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Oracle Delivers Sun Fire x86 Clustered Systems
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application-to-disk solutions that can be Oracle Coherence 3.6
Oracle has unveiled its next-generation Sun
managed and supported as a single system. Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1
Fire x86 clustered systems, designed for cus-
This is a major step forward in providing a NetBeans IDE 6.9
tomers that run a mix of demanding Oracle
completely optimized solution that delivers Oracle Application Express 4.0
and non-Oracle enterprise workloads across
enterprise-class performance and scale Oracle Universal Content Management 11g
a grouping of systems.
while reducing management complexity and Release 1
The new Sun Fire x86 portfolio includes
costs for customers.” Oracle TimesTen In-Memory
a versatile set of blade systems, x86 rack
All Sun Fire x86 clustered systems include Database 11g
servers, high-performance networking
Oracle Integrated Lights Out Manager, which Oracle Enterprise Repository
products, and advanced systems manage-
provides a single management interface for Oracle Designer 10g Release 2
ment capabilities. Based on the Intel Xeon
5600 and Intel Xeon 7500 processors, these
virtualization features as well as all the hard-
systems ship with Oracle Solaris, Oracle
ware components including blades, servers,
DEMOS
Enterprise Linux, and Oracle VM and deliver
storage, networking, and power. Sun Fire
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an end-to-end virtualized environment that
x86 customers who use Oracle Enterprise
Business Transaction Management
provides a completely tested and supported
Manager Ops Center can achieve a highly
with Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g
scalable and seamless management system See how business transaction manage-
solution for Oracle applications. They are
that provides lifecycle management and ment with Oracle Enterprise Manager 11g
also certified to run Red Hat Linux, SUSE
process automation capabilities.” identifies real user experience issues and
Linux, Microsoft Windows, and VMware.
“Datacenter managers have always looked provides real-time insight into business
for price/performance improvements from transactions.
their infrastructure investments, which are
Delivering OLAP Analytics with
increasingly being achieved through fully
Oracle Business Intelligence
integrated hardware and software,” says
Enterprise Edition 11g
Matt Eastwood, group vice president at IDC. See how you can use Oracle’s business
“Oracle’s new x86 blade and rack systems intelligence platform to achieve a full range
“The launch of our Sun Fire x86 clustered
provide a complete solution for running of analytic and reporting capabilities that
systems underscores our commitment to
Oracle software, delivering an integrated result in improved decision-making, better-
delivering the best, most differentiated
stack designed to reduce CAPEX [capital informed actions, and more-efficient busi-
x86 clustered solutions,” says John Fowler,
expenditure] and OPEX [operating expense] ness processes.
executive vice president of systems at Oracle.
“We are the first to deliver high-performing
costs in the datacenter.”
TUTORIALS Configuring JDBC Data Sources
Oracle Introduces Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite 11g
cesses, business applications, and desktop This tutorial explains the steps to configure
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Oracle Enterprise Content Management
datasources for an Oracle WebLogic Server
productivity tools. Its unified repository can instance.
Suite 11g, a comprehensive, integrated, and
high-performance content management
support high-volume content ingestion
solution, is now available to help organiza-
applications, such as invoice processing,
Deploy and Undeploy Applications
tions increase efficiency, reduce costs, and
and high-volume content delivery applica-
tions, such as e-commerce sites. In this tutorial, you will use the Oracle
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improve content security.
“To maximize content management effi- WebLogic Server administration console to
A component of Oracle Fusion
deploy a simple Java Platform, Enterprise
ciency, reduce costs, and improve security, Edition Web application. After testing the
Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Content
organizations need a comprehensive enter- application, you will redeploy an updated
Management Suite 11g consists of Oracle
prise content management solution that version of it. Then, you will use the console
Universal Records Management 11g, Oracle
is integrated into their business processes to undeploy the application.
Imaging and Process Management 11g, and
Oracle Information Rights Management 11g.
and fits with the way they work,” says Andy
Getting Started with Oracle
The new suite is built on a unified
MacMillan, vice president of product man-
Application Express 4.0
content repository and provides an easy-
agement at Oracle. “With Oracle Enterprise
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to-use, end-to-end solution spanning
those demands while delivering the perfor- by-step instructions on how to get started
imaging, Web, document, and records
mance and scalability needed to support the using Oracle Application Express 4.0.
management. It builds on Oracle’s solu-
tion for enterprise application documents
most-complex and -demanding enterprise
through preintegration with business pro-
content management environments.”
