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 Oracle SPARC processors have been a hallmark of enterprise computing for over two decades, powering mission-critical workloads with exceptional reliability, security, and performance. Designed specifically for Oracle software and engineered systems, SPARC-based servers have long been favored in industries like finance, telecommunications, and government for their rock-solid stability and predictable scalability. But as the IT landscape evolves rapidly—driven by cloud computing, open architectures, and x86 dominance—the future of SPARC hardware is a topic of growing interest and speculation. The Legacy Strengths of SPARC SPARC architecture brought numerous innovations: High throughput and scalability: Optimized for multithreaded database and middleware workloads. Advanced RAS features: Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability designed to minimize downtime. Tight hardware-software integration: Oracle’s engineered systems such as Exadata and SuperCluster leverage S...

 This blogpost will explain Adding a Managed Server to an Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) 12.2 environment involves integrating an additional WebLogic managed server to improve scalability, load balancing, or for specific functional purposes. EBS 12.2 uses Oracle WebLogic Server as its application tier foundation. High-Level Steps to Add a Managed Server to EBS 12.2: 1. Prerequisites Ensure Oracle EBS 12.2 is fully installed and patched. The system has sufficient resources and the new managed server hostname/IP is resolvable. You have access to run and patch file systems. 2. Create the Managed Server in WebLogic Access the WebLogic Administration Console: URL: http://<host>:<port>/console Create a New Managed Server: Navigate to Environment > Servers > New . Provide the server name , listen address , and port . Assign it to the existing EBS WebLogic domain . Target the EBS Applications: Assign the EBS application deployments ...

 For decades, Oracle Solaris has been a cornerstone of enterprise computing—powering mission-critical workloads across finance, telecom, government, and healthcare. Known for its unmatched scalability, security, and uptime, Solaris became synonymous with stability on SPARC hardware and even x86 platforms in earlier years. But in a world rapidly shifting toward cloud-native , containerized , and Linux-first architectures , where does Solaris stand today—and what does the future hold? A Brief Look Back Originally developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s, Solaris was a pioneer in: Zones (containers) before Docker was born ZFS for next-generation file systems DTrace for real-time observability RBAC and SMF for role-based security and service management After Sun's acquisition by Oracle in 2010, Solaris development slowed, and its open-source cousin OpenSolaris was discontinued. Oracle positioned Solaris as a long-term, stable platform—but innovation pace dec...