassi Mensah, Oracle's dynamic duo for evangelizing Oracle and dynamic languages, provide an update.

Oracle OpenWorld 2008: Oracle JDeveloper Goes to 11

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:00:00 PST

Senior Director Product Management Duncan Mills tells us his favorite new Oracle Developer 11g features and reveals the paths of convergence for JDeveloper, Workshop, and Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse.

Oracle OpenWorld 2008: Oracle Coherence Cures Gridlock

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:00:00 PST

Oracle Coherence architects Cameron Purdy and Brian Oliver offer their favorite features in the new 3.4 release, and explain the background behind the Application Grid concept.

Oracle OpenWorld 2008: Oracle in the Cloud

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:00:00 PST

Sushil Kumar, Senior Director of Product Management, explains Oracle's newly announced support for deployment to Amazon Web Services (AWS), the new Oracle Secure Backup module for seamless backup to AWS, and other news on the cloud computing front.

Oracle OpenWorld 2008 Preview: Community Happenings

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:00:00 PST

Oracle Magazine Editor-in-Chief Tom Haunert, and OTN Editor-in-Chief Justin Kestelyn, offer a joint preview of developer/DBA community happenings at Oracle OpenWorld 2008.

Oracle-BEA Fusion: Oracle's New Strategic Java Platform

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:00:00 PST

Hear Steve Harris, Development VP for Application Server, discuss Oracle's vision and strategy for application servers, Java virtual machine technologies, and the emerging application grid architecture.

Tooling Around: Where Do Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Workshop Go From Here?

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:00 PST

Duncan Mills, Senior Product Management Director for Developer Tools, and Greg Stachnick, Senior Product Management Director for Workshop products, explain the future of Oracle Fusion Middleware tooling and Oracle's JDeveloper/Eclipse strategy.

Community Update: Dev2Dev2OTN

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:00:00 PST

Get an update on the integration plans and progress for bringing the Dev2Dev, Arch2Arch, and OTN communities together. With OTN Editor Justin Kestelyn, Dev2Dev Editor Kevin Farnham,and Arch2Arch blogger Bob Rhubart.

JavaOne 2008 Special: Going to Extremes with Cameron Purdy

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:00:00 PST

Oracle Coherence Development VP Cameron Purdy explains the meaning and purpose of the Data Grid and how requirements for Extreme Transaction Processing are evolving - and takes a trip down JavaOne memory lane.

The Rich Get Richer: Oracle ADF Faces Rich Client (Part 2)

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:00:00 PST

Duncan Mills, Senior Product Management Director for Oracle Developer Tools, offers a guided tour through the new ADF Faces Rich Client components, a key new technology for modernizing Forms apps or building new Fusion Middleware-based apps.

The Rich Get Richer: Oracle ADF Faces Rich Client (Part 1)

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:00:00 PST

Data Integration: Missing Piece for a Successful Service-Oriented Architecture

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:00:00 PST

Miranda Nash,Senior Director of Development,Oracle Fusion Middleware,describes Oracle's Data Integration strategy and why data integration is key to a successful Service-Oriented Architecture.

SOA for the Real World

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:00:00 PST

Demed L'Her from the Oracle SOA team explains why support for Service Component Architecture and Complex Event Processing is so important.

Oracle OpenWorld 2007: Update for PHP and Ruby On Rails Developers

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:00:00 PST

Chris Jones and Kuassi Mensah--members of a virtual team that expose Oracle Database functionality to developers using scripting languages like PHP, Ruby/RoR, and Python--discuss the re-built OCI8 driver, Database Resident Connection Pooling with Oracle Database 11g, and the roadmap for RoR users.

Oracle OpenWorld 2007: Straight Talk with Oracle VM's Architect

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:00:00 PST

Oracle Linux Engineering team member Kurt Hackel explains the origins of and motivations behind the release of Oracle VM and tells customers what they need to know about deployment and performance.

