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• Oracle Multi-VM Autonomous Database lands on Exadata systems

  The tech giant now enables users of the Exadata Cloud at Customer service to run multiple types of the vendor's fully managed and unmanaged databases on the same hardware. Continue Reading

• Oracle Autonomous cloud database gains MongoDB API support

  The tech giant continues to build out its multimodel database capabilities with the general availability of a new API for widely used MongoDB applications. Continue Reading

• Oracle Database 21c brings blockchain and JavaScript

  Oracle's flagship DB platform is moving beyond its roots with the 21c update, to embrace more languages and models in a bid to create a universal converged database offering. Continue Reading

• Oracle Data Science efforts advance with new services

  Oracle adds news new services to its cloud infrastructure platform in a bid to provide data scientists, as well as data analysts, with data management and query functionality. Continue Reading

• New Oracle Enterprise Manager release advances hybrid cloud

  Oracle updates its Enterprise Manager platform to version 13.4, bringing new hybrid management capabilities to database users across on-premises and cloud deployments. Continue Reading

Problem Solve

• Oracle RAC on VMware gets no support from Oracle

  Oracle won’t support Oracle RAC on VMware at all, largely for political and outdated technical reasons, according to end users, consultants and vendors. Continue Reading

• Oracle RAC design: The effects of component failure

  This excerpt from the book "Oracle 10g Grid & Real Application Clusters" shows expert techniques used by real-world RAC professionals for designing a robust and scalable RAC system. This section provides a quick look at the effects of component failure. Continue Reading

• Oracle vs. Sybase: 10 reasons to use Sybase on Linux

  Despite its fall from market leadership, Sybase is still a strong enterprise offering, says database consultant Dr. Mich Talebzadeh. In this tip, he gives 10 reasons why Sybase on Linux bests other databases, particularly Oracle. Continue Reading

• Performance tuning a RAC implementation

  The performance tuning methodology for an Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) configuration can be broadly categorized into these seven steps. Continue Reading