Five Minute Briefing - Oracle
August 4, 2011

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News Flashes

Solutions from Oracle Are Tailored to Fit the Altered Regulatory Environment for Financial Institutions, Says Oracle's S. Ramakrishnan

Oracle's S. Ramakrishnan, group vice president and general manager for Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications, was in New York last week to provide an update on how financial services institutions are leveraging tailored technology from Oracle - including the recently announced Oracle Financial Services Data Warehouse - to manage the complex information needed to compete profitably and effectively address stringent regulatory requirements.

Early Access to MySQL 5.6 New Features Available for Community Testing and Feedback

Oracle announced that early access to new features of MySQL 5.6 is available for the community to test, deploy and provide feedback.The latest features are focused on better scalability, performance and flexibility. Enhancements include the InnoDB storage engine, to provide support for full text search, greater performance for write-intensive applications, and better scalability under high concurrency/user loads. In addition, new and improved MySQL replication features are intended to help with performance, scale-out and data integration.

Proliferation of DBMS Varieties - Not Just Big Data - Creating Management Headaches for Data Professionals, New Study Finds

The rise of big data has garnered much of the attention in the data management arena lately. But it is not simply the sheer volume of data that is challenging data professionals. Many new types and brands of DBMSs are also popping up across organizations, bringing new problems for the data professionals who are tasked with managing them, and also giving rise to scores of "accidental database administrators" with no formal DBA training, a new Unisphere Research study reveals.

Think About It

DLT Solutions Achieves Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialization in Oracle Exadata

DLT Solutions, a VAR in government information technology software and services and one of Oracle's largest government resellers, announced it has achieved Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialization status in Oracle Exadata having met Oracle's business and competency criteria by demonstrating detailed knowledge.