Special Report:
Virtualization
August 2009
Virtualization allows one server to securely do multiple jobs by running multiple operating systems. Data centers that utilize many servers can more efficiently optimize all of the resources by viewing those resources as a pool, with work moved between servers as needed. As a result, businesses need less hardware, which saves money. Also, less power is wasted by machines that would be doing essentially nothing—which saves even more money, and also helps the environment. In this special package, you'll hear from Oracle experts about why virtualization is the future of computing. Also, get the latest on Oracle VM, including details about Oracle's acquistion of Virtual Iron, its recenlty released VM Template Builder—and plans for OpenWorld.
The Next Wave of Computing
“If data is going to move faster, we have to stop dealing with bare hardware and start dealing with a managed piece of hardware,” says Kurt Hackel, senior manager of Oracle VM. “That's what virtualization allows us to do.”
How Is Oracle VM Innovative?
“Virtualization is the lowest level of the software stack, even lower than the operating system,” says Daniel J. Magenheimer. consulting developer of Linux and Virtualization. “With Oracle VM, Oracle provides the full software stack and, more importantly, can provide support to Oracle's customers for the full software stack, all on commodity hardware and an open source foundation.”
Webcast: Virtual Iron Welcome and Virtualization Strategy Briefing
The combination of Virtual Iron technology and Oracle VM's scalable, high performance and highly available server virtualization product is expected to provide more comprehensive and dynamic resource management across the full software stack. Find out more in this webcast featuring Oracle Vice President Wim Coekaerts.
White Paper: Creating and Using Oracle VM Templates: (pdf)
This white paper provides an overview of Oracle VM Templates and how they can be used to deploy complex and sophisticated enterprise software in a few hours instead of a few weeks, while still allowing for customization to tailor to your specific environment.
How and Why Oracle is Utilizing Virtualization and Open Source
The Bitsource interviews Wim Coekaerts, vice president of Linux Engineering at Oracle about what Oracle is doing with open source technology, its position on open source development, and how it has benefited the mammoth of the business software industry.
Virtualize Your Enterprise
Oracle has a history of enabling its customers to exploit low-cost hardware through grid computing. With Oracle VM, Oracle now provides customers integrated clustering, virtualization, storage, and management for grid computing, as well as unified, full-stack support for virtualization, Linux, database, middleware, and application products. Get the inside story on Oracle VM with Monica Kumar, Oracle's senior director of open source product marketing.
