Oracle Solaris: In A Class By Itself

Oracle Solaris 11 Live from Oracle OpenWorld 2012

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:00:00 -0800

In this special episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, comes to you recorded live from Oracle OpenWorld 2012 in San Francisco. Listen to Charlie Boyle, Chris Armes, Markus Flierl, and Bill Nesheim while they discuss all the excitement of Solaris 11 news and announcements.

Oracle Solaris 11 - Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF)

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, the focus (and guest) is a bit more technical: host Charlie Boyle, Senior Director of Solaris Product Marketing, interviews Sean Wilcox, Principal Software Engineer. Sean explains Oracle Solaris SMF, a feature to manage system and application services, replacing the legacy init scripting start-up mechanism common to prior releases of Oracle Solaris.

Oracle Solaris 11 - Solaris ZFS

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, the focus (and guest) is a bit more technical: host Charlie Boyle, Senior Director of Solaris Product Marketing, interviews Cindy Swearingen, Principal Technical Writer. Cindy explains Oracle Solaris ZFS, the default file system in Solaris 11.

Oracle Solaris at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 - A Teaser

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Welcome! In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, hosts Bill Nesheim, Markus Flierl, and Charlie Boyle give you a great preview of upcoming Oracle OpenWorld 2012 in San Francisco, Sep 30 to Oct 4. They highlight the content that is planned for Oracle Solaris and Oracle Systems, and explain why this is THE conference to attend.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center and Oracle Solaris 11

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:00:00 -0800

Welcome! In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, hosts Bill Nesheim, Markus Flierl, and Charlie Boyle are joined by Steve Wilson, VP of Systems Management at Oracle. They discuss the latest release of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center and how it enables you to design and manage mission critical cloud environments at scale with Oracle Solaris 11, Oracle Solaris Cluster, the new T4 Systems, and OVM Server for SPARC. Hardware and software, truly engineered to work together!

Oracle Solaris 11: Tools For System Archival and Image Creation

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, host Charlie Boyle is joined by Isaac Rozenfeld, Principal Product Manager for Oracle Solaris, as well as Jesse Butler and Drew Fisher, both Senior Software Engineers in the Oracle Solaris organization. Hear about new system archival and recovery procedures for Oracle Solaris 11, using built-in ZFS filesystem capabilities. In addition, the distribution (or distro) constructor is discussed, a new tool that allows you to built deployable Solaris 11 images and media fairly easily.

Tools To Help You Move From Oracle Solaris 10 To 11

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our host Charlie Boyle discusses tools and procedure to help move from Solaris 10 to 11. He is joined by Isaac Rozenfeld, Principal Product Manager for Oracle Solaris, as well as Ethan Quach and Harold Shaw, both Principal Software Engineers in the Oracle Solaris organization. Hear about new technologies, such as the Automated Installer, and how the tool js2ai can help you get there from your existing deployment environment(s). In addition, learn about how to move from Solaris 10 to 11 with a new procedure called Live Install.

Immutable Zones in Oracle Solaris 11

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, the focus (and guest) is a bit more technical: host Charlie Boyle, Senior Director of Solaris Product Marketing, interviews Darren Moffat, Senior Principal Software Engineer. Darren explains a new feature in Oracle Solaris 11: immutable zones. Those are read-only root zones for highly secure deployment scenarios.

The Cryptographic Framework in Oracle Solaris 11

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, the focus (and guest) is a bit more technical: host Charlie Boyle, Senior Director of Solaris Product Marketing, interviews Darren Moffat, Senior Principal Software Engineer. Darren explains the enhancements and new use cases of the Cryptographic Framework in Oracle Solaris 11.

Evaluate Oracle Solaris 11 - The First Cloud OS

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Welcome!In this episode, hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, Markus Flierl, and Charlie Boyle reflect on the recent release of Oracle Solaris 11.

Oracle Solaris 11: Upgrade Your Skills

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0800

Welcome! In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, Markus Flierl, and Charlie Boyle discuss the many different ways and possibilities to upgrade your skills for Solaris 11. Find out why and how system administrators and programers should get up to speed, as demand for Solaris skills is high. Brand new training and certification offerings are also available for that.

Oracle Solaris 11

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:00:00 -0800

Our usual hosts are joined by Markus Flierl, VP of Solaris Engineering, to discuss the release of Oracle Solaris 11. They explain why it is the best OS to run your cloud deployments, as well as why it is the best OS to run Oracle applications.

Oracle Solaris and Data Center Management

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:00:00 -0800

In this episode, our usual hosts discuss how you can manage Oracle Solaris 11 with its built-in capabilities. They are joined by Steve Wilson, VP of Systems Management at Oracle, to discuss the latest release of Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center.

Oracle Solaris - Live from Oracle OpenWorld

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:00:00 -0800

This episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series comes to you recorded live from Oracle OpenWorld 2011 in San Francisco. Listen to Charlie Boyle, Bill Nesheim, and Chris Armes while they walk around the show floor, capturing all the excitement of Solaris 11 news and announcements, and talking to several Solaris staff members about what they heard from customers on the demo floor.

