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Posted on: July 26, 2010 ;2010?6?1???????????????????????????????????'???????????????????????????????????????????'????????????? ????Welcome Sun !???'?????Java?Oracle Solaris?ORACLE MASTER?3?????????????????????????'???????Java?Oracle Solaris??'??'?????ORACLE MASTER?????ORACLE MASTER?????????Sun??????Welcome??? ??????????????'???'?????????????
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Introducing the ADF Developers Conference |
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Posted on: July 26, 2010 Are you interested in a conference dedicated to Oracle ADF? How about 5 days where at every time slot you can find at least one ADF session? Would you be interested? Will you be able to convince your manager that this is the conference you need to go to? Well, good news, this conference is here. it's Oracle Develop! Yes, all of the above is true for this year's conference. While some session are more high level, there are a lot of sessions that bring you the experience of others using ADF, tips and tricks sessions, sessions dedicated to specific parts of ADF (ADF DI, MDS, Skinning). Think you already know all of that there is to know about ADF, then you get a chance to expand your knowledge about the other parts of the Oracle Fusion Middleware - SOA Suite, WebCenter, WebLogic etc. There is so much more, just go to the content catalog and search for ADF or JDeveloper and you'll see. Tthis is truly the one event you should be attending if you are interested in expanding your knowledge of ADF and JDeveloper. Don't miss it. http://blogs.oracle.com/shay/2010/07/introducing_the_adf_developers.html Post Link |
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DevOps is the only way it has ever made sense |
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Posted on: July 25, 2010 DevOps is the label being given to the way we have always done things. This is not the first time this has happened. As it says on my About Me page, Brian Moon has been working with the LAMP platform since before it was called LAMP.At some point, not sure when, someone came up with LAMP. I started working on what is now considered LAMP in 1996. I have seen lots of acronyms come and some go. We started using "Remote Scripting" after hearing Terry Chay talk about it at OSCON. The next OSCON, AJAX was all the rage. Technically, we never used AJAX. The X stands for XML. We didn't use XML. What made sense for us was to send back javascript arrays and objects that the javascript interpreter could deal with easily. We wrote a PHP function called to_javascript that converted a PHP array into a javascript array. Sound familiar? Yeah, two years later, JSON was all the rage. We also have seen the same thing with how we run our development process. ; We always considered our team to be an agile development team. That is agile with little a. Nowadays, "Agile" with the big A is usually all about how you develop software and not about actually delivering the software. So, I am always perplexed when people ask me if we use "Agile" development. Are they talking little a or big A? Today I came across the term DevOps on twitter (there is no Wikipedia page yet). We have always had an integrated development and operations team. I could be writing code in the morning and configuring servers in the afternoon. Developers all have some level of responsibility over managing their development environment. They updated their Apache configurations from SVN and make changes as needed for their applications. The development environments are simulated as close as possible to production. Developers roll code to the production servers. It is their responsibility to make sure it works on production. They also roll it when it is ready rather than letting it sit around for days. This means if there is an unforeseen issue, the code is fresh on their minds and the problem can quickly be solved. We have done things this way since 1998. We are not the only ones. The great guys at Flickr gave a great talk last year at Velocity about their DevOps environment. People were amazed at how their teams worked together. One of the huge benefits of being a DevOps team is that we can utilize the full stack in our application. If we can use the load balancers, Apache or our proxy servers to do something that offloads our application servers, we plan for that in the development cycle. It is a forethought instead of an afterthought. I see lots of PHP developers that do everything in code. Their web servers and hardware are