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Archived Cloud Computing Articles
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06 Mar 2013
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Managing a Private Cloud with Oracle VM Manager [30063]
Better by Far than a 'Roll-Your-Own' Approach
It is possible to manage a private cloud with home grown solutions, solutions that enable the necessary layering and are capable of managing storage, servers and operating system infrastructure, the database and middleware, along with application administrators for higher layers of the stack. But why go to all that trouble when you could deploy Oracle VM and Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, which will manage all these aspects of a private cloud for you with so much less trouble? That's what Rick Ramsey advises in directing readers to Richard Friedman's article "What It Takes to Deploy and manage a Private Cloud with Oracle VM."
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02 Mar 2013
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Oracle Announces Latest Release of Oracle RightNow Cloud Service [29965]
Offers Rapid Response to Complex Customer Issues
Oracle has released Oracle RightNow Cloud Service, which includes new capabilities to help organizations automate the management and deployment of the complex business policies required to support customers. The February 2013 release of Oracle RightNow Cloud Service is the only cross-channel cloud service and support solution on the market that offers this level of rapid delivery and easy maintenance of highly complex business policies. Oracle RightNow Policy Automation empowers an organizations policy experts to manage policies and updates efficiently, and to deliver answers to customer questions effectively over the web, avoiding higher cost escalations.
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20 Feb 2013
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In Touch (February 2013): Spotlight on Cloud [29877]
Survey of Oracle's Partner Cloud Program
In the February 2013 issue of Oracle EMEA Partner News Julien Haye surveys the five programs comprised in Oracle's Partner Cloud Program, " ... the most comprehensive in the industry," according to Christian von Stengel, Senior Director Application & SaaS Strategy & Sales, Oracle EMEA Alliances & Channels, enabling partners to decide how they engage, the ability to increase competitiveness, and the opportunity to deliver Cloud solutions designed to meet customers needs, von Stengel adds. The elements of the program are:
- Resell Cloud Program
- Rapid Start Program
- Cloud Builder Specialization
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12 Feb 2013
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Oracle IaaS with Capacity on Demand Enables Users to Pay for Capacity as Needed [29775]
Engineered Systems Hardware Deployed On-premise for a Monthly Fee
Oracle's portfolio of cloud products continues to grow. The latest addition is Oracle Infrastructure as a Service with Capacity on Demand (Oracle IaaS). Oracles newest private cloud offering enables organizations to deploy Oracle Engineered Systems, including Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine, Sun ZFS Storage Appliance, and Oracle SPARC SuperCluster, in their own data centers for a monthly fee. Instead of buying or leasing the hardware, and without making an upfront capital expenditure, customers can deploy on-premise, spreading the cost over time by paying a simple monthly fee, adding or shedding additional capacity as required.
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06 Feb 2013
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Solaris 11: Basic Tool for Building Your Developer Cloud [29684]
Behind the Scenes in Designing the Developer Cloud for OPN Gold Members
Oracle Solaris 11 is the foundation for the developer cloud designed for OPN Gold members who use it to qualify their applications on Solaris 11, Orgad Kimchi posts. This cloud platform provides an intuitive user interface for VM provisioning by selecting VM images pre-installed with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 or Oracle WebLogic Server 12c, he continues, noting the inclusion of simple file upload and file download mechanisms. Several Solaris 11 cloud technologies were employed in the building of this platform, such as Oracle Solaris 11 Network Virtualization, Oracle Solaris Zones, ZFS encryption and cloning capability, and NFS server inside Solaris 11 zone.
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31 Jan 2013
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Critics of Oracle's Cloud Portfolio Miss the Mark [29591]
R&D Record, Breadth of Offerings Set Oracle Apart from the Competition
In the race to the cloud Oracle is so far ahead of its critics, writes Bob Evans in Forbes, that the laggards might as well throw in the towel. The breadth of services and applications Oracle offers to its cloud customers and its unparalleled record of R&D set Oracle so far apart from both its critics and the other runners that the race is all but won, according to Evans. The critics, Evans contends, are guilty of short-sightedness and a lack of substantial evidence in their claims that Oracle does not genuinely understand the cloud. Revenues alone dispute those claims, Evans retorts.
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