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Colaboración: Paola Girotti Customer Care South Region Manager Oracle Lad User Group Relationship Manager  ExaBriefing The IOUG Engineered Systems Newsletter Published in Cooperation with the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG). December 12, 2012

IN THIS ISSUE: NEWS FLASHES . University of Minnesota Reduces Data Center Footprint with Exadata . Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Adds Cloud and Consolidation Capabilities . IOUG's John Matelski Makes the Case for the Engineered Systems IOUG NEWS AND INFORMATION . IOUG's new ExaEverything Training Modules are now available! . Save the Date for the Second Annual Exadata Virtual Symposium!

Welcome to ExaBriefing: The IOUG Engineered Systems Newsletter, an information resource prepared by Database Trends and Applications Magazine and published in cooperation with the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG). To subscribe, click here. Visit IOUG at: NEWS FLASHES University of Minnesota Reduces Data Center Footprint with Exadata The University of Minnesota, a top research institution comprised of five campuses, 65,000 students and 25,000 employees, has made systematic changes and improved database administration efficiency with Oracle Exadata Database Machine. By hosting its IT environment on two Oracle Exadata Database Machine half racks, the university consolidated more than 200 Oracle database instances into fewer than 20, enabling it to reduce data center floor space and total cost of ownership. Full article Back to top Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Adds Cloud and Consolidation Capabilities Oracle announced new software enhancements to the Oracle SPARC SuperCluster engineered system that are intended to enable customers to consolidate any combination of mission-critical enterprise databases, middleware and applications on a single system and rapidly deploy secure, self-service cloud services. According to Oracle, the SPARC SuperCluster can deliver 10x application consolidation ratios as a result of new layered, zero-overhead virtualization combined with the database offload functions of Oracle Exadata Storage Servers and efficient networking. Full article Back to top IOUG's John Matelski Makes the Case for the Engineered Systems At OpenWorld, Oracle's annual conference for customers and partners, John Matelski, president of the IOUG, gave his perspective on the key takeaways from this year's event. He also talked about the user group's efforts to help the community understand the value of Oracle's engineered systems and deal with the broad implications of big data - and how the IOUG is supporting Oracle DBAs in their evolving roles. Full article Back to top IOUG NEWS AND INFORMATION IOUG's new ExaEverything Training Modules are now available! Participate in real-time, interactive discussions on today's most relevant ExaEverything topics. IOUG's ExaModules provide a clear, soup-to-nuts understanding of the Oracle Exadata Machine, and will define the learning objectives of each session. Sessions include: Exadata 101 - What You Need to Know Exadata: Is it Right for Your Environment? Exadata Database Migration and Consolidation Oracle Exadata Management Fundamentals: New Features for Monitoring, Tuning and More Training modules are available to all IOUG paid members. Learn more at www.ioug.org/examodules Back to top Save the Date for the Second Annual Exadata Virtual Symposium! Take advantage of two days of free, online sessions filled with insights and information from real Exadata users and experts. Go beyond the basics of Exadata with information on what's new for Exadata in X-3, what it takes to manage Exadata on a daily basis, and how to optimize your systems to get the most out of your investment. Register today and be notified when the session schedule becomes available. Register for the IOUG Exadata Virtual Symposium 2013 Back to top ABOUT US Founded in 1993, the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) is a global membership organization for technology professionals who seek credible, relevant and timely information and education on Oracle technologies. Representing over 20,000 IT professionals and large, medium and small businesses, government and educational organizations, this independent community provides insight, experienced-based solutions and resources that empower DBAs, architects, developers, server administrators and IT managers to do their jobs better. The IOUG provides the professional Oracle user with qualified and vetted perspectives on technology trends, products and best practices; leading edge training and an advocacy channel back to Oracle Corporation. Web site resources include more than 3000 papers, tips and articles as well as networking through Special Interest Groups and a network of regional Oracle user groups. For more information about the IOUG, please visit the IOUG Web site, or call (312) 245-1579. 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