Alice Elliott

Oracle ACE Christian Screen developed this tutorial for those interested in learning how to configure the Oracle Business Intelligence 11g (11.1.1.6) metadata repository for development using the new MDS XML source control management functionality. - Alice Elliott

Three new virtualization-related hands-on labs to be presented at Oracle OpenWorld. We hope to have these available in future OTN Sysadmin Days. We're figuring out how to reduce the RAM requirement from 16Gig to 8 Gig. - Alice Elliott

When JCP 2.8 (JSR 348) was approved in October 2011, Oracle publicly committed to convert all in-flight JSRs led by Oracle to JCP 2.8. This is the work of converting Java SE 8 to the new JCP rules, including more transparency, an updated OpenJDK Terms of Use, a public issue tracker and more. - Alice Elliott

Oracle Java/Middleware/Core Engineer Mark Heckler creates a quick and easy drop-in dialog box capability for JavaFX. - Alice Elliott

Not many programmers get the chance to design a public API - but with the influence of the web this is changing. - Alice Elliott

If you've been curious about GitHub then this short tutorial in the Open source Java projects series is for you. Get an overview of the source code repository that has changed the way that many developers work, both individually and collaboratively. Then try GitHub for yourself, using common Git commands to branch and commit your own open source project. - Alice Elliott

Although the Java platform is often overlooked by many developers who prefer iOS and Android, a developer studio in Indonesia, has chosen to maintain its focus on making Java-based games, and is very profitable. - Alice Elliott

Without the Automated Installer (AI) in Oracle Solaris 11, you would have to manually install the cluster components on the cluster nodes, and then run the scinstall tool to add the nodes to the cluster. If you use the AI, instead, both the Oracle Solaris 11 and the Oracle Solaris Cluster 4.0 packages are installed onto the cluster nodes directly from Image Packaging System (IPS) repositories, and the nodes are booted into a new cluster with minimal manual intervention. - Alice Elliott

System logging with logwatch and process accounting with psacct can help detect intrusion attempts and determine whether a system has been compromised. So can using the RPM package manager to verifying the integrity of installed software. These and other tools are described in this second article, which takes a wider perspective and gives you tips for securing your entire Oracle Linux environment. - Alice Elliott

The Java Committee Process Executive Committee Nomination Materials are now available. - Alice Elliott