Effective December 2015, Oracle launched Standard Edition 2 (SE2), intended to replace Standard Edition 1 (SE1). We've recently seen an increase in customers asking questions about upgrading to this version. So, with that in mind, let's take another look at SE2. Oracle has always offered a database option for small and medium sized businesses with [...]
Released in 2013 to all customers (on-premise and cloud / DBaaS), 12c was available for purchase or upgrade for any customer. However, Oracle 12C R2 is Oracle Corporation's first database release available only to database cloud (DBaaS) customers, in October 2016. In order to boost 'cloud' revenues, the Oracle 12c R2 version was no where [...]
Small and medium businesses have unique database needs. In the past, business owners were priced out of robust appliance applications. But a new option from Oracle is changing that. This summer, Oracle unveiled a new database appliance specifically for small businesses; the Oracle Database Appliance X6. This is a new version of still-current appliance, the [...]
Are you ever worried about someone hacking into your company's database? It's where all your most secure information is. If someone is able to bypass the security in your website, it's often not much harder to access your database from there. A security product from Oracle known as Oracle Firewall could help. It lets you [...]
The idea of building a house without a strong foundation doesn't sound very smart, does it? We all know without a solid base, the walls and roof would eventually collapse, leaving the owner with an inhabitable home. That same analogy can be used to understand the importance of Oracle Administrators. They set the rebar and [...]