8i and 8i - The i stands for "Internet" to indicate that 8/9i is "Internet ready".
10g and 11g - The g stands for "grid" to indicate that 10/11g is "grid-computing ready".
11gR2 is the second and terminal release. The common theme for this release is "Consolidate. Compress. Control."
Oracle Corporation has been agressively acquiring best of breed software power house, most recently BEA and Sun Microsystems. What that means for consultants like myself is a rich technology stack for delivering innovative solutions. Software consolidation is still progressing. Here are some tools I was was using this week.
Oracle Weblogic Server:
Oracle Enterprise Manager:
Oracle JRockit Mission Control:
Java VisualVM:
