Exadata Database Machine X2-8 - 10.08.2010

New version of the Oracle Exadata Machine: Exadata X2-8 the worlds first extreme performance and scalability platform for all your database applications including Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), Data Warehousing (DW) and consolidation of mixed workloads.

Here are the facts: Processing up to 1,000,000 I/O per second. Ease of upgrade to meet needs on any size application. Scale by connecting multiple Exadata Database Machine X2-8 racks to one another. Up to 8 racks can be connected without requiring additional switches. Larger configurations can be built with additional switches. Pre-configures system optimized for all database applications.

The X2-8 uses two 4U Sun Fire x4800 servers which each have 8 x eight-core intel CPUs (X7560) and 1 Terabyte of memory along with 14 Exadata Storage Servers. X2-8, Oracle Sun X4800.

Exadata Insights

• Storage cells have not changed much from the original V2; having 2 CPUs and 12 drives and 384G of flash cache.
• 2 Databases using a total of 128 CPU cores and 2 TB of memory for database processing
• Each Database: 64 Intel CPU cores (8 x eight-core Intel Xeon X7560 processors, 1 TB RAM)
• Newer (faster) 6 core Intel CPUs. (5670 CPUs)
• 14 Oracle Exadata Storage Servers • Storage Options: 600 GB High Performance SAS disks, or 2 TB High Capacity SAS disks
• 5.3 TB of Exadata Smart Flash Cache
• QDR (40 GB/second) Infiniband Switches • Uncompressed user data capacity of 100 TB per rack
• Uncompressed I/O bandwidth of up to 50 GB/second per rack
• Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression often delivers 10x-15x compression ratios
• Complete redundancy for high availability
• X2-8 can be ordered, no delivery date yet
• Configured for the high end market: increased memory will allow more consolidation, larger OLTP type systems to run better; additional memory supports more concurrent users with much larger buffer caches
• Very large systems: 1000s of OLTP transactions/sec and 1000s of users will be suited by this configuration.
• Up to 25 GB/second on uncompressed raw disk bandwidth
• Upt to 50 GB/second on uncompressed FLASH data bandwidth
• Up to 50,000 Disk IOPS
• Up to 1,000,000 FLASH IOPS
• 100 TB of raw data capacity
• Up to 28 TB of uncompressed user data (ie. Estimate of space for table rows after mirroring all the disk space, allowing space to recover from disk failures, per redo logs, undo, TEMP space for data warehousing and indexing. Using Exadata Hybrid Columnar Compression the capacity will be much larger. Naturally, actual user data varies based on application)
• Data Load Rate: Up to 5 TB/hour
• Up to 25 GB/second of uncompressed raw disk bandwidth
• Full rack only
• Two database servers
• Expected Cost: hardware cost 50% more than Full Rack version with the small 2 CPU blades (i.e. X2-2).

Exadata in the Future
• More memory and more available slots for HBAs
• HBA innovation to continue • Solaris version for database servers
• Intel chip innovation to continue
• Fixed configuration

Please contact us for an expert advisory consultation regarding your Very Large Scale data management issues info@databasevisions.com. Exadata Database Machine X2-8 guardians at Oracle Open World:

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DatabaseVisions Intern Opportunities - 09.28.10

DatabaseVisions, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, George Mason University, and James Madison University has now allocated funding for a University Intern Program. This program supports both paid and non-paid Intern positions.

Please click on the links below to learn more about the available internships
• University Intern, Federal Market Analyst
• University Intern, Web2.0 Federal Market Analyst
• University Intern, Federal Systems Solution Analyst
• University Intern, Information Assurance Developer
• University Intern, Information Assurance Software Engineer
DatabaseVisions Commits to Oracle Exadata R&D - 09.07.10

DatabaseVisions is extending its support of data warehouse architectures to include the Oracle Exadata Product Family.