Oracle OpenWorld 2007: A Insider Tour of the In-Memory Data Grid

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:00:00 PST

Oracle Coherence architect Brian Oliver explains the purpose and architecture of the In-Memory Data Grid, its applications and relevance to Grid-based SOA architecture, and how to get started in step-by-step fashion.

Oracle OpenWorld 2007: A Chat with Eddie Awad, Star of the Oracle Blogophere

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:00:00 PST

Eddie Awad--eminent Oracle blogger, Oracle ACE Director (Database App Development), and PL/SQL developer--explains how and why he contributes to the Oracle community conversation, discusses the value of community for users, and reveals his agenda for Oracle OpenWorld.

Oracle OpenWorld 2007 TechCast Preview

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:00:00 PST

Justin Kestelyn offers a sneak peak of the TechCast lineup for Oracle OpenWorld 2007 (Nov. 11-15).

Focus on Embedded Technologies: The In-Memory Database Explained

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:00:00 PST

VP Embedded Technologies Mike Olson describes the architecture and functionality of the Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database, a unique solution for extremely fast and predictable application performance.

Focus on Embedded Technologies: Embedded Oracle

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:00:00 PST

VP Embedded Technologies Mike Olson overviews the multitude of embedded technology options now available to customers and partners, as well as appropriate use cases.

The Secret History of Oracle Berkeley DB

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:00:00 PST

Margo Seltzer, one of the co-inventors of Berkeley DB and still an architect on the Oracle BDB team, explains the origins of the world's most popular embedded database and why database application developers should care.

Inside Oracle AppsLab

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:00:00 PST

AppsLab, a small team within Oracle evangelizing Web 2.0 technology and concepts, is making an impact inside and outside the firewall. Chief AppsLab-er Paul Pedrazzi explains its origins and future plans.

Dr. DBA, What's New in Oracle Database 11g?

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:30:00 PST

VP Product Strategy and Oracle legend Ken Jacobs, aka "Dr. DBA," describes his favorite new features and characterizes the release's "place" in database technology history.

Meet the Oracle Linux Kernel Team: Chris Mason on Btrfs

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:30:00 PST

Chris Mason, creator of the new Btrfs file system, explains the origin and purpose of his mission to provide an "upgrade" from ext3.

The New SOA Standards: Service Component Architecture (SCA)

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:30:00 PST

What is SCA? And just as important, what isn't it? Oracle's Chief SOA Technologist, David Chappell, takes you on a tour of this important new specification.

Focus on Data Warehousing: Partitioning and Information Lifecycle Management

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:30:00 PST

Product manager Hermann Baer explains not only why partitioning is a no-brainer for improving data warehouse performance, but also why a more strategic, expansive view can improve manageability across all environments.

The Solution to Spiraling Scalability Demands: Extreme Transaction Processing (XTP)

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:30:00 PST

Steve Harris, Vice President of Oracle Java and Application Server Development, discusses evolving customer requirements for extreme scalability, reliability and availability in their applications and infrastructure and how these can be addressed with an in-memory data grid such as Oracle Coherence (based on the recently acquired Tangosol technology).

The New SOA Standards: Web 2.0 in the Enterprise

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PST

Development VP Vince Casarez explains why many enterprises are looking to add Web 2.0 services on top of their existing applications, and how Oracle WebCenter, a key technology in forthcoming Oracle Fusion applications, provides infrastructure for that goal.

The New SOA Standards: BPEL 2.0

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PST

Product manager Manoj Das previews some of the enhancements going into the emerging BPEL 2.0 spec, and the customer requirements that are driving the need for increasingly sophisticated business process orchestration.

Meet the Oracle Linux Kernel Team: Chuck Lever

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PST

Chuck Lever, the team's NFS expert, explains applications of NFS in enterprise environments, as well as some of the storage management trends on the horizon.

Focus on Data Warehousing: Oracle Warehouse Builder and the Data Quality Lifecycle

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:00:00 PST

Product management leader Jean-Pierre Dijcks explains customers' emerging need for data quality lifecycle management, and how that lifecycle is supported in Oracle Warehouse Builder..

