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

Blog: Everything you always wanted to know about SaaS but were afraid to ask William Vambenepe attempts to sort out "What makes one Web applications Software as a Service (SaaS) and another a plain old Web application (POWA)?" posted Feb 2, 2010 Oracle + Sun: Product Strategy Webcast Series Oracle invites you to view our Oracle + Sun Product Strategy Webcast series. You'll get the chance to learn more about the combination of Sun and Oracle—and what it means for you. posted Jan 28, 2010 Event Series: Cloud Computing Forum In this global full-day event for IT professionals, Oracle experts clarify how organizations can take advantage of enterprise cloud computing. You'll learn the what, why, and how of cloud computing, so you can develop your organization's own cloud strategy and roadmap. posted Jan 22, 2010 Podcast | 2009: The Year in Software Architecture - Conclusion Basheer Khan (CEO, Innowave Technology), Mark Simpson (SOA Practice Director, Griffiths Waite), David Chappell (VP and Chief SOA Technologist, Oracle), and Mans Bhuller (Senior Director, Enterprise Solutions Group, Oracle) wrap up their review of 2009 with predictions for 2010. posted Jan 21, 2010 Blog: Generalizing the Cloud vs. SOA Governance debate William Vambenepe answers the question, "In what ways is the relationship between a VM and its hypervisor different from the relationship between two communicating applications?" posted Jan 20, 2010

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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