just there to run their code. Don't waste those resources. They can do lots of things for you. One cool thing about this is that I now have a label to use when people ask us about our team. I can now say we are an agile DevOps team. They can then go look that up and see what it means. Maybe it will lead to less explanation of how we work too. And if we are lucky, maybe we can find people to hire that have been in a similar environment. So, I welcome all the new people into the "DevOps movement". Adopt the ideas and avoid any rules that books, blogs, "experts" may want to come up with. The first time I see someone list themselves as a DevOps management specialist, I will die a little on the inside. It is not a set of rules, it is a way of thinking, even a way of life. If the process prevents you from doing something, you are using it wrong, IMO. http://brian.moonspot.net/devops-just-makes-sense Post Link |
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What Oracle Develop Session will you Schedule First? |
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Posted on: July 25, 2010
Use Schedule Builder to Plan Your OpenWorld, JavaOne, and Develop 2010 ExperienceTo get the most out of a conference, you've got to have a strategy. The good news is, when you register for an Oracle conference, you can kick off your plans with Schedule Builder. Simply log in and search through hundreds of sessions, partner exhibitors, and Oracle demos to find what interests you, enroll in sessions, and build your own agenda. You can use our Recommend Sessions engine to pinpoint sessions, demos, and exhibits that are relevant to you. Conduct searches by using keywords or user-generated tags. Create personalized agendas to plan your week. Plus, set reminders and much more. Best of all, you can even use Schedule Builder to enroll in sessions and get early access to them at the conferences. Haven't registered for a conference yet? Visit our Content Catalog for more information. Better yet, sign up for OpenWorld, JavaOne, or Oracle Develop and start creating your winning game plan with Schedule Builder today. http://blogs.oracle.com/develop/2010/07/what_oracle_develop_session_will_you_schedule_first.html Post Link |
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Developers and End-Users Driving Google's Enterprise Strategy Says Forrester |
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Posted on: July 23, 2010
Sponsor Hammond cites Google's strong support for open-source as one reason to be optimistic about Google's future in the enterprise. He notes that past Forrester surveys had found that awareness of open-source on the part of enterprise decision makers often lagged its actual adoption. In other words, employees were using open-source solutions to solve problems, but management wasn't always aware of it. The situation has been changing: management is increasingly aware of the benefits of open-source. Google's development of of the open-source video codec WebM and its open source Google Web Toolkit, its support for HTML5, and the announcement of the Chrome Web Store all work to encouraging enterprise developers to use Google tools. Meanwhile, Android is slowly making inroads in the enterprise. Android support in the enterprise has grown from 2% in Forrester's Enterprise And SMB Networks And Telecommunications Survey in Q1 2009 to 13% in 2010. Android's use of Java gives developers a familiar set of tools a straight-forward path for development. Hammond calls information workers Google's "Trojan horse" for enterprise adoption. Forrester's Workforce Technographics Survey, from Q3 2009, found 39% have used online productivity tools such as Google Docs for work related purposes. Hammond speculates this sort of independent end-user adoption will spur further enterprise adoption. "If you've been in the enterprise IT space for any length of time, Google's strategy should feel familiar to you; it's right out of Microsoft's playbook," write Hammond. "As Google appeals to individual users, it opens up a pathway into enterprise IT budgets." The report concludes that critics shouldn't dismiss Google's enterprise ambitions as half-baked, and encourages decision makers to strongly consider Google's platforms for enterprise application development. Discuss
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JDeveloper Role files – What are they? |
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Posted on: July 22, 2010 When JDeveloper first starts up, you are prompted to select a Role that you would like to have JDev run in.
