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.

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 Application Testing Suite 9.2 extends support for automated functional testing and load testing for Oracle Database, Oracle Application Development Framework and Adobe Flex-based ...

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.

Oracle CEO Mark Hurd estimates that in 10 years, all enterprise development and testing of IT systems—so-called dev-test—will be done using cloud-based platforms, infrastructure, and software.

Oracle’s blog post stressed that prices will vary due to local currency and urged users to test administrator Pearson VUE’s Web site for specific details.

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