This summer the firm began collaborating with a nationally recognized university professor of electrical and computer engineering to bring the Oracle Exadata Product Family into the need market of the Federal Marketplace. Our next-generation design architectures are targeted toward supporting very large, high-volume mixed-media data streams.

“We seek opportunities to test our Oracle Exadata system designs on novel use-cases, such as sensor data, signal processing telemetry, video streams, and audio streams." – Eric T. Schmidt, DatabaseVisions Managing Consultant. “Right now our pipeline is approaching $1 billion for a fairly new product. I think in a few years the Exadata business will be measured in the billions of dollars per year of new sales. If you will, our iPhone.” ——Oracle CEO Larry Ellison in interview with Reuters [click here to read more] Oracle Exadata Introduction [click here to read more] Oracle Reseller Agreement with Ingram Micro - 08.12.10

The Oracle Partner Network designated DatabaseVisions as an ORACLE VALUE ADDED RESELLER for their ORACLE PARTNER NETWORK FULL USE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

DatabaseVisions acquisition of Oracle technology programs is governed by and subject to the terms of the Oracle Partner Network Full Use Program Distribution Agreement, effective August 12, 2010. DatabaseVisions is authorized to purchase Oracle technology programs for distribution from their Value Added Distributor (VAD), Ingram Micro.

"As an Oracle Solution Provider, this resale agreement simplifies, and extends our service offerings in the Federal and Commercial Market. We commonly require price quotes for commercial use of Oracle products such as Oracle Data Vault, Oracle Sun Database Machine, Oracle 11g, et al. Now we have an efficient process to meet customer needs and express ROI based on price and projected implementation efficiencies." – Eric T. Schmidt, DatabaseVisions Managing Consultant
University Intern Program - 07.10.10

DatabaseVisions, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, George Mason University, and James Madison University has now allocated funding for a University Intern Program. This program supports both paid and non-paid Intern positions.

For over ten years, DatabaseVisions has experienced a 100% success rate as a Systems Integration Teaming Partner and Solution Provider. As a small business we have not heavily invested in marketing or sales of our capabilities, or product solution catalog. Rather, we have relied on business relationships at AFCEA-NOVA, The American Small Business Coalition, and our many industry partner contacts for prior sales successes.

This Fall of 2010 will be a new stage in our firm's growth. Our success in the Oracle Partner Network program enables us to leverage the Oracle Partner Network Marketing Resources to market and sell our system solutions and database tools, including Oracle Technology such as the Oracle Exadata Product Family, Oracle Data Vault, Oracle 11g, Oracle Data Mining, Oracle Business Intelligence Suite, et al.

To assist in corporate marketing and sales operations, DatabaseVisions created its University Intern, Market Analyst Program to mature corporate Marketing Capabilities in Federal Market and potentially nationwide. Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University, George Mason University, and James Madison University are enabling us to train and work with MBA, computer science, and information technology students. October 1, 2010 we expect three Market Analyst Interns to be at work, learning and developing processes to serve the Federal Marketplace with the DatabaseVisions value position. We expect this program to create four-to-eight qualified leads per month for DatabaseVisions Account Representatives to use for mutually beneficial, client interactions and possible opportunities for service. Furthermore, this program is a great opportunity for University Students to gain real-world experience, acquire Industry Training, including Oracle Technology, Sales and Marketing Certifications that can test their natural abilities and mature their thoughts as their career path progresses. We look for students to apply their academic studies with real-world projects within the Federal Market and Oracle Community. We've had strong feedback thus far, students are attracted to how our detailed University Intern Program Outline explains project tasks, expectations and rewards.
What We Do --> Illustration of 5 Concepts- 06.05.10

A long time industry partner requested a 5 Concept Illustration of what we do. We thought it was obvious: "Oracle, nothing but Oracle." Considering, a picture is worth a 1,000 words, this is a worthwhile task. We now have this illustration of the 5 Concepts our firm is founded on; these practices express our value position to Federal and Commercial projects.

