Oracle Releases Oracle Solaris 11, the First Cloud OS

Oracle has launched Oracle Solaris 11, the first Cloud OS.which is designed to meet the security, performance and scalability requirements of cloud-based deployments allowing customers to run their most demanding enterprise applications in private, hybrid, or public clouds.

Oracle Solaris 11 is the ideal platform to run business-critical enterprise applications in virtualized massive horizontal scale as well as vertically integrated environments on a wide range of SPARC and x86 servers.

The latest release of Oracle Solaris is engineered to provide cloud-scale life cycle management with secure, fail-safe boot environments, safe roll-backs, 4x faster upgrades and 2.5x faster system re-boots, and is leveraging the power of Oracle Solaris ZFS.

Oracle Solaris 11 offers comprehensive management across the entire infrastructure – operating system, physical hardware, networking and storage, as well as the virtualization layer.

“Oracle Solaris 11 is the most significant operating system release of the past decade. With built-in server, storage and now, network virtualization, Oracle Solaris 11 delivers the industry’s first cloud OS. Customers can simplify their enterprise deployments, drive up utilization of their data center assets, and run Oracle and other enterprise applications faster all within a secure, scalable cloud or traditional enterprise environment,” said John Fowler, executive vice president, Systems, Oracle.

Oracle Solaris and Oracle software applications are designed together, tested together, can be deployed together and supported together to provide faster fail-over, improved reliability and up to 10x better application performance.

Oracle Solaris development teams have worked on co-engineering efforts to increase Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g and Java-based application performance, availability, security and manageability on Oracle Solaris.

 “With Oracle Solaris, we have a unique opportunity to support the industry’s largest and leading business software portfolio on the industry’s best UNIX for both SPARC and x86 servers,” said Thomas Kurian, executive vice president of Oracle Product Development. “Working together, our development teams engineer, test and support advanced solutions to our customers’ toughest problems. We are pleased to announce that our key software products—Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and Oracle Applications—are available and optimized for Oracle Solaris 11 on SPARC and x86 systems.”

Oracle Solaris 11 delivers “secure by default” features, including start up, role-based root access and low impact auditing for both cloud and traditional datacenter deployments.

New Oracle Solaris 11 enhancements include optimized shared memory management, I/O improvements, integrated resource management and crypto off-load.

As the first fully virtualized operating system (OS), Oracle Solaris 11 provides comprehensive, built-in virtualization capabilities for OS, network and storage resources.

New connected cloud management ensures that customers always have the latest Solaris updates from Oracle and proactive services help customers achieve maximum uptime.

Customers can run any of the more than 11,000 applications supported today on Oracle Solaris 11, with guaranteed binary compatibility through the Oracle Solaris Binary Application Guarantee Program.

Oracle Solaris 11 is already in production at over 700 top companies around the world and deployed on thousands of Oracle’s Sun ZFS Storage Appliances, as well as the Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 and X2-8 and the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud engineered systems.

New Oracle Solaris 11 Training is available to help customers and partners take advantage of the best-in-class features of Oracle Solaris 11 and upgrade from Oracle Solaris 10 or earlier versions.

Supporting Resources

· Oracle Solaris

· Oracle Solaris on OTN

· Oracle Solaris 11 Training

· Oracle’s Sun Server and Storage Systems

· Oracle Solaris Blog

· Connect with Oracle Solaris via Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn

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PTCL trains senior managers in new management concepts

Islamabad: Successful participants of recently concluded Management Development Program for senior managers of Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd (PTCL) with PTCL Chief Technical Officer (center), Mr. Muhammad Nasrullah, at the PTCL Academy Islamabad after completion of their training.

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Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has successfully trained 30 senior managers through its ongoing dynamic Management Development Program.

“I congratulate our senior managers on this achievement,” said PTCL Chief Technical Officer, Muhammad Nasrullah while addressing participants at the certificate awards ceremony held at the program’s conclusion. “PTCL’s Management Development Program is a major initiative taken for the Company’s organizational and human resource development. It has prepared our senior managers to take corporate leadership roles in the future.”

The program featured leading in-house trainers and training industry gurus -- such as Naeem Bukhari, Zafar Taji, Nadeem Chauhan and Faiez Seyal -- who benefitted the participants their valuable insights on management skills, HR, technology, finance, marketing etc.