Modernized Installation Experience in Oracle Solaris

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:00:00 -0800

During this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Charlie Boyle discuss new and modernized installation options for Oracle Solaris. For this, they are joined by Isaac Rozenfeld, Product Manager for Oracle Solaris. Hear about how these new technologies, which include Automated Installer, Boot Environments and the Distribution Constructor, were designed from the ground up to simplify administration and address customers' lifecycle needs. Co-engineered with other parts of Oracle Solaris, these innovations raise the bar and are exceptionally suited for large-scale cloud deployments of Oracle Solaris-based solutions.

Oracle Solaris Partner Update

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -0800

This podcast series of "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" reviews how Oracle is gearing up with programs and support for our Oracle Solaris partners. Our usual hosts are joined by Mary Hadinger, Senior Director, ISV Programs and Strategy, and Dan Powers, Director of Oracle Solaris ISV Engineering. Tune in to hear how the newly announced Oracle Exastack program will enable Oracle Solaris ISVs to expand their reach and capabilities with Oracle Solaris. And learn how our partners can leverage Oracle's ISV Engineering organization to assist in their Oracle Solaris certification efforts.

Oracle Solaris Developer Tools

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:00:00 -0800

This episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself' podcast series covers the topic of Oracle Solaris Developer tools. Our usual hosts are joined by Don Kretsch, Senior Director of Developer Tools Engineering. Hear about basic tools included in Oracle Solaris Studio, such as C, C++, and Fortran compilers, and more advanced analysis tools: the performance analyzer, a graphical tool for both, single-threaded and multi-threaded code; the thread analyzer; and a brand new tool called code analyzer, which can give you dynamic feedback on code that performs non-optimal memory access. And learn anything else about the upcoming Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3 release, which now will be very comprehensive and complete IDE.

Oracle Solaris Security Benefits

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:00:00 -0800

Welcome back! In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Charlie Boyle are joined by Alex Barclay, the Product Manager for Oracle Solaris Security.Together, they give you an insight on what it means that security has always been part of the DNA in Oracle Solaris, and the OS itself is developed within the Oracle Software Assurance process. With Oracle Solaris, you can protect data at rest (e.g. with the new ZFS on-disk encryption), or data in motion (e.g. with the built-in cryptographic framework), reduce insider risk with Role Based Access Control, as well as use Zones as a security isolation feature including its new delegated administration capabilities. In addition, together with process privileges, customers can add modern security policies to legacy applications without changing them, which offers enough granularity to meet their specific security requirements.

Episode Title: Oracle Solaris Availability Features

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself: podcast series, our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Charlie Boyle discuss how important Availability features are in Oracle Solaris. This includes reduction, even elimination, of unplanned downtime, and especially the heavy focus in Oracle Solaris 11 on great reduction of planned downtime, i.e. maintenance. In addition, Eve Kleinknecht, Product Manager for Oracle Solaris Cluster, joins the hosts to discuss recent developments in multi-system high availability and the great solutions that Oracle Solaris Cluster provides.

Oracle Solaris: Behind The Scenes With Product Management

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 10 May 2011 22:00:00 -0800

Welcome back! In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Charlie Boyle allow you a quick look behind the scenes of Oracle Solaris development, and are joined by Joost Pronk van Hoogeven, Oracle Solaris Product Management Director. Without looking at a particular technology or feature, learn how Product Management, Marketing, Engineering and other organizations work together to address customer needs, and how they make sure that the innovative technologies in Oracle Solaris help solve customer's business problems.

Oracle Solaris Image Packaging System (IPS)

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:00:00 -0800

During this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Dan Roberts discuss Oracle Solaris IPS, the new network-based Image Packaging System. For this, they are joined by Bart Smaalders, a Senior Software Engineer in the Oracle Solaris Core OS development team. Hear about how this new technology was designed from the ground up, how it utilizes other Solaris technologies like ZFS snapshots and clones, how it helps overcome the challenges that are involved in system patching, and how it delivers many other advantages.

Oracle Solaris and Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 12:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Dan Roberts discuss how you can manage Oracle Solaris, and many other assets in your data center, with Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center. They are joined by Mike Barrett, the Principal Product Manager for this product. They talk about the latest release of OEM Ops Center and its new features, such as new hardware management capabilities, infrastructure management, integrated lifecycle management (e.g. patching), integrated application-to-disk management, Infiniband support, Oracle Solaris Cluster support, virtualization support, and much more.

Oracle Solaris Network Virtualization

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:00:00 PST

Welcome to this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, with our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Charlie Boyle. Together with special guest Nicolas Droux, Sr. Principal Engineer in Oracle Solaris Engineering, they discuss the new built-in features and benefits of Oracle Solaris Network Virtualization. Hear about how this technology is not a simple add-on, but rather was designed from the ground up to be an integral part of the networking stack, that specifically benefits workload consolidation through Oracle Solaris Zones.