-> Download our 5 Concept Illustration: Concepts of Engagement

1. STEM-Based: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics --> Critical and Creative Thinking

2. Oracle Partner Specialized: Data Warehousing, Security, Modernization, and Application Development

3. Department of Defense Leadership Alignment

4. Collaboration and partnership with client: jointly describe, outline, detail, and solve Enterprise Data Management Challenges.

5. This framework guides how we realize ideas and visualize organization solutions If you have questions regarding our corporate philosophy, training methods, project execution, et al, please contact us: info@databasevisons.com DatabaseVisions implements data transformation solutions for U.S. Government - 05.22.10

DatabaseVisions, of Fairfax, VA is an Oracle Partner, serving industry since 1999, maximizing value of Oracle Technology with next generation Thought Leadership. These processes correlate and aggregate decision making information, assisting in accurate financial and budgetary forecasts and accounting. DatabaseVisions is invested in Data Warehouse, Security and Business Intelligence Oracle Partner Gold Specializations, as well as customizing business processes on Oracle products.

CIO Questions:
* Are you comfortable with current strategy for disparate data source integration?
* Is your decision support system [data warehouse] growing in complexity and scale?
* Are your business applications integrated securely to support enterprise real-time decision making?
* Is your data integration process secure, efficient, and using audit-tracking of record processing?
* Are you interested in implementing your enterprise data architect vision with next-generation Oracle 11g features?
* Are you aware that data profiling, anomaly detection, and auditing features of Oracle Warehouse Builder now are delivered at no extra cost with Oracle 11g?
* Have you experimented with Oracle Data Mining features of Oracle 11g?
DatabaseVisions, Inc. Re-Architects Data Warehouse for U.S. Government - 04.28.10

DatabaseVisions, Inc. Re-Architects Data Warehouse for U.S. Government, providing Oracle Technology thought leadership for mission critical applications.

DatabaseVisions modernized a critical business application to increase performance by over 300% and increase system availability by 3-4 hours. By developing secure, efficient, dynamic processes, DatabaseVisions engineered a solution where other attempts failed. Success was due to the project team`s experience and creativity. DatabaseVisions creates next generation tools and provides Oracle Platform guidance and support. The scope of this project effort includes Oracle RAC database performance tuning, Momentum Financials data warehouse re-architecture; data transformation; Governance, Risk, & Compliance application development, staff training, and ad hoc report support.

DatabaseVisions, Inc. is an Oracle Partner supporting programs in the U.S. Government and Department of Defense.
DatabaseVisions, Inc. implements Governance, Risk, and Compliance [GRC] solutions for the U.S. Government- 03.23.10

DatabaseVisions, Inc. of Fairfax, VA designs, develops, and implements novel information assurance solutions for U.S. Government Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC) requirements. Enterprise information assurance features supported include, but are not limited to: separation of duties, multi-factor access, identity management, network encryption, transparent data encryption, backup encryption, large object encryption, data masking, label security, fine-grained auditing, audit record repository data mining, and subject area miss-direction.

Questions Database Visions helps find the answers to are:
* What are your most critical business applications?
* How would you be impacted by a business application security incident?
* Where are your most critical business information and intellectual property located?
* What key regulations impact your business?
* How do you rate your incident preparedness?
* How concerned are you about database security?
* How concerned are you about inside threats?
* How comfortable are you with your database audit policies and procedures?
* Can you centrally audit your databases or proactively identify potential security incidents?

Please contact us for an expert advisory consultation regarding your data transformation issues, with answers to your needs info@databasevisions.com.
DatabaseVisions, Inc. commits to AFCEA Corporate Membership - 02.17.10

DatabaseVisions, Inc. of Fairfax, VA has been active with AFCEA-NOVA for numerous years and is now pleased to announce its status as a Corporate Member.

AFCEA International is a professional association serving the military, government, industry, and academia as an ethical forum for advancing professional knowledge and relationships in the fields of communications, IT, intelligence, and global security. AFCEA has 32,000 individual members, 1,700 corporate members.