Oracle Magazine January - February 2009 Features Departments Technology, Developer & Comment Sections—    Articles and Columns

FEATURES

Launching Performance By David Baum Storage bandwidth has limited the performance of growing data warehouses. Read how Oracle Exadata overcomes storage bandwidth limitations and delivers extreme computing power to the HP Oracle Database Machine and the HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server. Building on a Solid Foundation By David A. Kelly Designing the right IT infrastructure is a critical part of ensuring application availability and performance. See how companies rely on an Oracle grid infrastructure—including Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters—to provide a solid yet flexible base for their applications. Inside Job By Jeff Erickson Embedded databases power back-end hardware, business applications, and portable devices everywhere. Find out how Oracle embedded databases live and work at the core of hardware, software, and other devices—and deliver cash, health, and security. Serve It Up! By David Baum Business growth can result in a proliferation of application silos that hinder internal operations and customer service. Read how Oracle WebLogic Server delivers an open platform for integrating applications and building relationships.

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor By Tom Haunert Investing in IT AT ORACLE Events Find out about current and upcoming industry events. Oracle Resources Your guide to Oracle Webcasts, podcasts, blogs, education offerings, and more OTN Bulletin Learn what’s happening with Oracle’s most dynamic online community. Oracle News Briefs COMMUNITY Partner News Juniper Networks, PortWise, Noetix, Brocade, Vovici, F5 Networks, Inquira plus Book Beat. Peer-to-Peer Alex Gorbachev, Andreas Chatziantoniou, Christian Pfundtner

TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPER SECTION—ARTICLES & COLUMNS

TECHNOLOGY SECURITY Encrypting Tablespaces By Arup Nanda Encrypt tablespaces transparently—without affecting performance. INSIDE OCP Managing Database Resources By Sushma Jagannath New features in Oracle Database 11g help you assess performance and limit I/O usage. ASK TOM On Dynamic Sampling By Tom Kyte Our technologist samples dynamically, considers usage, and sets levels.

ORACLE DEVELOPER FRAMEWORKS Easier Interactive Data Entry By Steve Muench Improve the end-user experience with declarative LOVs and automatic partial page refresh. PL/SQL PRACTICES On Emulating FINALLY By Steven Feuerstein Code PL/SQL to function like the Java FINALLY section. BROWSER-BASED Easy Application Attachments By David Peake Incorporate BLOB support in Oracle Application Express.

COMMENT IN THE FIELD Keeping Up By Ian Abramson Make sure that your knowledge is current and cutting-edge. ALL SECURE Changing the Market By Mary Ann Davidson Purchasing criteria should focus on lifecycle security costs. ANALYST’S CORNER Getting Ubiquitous By David Baum Embedded databases enable a wide array of information management capabilities.