Designed in two successive phases consisting of two batches each being conducted through 2011, PTCL’s Management Development Program is targeting to train 50 senior managers of the Company from all over the country. The first phase was completed in March this year, while the second and final phase’s completion is due in December.

“PTCL recognizes its human resource as a real asset and invests heavily in their development through various training activities,” said PTCL Senior Executive Vice President, Syed Mazhar Hussain. “We have a large training infrastructure spread throughout the country. Through successful initiatives like the Management Development Program, we are committed to make PTCL a ‘customer-focused corporate organization’ by undertaking spectacular human resource development.”

Mr. Hussain also applauded the efforts carried out by PTCL’s Training & Development Team for making the program an exceptionally beneficial experience for its participants.

MOBILE COMMERCE TO INCREASE, USE OF CELLPHONE FOR DATA TRANSFER INCREASED: ORACLE REPORT

Redwood Shores, Calif. – October 31, 2011

  

“Sixty-nine percent of global mobile phone users report using a smartphone and 47 percent of mobile users have increased their data usage in the past year – a larger percentage than text or voice,” stated a press release issued by Oracle announcing the results of its “Opportunity Calling: The Future of Mobile Communications – Take Two” report, which surveyed more than 3,000 mobile phone consumers worldwide to examine their mobile phone use habits, interest in new mobile technologies and expectations for service providers.

Pakistan has seen phenomenal growth in mobile phone users touching 110 million while increase in data transfer has also been witnessed.

The survey is a complement to Oracle’s first study, “Opportunity Calling: The Future of Mobile Communications,” which was released in September 2010.

In 2010, more than 50 percent of respondents thought their mobile phone would replace their camera, MP3 player or GPS device within five years.  By 2011, 43 percent of respondents already replaced their camera, 34 percent their MP3 player and 24 percent their GPS device with their mobile phone.

Consumer demand for apps is growing significantly.  Fifty-five percent of respondents have downloaded a free app and 25 percent have paid for an app on their mobile device.  In addition, demand for apps is spreading from phones to other mobile devices, particularly tablets.  Fifty-seven percent of respondents already own a tablet device or plan to purchase one in the next 12 months, even though the technology is in its infancy.

“Customer demands continue to evolve rapidly.  To maintain a competitive advantage, communications service providers must invest in information technology solutions that provide them the most flexibility and agility, enabling them to rapidly deliver innovative services or to adopt new business models as new opportunities arise, said Bhaskar Gorti, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Communications. 

“Providers also have an enormous opportunity to enhance their customer relationships by engaging with them at every touch point, leveraging their dynamic role in consumers’ shopping experience, and providing valuable information about usage, new services and mobile security,” he added.

More consumers are continuing to leverage their mobile devices for retail activities. Thirty percent of mobile phone users use comparison shop on their mobile device, while 24 percent read customer reviews and 14 percent have scanned a QR code in an advertisement or article.  But, when it comes to shopping for phones, 84 percent of respondents prefer to purchase in store.

While consumers are becoming more comfortable with location-based services and online banking, they have security concerns.  Sixty-eight percent of respondents do not believe, or are unsure, whether information stored or transmitted from their mobile device is secure.  

To access the full report – which delves extensively into mobile phone use preferences, security concerns, consumer purchasing habits, motivations for change and family data plan demand, as well as key differentiators between various global regions – visit

http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/communications/oracle-communications-future-mobile-521589.pdf.

Supporting Resources

·         Oracle Communications

·         Full Report:  Opportunity Calling: The Future of Mobile Communications – Take Two

·         2010 Press Release:  New Report Shows Mobile Consumers Eager for New Technologies, Still Covet Service and Price

·         2010 Full Report:  Opportunity Calling: The Future of Mobile Communications

·         Oracle Communications on YouTube

·         Oracle Communications on Diigo

·         Oracle Communications on Facebook

·         Oracle Communications on Twitter

·        Oracle Communications on LinkedIn

About Oracle Communications

Only Oracle’s software and systems span the communications industry technology landscape — from carrier-grade servers, storage and IT infrastructure, to mission-critical business and operational support systems and service delivery platforms; from business intelligence applications and retail point-of-sale solutions to the Java platform running on more than two billion mobile and handheld devices.  Oracle helps 100 of the world's top 100 service providers innovate and exploit new business models, build strong, profitable customer relationships, and streamline operations. For more information, visit http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/communications/index.html

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