October 2022
Oracle VirtualBox 7 to Help Developers Increase Productivity and Reduce Operational Cost and Complexity

We recently introduced Oracle VM VirtualBox 7. This latest release of the world’s most popular free, open source, and cross-platform virtualization software can help DevOps engineers and distributed teams increase productivity and reduce their organizations’ operational complexity and cost.

The latest release is packed with new features, including:

  • Integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
  • Enhanced 3D support
  • Automated virtual machine (VM) builder
  • Full VM encryption

Introducing a new way to deploy and manage container-based applications

For enterprises facing challenges developing and deploying cloud native applications in hybrid cloud and multicloud environments, Oracle now offers a comprehensive solution based on an integrated suite of open source software. This innovative suite comes with a flexible subscription-based support model that enables customers to:

  • Easily adopt modern application development and deployment architectures
  • Run applications where they want to-on-premises and in the cloud
  • Support any framework, pattern, or programing language
Using a curated set of popular open source technologies, the new suite combines proven container runtimes and Kubernetes clusters, a best-of-breed enterprise container platform for hybrid cloud and multicloud management, and a reliable and secure Linux operating environment, all with 24x7 worldwide support.

 
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Providing reliable and secure cloud services
 
4 Reasons DevOps Engineers Still Rely on Hypervisors
Read the New Stack article to learn why DevOps teams find hypervisors extremely useful.Even as cloud native development takes off, many DevOps teams continue to rely on virtual machines (VMs) as part of their toolkit. There’s so much demand that license sales of popular VM products are predictedto grow nearly 20% annually through 2027.
 
Reducing configuration drift
VirtualBox for Dummies ebook
Ever wish you could run more than one operating system on a single hardware platform? Open source VirtualBox enables that, and much more. Learn why it is ranked as the leader by G2 since 2018 and why customers love it. With VirtualBox, IT administrators, developers, technical architects, and anyone who has a computer can host multiple operating systems. Download the eBook to learn more!
 
Find missing patches with Ksplice Inspector
Cisco cryptographic services team reduces cost of virtualization
Learn how the Cisco cryptographic services team lowered their virtualization cost, increased their uptime using Ksplice live patching, improved performance, and streamlined support by switching to Oracle Linux KVM and Virtualization Manager.
 
What are Analysts Saying
How Oracle Verrazzano simplifies application management across container clusters
In this article, Holger Mueller, VP & Principal Analyst at Constellation provides insight into 6 key trends and drivers for a next-generation compute platform such as Oracle Verrazzano, what Verrazzano is and why it matters, as well as recommendations for CxOs. Find out how Oracle Verrazzano addresses the challenges caused by rising complexity of IT operations.

Improving the Security of DevOps Environments
In this white paper, Marc Staimer of Dragon Slayer Consulting reviews known Linux issues and impacts to DevOps environments in the following areas: security issues, performance impacts and deployment bottlenecks. Download the white paper to learn how Oracle Linux addresses these issues and in what ways.
Upcoming Events
Webcast Series: How to fast-track multicluster Kubernetes deployments in hybrid cloud environments
Join us on the second Wednesday of each month to hear about some of the key challenges with implementing cloud native solutions on-premises and in the cloud, and how to address them.
 
Next Session: Avoiding bad technology choices and vendor lock-in
November 9, 2022 at 11:00 am CST

Open source technologies help organizations not get locked into specific vendors. But with a rapidly changing landscape of open source projects, how can you pick the right ones, make sure they work together, and get support for your enterprise deployments? Experts will discuss the advantages of using a curated and integrated stack of CNCF projects and the open application model.
On-Demand Webinars
 
 
How can your operating system help secure your infrastructure?
Oracle Open Hybrid Cloud Software Customer Summit
How can your operating system help secure your infrastructure?
Hybrid Cloud Native Challenges
 
Oracle CloudWorld: Oracle Linux, Virtualization and Verrazzano Sessions
Unable to attend OCW and missed the sessions? With a full-digital pass you can access the sessions on-demand through November 18! View the agenda. Claim your digital pass.
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