Sunday, October 25, 2015

Blueprint: NFV - the New and Improved Network…with Some of the Same Old Baggage

by Douglas Tait, Director, Product Marketing, Oracle Communications Network function virtualization (NFV) is in motiion Software functions are separating from hardware infrastructure and virtualizing, then becoming capable of running on a wide array of suitable hardware. In fact, NFV adoption is so strong that according to a statement made by Heavy Reading analyst Jim Hodges at the recent NFV Everywhere event in Dallas, the global NFV market will...

Oracle Partners with Intel to Take on IBM as it Pivots to Cloud

Oracle and Intel announced a special partnership aimed at migrating customers running Oracle databases on Intel Power Systems to new platform based on Intel Xeon silicon. The companies said they are able to deliver database-aware software enhancements optimized for Intel Xeon. At this week's Oracle OpenWorld, the company is rolling out enhancements to its partner network as it makes a strategic "pivot to the cloud.: “Cloud is our top priority...

Oracle OpenWorld 2015 Expects 60,000 Attendees

This week's Oracle OpenWorld 2015 in San Francisco is expected to attract 60,000 in person attendees. The conference, which runs October 25-29, takes place at 18 locations throughout downtown San Francisco. It features 2,500 sessions, 3,000 speakers, and more than 400 Oracle demos, as well as partner and customer exhibitions. Elton John will highlight the customer party at Treasure Island. https://www.oracle.com/ ...