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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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