Oracle Magazine - July/August 2011

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g
Architecture and Management
By Reza Shafii,
Stephen Lee, and
Gangadhar Konduri
Oracle Press
mhprofessional.com

This book provides best
practices for deploying,
securing, virtualizing, and managing
enterprise-grade Oracle Fusion Middleware
applications throughout their lifecycles.

It is organized into two parts: Part 1 provides an end-to-end description of the architecture of Oracle Fusion Middleware components—Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle WebCenter, Oracle Application Development Framework, and Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite. A separate chapter introduces each component of the Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g stack and includes a sample use case showing how the chapter’s concepts apply to a real-life scenario. Part 2 focuses on provisioning, securing, optimizing, monitoring, and virtualizing applications built on Oracle Fusion Middleware.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid
Control 11g R1: Business Service
Management

By Ashwin Kumar
Karkala and Govinda Raj
Sambamurthy
Packt
packtpub.com

This book is a pragmatic,
hands-on guide to mod-
eling and managing datacenters and their
corresponding business services using Oracle
Enterprise Manager 11g Release 1. It begins
with a discussion of business service man-
agement, including the evolution of enter-
prise IT infrastructure and the modeling par-
adigms to manage it; the various techniques
in modeling complex datacenters available
in Oracle Enterprise Manager; and ways to
model and define various composite targets
such as groups, systems, and services. The
book also helps readers understand active
and passive modeling using beacons, service
tests, and system targets, and provides
information on monitoring through service
levels and dashboards.

Expert Oracle Application Express

By John Scott and others

Apress
apress.com

In this book, the
authors—some of the
top Oracle Application
Express practitioners working today—
explain how to develop secure applications
that can be deployed globally, both inside
and outside of large enterprises. From
their years of experience, the authors share
insights into application development chal-
lenges including scalability, globalization,
configuration, and lifecycle management.
Readers will learn methods for debugging
and improving performance, ways to cus-
tomize an application’s user interface, and
techniques for securing applications from
intrusion. Ideas are presented in a problem/
solution format, complete with examples
that readers can copy and adapt.

Data Architecture:
From Zen to Reality

By Charles Tupper

Elsevier
elsevier.com

Data architecture is the
blueprint for organizing
and structuring informa-
tion for services, service
providers, and consumers of data. This book
explains the principles underlying data
architecture, how data evolves with organi-
zations, and the challenges organizations
face in structuring and managing their data.
It also discusses the methods and technolo-
gies used today for dealing with data. The
book uses a holistic approach, covering
topics including data modeling and data
model management, data quality, data gov-
ernance, enterprise information manage-
ment, database design, data warehousing,
and data warehouse design.

Getting Started with Oracle Hyperion
Planning 11

By Enti Sandeep Reddy
Packt
packtpub.com

This practical guide shows
how to design, configure,
and implement a robust
planning, budgeting, and
forecasting solution using Oracle Hyperion
Planning. It walks the reader through
installation of the product and then shows
how to design planning applications and
create planning objects. The book goes
on to explain concepts related to Oracle
Hyperion products such as data forms, task
lists, business rules, validation rules, and
workflows—all with the help of real-world
examples. Finally, the book covers user pro-
visioning, access rights, and budget process
management. The book offers step-by-step
instructions and detailed screenshots.

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Xsigo Certifies Oracle VM

Oracle Gold Partner Xsigo Systems has certified Oracle VM on its virtual I/O solutions.

By using Oracle VM with Xsigo’s virtual I/O technology, organizations can create a flexible, high-performance, converged datacenter infrastructure. Benefits include the ability to guarantee bandwidth to specific virtual machines, resulting in performance equal to traditional hard-wired connections; the ability to move a server or virtual machine from one physical network to another without recabling; and high-speed, low-latency switching that allows servers to move traffic at speeds up to 40 Gb/sec using standard TCP/IP protocols.

xsigo.com

Avnet Expands Oracle
Relationship in Asia-Pacific

Avnet Technology

Solutions, an I T solutions distribution company and an operating group of Avnet, Inc., has expanded its relationship with Oracle in the Asia-Pacific region. An Oracle Platinum Partner, Avnet will provide channel partners in Singapore, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, and India with a complete range of Oracle hardware and software solutions.

Avnet’s expansion in the region is a result of acquisition and business growth. In January 2011, Avnet acquired itX, which distributed Oracle products in Australia; Avnet subsequently launched new franchises in India, New Zealand, and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. Avnet will provide Oracle partners in these countries with channel support, including training, enablement, lead generation, comarketing, technical integration, services, and ongoing support. Avnet will also give partners access to its SolutionsPath practices, which allow partners to gain expertise in industries such as energy, financial, government, healthcare, and retail. Avnet also provides datacenter technology expertise related to mobility, networking, security, storage, and virtualization.