For most of us, one of these roles will work just fine. ; But what if you wanted to create your own Role? ; What does it really mean to create your own Role? To see what each of these roles does behind the scenes, you can take a look at it's source XML file. ; All of the role xml files are located at: For the most part, the different roles remove the unneeded extensions, so that JDeveloper only loads what you need for that specific role. ; You can also modify what menus are loaded when the IDE starts. ; This is sometimes referred to as Menu Shaping. To create your own Role file, it's best to start with one of the existing roles and modify it to meet your needs. Taking a look at the Java or J2EE Role files will show that they only disable certain extensions. ; No menu modification are made. To get the best example of what can be done, take a look at the Customization Role (oracle.fusion.cust.role.xml) In this file you will see two tags that do the work of disabling extensions and hiding the menus and Here is an example of a very basic Roles file. ; It only has one disabled extension and one hidden menu. *********************************************************************************************************
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ********************************************************************************************************* After you have created your file, name it something like my_role.xml and save it to the directory. ; The next time you start JDeveloper, your role will show up in the list with the name that you set in the Role file as one of the selections
I'm pretty much always using the Java role myself, and I use the context menus for most of the actions on the code in the editor. ; ; Here is a complete Role file that I use most of the time. ; It is based on the Java Role file and it also removes a few of the menus that I never use from the main menu bar. A list of all the extensions currently running in your version of JDeveloper, can be found in the Help -> About menu under the Extensions tab. To find Menu IdRef's take a look at my earlier post on How to find the IdRef for most menu commands Those are the basics of Roles files. ; In a future post, I'll cover how you can use a resource file to help localize the properties used in the role file, and how to package and distribute your role file so others on your team can use the same role if they like. ; TROUBLESHOOTING Just in case you run into problems, here are some tips.... -- Make sure that you have the "Always prompt for role selection on startup" checked so that if something goes wrong, you can just select one of the default roles and be back to normal. ; If you need to, you can set this under Tools -> Preferences -> Roles as well. -- If you don't see your role in the list, it's usually because there is an error in the structure of the xml file. Make sure to validate your xml file after you save it. -- If JDeveloper fails to load at all, after you select your Role, you are probably trying to disable an extension that is needed by something else that you aren't disabling. ; This is a trial error process unfortunately. Good luck with creating your own Roles. ; Feel free to leave any ideas or suggestions in the comments. http://blogs.oracle.com/jdevextensions/2010/07/jdeveloper_role_files_what_are_they.html Post Link |
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Early Bird Discount Extended! |
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Posted on: July 19, 2010
You thought about it. You marked your calendar. But time slipped by.
And you missed the last day to save on registration for JavaOne 2010. Relax. We understand, which is why we've extended the deadline to July 30. You can still register to attend the world's greatest gathering of Java developers at a BIG discount! Sign
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The Most Important Conference...in the Universe! Part Two |
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Posted on: July 19, 2010 In this episode, Agent Kar-Rek (from Planet Lu-Zor) is determined to go to JavaOne so he can learn more about Java and save his planet by discovering a better way to control their renegade devices. How far will he go to get into JavaOne? How far will *you* go to get into JavaOne? http://blogs.oracle.com/javaone/2010/07/the_most_important_conferencein_the_universe_part_two.html Post Link |
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New version of IRM Hot Folders, 2.2.0 |
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Posted on: July 17, 2010 Activity galore at the moment, a new release of IRM 11g in the past month, the IRM Wrapper utility was born and released and now an update to the very useful HotFolders application. A feature request from a few days ago has already been written into the handy tool, allowing an integration of the IRM Wrapper and HotFolders. Essentially HotFolders monitors a folder for new files and then automatically seals them to a predefined Oracle IRM classification. However it only worked for the formats that are supported by Oracle IRM. The IRM Wrapper however addressed the use case where people wanted to just use the Oracle IRM service to encrypt and securely deliver/store ANY file. Whilst this doesn't come with any of the superb persistent document and email security controls that ensures constant protection of IRM supported files even in use. It does mean that you can leverage the same scalable classification system in IRM to protect the transfer and storage of sensitive files. This is a nice and simple encrypted delivery mechanism, much like PGP, but with a more scalable and usable classification system behind it. So the latest version of HotFolders, 2.2, now has the ability to wrap files in IRM encryption. This means you can now monitor a folder, and ANY file that is placed in it will be protected with Oracle IRM. Supported formats will gain persistent protection, whilst non-supported formats get wrapped with encryption. Keep an eye out on the blog, we will soon have an update to the IRM Wrapper utility as well... As a reminder, here is the list of the functionality available in this utility.
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Envolve: A Facebook-Like Chat Room for Your Site |
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Posted on: July 15, 2010
Sponsor Websites are Lonely PlacesAs Envolve's marketing materials point out, "websites are lonely places." While we can go to Twitter and Facebook to discuss a site, there is often very little real-time interaction between users on the site itself (except, of course, when site owners use a real-time commenting system like JS-Kit's Echo).
What makes Envolve so interesting, is that it allows you to create numerous topic chat rooms on your site. This, for example, allows you to create one room to answer customer service questions and another that allows users to discuss a specific product or a new feature you just launched. By default, all users remain anonymous, though they can opt to use their real name or even create an Envolve account. The service also features private chats and the ability to block abusive users. Admins can also permanently ban any user. Give it a try! We embedded Envolve's code here. You can find it at the bottom right of the page. Go ahead and introduce yourself to your fellow ReadWriteWeb readers. PricingInstalling the service is as easy as copying and pasting a few lines of code into your website's HTML template. The company also offers a plugin for Wordpress sites. For small sites, Envolve offers a free plan that supports up to 5 simultaneous users. Paid plans start at $9 per month for up to 10 connected visitors and go up to $99 per month with support for up to 200 concurrent visitors. All of the paid and free accounts also feature real-time visitor statistics and the ability to customize the color of the chat rooms. 
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Posted on: July 14, 2010 ???????????????????????????????????? ?????Oracle?????? ???? ????????????? ?????????????????????????? Oracle Direct <> <> <> <> <> <> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ?SQL?????? ????????????????????????? |
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Google Launches "App Inventor," DIY App Creation Tool for Android |
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Posted on: July 12, 2010
Want your app to talk to Twitter? There's a button for that. Want your app to use text-to-speech? No problem. Use the GPS? Piece of cake. Or so says Google, who had tested the app for a year prior to launch with groups that included "sixth graders, high school girls, nursing students and university undergrads who are not computer science majors," reports The New York Times, who broke the story this morning. Sponsor Does that list of testers sound a little odd to you? "It's so easy a high school girl can use it!" Or a nursing student! (A profession still dominated by women, mind you.) In any event, the point The New York Times was making is that Google App Inventor is so easy anyone can use it; they just came about that point in a somewhat sexist way. Official DIY App Highlights Difference Between Apple and Google PhilosophiesBut DIY app creation tools aren't new, nor are they unique to Google Android. However, apps like these usually exist as third-party applications, not ones that are officially launched and blessed by the company whose software they support. For example, in Apple's ecosystem, there are a number of DIY apps that let non-developers create and submit iPhone applications to the iTunes App Store without needing to know Apple's own development language. Last year, we profiled over a dozen of these services, ranging from the templated creations made with Sweb Apps to the more robust app builders from Appcelerator and Rhomobile. Unfortunately, third-party Apple tools are always just one step away from being knocked out of existence, thanks to Apple's ever-changing software developer kit license. Earlier this year, Apple famously updated its terms to specify that only applications written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript would be permitted in the iTunes Store. The move was a swipe at Adobe, and the intended victim was Adobe's Flash-to-iPhone packager, a tool that would have allowed Adobe developers to code for Apple's platform with Flash. But in Apple's zest to kick out Adobe, other application developers were fearful as well that they, too, would be affected.
Google: Anyone with an Idea is Welcome HereGoogle, on the other hand, is taking an entirely different stance than Apple. Instead of locking down its App Market, barring entry to anyone but those who know how to code in the languages it specifies, Google is embracing "openness," saying anyone with an idea is welcome here. To function, Google's App Inventor uses the Open Blocks Java library for creating visual blocks programming languages. Open Blocks is distributed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Scheller Teacher Education Program and derives from thesis research by Ricarose Roque. It's also closely related to the Scratch programming language - a language, notes Forrester Research principal analyst Jeffrey Hammond, that was banned on the iPhone. Yes, that may mean a bunch more "junk" applications, as TechCrunch rightly points out. But it could also mean more great applications, too. Or maybe just more of everything. Like Michael Gartenberg, partner at Altimeter Group, quipped on Twitter this morning: "...look how much damage those WYSIWYG word processors and graphics programs have done." Damage? Like a Web where everyone can publish? Those interested in signing up for App Inventor can do so here. Discuss
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Sun????????? |
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Posted on: July 08, 2010 Oracle Fusion Middleware???????????????????????????(Sun)??????????????????????????? |
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UPK 3.6.1 Enablement Service Pack 2 |
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Posted on: July 08, 2010 Enablement Service Pack 2 for Oracle User Productivity Kit 3.6.1 is now available on Oracle E-Delivery. Below is a list of the enhancements included in this Enablement Service Pack.
