Oracle Magazine - November/December 2011

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MySQL Installer Does Windows

Oracle Unified Directory 11g Unveiled

Oracle has released Oracle Unified Directory 11 g, a unified directory solution that organizations can use to manage the critical identity information that drives their business applications. Oracle Unified Directory features highly integrated storage, synchronization, and proxy capabilities. These capabilities meet the evolving needs of enterprise architectures that must support an increasing number of mobile computing and cloud computing requirements.

The solution enables organizations to
lower the cost of administration and owner-
ship by maintaining a single directory for all
of their enterprise needs, while also simpli-
fying their enterprise architecture. It is opti-
mized for mobile and cloud computing envi-
ronments because it can scale by dynamically
adding more directory instances.
“Oracle Unified Directory significantly
changes the directory market landscape
by providing a unified solution in a frag-
mented marketplace that addresses enter-
prise, internet, and cloud requirements,”
says Amit Jasuja, vice president of Oracle
Identity Management. “By implementing
a single integrated offering, customers no
longer have to compromise between speed
and features.”
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Oracle Application Testing Suite 9. 3 Released

Oracle Buys Ksplice

Oracle has acquired Ksplice, the creator of zero downtime update technology for Linux. The addition of Ksplice’s technology will increase the security, reliability, and availability of Oracle Linux by enabling customers to apply security updates, diagnostic patches, and critical bug fixes without rebooting.

“More than 7,000 customers have chosen Oracle Linux for mission-critical systems because of our world-class support offerings,” says Wim Coekaerts, senior vice president of Oracle Linux and virtualization. “The addition of Ksplice’s zero downtime update technology further extends our Linux technology leadership.”

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Oracle Business Intelligence
Gets a Boost

Oracle has introduced new releases of Oracle Business Intelligence Applications and Oracle Real-Time Decisions. New product capabilities span out-of-the-box iPad and iPhone support, extended online analytical processing and in-memory platform support, enhanced real-time decision management features, and new certifications.

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications 7. 9. 6. 3 provides alerts, dashboards, and reports via iPad and iPhone and features a new user interface with interactive charting and prompting capabilities, including map visualization options directly linked to spatial data.

Oracle Real-Time Decisions 3. 1 introduces Decision Manager, an application to manage, monitor, refine, and optimize operational decisions across customer interaction channels. Decision Manager offers a collaborative user interface for business stakeholders to author their targeting logic; search and manage their catalogs; and analyze the results of their operational decisions.

“According to IDC research, worldwide demand for business analytics software continues to grow, and Oracle is positioned to help organizations benefit from the analysis of the vast amounts of data they generate,” says Dan Vesset, vice president of business analytics solutions at International Data Corporation (IDC).