Oracle Solaris Virtualization

Oracle Corporation — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:00:00 PST

Welcome back! In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Charlie Boyle are joint by special guest Duncan Hardie, Product Manager for Oracle Solaris Virtualization and Networking. They discuss the built-in consolidation and virtualization features and benefits of Oracle Solaris. Learn about the concept of Oracle Solaris Zones, how it is deployed and used in many development, test, and production environments of existing customers, and especially what is new in the upcoming Oracle Solaris 11 release.

Oracle Solaris ZFS

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:00:00 PST

Welcome back! In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Dan Roberts discuss Oracle Solaris ZFS. Learn about how this technology is way more than a filesystem, what is new, and where the technology is going. On a high level, the concepts of pooled storage, hybrid storage pools with SSDs, data protection, data deduplication, deployment scenarios, and much more, is explained.

Oracle Solaris And The New SPARC Supercluster

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:00:00 PST

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts discuss the newly announced SPARC Supercluster from Oracle, and how this showcases Oracle's firm commitment on the SPARC architecture and Oracle Solaris. You will learn about what hardware and software components, that are engineered to work together, are included and available, and how, in combination with Oracle Solaris, a new TPC-C world record has been announced, achieving a nearly unbelievable 30,249,688 transactions per minute (tpmC).

The New SPARC Solaris-based Oracle Exalogic System

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:00:00 PST

Welcome back! In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Charlie Boyle discuss the newly announced Solaris and SPARC-based option of the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud System. You can learn about what hardware and software components, that are engineered to work together, are included and available, and how this integrated solution, together with Oracle Solaris 11 Express, can be the foundation for your mission critical data centers and cloud environments.

Oracle Solaris: A security overview

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:00:00 PST

Welcome back! In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts are joined by Dr. Christoph Schuba to talk about Oracle Solaris security. After a brief overview of Oracle's Security Assurance Program (which guides Oracle's engineers in their product development) they cover some of the key security capabilities in Oracle Solaris 10 such as Trusted Extensions, Zones, Role Based Access Control, transparent cryptographic support, and Secure By Default while also discussing concepts like Mandatory Access Control and the principle of Least Privilege.

Oracle Solaris: Solaris 11 Express is HERE!

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 04:30:00 PST

Tune in to hear Dan, Bill, and Chris talk about Oracle Solaris 11 Express - the most exciting release of the Oracle Solaris platform to date. The hosts discuss how Oracle Solaris 11 Express raises the bar on the functionality introduced in Oracle Solaris 10. They also dive into key features such as the new network-based package management system, new installation technologies, some of the built in network and server virtualization technologies and more. Listen in to find out why customers who adopt Oracle Solaris 11 Express will quickly distance themselves from the competition.

Oracle Solaris: Virtualization with Containers

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:00:00 PST

Tune in to hear an in depth discussion about Oracle's unique virtualization technology - Solaris Containers. Dan Roberts, Chris Armes and Bill Nesheim deep-dive into the capabilities of Solaris Containers including application patching, management, security, and how it's integrated with other Oracle Solaris features like ZFS and Live Upgrade.

Oracle Solaris: Live from Oracle OpenWorld

Oracle Corporation — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:00:00 PST

In this episode Dan, Bill and Chris check in from the show floor at Oracle OpenWorld with a their thoughts on the show and a recap of the news around Oracle Solaris 11, Oracle Solaris 11 Express and offerings for Exadata and Exalogic.

Oracle Solaris: New Solaris 10, Solaris Cluster and Solaris Studio Releases

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:00:00 PST

To coincide with the launch of Oracle Solaris 10 9/10, Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.3 and Oracle Solaris Studio 12.2, Dan Roberts, Bill Nesheim and Chris Armes are back! In this episode they highlight the key features of each product and how they are developed, integrated and tested with the Oracle Stack to provide improved value for our customers.

Oracle Solaris: The Integration Story

Oracle Corporation — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:00:00 PST

By combining the great products and technologies from Oracle and Sun, we are able to deliver a complete solution to our customers - from applications to disk. In this episode, the hosts dive into some of the things we've been doing over the last six months to integrate testing, support, and applications. They also cover early plans for deploying Sun systems in Oracle's Global IT infrastructure and how this will benefit our customers.

Oracle Solaris: Overview, Optimizations and x86 Offerings

Oracle Corporation — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:00:00 PST

Welcome to the Oracle Solaris: In A Class By Itself podcast. In this first episode, we'll provide an general update on the state of Oracle Solaris and then dive into the features and optimizations that make Oracle Solaris the best operating system for x86-based systems. We'll also discuss Oracle's new support offering for Oracle Solaris on third party x86 servers.

Oracle Solaris: SPARC Integration and Optimizations

Oracle Corporation — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:00:00 PST

In this episode our hosts provide a high-level discussion of the benefits of Oracle Solaris running on Oracle's Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series and T-Series servers and a drill-down on specific features, functionality and optimizations for increased reliability, scalability, security, and virtualization.