Tag: Oracle
Oracle’s VirtualBox gets improved Linux 4.8 support
Oracle has pushed maintenance updates for VirtualBox 5.0 and 5.1 series. Both the upgraded versions come with improved Linux 4.8 support.
While the VirtualBox 5.0...
Oracle takes a dig at Amazon by launching 20-year advanced cloud...
"Amazon are decades behind in every database area that matters, and their systems are more closed than mainframe computers," affirmed Larry Ellison, Oracle co-founder,...
VirtualBox 5.1.6 comes with initial Linux 4.8 support
Oracle has released VirtualBox 5.1.6 as a maintenance release for the month of September. This new update brings an initial support for upcoming Linux...
Virtualisation Face-off: Qemu, VirtualBox, VMware Player and Parallels Workstation
In this article, we take a look at four of the most well known and commonly used virtualisation software for Linux.
When it comes to...
TutorVista: Using Open Source in Digital Education
TutorVista, a digital tutoring website, uses open source software to mimic a classroom experience and maintain its database.
TutorVista is an online tutoring service that...
Programming Tools for Linux
This article is not so much about the various languages, as the programming tools that can be used to write programs using the languages.
When...
Taming the Big Data Beast with Hadoop and Alternatives
Turn the clock back to 1970 -- the year in which Edgar Codd published the paper "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared...
The Importance of In-memory Databases
It has been predicted that in-memory computing will be one of the Top 10 technologies of 2012. In-memory databases (IMDBs) are a critical part...
Virtualisation and Disk Management in OpenIndiana
In the previous part, we got acquainted with OpenIndiana -- how to install the base system, find and deploy packages, and perform maintenance tasks...
Dell India R&D Centre is 10 — Team’s Take on Milestones,...
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Dell India R&D Centre, the LINUX For You team caught up with Rudramuni B, executive...
