OracleWorld Wrap-up: Oracle users leery of grid strategy

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A newsletter published by TechTarget   September 17, 2003 >> Receive this e-mail as text   >> About this e-mail  SPONSORED BY: Quest Software White Paper: How to Survive in a Multi-Database Environment Oracle users leery of grid strategy by Robert Westervelt, SearchOracle.com News Writer Jorge Batista's smiling face is featured on plenty of OracleWorld literature. A database architect at Horsham, Pa.-based Scirex Corp., Batista is one of the attendees from years past whom Oracle Corp. chose to feature this year as a happy customer. But Batista isn't ready to gush over Oracle's grid. SPONSORED BY:  Quest Software White Paper: How to Survive in a Multi-Database Environment Attention Oracle DBAs -- What applications and technologies do you need to be aware of in order to maintain your competitive edge? To help you administer more than one database simultaneously, Quest Software offers a new white paper: "The Heterogeneous DBA: Surviving in a Multi-database Environment." This white paper reviews common database terminology, discusses how each database handles space management, and offers helpful tips on administrative differences. >> Click for the white paper "I think it's going to be a while before grid [computing] actually catches on -- or is even feasible," Batista said. "It's in the early stages, and a lot more needs to be said before I think a lot of people are going to jump on it." With that, Batista echoed the sentiments of many OracleWorld attendees, who spent five days hearing all about Oracle's new line of grid products. Yesterday, Oracle announced its intention to form a commercial consortium to shift the industry's focus from scientific grid computing to enterprise grid computing. Company executives have said they are fully aware of the challenges they face in educating customers and partners about the potential of grids, and the consortium is one way to bring customers like Batista on board. Charles Rozwat, Oracle's executive vice president for server technologies, announced the consortium at an afternoon keynote session. Rozwat said the group would not compete with the scientific Global Grid Forum, but will instead focus on commercial aspects of grid computing. "It would define some of the standards of grid computing and be a sounding board to open up a dialogue with some major customers," Rozwat said. "We want contributors from both the user standpoint and the component companies. "Most commercial companies are very concerned about security, and the scientific community is just the opposite," Rozwat added. "We want to shift the focus on the needs of commercial users." >> Click to read the full story. >> Read more of SearchOracle.com's special coverage of OracleWorld '03. Other SearchOracle.com OracleWorld headlines: Analysts: Per-processor pricing to die out | by Robert Westervelt, SearchOracle.com News Writer As Oracle Corp. prepares to release new licensing fees in connection with its new 10g database and application server, analysts are predicting the arrival of a new utility pricing model. Reduce maintenance downtime for E-Business 11i | by Robyn Lorusso, SearchOracle.com Site Editor One Oracle executive offered OracleWorld attendees suggestions for 11i best practices, and ways to reduce downtime that is among the necessary evils of routine patching. MORE ON THIS TOPIC: >>  Read all of SearchOracle.com's special coverage of OracleWorld '03. A B O U T   T H I S   N E W S L E T T E R This newsletter is published by TechTarget, the most targeted IT media. Copyright 2003 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "OracleWorld 2003 live with SearchDatabase.com":   -  Reply to this e-mail with REMOVE in the Subject line OR   -  Go to unsubscribe and enter your e-mail address to cancel your subscription Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed.