The Triora Group

Several months ago I announced that the Triora Group will be merging with SSG Limited (www.ssglimited.com).  Today we will be taking the next step by merging our blogs.  For now this blog will continue to exist but all relevant content has been copied to the new blog.
After today all of my new blog posts will [...]

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I’ve discussed the Oracle VM Manager in the previous post.  Using it you can do a variety of tasks including:

Create virtual machines from installation media or from a virtual machine template
Delete virtual machines
Power off virtual machines
Import virtual machines
Deploy and clone virtual machines
Perform live migration of virtual machines
Import and [...]

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As I noted in my previous entry I was finally configured to start creating Virtual Machines (VM).  But first I wanted to do some background checking on what I had actually installed.
On the Dell I found a lean version of Linux.  A uname -a command returned this:
Linux hostname 2.6.18-8.1.15.1.16.el5xen #1 SMP Fri Aug 1 18:27:30 [...]

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I had the opportunity to see “Terminator Salvation” this past weekend.  I’m feeling some solidarity with John Connor and his frustrations with “the machines”.  Of course his machines are real and spend all of their time trying to kill him while mine just frustrate me and are “virtual”.
I’ve been spending some time learning how to [...]

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For over six months there has been the promise of this new update with desired features. The update was rolled out in the UK several weeks ago but has been delayed in the US for unspecified reasons.   Developers who have a special version of the G1 with “root” access have also had [...]

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Today is the final day of the OAUG Collaborate 2009 conference in Orlando and here are some final thoughts as I look back at the last 5 days.
First, Orlando is a great location for the conference.  Great weather, easy access and plenty of restaurants and lodging.
The attendance was down but I can only speculate how [...]

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After seeing the initial demonstration of the planned Fusion Applications I wanted to provide my impressions.  Any user interface is critical to application users since it is what they actually work in each day.
Oracle has taken a strong stance on using Web 2.0 capabilities in the new User Interface (UI) as can be seen by [...]

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In this post I’ll try to summarize the key points about the upcoming Fusion Applications from Oracle.  My expectations is that the initial release will be available in mid to late 2010 based on what was provided at Collaborate.
On Tuesday Oracle provided live demonstrations showing several of the Fusion Application modules, CRM and Human Capital [...]

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With my new role at SSG Limited, I’m attending some sessions at OAUG that are related to the Telecom marketplace.  SSG Limited has over 10 years of experience with Oracle’s Communications Billing and Revenue Management (previously Portal).
Oracle also offers Metasolv (purchased in 2006) which is an Operations Support System (OSS) for the communications and media [...]

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Just last week, Oracle announced the 12.1 release to EBS and this week at OAUG they are rolling out some of the key features for the new release.  The actual release name in MetaLink is 12.1.1   In a session early this morning the following changes were highlighted:

iSetup – a new product that documents the functional [...]

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