Celebrating 20 Years of Java

By Yolande Poirier

“Over the past 20 years Java has grown and evolved to become one of the most important and dependable technologies in our industry” explains Georges Saab, Vice President of the Java Platform Group at Oracle. 

We are celebrating the 20th year since the first version of Java was released for the public use. There are over 9 million Java developers working across all major industries. The Java community is constantly driving innovation and changing our daily lives. Discover the movers and shakers of the technical world in the Nighthacking interviews.    

The Java community is very invested in delivering new innovations in Java 9. The release will provide modularity and include a common logging system for all JVM components, more HotSpot JIT compiler controls, and much more. 

Celebrating Java is honoring its thriving community. Visit the 20 years of Java website and share your comments and pictures. Celebrate with us May 20 on Twitter using the hashtag #Java20.  

Learn more: Oracle and the Community Celebrate 20 Years of Java - Press Release

Oracle FY16 Global Partner Kickoff - 23/Junho

Ready, set, mark your calendars for our Oracle FY16 Global Partner Kickoff. 

This year's live, virtual event will be hosted by Oracle executives Mark Hurd, John Fowler, Thomas Kurian & Shawn Price, as well as well as A&C executives. These thought leaders will provide our partners an opportunity to better understand Oracle's cloud transformation, as well our updated go-to-market and sales strategies for the upcoming fiscal year. 

Save the date for June 23 at 17:00 GMT, and register today. You can also join the conversation with thoughts/questions before the event, as well as live the day-of via Twitter.

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Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance

O Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance da Oracle vem redefinir os conceitos de protecção de dados: elimina a sobrecarga da execução dos backups e permite recuperar as bases de dados com referência a qualquer ponto no tempo.

Para saber mais veja o White Paper: Extreme Protection That Eliminates Data Loss for All of Your Oracle Databases

Oracle anuncia data de disponibilidade do Java 9

Ao fim de vários anos de desenvolvimento, a Oracle anunciou finalmente que a próxima versão do Java será disponibilizada a 22/Set/2016. A maior inovação do Java 9 é a sua modularização, permitindo aos utilizadores carregar e/ou instalar apenas os componentes necessários para uma dada aplicação ou tarefa. A Oracle levou 5 anos a implementar esta nova funcionalidade, uma vez que, para conseguir atingir este objectivo de modularidade, teve de fragmentar e reconstruir todo o código do Java.

A Oracle actualiza Ferramentas de Desenvolvimento para Public Cloud Services

O grupo de Database Application Development Tools da Oracle anunciou hoje a disponibilidade de duas importantes actualizações à sua oferta de ferramentas de desenvolvimento SQL Developer. 

Oracle SQL Developer is a free integrated development environment that simplifies the development and management of Oracle Database in both traditional and Cloud deployments. SQL Developer offers complete end-to-end development of your PL/SQL applications, a worksheet for running queries and scripts, a DBA console for managing the database, a reports interface, a complete data modeling solution, and a migration platform for moving your 3rd party databases to Oracle. 

O 'post' seguinte, escrito por Jeff Smith, Senior Principal Product Manager da Oracle, apresenta e explica estas novidades.

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Oracle Updates Development Tools for Public Cloud Services

by Jeff Smith

Oracle SQL Developer version 4.1 and Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler 4.1 are now generally available. The two products empower customers to design, develop, and deploy best-of-breed applications running on-premises or in Oracle Database Cloud Services.

“We are very pleased with the strong adoption of Oracle SQL Developer,” said Michael J. Hichwa, Vice President of Oracle Database Tools.  “SQL Developer has been embraced by the developer community as the de-facto standard database IDE for designing, developing, and DBA activities.  Don’t let the dot 1 version fool you, this release is packed full of good stuff.”

Oracle SQL Developer version 4.1

Oracle SQL Developer, with its 4,000,000+ active users, serves as the IDE for Oracle SQL and PL/SQL and as the GUI for Oracle Database. In our latest release we have introduced several new features as well as enhanced some of the more popular ones to be easier to use and to provide additional value.

Perhaps the most noteworthy new feature is our one-button-click solution for copying on-premises Oracle Databases to the Oracle Database Cloud Service.

A database administrator simply right-clicks on a 12c Multitenant Pluggable Database and chooses to either move, or copy to their Cloud Service. When the operation is complete, the database is automatically made available in the Oracle Database Cloud Service.

Additionally, Oracle SQL Developer offers tighter integration with Oracle REST Data Services. Starting with the 4.1 release, SQL Developer can now install, configure, and run Oracle REST Data Services version 3.0 without any additional downloads.

SQL Developer will also make automatic RESTful services available for entire schemas or selected tables when connected to an Oracle Database being serviced by Oracle REST Data Services.

Database Administrators can also enjoy a new interface for checking on the activity in their database using SQL Developer’s DB Instance page. All in a single view, administrators can observe critical metrics in real-time around IO, networking, wait events, storage, and more. Each activity graph can be drilled down into a detailed report so that immediate action can be taken to address any problems.

Figure 1: DB Status Page in Version 4.1 of Oracle SQL Developer

Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler version 4.1

Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler provides a no-cost solution for designing and deploying both Oracle Database and Oracle Big Data Appliance data models. Version 4.1 continues to add additional support for taking advantage of new Oracle Database 12c features.

Support for comparing physical data mode elements such as storage properties for tables, PL/SQL code objects, and security around users, roles, and their permissions is now available. In addition, users are able to define user defined properties or import them from existing Oracle Designer or ERWin data models.

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