How does Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control do so much across so many different systems? Porus Homi Havewala has the answers. 

What does it take to go from 'we should move to the cloud' to a successful cloud computing strategy? This excerpt from Silver Clouds, Dark Linings offers advice on crossing cloud chasms and developing a successful roadmap.

Guest blogger Pravin Janardanam continues the discussion about OBIEE 11g Authorization and other Security aspects.

"OAM 11g integrates with WebLogic using the very same components used to integrate OAM 10.1.4.3. Under most circumstances, that means using the OAM Identity Asserter...which asserts the OAM_REMOTE_USER header as the user principal in the JAAS subject." - Brian Eidelman

"When servers are in a cluster, these member servers communicate with each other by sending heartbeats and indicating that they are alive. For this communication between the servers, either unicast or multicast messaging is used." -- Divya Duryea

Oracle ACE Direct Ron Batra offers his assessment of recent rumblings in the Cloud.