Oracle Servers, Storage, and Solaris Podcasts

Making the Right Storage Choices: Part 2-Scalability

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:00:00 -0800

Scalability doesn't just mean growing capacity. You also need to be able to scale for performance. In this episode we will discuss why scalability is critical and how to do it the right way.

Oracle Solaris 11 and SPARC T5 Announcement

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, listen to Charlie Boyle, Chris Armes, Markus Flierl, and Bill Nesheim while they discuss all the excitement of Oracle Solaris and newly announced Oracle SPARC servers.

Making the Right Storage Choices

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:00:00 -0800

Whether you are consolidating your storage, trying to improve application performance, or looking to get the most out of your databases, it's important to ask the right questions. This 10 part podcast series examines the most important elements to consider when making storage purchasing or deployment decisions.

Oracle Solaris 11 Live from Oracle OpenWorld 2012

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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.

OpenWorld 2012 - SPARC SuperCluster Update

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Get the latest news around SPARC SuperCluster coming out of Oracle OpenWorld 2012 in San Francisco. Product manager Rob Ludeman explains how customers are benefiting from rapid deployments, cost savings and accelerated performance for enterprise consolidation and cloud initiatives with SPARC SuperCluster.

Oracle Solaris 11 - Solaris Service Management Facility (SMF)

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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 Exadata Database Machine Backup and Recovery: Tier 2 Architectures

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Listen to a podcast on backup and storage optimization when backing up an Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Host Kelly Beckman, Storage Product Marketing Analyst for Backup and Recovery, is joined for the discussion by Todd Adler, Senior Manager for Software Development, and Jeff Wright, Principal Software Engineer. As Beckman explains, Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture best practice and recommended approach for backing up an Exadata Database Machine is to back it up to Exadata storage, using an RMAN Fast Recovery Area on Exadata Storage Servers. She points out that many customers also choose to take their backups one step further by backing up to secondary disk, and oftentimes all the way to tape. The focus of this podcast is to discuss these 'Tier 2' type backup architectures: using Oracle StorageTek Tape, or Sun ZFS Storage Appliances for Exadata backups.

Get Faster Results with Oracle SPARC SuperCluster

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Gary Combs, Principal Product Manager at Oracle, explains how the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster reduces the time and effort required to install, tune and administer optimized mission-critical systems.

VIDEO PODCAST: Get Faster Results with Oracle SPARC SuperCluster

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Gary Combs, Principal Product Manager at Oracle, explains how the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster reduces the time and effort required to install, tune and administer optimized mission-critical systems.

Oracle Solaris at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 - A Teaser

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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.

Improve Application Performance with Oracle SPARC SuperCluster

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:00:00 -0800

In this podcast Ganesh Ramamurthy, Vice President of Engineering in Oracle's System Group, explains how the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster can provide 10x to 50x performance improvements for a wide range of database, middleware and enterprise applications. Learn how the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster combines the high performance computing power of the SPARC T4-4 server, the unmatched scalability of Oracle Solaris 11, the database optimization of Oracle Exadata, and the accelerated processing of the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud.

VIDEO PODCAST: Improve Application Performance with Oracle SPARC SuperCluster

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center and Oracle Solaris 11

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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.

MySQL Thread Pool

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:00:00 -0800

Mikael Ronstrom, senior MySQL Architect, explains us how the MySQL Thread Pool improves MySQL Scalability.

Server Consolidation with Oracle SPARC SuperCluster

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0800

Join Rob Ludeman, Principal Product Manager at Oracle, as he explains why the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster provides an ideal platform for server consolidation.

VIDEO PODCAST: Server Consolidation with Oracle SPARC SuperCluster

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:00:00 -0800

Join Rob Ludeman, Principal Product Manager at Oracle, as he explains why the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster provides an ideal platform for server consolidation.

Immutable Zones in Oracle Solaris 11

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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.

VIDEO PODCAST: Oracle SPARC SuperCluster: An Overview

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 -0800

Ganesh Ramamurthy, Vice President of Engineering, Jennifer Glore, SuperCluster Engineering Team Lead, and Gary Combs, Principal Product Manager, provide an overview of the unique technical and business advantages of Oracle SPARC SuperCluster.

