Oracle Magazine March/April 2012 Issue

This issue includes the mix of news, community, customer-focus, and technology stories you've come to expect in Oracle Magazine—and more.
Here are some highlights from the March/April 2012 issue:
Destination: SPARC
With the recent release of the SPARC T4 chip, Oracle has arrived at better-than-promised performance on the SPARC roadmap. The latest advancements in SPARC chip technologies—combined with the Oracle Solaris 11 operating system that has been optimized for SPARC—are delivering better application performance and availability. Learn why Tucson Electric Power Company is counting on the past, present, and future of SPARC and Solaris to run highly available applications in a virtual environment.
A Better Breed
High-capacity and high-performance engineered information systems enable organizations to handle more data and process it faster than ever before. See how agricultural giant Monsanto relies on Oracle Exadata Database Machines and Sun ZFS Storage Appliance to meet its growing speed, capacity, throughput, and availability needs.
The Right Fit
The release of Oracle Database Appliance gives midsize companies an engineered systems option to fit their businesses. Find out why Oracle Database Appliance was a simple, fast, and affordable solution for call-tracking company CallSource when it was time for an IT infrastructure upgrade.

Interview (with podcast): Big Data Management
Oracle NoSQL Database facilitates efficient storage of massive amounts of data in a simple, flexible format.

Up Close (with video): IT Superman
IOUG President Andy Flower guides his organization on a powerful new course.
On the Road with BI
Oracle Business Intelligence Mobile gives your iOS device the business.
Ask Tom: On Unlearning and Modeling
Our technologist goes back to school for Oracle Exadata and vows to be a MODEL student.
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