Cloud Computing Center

Oracle has played a pioneering role in making Grid Computing relevant to enterprises with ground breaking products such as Oracle Real Applications Clusters (RAC), Automatic Storage Management (ASM), and Storage Grid. More recently, Oracle has brought Grid Computing to middleware with the Application Grid approach to infrastructure. These products/technologies make the enterprise IT infrastructure elastic so that it can grow incrementally without any theoretical upper limit, as well as provide the flexibility to move resources around in order to meet dynamic business priorities.

In September 2008, Oracle introduced new offerings that allow enterprises to benefit from the developments taking place in the area of Cloud Computing. As a part of our initial offering, Oracle has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer the following products and services:

These offerings may be extended to other Cloud platforms in the future.

What's New

Technical Article: Creating Prebundled Machine Images for the Cloud Learn how to create a custom virtual machine image prebundled with Oracle WebLogic Server 11g and Oracle Database XE, as well as the basics of creating init scripts and configuring services to run at user-defined runlevels posted Nov 20, 2009 Oracle & Cloud Computing: Exclusive Q&A with SVP Richard Sarwal (Cloud Computing Journal) Richard Sarwal, SVP Product Development for Oracle Enterprise Manager, lays out Oracle's cloud computing vision in this new interview. posted Nov 19, 2009 Oracle Sponsors Sun Tech Day - Sao Paulo, Brazil (Dec. 8-9) Sun Tech Days provides a way for thousands of developers around the globe to experience first-hand the technologies that relate to their daily development work in Java, OpenSolaris, and more! Oracle will be delivering the sponsor keynote, and a session in the content program. posted Nov 19, 2009 Presentation: Cloud Computing Economies of Scale (from Amazon Web Services) This excellent overview from James Hamilton, VP & Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, explains why cloud computing makes sense economically. posted Nov 17, 2009 Video: Oracle Rackspace Cloud Computing Lew Moorman, Jim Curry, and Mark Collier of Rackspace discuss Cloud Computing in this YouTube video. posted Nov 4, 2009

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Available Amazon Machine Images
	Oracle Database 11g R1 (11.1.0.7) EE on Enterprise Linux (32-bit)		Oracle Database 11g R1 (11.1.0.7) EE on Enterprise Linux (64-bit)
	Oracle Database 11g R1 (11.1.0.7) SE/SE One on Enterprise Linux (32-bit)		Oracle Database 11g R1 SE/SE One on Enterprise Linux (64-bit)
	Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3 on Enterprise Linux (32-bit)		Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3 on Enterprise Linux (64-bit)
	Oracle Database 10g Express Edition on Enterprise Linux (32-bit)

Getting Started
	Datasheet: Oracle in the Cloud (PDF)		Technical White Paper: Cloud Backup (PDF)
	Licensing		Technical White Paper: Oracle Database on EC2 (PDF)
	FAQ		OTN Podcast: Oracle in the Cloud (MP3)
	Oracle OpenWorld 2008 Session: Using Oracle Database in the Cloud (PDF)		Oracle Middleware in the Cloud
	White Paper: PaaS Private Cloud with Oracle Fusion Middleware (PDF)		PaaS Competency Center

About Amazon Web Services
	Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)		Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
	Amazon Web Services Security (PDF)		Amazon Elastic Block Storage
	Amazon Web Services Premium Support

Demos and Tutorials
	Deploying Oracle Database in the Cloud		Building Rich Enterprise Applications in the Cloud
	Oracle by Example: Using Transparent Data Encryption		Backing up Database in the Cloud
	Oracle By Example: Performing Backups and Recovering Your Database		Oracle By Example: Building a Functional Application using Oracle Application Express

Technical Information
	RMAN Backup and Recovery Optimization (PDF)		Transparent Data Encryption
	Oracle Advanced Security		Backup Encryption