by Jeff Stonacek, Principal Architect
I recently completed an engagement where the client was interested in moving from on-premises hardware to the public cloud. The main application is an ERP with multiple large Oracle databases for the backend. The Oracle…
Dave Welch (@OraVBCA), CTO & Chief Evangelist
Here are eight arguments for the probability that the Mars v. Oracle kerfuffle turned out entirely in Mars’ favor.
Oracle advanced its assertions, which lacked contractual merit, privately one prospect and customer at…
by Cameron Cameron, Senior Consultant
Note: It is assumed that the audience for this document already understands how VMware manages memory for all of the VMs running on each ESXi host.
One of the great advantages of VMware is the ability…
Nathan Biggs (@nathanbiggs), CEO
The use of the Oracle’s database option Spatial and Graph has long been a thorn in our side when it comes to refuting Oracle audit findings. Based on what we are now seeing from Oracle, we…
by Cameron Cameron, Senior Consultant
At House of Brick, we’ve been virtualizing Oracle RAC on VMware for over twelve years. The technology is reliable. Of course, prerequisites and best practices exist in a virtual deployment, just like they do with…
by Jeff Stonacek, Principal Architect
There has been some interest from House of Brick customers running on x86 Solaris about migrating to Linux. Unlike Sparc Solaris, where there is an endian conversion to move to an x86 platform, x86 Solaris…
Dave Welch (@OraVBCA), CTO & Chief Evangelist
We note with sadness the passing of Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd. We offer our sincere condolences to Mark’s family, his associates, and Oracle Corporation and its team members.
In my mind, Mark’s legacy at…
Nathan Biggs (@nathanbiggs), CEO
In his first Oracle Open World keynote address in 2019, Larry Ellison made an announcement that few outside the inner circle of VMware and Oracle considered possible. Just prior to showing the slide in the image…
Nick Walter, Principal Architect
Part One – Building the Business Case
“How do I move off Oracle entirely?” is probably the most frequently asked question I get when helping clients with Oracle licensing cost reduction projects or audits. For the last…
Dave Welch (@OraVBCA), CTO & Chief Evangelist
Today at Oracle Open World, Larry Ellison announced what a simulcast VMware blog calls Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS). I’m thinking Larry announced OVM’s deprecation. But we’ll get to that later. Here’s what…
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