Oracle SPARC SuperCluster: An Overview

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:00:00 -0800

Oracle Solaris 11: Upgrade Your Skills

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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.

HW with John Abel, Storage with Luc Gheysens

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:00:00 -0800

Steve Walker talks to John Abel, Chief Technology Architect, Oracle Server and Storage, EMEA about SPARC SuperCluster and T4. Gaye Hudson talks to Luc Gheysens, Senior Director, Storage Sales Specialist, EMEA about ZFS Storage and Pillar Axiom 600.

Oracle Solaris 11

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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.

Meet Oracle's SPARC T4 server family

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0800

Learn how new SPARC T4 server line is delivering the biggest generational increase in performance in the history of the SPARC processor. Based on the new SPARC T4 processor, this new line of servers is delivering 5x performance improvements on key workloads while extending the high overall system throughput and optimized security of previous generation SPARC T-Series systems. Hear how existing SPARC and Oracle software customers can immediately accelerate and consolidate their applications using built-in, no cost virtualization and the guaranteed binary compatibility of the Oracle Solaris operating system.

Oracle SPARC SuperClusters - The New SPARC based Engineered Systems

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0800

Oracle's SPARC SuperClusters are a new generation of optimized apps-to-disk engineered systems that offer the performance of Oracle Exadata and the management capabilities of the Oracle Exadata Elastic Cloud on the mission-critical SPARC platform running Oracle Solaris. Powered by the versatile new SPARC T4 processor, the new SPARC SuperCluster reaches unprecedented levels of responsiveness, scalability and availability and is an ideal platform for consolidating a broad range of enterprise applications.

SPARC T4 Processor Design and Benefits

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0800

Hear Oracle Vice President Rick Hetherington explain how the unique design advantages of the newly announced SPARC T4 processor are delivering the biggest performance improvements of any generation in SPARC family history. Learn how the SPARC T4 processor's innovative design combined increases application performance, improves system reliability and simplifies datacenter deployment.

Modernized Installation Experience in Oracle Solaris

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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.

The Oracle Support Advantage - Maximizing the Value of Your x86 Infrastructure

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:00:00 -0800

Over the last several years, the maturation of x86-based server technologies and virtualization software has the been changing the landscape of today's data centers. Mid to large enterprise organizations have been adopting x86 infrastructure as a way to bring standardization, economies of scale and simplified support into their data center - but this trend has had a ripple effect on the overall supportability of IT infrastructure. Please join Kate Islas, Marketing Director for Oracle's enterprise x86 servers as she asks Bob Conklin, Senior Director of Oracle Support Marketing to discuss how Oracle's Premier Support people, processes and technologies are helping our customers mitigate risk and gain control of the unintended cost and complexities that server and virtualization sprawl has placed on IT managers.

Episode Title: Oracle Solaris Availability Features

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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 Exadata Database Machine Backup and Recovery Podcast

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:00:00 -0800

This podcast covers backup storage optimization when backing up an Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Oracle's Maximum Availability Architecture best practice and recommended approach for backing up an Exadata Database Machine is to back it up to Exadata storage, using an RMAN Fast Recovery Area on Exadata Storage Servers. Many customers also choose to take their backups one step further by backing up to secondary disk, and often times all the way to tape. The focus of this podcast is to discuss these 'Tier 2' type backup architectures: using Oracle StorageTek Tape, or Sun ZFS Storage Appliances for Exadata backups.

Oracle Solaris: Behind The Scenes With Product Management

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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 on the x86 Platform

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 09 May 2011 08:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the "Oracle Solaris: In a Class By Itself" podcast series, our hosts Bill Nesheim, Chris Armes, and Charlie Boyle are joined by special guest Andy Roach, Director of Software Engineering. Together, they discuss why Oracle Solaris on the x86 platform is a key part of Oracle's OS strategy. As the amount of cores and thread counts are increasing on those platforms, learn why Oracle Solaris is a perfect solution for mission critical environments, and ideal for deploying one consistent OS on both the x86 and SPARC architectures.

