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Experience Linux and Virtualization at Oracle OpenWorld
Join us at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, September 21-25, and discover how to manage your data more efficiently, economically, and ecologically and risk-free with Oracle VM server virtualization and Oracle Unbreakable Linux support.

  • Demonstrations: Meet Oracle experts and see Linux, virtualization, and Validated Configurations demonstrations.

  • Sessions: Attend dozens of expert-led sessions and presentations in the Linux and Virtualization Focus Area.

  • Solutions Pavilion: Learn how Oracle partners can help you utilize virtualization technologies to consolidate and optimize IT resources and at the same time lower your costs.
Plus, don’t miss the executive keynotes, hands-on labs, customer appreciation event, and so much more. Get more details and register for Oracle OpenWorld today. More...

Faster, Lower-Cost Software Deployment with Oracle VM Templates
Oracle VM Templates offer an innovative, time-saving approach to deploying a fully configured software stack by providing preinstalled and preconfigured images of enterprise software, eliminating the need to install new products from scratch.

The use of Oracle VM offers the full benefits of server virtualization, including optimizing resource utilization with server consolidation, energy and power savings, and space savings, all of which lead to further lowering of the cost of operations and enabling green IT for users.

The first set of Oracle VM Templates are now available for free download, including

  • Oracle Database 11g
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager
  • Oracle Siebel CRM 8
  • Oracle Enterprise Linux
Just copy the software images provided on your server that has Oracle VM installed on it, and within minutes you will have a fully installed and configured Oracle environment without having to install products from scratch. More...

InternetNews.com: New IT Strategies Rock at Oracle
Consolidation, virtualization, commoditization, and moving to Linux are fast becoming the mantras of forward-thinking CIOs, and Oracle has realized major benefits by adhering to them. This InternetNews.com article does an excellent job of summarizing the keynote address delivered at LinuxWorld in San Francisco last month by Oracle CIO Mark Sunday and Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven. More...

Customer Success: Aspicon Cuts Energy Costs 50% with Oracle VM
Aspicon develops concepts for high-availability IT infrastructures jointly with customers and partners. With Oracle VM server virtualization, Aspicon cut its electricity and air conditioning costs for its server farm by 50 percent and reduced procurement costs for new server hardware by 60 percent with Oracle Unbreakable Linux support. More...

More Partners Embrace Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support Program
Oracle continues to demonstrate exceptional momentum with partners, including independent software vendors, hardware vendors, and system integrators that are adopting the Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support Program, certifying with Oracle Enterprise Linux, and participating in the Oracle Validated Configurations testing program.

Partners can easily and rapidly support their applications on Oracle Enterprise Linux because Oracle Enterprise Linux is fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and partners can easily join Oracle’s enhanced Linux partner program through the new Product Focus Area provided through the Oracle Partner Network (OPN). More...

TECH DIVE

Blog: Kick-starting Oracle Unbreakable Linux
In this personal blog, Oracle customer Johan Louwers describes his organization's approach to making a data center switchover to Oracle Enterprise Linux. More...

Downloads: More than 100 Oracle Validated Configurations for Linux
Oracle Validated Configurations provide easier, faster, and lower-cost deployment of Linux solutions in the enterprise. The program offers pretested, validated architectures—including software, hardware, storage, and network components—along with documented best practices, and now there are more than 100 available for free download. The result: improved performance, scalability, and reliability of Linux solutions, with faster, lower-cost implementations. More...

Article: More Support for the Linux Kernel
This Oracle Magazine Open Source column provides an overview of the current state of Oracle's Linux Kernel community development contributions, including Btrfs, T10 Data Integrity Field, and IPv6 support for Linux NFS. More...

EVENTS

Linux and Virtualization at Oracle OpenWorld 2008
San Francisco, California
September 21-25
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Oracle at the Gartner Data Center Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
December 2-5
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