As always, this Enablement Service Pack includes all the features from previous Enablement Service Packs. Additional information for Enablement Service Pack 1 for UPK 3.6.1 can be found here. If you have not already installed Enablement Service Pack 1 for UPK 3.6.1, please note that a server database update is necessary for multiuser installations. This blog post provides additional information and instruction. http://blogs.oracle.com/UPK/2010/07/upk_361_esp2.html Post Link |
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Posted on: July 06, 2010
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Of Buses, Surfboards, and Communities |
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Posted on: July 04, 2010 Me and other members of the team, Vikki and Todd, specifically, had a blast at ODTUG's Kaleidoscope conference earlier this week. That group knows how to run one, and the results show it: attendance was up 25% this year. Kudos to the organizers. (Incidentally, Oracle ACE Director Edward Roske is the conf chair for 2011, so ACE Directors will continue to have a strong presence there.) As always, it was good to see the usual suspects. What's more, we got a visit from the Java Bus (#javaroadtrip), which parked right next to the conference space at the hotel:
But the best part, surely, was when Vikki received ODTUG's "Oracle Contributor of the Year" award (Pictured below with Mike Riley, ODTUG president - and new Oracle ACE):
Markus (AKA @myfear) has a great photo collection of the whole experience here. http://blogs.oracle.com/otn/2010/07/of_buses_surfboards_and_commun.html Post Link |
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JavaFX enables MLB to deliver powerful Fantasy Baseball applications |
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Posted on: July 03, 2010 Absolutely thrilled that we have announced that MLB is using JavaFX to deliver several fantasy baseball applications for this year's baseball season. ; JavaFX enabled MLB.com to leverage its existing Java platform experience and skills to create, maintain and support rich client applications. JavaFX brings control back to development teams by giving them an environment and tools that are familiar and accessible, and reduces the dependency on third-party flash developers. ; Additionally, by using Java on both the server and the client provides a cleaner, more integrated development architecture that allows developers to be more efficient and create better applications. MLB.com has always been viewed as a technology leader and innovator and their choice of JavaFX is yet another example of this leadership and we certainly view it as a strong endorsement of the technology. ; Let's play ball! http://blogs.oracle.com/java/2010/07/javafx_enables_mlb_to_deliver_powerful_fantasy_baseball_applications.html Post Link |
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A Giant Tent to Call Home |
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Posted on: June 30, 2010 In just under 3 months, there will be a cosmic alignment of events in San Francisco - ;Oracle OpenWorld, JavaOne and Oracle Develop. ; But if you've landed on this blog, you already know this. ; The nexus of this alignment is going to be one giant tent! ; Yes, there will be great general sessions and your plates will be filled with more technology and product presentations that you could possibly digest, but where you will want to go to truly connect with fellow attendees of any of these events is the 'Mason Street Tent'. ; We know, not that flashy of a name, but hey - you'll never forget where it is! ; So what does the tent have for you? ; ; Those of you familiar with the OTN Lounge at Oracle OpenWorld will find all of the cool stuff that you have before, + even more! ; For those of you JavaOne veterans, you'll find the Java.net community, the Duke's Choice Awards, JUGs and tight rope walking, elephants, cannon blasts... ; (ok, well, not those last 3). ; But ; - did we mention swag? ; OTN Cassandra has been mining her swag sources for the coolest stuff ever, and at the end of every day the Mason Street tent is where you'll want to be for your chance at cool prizes, and of course a cold brew! Besides a space to meet up with fellow attendees, this is also the spot to view live video interviews, or meet with Oracle ACEs, ODTUG members or Java Champions. ; The tent will be open all day with beanbags and couches for relaxing, cool water to quench your thirst, and a guaranteed good time experiencing the non-scheduled facets of these 3 conferences. We look forward to seeing you there - for the OTN team it will be our home away from home! http://blogs.oracle.com/develop/2010/06/a_giant_tent_to_call_home.html Post Link |
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New CSS Reference Guide and Improved JavaFX API docs |
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Posted on: June 26, 2010 Improved JavaFX API documentation is now available on the web. This update includes a new CSS Reference Guide, improved summary documentation for several common packages, and improved class documentation for several preview classes. New CSS Reference Guide. This guide includes an overview description of how CSS styles are applied to nodes in the scene graph and the various different CSS types that exist. ; For each Node class, the guide lists the CSS properties that can be applied to that class. Improved package summary documentation. ; To view the package summary documentation, start at the main API page. ; This page has a listing of all the JavaFX packages and shows a one-line summary for each. Click the disclosure arrow to reveal the summary documentation for that package. Summary documentation has been greatly improved for several important packages, specifically the following: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; javafx.animation ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; javafx.scene ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; javafx.scene.chart ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; javafx.scene.control ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; javafx.scene.layout Improved documentation for preview classes. ; To access the documentation for the preview classes, expand com.javafx.preview.control and com.javafx.preview.layout in the left nav bar of the API documentation. http://blogs.oracle.com/java/2010/06/new_css_reference_guide_and_improved_javafx_api_docs.html Post Link |
