Every now and then I get involved in Customer Proof of Concepts. A Proof of Concept (POC) is, according to Wikipedia, something like a demonstration of feasibility of a certain idea, concept or theory.
Oracle Stretched Cluster with VPLEX (update)
One request I got back after my series on Oracle RAC stretched clusters is if I could summarize again why anybody would choose VPLEX for storage replication over other solutions. My attempt was to describe the principles of VPLEX in…
Data Guard or Storage based replication?
A comparison between Oracle (Active) Data Guard and EMC replication for disaster recovery purposes This is an article I wrote a while ago for customers’ Database Administrators (DBAs) and application managers, that helps them in selecting the right Disaster Recovery…
The Dutch Diginotar Hack
Slightly off-topic here considering my normal focus on business applications (or actually, maybe not, decide for yourself). On the Dutch ICT news sites it is currently a big topic. And the impact for the whole internet is probably still underestimated.…
Monkey Business
Maybe you have heard the story of the Monkey Experiment. It is about an experiment with a bunch of monkeys in a cage, a ladder, and a banana. At a certain point one of the monkeys sees the banana hanging…