Data management technology is on the verge of a new era – and users who commit to its architectural innovations earlier will gain disproportionate rewards in performance, scalability, flexibility and cost. Read this white paper for a description of Oracle’s Exadata V2 solution, also known as the Sun Oracle Database Machine. 

This week’s Computer Weekly kicks off our Buyer's Guide to data security by looking at the changing role of the IT security chief. We also examine why flexible working is proving so slow to roll out and we talk to the UK's air traffic control operator about its ambitious desktop virtualisation project. 

This white paper describes a new application management solution that makes running Java applications in a virtualized environment much easier and more practical, accelerating application grid and private cloud deployments without sacrificing performance. 

This video features a Mexican financial group that needed to find a robust, optimal, and scalable infrastructure that could support all of their applications. Watch now and learn how they leveraged Oracle Middleware and Sun systems to achieve their goal. 

This paper outlines the Oracle SOA Maturity Model and explains how the model is used to accelerate SOA adoption by identifying specific capabilities that are either completely lacking or which are lagging with respect to the other capabilities necessary for successful SOA adoption. 

Real-time, global data updates have become a critical business requirement for financial-services firms. Quick reactions require near-instant access to data, risk analysis and deeper computational analysis for effective decision making. View this webcast to learn how to better manage ever-increasing data volumes and transaction rates. 

This white paper explores a single-vendor solution that addresses the entire hardware and software stack, allowing organizations to successfully manage their virtualized environment and improve business agility. 

Watch this brief webcast to see how Group Credit Agricole of Moroccodeployed IBM XIV and halved response times, cut 6-hour batch runs down to 3.25 hours, and reduced administration. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the IT challenges facing retailers, as consumers turn increasingly to web and mobile shopping channels. Oracle president Mark Hurd talks about how the supplier intends to simplify IT infrastructures. And new government CIO Andy Nelson discusses how he plans to transform Whitehall IT. Read the issue now. 

This paper explains how the HP Oracle Accelerate program benefits customers by providing a complete solution with an effective delivery mechanism that speeds deployment and improves business processes. 

This technical white paper discusses a drop-in implementation of Coherence running on Oracle's Sun servers utilizing Oracle Fusion Middleware components, most prominently WebLogic Suite.