This technical white paper is the second in a series that is designed to help map I/O best practices from the physical world into the virtual world supported by logical domains. 

This white paper discusses how Oracle Data Guard 11g redefines expectations for data protection solutions by providing the management, monitoring and automation software to create synchronized standby databases that protect data from failures, errors and corruptions. 

Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage software is the key ingredient that enables Oracle's Sun ZFS Storage Appliances to deliver unmatched simplicity, ease-of-use, increased storage efficiency and industry leading price and performance. The software includes a rich set of data services, all of which are bundled with Sun ZFS Storage Appliances. 

Read this white paper to learn about a unique data protection and recovery solution that provides the management, monitoring, and automation software to create synchronized standby databases that protect data from failures and other disasters. 

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. 

Today’s post and parcel organizations have been drastically affected in recent years by rising costs and shifting requirements. This white paper discusses an error-reducing solution that eliminates costly, advancement barring problems and can help the postal workforce experience increased efficiency and productivity. 

This white paper takes an exclusive look at how pharmaceutical and medical device companies are overcoming their order processes challenges by making smart use of their technology, understanding the true cost of manual transactions, and automating their processes. 

This whitepaper is a lab testing summary report of Ethernet fabrics. The study is trying to validate the advantages provided to the data center implementations by Shortest Path Bridging Mode (SPB or SPBM) protocol. 

The Boston Consulting Group shows how consumer tablets are creating new opportunities as the market grows and segments. 

Gallup has deployed Oracle's OBIEE Plus suite, Oracle BI Publisher which along with several best practice implementation efforts has provided Gallup a new reporting and business analysis platform. Listen to this podcast to learn more. 

This paper provides an introductory overview of some of the enterprise backup options available for Oracle data. 

This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy.