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Oracle Database 11g High Availability sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: In this paper, we will review the common causes of application downtime and discuss how technologies available in the Oracle Database can help avoid costly downtime and enable rapid recovery from unavoidable failures. Posted: 15 Oct 2007 \| Published: 01 Oct 2007 TOPICS: Backups \| Cluster Software \| Database Administration \| Database Performance Management \| Grid Computing \| High Availability \| IT Infrastructure \| Oracle (Product) \| Productivity \| Software Upgrades \| Systems Maintenance

Managing Applications with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how to address the challenges of managing mission-critical applications. Read this white paper to learn about benefits of adopting an application management solution like Oracle Enterprise Manager. Posted: 07 Mar 2007 \| Published: 01 Oct 2006 TOPICS: Application Monitoring \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management Software \| Business IT Alignment \| CMDB \| Configuration Management \| Dashboards \| Grid Computing \| Oracle (Product) \| Service Level Management

A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Businesses today increasingly need to leverage a unified database platform to enable the deployment and consolidation of all applications onto one common infrastructure. Read on to learn the benefits of incorporating Oracle's Exadata based Database Machine into the IT infrastructure. Posted: 20 Jan 2011 \| Published: 20 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Data Center Design \| Database Administration \| Database Design \| Database Management \| Grid Computing \| IT Infrastructure

Evaluating and Contracting for Cloud Financials Best Practice Considerations sponsored by Intacct Corporation WHITE PAPER: Choosing a cloud computing solution can seem like a daunting task. Where do you start? What questions do you ask? What do you specifically need to look out for? This paper answers these questions and more. Continue reading to learn the best practices for choosing a cloud computing solution. Posted: 17 Mar 2010 \| Published: 17 Mar 2010 TOPICS: Accounting Software \| Application Hosting \| Cloud Computing \| Financial Management \| Financial Services \| Financial Systems \| Grid Computing \| ROI \| Software as a Service \| Vendor Selection

Protecting Virtual Machines: The "Best Of VMworld" Approach sponsored by Citrix WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores a completely new approach to availability for virtual machines-an approach recognized with the Best of VMworld 2007 - New Technology award. Posted: 09 Sep 2008 \| Published: 08 Sep 2008 TOPICS: Clustering \| Disaster Recovery \| Downtime \| Grid Computing \| IT Managers \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Machine Monitor \| Windows

Oracle Real Application Clusters in Oracle VM Environments sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains how to run sophisticated or highly-available applications in virtualized environments by creating a software-based virtualization infrastructure that offers high availability and grid readiness. Posted: 17 Dec 2008 \| Published: 17 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Business Continuity Planning \| Business Continuity Planning Software \| Cache \| Clustering \| Continuous Data Protection \| Grid Computing \| Oracle (Product) \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| VM

Oracle VM and NetApp Storage-Best Practices Guide sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews a virtualization strategy that leverages grid technology to dynamically share resources like servers, storage, and networking. This combination helps reduce power and space requirements. Posted: 17 Dec 2008 \| Published: 17 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Grid Computing \| Power Supplies \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| TCO

Performance in the Cloud sponsored by Compuware Corporation WHITE PAPER: Companies are eager to take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing but are often weary of the potential business risks that the technology exposes. This paper provides an innovative approach to the application performance and availability challenges inherent in cloud computing. Continue reading to learn more about performance in the cloud. Posted: 06 Aug 2010 \| Published: 06 Aug 2010 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Monitoring \| Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Cloud Computing \| Dashboards \| Grid Computing \| Private cloud computing

Discovering hidden costs in your data centre – a CFO perspective sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how CFOs can help ensure a healthier bottom line by taking proactive steps today. Posted: 19 May 2011 \| Published: 01 Sep 2010 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Energy Efficiency \| Green Data Center \| Grid Computing \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization

A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and Exadata Storage Server sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: Businesses today increasingly need to leverage a unified database platform to enable the deployment and consolidation of all applications onto one common infrastructure. Read on to learn the benefits of incorporating Oracle's Exadata based Database Machine into the IT infrastructure. Posted: 12 Mar 2012 \| Published: 20 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Data Center Design \| Database Administration \| Database Design \| Database Management \| Grid Computing \| IT Infrastructure