Virtualization Articles

(See also: Virtualization Topic)

The Application Server as Efficiency Driver [June-2009]
by Mike Piech
"Whether or not you have already virtualized your production environment," writes Mike Piech, "there are important efficiencies to be gained by effectively using the clustering and management automation capabilities of your application servers. "

Q&A: How and Why Oracle is Utilizing Virtualization and Open Source [February 2009]
by The Bitsource
Wim Coekaerts, Vice President Linux Engineering at Oracle, reveals what Oracle is doing with open source technology and its position on open source development.

Case Study: Community Connect Inc., a Linux/OSS Server Infrastructure Predating Facebook and MySpace [January 2009]
by George J. Weiss
Before venture capital was sustaining Web social startups, CCI (a Radio One company) built several community Web sites from the ground up. These sites serve 25 million users from specific cultural groups. Gartner describes CCI's Linux server and virtualization infrastructure to achieve that.

The Momentum of Open Standards - a Pragmatic Approach to Software Interoperability [November 2008]
by Trond Arne Undheim, Jochen Friedrich
In this article from the European Journal of ePractice, Trond Arne Undheim (Oracle) and Jochen Friedrich (IBM) describe the increasing momentum of open standards.

Build Your Own Oracle Extended RAC Cluster on Oracle VM and Oracle Enterprise Linux [Oct-2008]
by Jakub Wartak
Jakub Wartak shares his plan for creating an inexpensive but fully functional Oracle Extended RAC implementation in a virtualized environment.

Making Virtual Servers a Reality [Feb-2008]
by Rich Schwerin
As the volume of information in data centers continues to grow exponentially, IT professionals are faced with myriad challenges. Oracle VM addresses those challenges.

Growing Green [Jul-2008]
by Marta Bright
Organizations are managing more information, reducing fuel consumption, and developing clean energy with Oracle technology.