Oracle Application Express
Oracle Application Express is a rapid web application development tool for the Oracle database. Using only a web browser and limited programming experience, you can develop and deploy professional applications that are both fast and secure. Version 3.2, released this month, offers new features and improvements, including the ability to convert Oracle Forms Applications into Oracle APEX, and important security enhancements. Read on and find out why Ramon Padilla, assistant vice chancellor of information resource management for the Board of Governors for the State University System of Florida thinks APEX is one of Oracle’s best kept secrets.
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Turning Information into Power: Oracle’s Study of IT and the Future of Utilities
The latest stimulus package from the federal government will pump more than $50 billion into energy programs to create new jobs, promote use of renewable resources, and modernize the electric grid. But is America ready for the smart grid? Read Oracle’s report Turning Information into Power to find out.
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Downsize HR and Cut Costs Without Reducing Services
Spurred by the promise of wide-ranging cost savings, a growing number of HR departments are replacing their multiple Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) platforms from a variety of vendors with a single, enterprise-wide HRIS, reports Debra Garcia, Oracle director of the HCM product line.
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Oracle Database 11g Wins Database of the Year
InfoWorld has chosen Oracle Database 11g as the top database for 2009 in its recently published 2009 Technology of the Year Awards. According to Doug Dineley, executive editor of the InfoWorld Test Center, "our prize for Best Database went to the incomparable Oracle Database 11g, a titanic release with capabilities—namely Real Application Testing and Active Data Guard—that DBAs previously could only dream about."
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Low Risk, High Impact Enterprise Portals
The economic downturn is pressuring IT organizations to "Do more with less." How are you adapting your enterprise portal strategy to create new business value at an affordable cost and resource level? Tune into a discussion with Matthew Brown, Principal Analyst and Research Director from Forrester. Register now for a webcast on Wednesday, March 25 at 11:00 a.m. PT!
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Blog: Levers of Productivity for Today's IT Leaders
Get ideas for putting in less to your IT budget and getting more in every dimension of your organization.
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Big Ideas: HR
"Organizations that have already adopted workforce management systems are now realizing the wealth of data they have on their most costly asset—labor. By applying business intelligence tools to this data, HR can now truly become strategic." —Sherri Bartels, Oracle’s director of HCM strategy for workforce management applications.

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