In his article, Dorsey demystifies the Oracle Fusion Middleware technology stack. He explains its origins, what it is exactly, and how users can leverage its advantages.

Interview with an Oracle ACE: Michelle Malcher

New Lock Management, COLLABORATE 2012 and the Oracle Cloud

This is the second article by Mich covering the specific use case of solid state disks for Oracle11g tablespaces for write-intensive operations. His first article on read-intensive activities can be found in Q2 2012.

Satishbabu’s article contains the basic steps for converting a single-instance database to Real Application Clusters. It also includes a list of recommendations, best practices and tips from an accomplished professional.

Jeffrey offers an article about understanding the basic features and capabilities of Oracle Advanced Queuing (AQ) as it applies to application development.

Martin discusses how mutex waits are now seen more often in Oracle Database 11gR2 anddelves into some of the basic concepts related to parsing and serialization.

OEM components require security considerations including authentication, authorization and encryption to ensure proper integrity and availability. Janet’s article takes a look at the various components and the options for securing them and provides recommendations based on best practices and business constraints.

Tips, Notes and Information from COLLABORATE 2011

How do you upgrade to the next release of Oracle without incurring extended periods of downtime and, at the same time, minimize possible disruptions? This article addresses a nonstandard method of migrating stepwise to a newer Oracle version; while different than other methods, it is still supported by Oracle.