IT organizations are adopting private clouds as a stepping-stone to business-driven, self-service IT, Oracle said.
However, successful implementations hinge on the ability to efficiently deploy and manage cloud services at enterprise scale.
Also, having a complete cloud management solution integrated with an enterprise-class technology stack is a fundamental requirement for IT.
Therefore, Oracle said that its Enterprise Manager 12c Release 4 meets that requirement by helping businesses become more agile and responsive, while reducing cost, complexity, and risk.
According to a statement by the Corporation, the new capabilities provide advanced technology stack management, secure database administration, and enterprise service governance, enabling Oracle customers and partners to maximize database and application performance and drive innovation using self-service IT platforms.
The enhancements have been driven by customers and the growing Oracle Enterprise Manager Ecosystem, comprised of more than 750 Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized partners. Oracle and its partners and customers have built over 140 plug-ins and connectors for Oracle Enterprise Manager.
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Release 4 allows for a rapid enterprise-wide adoption of database, middleware and infrastructure services in the private cloud, driven by an enhanced API-enabled service catalog.
The release features “push button” style provisioning of complete environments such as SOA and Oracle Active Data Guard, and fast data cloning that enables rapid deployment and testing of enterprise applications.
Out-of-the-box capabilities to detect data and configuration vulnerabilities provide enhanced cloud service governance along with greater operational control through a flexible and extensible showback mechanism.
Also, with a new performance warehouse, it enables predictive database diagnostics and trend analysis and helps identify database problems before they occur.
New enterprise data-governance capabilities enhance security by helping systematically discover and protect sensitive data.