The New SOA Standards: Next-Generation User Interfaces

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:00:00 PST

OracleJDeveloper product manager Ric Smith explains how JavaServer Faces can help you build rich, Ajax-based UIs without being a Javascript expert.

Meet the Oracle Linux Kernel Experts: Zach Brown

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:00:00 PST

Zach Brown of the Oracle Linux Kernel Team provides more insider info about the team's projects--this time, about work on RDS and Asynchronous I/O.

Focus on Data Warehousing Exclusive: The Series Overview

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:00:00 PST

VP of Business Intelligence, Robert Stackowiak, kicks off a new "Focus on Data Warehousing" series by providing an inside view of Oracle's development efforts as well as its value proposition for administrators, architects, and end-users.

Meet the Oracle Linux Kernel Team: Chris Mason

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:00:00 PST

In this TechCast series, members of Oracle's Linux Kernel Team reveal the inner workings of the team in particular and kernel development in general. This installment: Chris Mason.

Oracle Application Express and the User Experience: The Rich get Richer

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:00:00 PST

Developers from Oracle partner Paetec reveal some of their techniques for putting rich user interfaces on Oracle Apex applications.

Focus on Identity Management: Standards

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:20:00 PST

Product manager Prateek Mishra, co-author of the Security Assurance Markup Language (SAML) specification, explains the impact of that spec and other standards on identity management deployments.

Focus on Identity Management: Application-Centric Identity Management

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:30:00 PST

What is Application-Centric Identity Management, and why should architects and developers care? Nishant Kaushik, a technical staff member from the Oracle Identity Management team, provides some answers.

Focus on Identity Management: Attestation

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:20:00 PST

Product manager Ed King discusses why architects and IT managers interested in compliance should add 'attestation' to their lexicon.

Focus on Identity Management: Virtual Directories

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:20:00 PST

Product Manager Mark Wilcox explains base functionality, differences with directories and meta-directories, and deployment considerations.

Focus on Identity Management: Fine Grained Authorization

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:20:00 PST

Frank Villavicencio, Product Manager for Oracle Identity Management, explains the new requirements that drive the need for fine grained authorization on the middle tier, as well as the standards shaping its future.

Crawls and Keywords: Deploying Oracle Secure Enterprise Search on Oracle.com

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:20:00 PST

Mark Clark, Oracle Director of IT and a key player in Oracle.com's deployment of Oracle SES, shares best practices for installing, configuring, customizing, and optimizing SES.

Running Your SMB on Oracle

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:00:00 PST

A chat with Audit VP Marc Staheli about his company's SMB IT environment and requirements, why clustering is a great strategy for SMBs, and his team's experiences when deploying and managing Oracle RAC and Oracle Application Server.

SOA Best Practices Roundtable Series, Part 7: Questions and Answers

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:00:00 PST

Customers discuss a mish-mash of SOA issues you may not be aware of -- the required "culture shift," master data management, and more.

SOA Best Practices Roundtable Series, Part 6: SOA Tools

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:00:00 PST

An introduction to SOA tools and important considerations when selecting a toolset.

SOA Best Practices Roundtable Series, Part 5: SOA Planning

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:00:00 PST

What is the planning process for deploying and managing SOA, especially security processes? Oracle customers describe their experiences.

SOA Best Practices Roundtable Series, Part 4: The ROI of SOA

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:00:00 PST

Understand how customers are measuring business and technology ROI after deploying SOA.

SOA Best Practices Roundtable Series, Part 3: Getting Started with SOA

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:00:00 PST

Customers explain the importance of business process transformation when deploying SOA.

SOA Best Practices Roundtable Series, Part 2: The SOA Life Cycle

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 30 May 2006 10:00:00 PST

Oracle VP of Java Platform Development Steven Harris provides a short tour of the Oracle SOA stack and explains why its focus on security and standards is so important.

SOA Best Practices Roundtable Series, Part 1: Meet the Experts

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 30 May 2006 10:00:00 PST

In the first installment of this Roundtable Series, meet the Oracle customers on the panel who have successfully deployed SOA at their respective organizations.