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March 8, 2011 by cedwards

SOX is poorly implemented for IT operations

What’s worse:  Not knowing you have a problem, or being told you don’t have a problem when you really do? What drives me crazy about SOX is the whole approach is flawed.  Look up anything you can find on the history of SOX and you’ll read it was put in place to help prevent fraud, specifically, another MCI WorldCom or Enron-type scandal. When … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Remote DBA

February 25, 2011 by cedwards

Blue Gecko attending Open Source Days in Copenghagen

Our European office in Denmark will be attending Open Source Days, Saturday, March 5. Are you a sysadmin, a programmer, or an (upcoming?) active user of Linux, UNIX, or *BSD then you have to participate at Open Source Days – Community Edition 2011. Getting the itch scratch, get tips and tricks for the cool programs your company or your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News & Events

January 27, 2011 by cedwards

Patrick Galbraith named Oracle ACE!

A big congratulations to our very own Patrick Galbraith, who has just been recognized as an Oracle Ace for MySQL!  In addition to being an absolute MySQL rock star, in his “spare time” he maintains DBD::mysql, DBD::drizzle, FederatedX storage engine and the Memcached Functions for MySQL. He has just authored “Developing Web Applications using … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MySQL, News & Events

July 30, 2010 by cedwards

Blue Gecko implements Oracle E-Business Suite on EC2

Earlier this year, Blue Gecko designed and implemented an Oracle EC2 solution for Sage Manufacturing, an Oracle E-Business Suite customer.  Download the white paper here, and read how Blue Gecko leveraged the flexible, cost-effective Amazon EC2 platform to improve Sage’s Oracle E-Business Suite infrastructure. Related Links: Oracle processor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, Oracle Applications

May 19, 2010 by cedwards

Database Cloud Security Webinar

Blue Gecko and Sentrigo are co-presenting a webinar on database security in the cloud.  Jeremiah Wilton will present strategies for deploying databases in the cloud, and Andy Feit, Sentrigo’s VP of Marketing will present technical strategies for securing databases in the cloud. Don’t miss these two industry leaders discussing the future … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, News & Events Tagged With: database security, sentrigo

April 30, 2010 by cedwards

A CEO’s Guide to Amazon Web Services

What is Amazon Web Services? Amazon Web Services (AWS) allows you to add and remove computing services on demand.  You pay for only what you use.  There are no contracts and no fees other than usage charges.  It works exactly like an electricity bill.  When you need more servers, you add them.  When you need more storage, you add it.  When you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, Education Tagged With: aws security

April 29, 2010 by cedwards

Database security in the cloud

Here’s a great article on database security in the cloud published in eWeek by Slavik Markovich, founder of Sentrigo. The truth is, Slavik’s article has great advice for anyone considering hosting their application with any third-party provider.  When you don’t own the infrastructure, you lose some control no matter how the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services Tagged With: cloud computing, security, sentrigo

April 26, 2010 by cedwards

SAWSUG meeting, April 27

The next Seattle Amazon Web Services User Group meeting is Tuesday, April 27.  For more details, go to http://www.sawsug.com/. Related posts:SAWSUG meeting Blue Gecko will be attending SAWSUG June Meeting WWOUG April meeting sponsored by Blue Gecko … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, News & Events

April 21, 2010 by cedwards

Oracle Processor Licensing on Amazon EC2

Without completely copying everything our Oracle on EC2 Licensing page, I wanted to provide a quick overview of Oracle Processor licensing for EC2. Oracle can be licensed on Amazon EC2, but we have to translate processor use to core use to determine licensing costs.  Where bare-metal processor licensing uses a CPU socket to define a processor, EC2 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, Oracle

April 21, 2010 by cedwards

Oracle Certification vs Oracle Support

At Collaborate this week, I received a lot of questions regarding support and certification for Oracle on Amazon Web Services.  After unraveling a few of these questions, I realized that the difference between "certification" and "support" has become quite confused.  I thought a quick explanation might help, because the difference is not really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, Oracle Tagged With: oracle certification, oracle on aws, oracle on ec2, oracle support

April 17, 2010 by cedwards

May 5th, Seattle, Oracle in the Cloud Seminar

Blue Gecko would like to invite you to a complimentary lunch seminar on Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Jeremiah Wilton will be covering the topic High Performance Oracle 11g in the Amazon Cloud. There are 15 spaces available so sign up soon to reserve your spot. Click here to submit your registration info. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, News & Events, Oracle

March 26, 2010 by cedwards

Oracle E-Business Suite in the Amazon Cloud

I am scheduled to present “E-Business Suite in the Amazon Cloud” on Monday, April 19 at Collaborate 2010.  I’ll provide an overview of Amazon Web Services and present a few common use cases that E-Business Suite DBAs in particular might find useful.  If you are an E-Business Suite customer and do NOT have a DR site or struggle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Amazon Web Services, Oracle, Oracle Applications Tagged With: amazon cloud, aws, cloud computing, EC2, oracle on aws

March 23, 2010 by cedwards

High Performance Oracle 11g in the Amazon Cloud

Jeremiah Wilton will be presenting High Performance Oracle 11g in the Amazon Cloud at Collaborate 2010 - an updated version of his February RMOUG presentation.  For a preview, you can find both the white paper and presentation slides from RMOUG on our white paper page.  Currently scheduled for Monday, April 19, the session abstract reads: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jeremiah Wilton's Oradeblog, Oracle Tagged With: 11g, amazon cloud, aws, cloud computing, EC2, jere, Jeremiah Wilton

March 18, 2010 by cedwards

Collaborate 2010 coming in less than a month

Collaborate 2010 in Las Vegas starts April 17th, and Blue Gecko has 2 speakers presenting.  Jeremiah Wilton will present “High Performance Oracle 11g in the Amazon Cloud,” and I will present, “E-Business Suite in the Amazon Cloud.”  More information on the papers and presentations later, but for now, if you haven’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News & Events, Oracle, Oracle Applications

March 8, 2010 by cedwards

April Seattle Apps Tech Group Networking Event

We’re going to change it up a little bit and have a networking / social event. No presentation this time – just a chance to meet up with colleagues in the area for some food, drink, and conversation. The location is TBD, but will be somewhere downtown – we’re working on securing a spot. Please send this out to anyone you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News & Events, Oracle, Oracle Applications Tagged With: Seattle Applications Technology Group

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