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Oracle in the Cloud

November 12, 2010 Sam AlapatiOracle Licensing Compliance, Oracle Licensing Tip, Oracle: News You Can UseLeave a Comment

Oracle distinguishes between private and public clouds, with private clouds being what an enterprise can host within its firewalls – Oracle itself has one of the largest private clouds in existence. A public cloud, designed to take advantage of virtualization, shared services and consolidation features, is what we generally mean when we refer to cloud computing.

IdM Implementations – the importance of phasing in the new system

November 1, 2010October 29, 2010 Sam AlapatiUncategorizedLeave a Comment

Phasing identity management implementations is a key best practice in IdM implementation strategies.

Microsoft addresses licensing complexity

October 15, 2010 Scott D. RosenbergContract Lifecycle management, IT Asset Management, Microsoft Licensing Compliance, Microsoft Licensing Tip, Microsoft: News You Can UseLeave a Comment

This week, while at SoftSummit in San Jose, Microsoft is stressing that they aren’t trying to make their licensing complex, but they do admit that there are complexities that must be addressed – for example – with cloud and virtualization.

Miro Hearts Oracle’s New Sustainability Software

October 8, 2010October 7, 2010 Scott D. RosenbergUncategorizedLeave a Comment

Overheard: Struggles with Tech Support

October 7, 2010 Scott D. RosenbergMicrosoft: News You Can UseLeave a Comment

We all have our frustrations with technology, no doubt, but sometimes vendors get the better of us.

Miro’s Sam Alapati in NoCOUG Journal

September 9, 2010 Scott D. RosenbergMiro NewsLeave a Comment

Miro’s own Sam Alapati was recently included in the NoCOUG Journal

GRC in Simple Terms

August 24, 2010August 28, 2010 Sam AlapatiCompliance, GRC (Governance, Risk1 Comment

If you’re in the IT or financial business, chances are that you hear the acronym GRC being bandied about all the time. GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) is still a somewhat amorphous concept and there’s no unanimity among folks as to what exactly GRC is.

CIS and Oracle Database Security Benchmarks

August 16, 2010August 19, 2010 Sam AlapatiCenter of Internet Security (CIS), Database security, Oracle database, SQLLeave a Comment

Most Oracle (as well as DB2, MySQL and MS SQL Server) DBA’s are aware of the existence of Oracle database and application security benchmarks, but tend to treat the benchmarks, which are a type of best practice lists, with somewhat of a benignly neglectful attitude. This attitude is attributable to the lack of time on behalf of the harried DBAs, who are tasked with numerous critical functions, including the ensuring of high performance and continuous availability of their systems.

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