To ensure a smooth transition, CSX used Oracle Real Application Testing, an Oracle Database option, in conjunction with Oracle Enterprise Manager to perform comprehensive testing of the upgrade.

Oracle has extended support for its Real Application Testing technology to earlier database systems in a move partly intended to speed upgrades to Oracle Database 11g.

In current testing, 11g is faster at storing such data compared with traditional file systems, he added. Typically, Oracle ships significant updates to its database every 15 to 18 months, although ...

Oracle responded by signing an agreement with Mercury Interactive Corp. to bring in a volume testing tool and thereby launch an initiative to test better before a software release.

To take advantage of new Oracle Database capabilities, CSX Corporation, an international transportation company, upgraded more than 400 databases supporting critical commercial, packaged and ...

Oracle made significant increases this week in the cost of technical certification exams for Sun and Oracle technologies.