Sun Blade Modular Systems

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Thu, 05 May 2011 14:00:00 -0800

Minimize IT Sprawl and Optimize your Data Center with Oracle's Sun Blade Modular Systems.

Oracle Solaris Image Packaging System (IPS)

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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's Content Management and Sun Tiered Storage Podcast

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:00:00 PST

This podcast covers the business benefits of implementing Oracle's Content Management Suite on Oracle's end to end tiered storage system. You'll get information on: Current challenges on content management, Oracle's Enterprise Content Management Suite and Tiered Storage Infrastructure, Oracle's robust software union between content management and data management.

Oracle Solaris And The New SPARC Supercluster

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 17 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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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 Sun ZFS Storage Appliance: Gaining Efficiency in the Datacenter

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 6 Dec 2010 11:00:00 PST

Managing costs in the datacenter is becoming more and more critical in today's IT environments. Listen to how Oracle can help customers gain storage efficiencies with Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliance product line.

Apps to Disk Integration with Oracle's Optimized Solutions

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:00:00 PST

Learn about an exciting step forward in Oracle's strategy of delivering integrated applications-to-disk solutions. Oracle's Optimized Solutions were announced at OpenWorld 2010 in San Francisco and offer major technical and business benefits for organizations seeking to quickly deploy high performance using proven and certified configurations. Join Marshall Choy, Director of Systems Solutions and Business Planning, and Greg Crider, Senior Director of product marketing for Oracle Servers and Storage Systems, as they discuss how Oracle's Optimized Solutions can cut the time required to deploy best-in-class hardware and software solutions by 75%.

Application Performance and Scale on M-Series Servers

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:00:00 PST

Podcast that covers the features of the M-series servers that provides the scalability and capacity for the most complex enterprise workloads.

Consolidation and Virtualization with M-Series Servers

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:00:00 PST

Podcast that covers the key M-series virtualization features that make the M-series servers Oracle's best platform for consolidation.

M-series Servers for Mission-critical Deployments

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:00:00 PST

Podcast that covers the key reliability, availability and serviceability features of the M-series servers.

Oracle Solaris: Solaris 11 Express is HERE!

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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's New SPARC T3 Servers

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:00:00 PST

Learn about the new SPARC T3 servers - the next generation of scalable, secure and integrated systems from Oracle. Hear from Helmut Buehler, SPARC T3 product manager, how Oracle has delivered innovative design and world record performance through a processor and family of servers that also provide the highest levels of security and investment protection. He will discuss how the SPARC T3 systems have been integrated with Oracle Solaris, Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Applications and illustrate Oracle's strategy of creating hardware and software solutions engineered to work together.

IDC Perspective: Datacenter Operations - the Automation Imperative

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:00:00 PST

Datacenter administrators face dramatically increasing rates of change and complexity in their datacenters today. Join IDC Research Director, Mary Johnston Turner, as she discuses her perspective on these operational challenges, and the need for an automated and integrated management solution to address them.

Oracle Solaris: Live from Oracle OpenWorld

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (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.

Accelerate Oracle Database Performance with Flash

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0800

See how Oracle is delivering database acceleration while drastically lowering power, space, and administration time, dive into the flash enabled data center with Oracle today.

Single System Management

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Learn more about this feature-rich set of tools, covering our whole portfolio of servers and networking.

x86 Cluster Strategy

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Oracle has the best x86 platform for building integrated systems for demanding Oracle and non-Oracle workloads. Optimize performance, simplify tasks, and lower TCO with this this complete platform.

World's Fastest and Most Advanced Rack Servers for x86 Clusters

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800

In this podcast we will discuss the recent announcement of the new Sun Fire x86 systems. Learn what it means for your business.

Simplifying IT Infrastructure with Oracle's Sun Blades Modular Systems

epmgbu_ww@oracle.com (Oracle Corporation) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:00:00 -0800

Tune in to learn about the newest additions to the Sun Blade Modular Systems portfolio.