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Linux Forum - Tuesday March 27

Since Oracle recently made Release 2 of its Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel available (see Lenz's blog), we're following up with an online forum with Oracle's Linux executives and engineers. Topics will be:

9:30 - 9:45 am PT
Oracle's Linux Strategy

Edward Screven, Oracle's Chief Corporate Architect and Wim Coekaerts, Senior VP of Linux and Virtualization Engineering, will explain Oracle's Linux strategy, the benefits of Oracle Linux, Oracle's role in the Linux community, and the Oracle Linux roadmap.

9:45 - 10:00 am PT
Why Progressive Insurance Chose Oracle Linux

John Dome, Lead Systems Engineer at Progressive Insurance, outlines why they selected Oracle Linux with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel to reduce cost and increase the performance of database applications.

10:00 - 11:00 am PT
What's New in Oracle Linux

Oracle engineers walk you through new features in Oracle Linux, including zero-downtime updates with Ksplice, Btrfs and OCFS2, DTrace for Linux, Linux Containers, vSwitch and T-Mem.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm PT
Get More Value from your Linux Vendor

Why Oracle Linux delivers more value than Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including better support at lower cost, best practices for deployments, extreme performance for cloud deployments and engineered systems, and more.

Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Time: 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET
Duration: 2.5 hours
Register here.