Managing an Oracle shop

Oracle acquires Moniforce: Fills key monitoring hole

Oracle's acquisition of Moniforce fills a gaping hole in Oracle's monitoring technology lineup, according to one IT industry analyst who pays close attention to

Corporate IT or vendor IT: Which is like a dog’s breakfast?

SOA guru Steve Jones recently wrote an amusing riposte to a blogger who warned budding developers not to go into corporate IT...

The second age of the mainframe

Don Burleson posted an interesting article today on Oracle virtualization and makes the point that it is leading us into the "second age of mainframe computing." He writes,

It's back...

Server virtualization: Buzzworthy?

Of all the announcements and marketing-speak at OpenWorld recently, the release of Oracle VM seems to be generating some real buzz. But is the technology worthy of all...

OpenWorld wrap-up

The dust has settled and the blogosphere is taking stock of the OpenWorld show in San Francisco last week. Opinions run the gamut, from: Pure magic:...

Quite a week

Whew! Mark, Barney and I are wrapping up a long, busy week in San Francisco at OpenWorld. We met a lot of you, saw a lot of PowerPoint, and heard a lot of executive-speak. It was a fun, informative...

Doubts about Oracle virtualization

Our surveys have repeatedly shown that interest server virtualization is high and growing. However, there are detractors that urge caution. A detailed, informative conversation is going on about the...

Bloggers gearing up for OpenWorld

Bloggers are gearing up for OpenWorld next week, including the somewhat controversial paid-for bloggers invited...

Fixing the IT “mess”

Respected consultant and author Steve Jones wrote an intriguing and funny post recently about the contributors to the mess IT finds itself in. For example: "First off is the...

OpenWorld 2007 preview

If you thought last year's OpenWorld was an exercise in information overload, you haven't seen anything yet. How about 45,000 attendees, 1,500 technical sessions and 450 exhibitors? Enough information for you? It's going to be a long, fun week! We have a lot of great coverage planned, starting...