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BRIEFS
NetBeans Integrated Development Environment 6.9 Unveiled Oracle Coherence 3.6 Ships
Oracle Coherence 3.6, the latest release of Environment (IDE) 6.9, the first NetBeans
NetBeans Integrated Development
6.9 support accelerated JavaFX application
Oracle’s distributed in-memory data grid release under Oracle’s stewardship, intro-
development. NetBeans IDE 6.9 enables
product, is now available. Part of Oracle duces JavaFX Composer, a visual editor and
developers to rapidly create Web, enterprise,
Fusion Middleware 11g, Oracle Coherence layout tool for building JavaFX applications.
desktop, and mobile applications using Java
3.6 is a critical component of application grid With JavaFX Composer, organizations can
EE, JavaFX, and scripting languages.
and private cloud deployments. build, visually edit, and debug rich internet
“NetBeans 6.9 continues the tradition of
Oracle Coherence 3.6 introduces Coherence applications and bind components to
providing the best open source IDE for Java
Quorum, a feature that enables greater control various datasources, including database and
application developers,” says Ted Ferrell,
of capacity and resource management in grid Web services. NetBeans IDE 6.9 also offers
chief architect and senior vice president,
and cloud environments. It also introduces OSGi interoperability, enabling developers to
tools and middleware, at Oracle. “We believe
Coherence Query Language, a SQL-like query easily create OSGi bundles for applications
that the ease of use and developer produc-
language that lets developers use query syntax based on the NetBeans platform.
tivity provided by NetBeans is key in helping
to manage and use Oracle Coherence. The new components in NetBeans IDE
developers of any skill level take advantage of
all great Java technologies.”
Another new feature is the Oracle Coherence 3.6 Session Provider for the Microsoft .NET Framework, which supports
MySQL Enterprise 2.2 Now Available
session management for Microsoft .NET Oracle has released MySQL Enterprise 2.2,
Framework–based applications. which includes the latest MySQL open source
and MySQL Enterprise Connector Plug-ins,
“With greater data scalability, reliability, database, monitoring tools, and production
which allow users to gather and send SQL and
performance, and security, Oracle Coherence support. A key component of this release
related performance data to the query ana-
continues to set the benchmark for distrib- is MySQL Enterprise Monitor 2.2, which
lyzer. In addition, GUI-based tools continu-
uted in-memory data grid products,” says provides organizations a means of more effi- developers implement MySQL best practices.
ously monitor the MySQL database and help
Cameron Purdy, vice president of develop- ciently managing MySQL servers and helps
MySQL Enterprise also includes 24/7
ment at Oracle.
reduce downtime by identifying problems
production support, with guaranteed
before they become outages.
response times to assist users in the devel-
Oracle Application Express
MySQL Enterprise Monitor delivers
opment, deployment, and management of
enhanced query performance monitoring,
MySQL applications.
Release 4.0 Available
improved security, and integration with
Oracle has released Oracle Application Express MySQL Support. It also provides enhance-
“DBAs and developers need solutions
4.0, its rapid Web application development ments for collecting, searching, and viewing
that help them manage their MySQL servers
tool for Oracle Database. The latest release query performance data, allowing developers
efficiently and allow them to identify perfor-
helps reduce the time and complexity of to filter and analyze patterns that may hinder
mance issues before they become expensive,
building Web 2.0 applications and reports. key system resources. New features include
time-consuming problems,” says Thomas
New features of Oracle Application Query Analyzer Execution Notices, which
Ulin, director of MySQL development at
Express 4.0 include Dynamic Actions, which pinpoint problem
Oracle. “MySQL Enterprise 2.2 offers pow-
make implementing client-side and interac- queries so that DBAs
erful tools for query performance moni-
tive functionality declarative; Plug-Ins, which and developers can
toring, improved security, and an enhanced
allow the Oracle Application Express frame- find and fix perfor-
administration experience—all of which help
work to be readily extended with custom mance problems,
alleviate many common pain points DBAs
and developers face.”
item types, application processes, and dynamic actions; and RESTful Web Services, which provide an alternative to SOAP.
Agile Customer Needs Management Unveiled
“When Oracle Application Express was Oracle has introduced Agile Customer Needs
first introduced six years ago, the goal was to Management, part of Oracle’s product value
chain leadership with the launch of Agile
simplify the development of fast, secure Web chain suite, to manage and automate the
Customer Needs Management, allowing
applications for Oracle Database,” says Mike front-end innovation process. The product
companies to effectively manage creative
Hichwa, vice president of software develop- helps customers to capture and prioritize
ideas and customer requirements that
ment at Oracle. ”Oracle Application Express product ideas, customer feedback, and
will generate the most value for their R&D
4.0 extends that vision with new capabilities product requirements from internal and
investment,” says Hardeep Gulati, vice presi-
that significantly reduce the time and com- external sources.
dent of product lifecycle management and
plexity of developing database-centric “We are broadening our product value
product information management product
strategy at Oracle.
Web applications.”
ORACLE MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010