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A LocusTree to search genomic loci using Berkeley DB Java Edition |
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Posted on: June 23, 2010 Pierre Lindenbaum has adapted Jan Aerts' LocusTree implementation written in Ruby to work on top of Berkeley DB Java Edition. In his blog post he writes about using this combination to build a genome browser. Genomic research is rapidly growing. There is an explosion of new data and along with that an explosion of new questions to be asked of and answered by that data. George Church is behind the Personal Genome Project working to collect huge amounts of new data, but gathering this data is only the first step. Storing and analyzing it is where the discovery process needs technological advancements. To compound the issue even more, today we examine base pairs within genes by understanding their proximity to other sections of the genome, there is new work to examine the proximity of base pairs which are near each other in the folds of a DNA strand rather than their proximity along the length of the strand. Could it be important to understand how two segments overlap? For both problems the solution is a sturdy technical foundation which allows you to search quickly and find interesting features within the data. One area where there is always a need for more work is that of drug discovery. The central question of this article in the Economist is that "a toxic mix of science and economics" is preventing research and discovery. A large piece of the economics half has to do with the cost associated with making discoveries. Using new techniques which are faster and manage more data can help to change that by lowering the cost of research. In this case, searching genomic data sets, the use of the Berkeley DB Java Edition database make perfect sense. It is a non-relational dataset, this data isn't tabular or relational at all rather it's commonly organized in key/value pairs. BDB JE is a spectacular database for indexing large data sets without the overhead of other more complex systems and a perfect fit for Pierre's visualization project. http://blogs.oracle.com/berkeleydb/2010/06/a_locustree_to_search_genomic.html Post Link |
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Looking for More? The Definitive Guide is here |
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Posted on: June 23, 2010 I have received a few comments asking for more blog entries on the inner workings of the JRockit JVM. One reason for the lack of updates has been that I've been busy developing the recently released JRockit Mission Control 4.0, the set of tools that gives you inside information about both the JVM and your Java application. Give the new JRockit Flight Recorder feature a spin and you will see what we have been up to. Another reason is that I knew something even better than a few blog entries was on its way: Oracle JRockit: The Definitive Guide, published a couple of weeks ago. I have yet only seen it from afar, but the table of contents looks promising and considering the expertise of the authors, it should be exactly what the title says - the definitive guide to JRockit. I am looking forward to laying my hands on a copy soon. |
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Kicking it Up A Notch with a Java Persistence API Quiz |
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Posted on: June 23, 2010 We know the last quiz was not the hardest one, but we wanted to start things off slow. ; Now we are digging a bit deeper and have a list of questions around the Java Persistence API. Answer in the comment section below. ; If all your answers are correct we'll list you in the next quiz post as a "Java Guru." Good Luck!!!1 What three classes must you use (perhaps only once) in order to create a Transaction? 2 Which two annotations are required to make a Java object persistable using JPA? 3 Name 3 of the 4 basic relationship mapping annotations 4 Name the two main classes used to find persistent objects via JPA 5 Name one of the two JPA annotations that can be used to fine-tune the @GeneratedValue annotation http://blogs.oracle.com/javaone/2010/06/ramping_it_up_a_knoch_with_a_java_persistence_api_quiz.html Post Link |
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How Good Is Your Database Storage Management? |
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Posted on: June 22, 2010 By answering a few quick, simple questions about your storage practices, this nifty little assessment will help you determine how well you are managing your storage, whether you're doing everything possible to optimize performance and to mitigate the risk of information loss - all while keeping costs under control. You'll learn how you can use Oracle's storage management solutions to optimize your storage infrastructure and deliver a cost-effective, scalable information management platform that is easy to manage and that delivers the performance and availability required today and in the future.
