Database Consolidation onto Private Clouds

Consolidating databases onto a private cloud is a new model for the delivery of database services. Private clouds consolidate servers, storage, operating systems, databases, and mixed workloads onto a shared hardware and software infrastructure. Deploying databases on a consolidated private cloud enables IT departments to improve quality of service levels and reduce capital and operating costs. Consolidation can be achieved through server, operating system, and database consolidation, and the higher the consolidation density achieved, the greater the return on investment (ROI). This white paper describes how to successfully consolidate your database onto a private cloud through several deployment models. more

Data Masking Best Practices for Copying Sensitive Data Into Non-Production Environments

Many organizations inadvertently breach information when they routinely copy sensitive or regulated production data into non-production environments. Data in non-production environments has increasingly become the target of cyber criminals and can be lost or stolen due to weak security controls and unmonitored access. Download this paper to learn data masking best practices and enable your organization to safely use production data for development, testing, and sharing with out-source or off-shore partners, without risking a sensitive data breach. more

2011 Data Security Survey: Databases More at Risk Than Ever

More than 300 database and information security professionals were recently surveyed on their data security practices. The results were disturbing with 60% saying that a data breach is likely, or theyre not sure what to expect, over the next 12 months. According to the report, despite well publicized successful attacks on databases and global regulations calling for data privacy protection, most organizations have still not put in place the controls needed to protect sensitive data and critical database infrastructure from abuse by insiders or attackers exploiting legitimate database access through SQL injection, stolen credentials, and other techniques. Download this complimentary copy of the 2011 IOUG Data Security Survey Report and see how your organization measures up. more

Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Executives

Whether your organization's service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services being used by one customer, or 50 customers using one service, you need SOA governance; increased business agility depends on it. SOA governance provides the ability to quickly and continuously translate and transmit business strategy and requirements into the processes, policies, and controls that will guide the evolution of your infrastructure and your enterprise. Download this whitepaper, Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Executives to see why many organizations are reaping the rewards of successful SOA transformations and what you need to do to make yours one of them.

• Learn why failure to provide effective SOA exposes your organization to serious risk
• Discover the 5 steps to successful SOA Governance
• Understand the challenges of service-oriented architecture from both outside and inside your organization

Don't miss Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Executives, a whitepaper that clearly defines the steps necessary to a successful SOA governance program for your organization. more

SOA Governance - Framework and Best Practices

Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) will make things possible for your business. Things like improved performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Important things. Game changing things. Unfortunately, technology this advanced can come with some implementation challenges. A failure in governance is often to blame for a derailed SOA project. Governance had different meanings depending on who you talk to, but its importance doesn't change.
Download this white paper, SOA Governance: Framework and Best Practices, to learn how establishing a proper system of governance can make a difference during implementation.

• Understand the benefits of a Service-Oriented Architectures
• Learn how a failure in governance can derail your SOA objectives
• Hear an approach to SOA governance that can help keep your SOA projects on track

Download SOA Governance: Framework and Best Practices for a better understanding of the role that governance can play when implementing an SOA. more

Ready or Not, Here Comes the Cloud

Clouds do many things well, but fixing performance problems isn't one of them. For that you need a world-class application server. Learn how application delivery problems continue to frustrate IT managers and how to move to the cloud without losing your sanity. more

High Avail and Disaster Recovery Using Application Grid Technology

Many businesses are totally dependent on critical computer-based services for their operations. Yet only 50 percent of businesses have a plan for maintaining the availability of these computing services in the face of unplanned computer downtime. This article shows how an application grid built on Oracle Fusion Middleware can not only prevent unplanned outages, but it can improve the overall performance of mission critical business applications. more

Lower Total Cost of Ownership for Mission Critical Applications

Oracle Tuxedo is the industrys #1 distributed transaction processing platform. It provides mainframe-class reliability, performance, and scalability, all on open, distributed systems for applications written in C, C++, and COBOL. Tuxedo is the premier platform for building mission-critical applications and re-hosting mainframe applications on open systems and commodity-based grid infrastructure. Oracle Tuxedo is cost-effective, reliable, and extremely scalable (up to hundreds of thousands of transactions per second). Finally, Tuxedo protects mainframe investments through reuse of existing IT assets in modern service-oriented architecture while significantly reducing operational costs. As a member of the hot-pluggable Oracle Middleware family, Tuxedo embraces open standards for maximum flexibility and interoperability while delivering unmatched performance and scalability. As companies seek to lower their total cost of ownership, adopt more standards oriented platforms, and leverage existing IT assets while not compromising on the mission critical nature of their business applications, Oracle Tuxedo emerges as the platform of choice. more

The Next Step in Engineered Systems

Engineered systems are pre-integrated hardware and software solutions that provide extreme levels of performance and cost savings. Now for the first time, IT departments can gain the performance and cost savings benefits of an engineered system on a flexible, general purpose platform that supports a diverse set of legacy, new and custom applications. Download this Executive Brief to learn more. more

Reducing Costs Through Better Server Utilization

As IT organizations support dynamically changing business priorities and cope with economic pressures, maintaining datacenter agility is critical By consolidating systems onto the latest server technology and taking advantage of virtualization techniques, enterprises can optimize datacenter efficiency, gain flexibility, and reduce operating costs-without sacrificing performance or impacting service levels. more

Driving Datacenter Efficiency Through Server and Application Consolidation

The massive expansion of compute infrastructure over the last few decades has left many organizations facing power and cooling, floor space, and administrative challenges. By embracing application and server consolidation strategies, IT managers can gain real efficiencies that lower costs and streamline operations. Oracles Sun SPARC Enterprise M- Series servers offer the scalability required to tackle consolidation projects. These systems also support a choice of virtualization technologies that help organizations match the right level of application and resource isolation to the job at hand. more

Strategies for Solving the Datacenter Space, Power, and Cooling Crunch: Sun Server and Storage Optimization Techniques

Limited space, power, and cooling capacity have led many organizations to recognize that capital and operating expenses for datacenters have become an increasing part of their budgets over time. The lack of flexibility caused by outdated, inefficient datacenters has also begun to affect business agility. Learn about the range of technologies that can help you drive more efficiency in your datacenter. more

Optimizing Storage for Better TCO in Oracle Environments: Management

The Oracle storage portfolio is full of features that make it easier for IT professionals to manage their storage infrastructure, especially when they're using Oracle storage with Oracle applications. Easier management means the IT staff can devote more of its time to the products and services that directly benefit the organization's bottom line. Download this Executive Brief to learn more. more

Optimizing Storage for Better TCO in Oracle Environments: Performance and Scalability

Oracle storage products offer unrivaled performance and scalability, especially when they work together with Oracle software. Download this Executive Brief to learn how Oracle storage products help organizations with heavy transaction workloads and protect the investment in storage infrastructure. more

Optimizing Storage for Better TCO in Oracle Environments: Efficiency

Oracle engineers its storage products to tightly integrate with Oracle applications and databases, allowing Oracle applications to tap into the features of the storage products and deploy solutions that increase productivity and increase efficiency. Download this Executive Brief to discover the efficiency features built into Oracle's storage portfolio. more