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June 24th Live Webcast: Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database 11g |
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Posted on: June 18, 2010 Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database If You Need Low-Latency And Real-Time Access To Data, This Is The Webcast For You. Register Today for this live Webcast! Thursday, June 24th at 10:00am PT | 1:00pm ET Sometimes having the right data is not enough. If that data takes too long to access, customers can be unhappy, business opportunities can be lost, and additional costs can be incurred. If you need extremely fast transaction processing speed for mission-critical applications such as real-time billing, low-latency trading, and risk/fraud analysis, Oracle has a solution. Join us for a complimentary live Webcast featuring Oracle Vice President Marie-Anne Neimat who will discuss how to: • Achieve microsecond response to SQL transactions by leveraging in-memory database technology in your response-time critical applications Guest Speakers |
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How Can You Work Smarter In Life Sciences Sales? |
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Posted on: June 16, 2010 One major reason why executives keep choosing Oracle CRM On Demand and Siebel CRM is our ongoing investments that deliver comprehensive business process support, tailored "at the factory" for specific industries. For example, life sciences sales in many cases globally follows an indirect, "influence" model, where a medical clinician uses expert working knowledge to prescribe products that are sold by independent pharmacies. Smarter, presentations to clinicians can increase sales. Oracle's life sciences CRM is built for sales reps by sales reps. We worked with representatives at 15 of the top 20 pharmaceutical firms on our latest release. Oracle helps reps work smarter from planning their day to delivering samples and rapidly presenting details to busy clinicians. Watch Piers Evans, Industry Strategy Director, show what this looks like in the day of a typical pharmaceutical sales representative.
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RIM Speeding Up BlackBerry Browser with New Patents |
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Posted on: June 15, 2010
Sponsor If you've ever seen your BlackBerry stuck on a blank screen even though 50 out of 51 kilobytes of Web page has already loaded, you've experienced the problem RIM is trying to solve. The CSS and Javascript files used to format a page's text can be larger than the text itself, so showing readers the text before it's formatted should speed things up considerably. RIM announced in November it will release a new WebKit-based browser sometime in 2010, and filed a patent in January for technology to speed up browsing using proxy servers. The BlackBerry Web browsing experience has been notoriously weak and it makes sense for RIM to improve the experience not just for consumers but for increasingly Web dependent enterprise users as well. The iPhone and Android are gaining popularity in the enterprise, and many third-party tools such as Sybase's Afaria attempt to bring the advantages of RIM's Blackberry Enterprise Server to other devices. RIM needs to innovate continuously in order to stay ahead in enterprise, and the browser is a good place to start. Discuss
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Real-Time Web Summit: Speed Geeking Live |
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Posted on: June 13, 2010
Our friends at Justin.tv will provide a live stream of these demos. Sponsor Watch live video from ReadWriteWeb Real-Time Web Summit on Justin.tv Real-Time ConversationsConversations about the ReadWriteWeb Mobile Summit will be taking place all over the Web. Tag your Tweets, pictures, and blog posts with #RWWSummit to show up here. Discuss
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Oracle ACEs in the House |
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Posted on: June 12, 2010
As is customary, the Oracle ACEs have invaded the Oracle Develop Conference agenda.
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Why? Because Oracle ACE-dom inherently is a stamp of not only expertise, but a unique ability to make that expertise useful to others. Plus, they're a group of "fine blokes" (UK. subjects, educate me: is that really a word?) Perhaps if you're not able to catch one of these sessions, you will be able to see the applicable ACE in action elsewhere, at a conference or user group meeting near you.
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