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January 2009

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Maximize Your Oracle VM Success with Advanced Customer Services
Virtualizing your applications with Oracle VM? Oracle VM Services are rapidly becoming the key to achieving a competitive advantage by helping Oracle VM customers improve time to market, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), increase return on investment (ROI), and reduce environmental impact through energy savings.

This new, three-stage offering, delivered by Oracle Advanced Customer Services experts, supports customers through each phase of Oracle VM deployment, whether moving to virtualization for the first time or converting from a less efficient, more expensive virtualization program. More...

Oracle Partner Solutions Extend and Enhance Oracle's HCM Applications
Oracle continues to maintain Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Solution Maps for Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) applications. These maps allow customers to gain a clear and consistent view of the ways in which our ISV partners complement Oracle HCM applications in the context of enterprise human capital management business processes.

Save 40% on JD Edwards EnterpriseOne: The Complete Reference
Take advantage of the huge Oracle Press Community Member discount of 40% today. This book covers everything you need to know to implement and maintain a fully integrated, SOA-based ERP framework across your entire corporation. More...

Oracle Presents: Two Worlds—An Exclusive Trilogy Starring Marvel Heroes
Through a twist of cosmic convergence, Sunset Bain is poised to take over the comic world she lives in by changing the course of events in the real world. Now it’s up to Marvel Heroes—and Oracle solutions—to save us all!

  • Episode 1: Power to Grow
  • Episode 2: Insight to Gain Advantage
  • Episode 3: Unify to Lead
Watch the episodes.

BLOG WATCH

Group VP of Worldwide Alliances and Channels Judson Althoff: Investing During Tough Times

VP of EPM Strategy Frank Buytendijk: The Crisis Was Caused by ‘Performance Management,’ and Performance Management Will Have to Solve It Too

Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson: Legacy

Human Strategies Blog: VP HCM Product Strategy Gretchen Alarcon

nLearning Blog - Jonathan Vinoskey, HCM Learning Strategy

Insight-Driven Retailing Blog: David Dorf, director of Technology Strategy, Oracle Retail

Talented Apps Blog

Happy Birthday Oracle Accelerate

The Real Value Proposition of Oracle Accelerate

Our New Accelerate Blog Strategy

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ADVISOR WEBCASTS

Expert information on services, products, and technologies comes straight to your desktop through Oracle Web Conferencing.

Oracle E-Business Suite

January 27 Oracle Communications IPSA - Performing Network Processor Upgrades on IPSA

Oracle Server Tech

January 13 Moving from Transparent Gateway for DB2400 to Database Gateway for DRDA
January 13 Support Community: Database Admin. Changing the NLS_CHARACTERSET in Oracle 10g and 11g Overview

Oracle Database (Rdb)

January 20 Proactive Debugging Options

Oracle Communications Apps (CGBU)

January 21 CGBU - Introduction to Re-Rating
January 27 CGBU - Telephone Number Recall Overview
January 29 CGBU - Mapping PSR Service Orders to an ASR Service Request
February 3 Telephone Number Inventory and Lifecycle
February 10 Performing Network Processor Upgrades on IP Service Activator

Peoplesoft Enterprise

January 27 PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions 2009-2010 Financial Aid US Regulatory (Regs) 2

JD Edwards Enterpriseone

January 8 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Integration to Oracle CRM On Demand

JD Edwards World

January 15 JD Edwards World: A91 Enhancements to the Inventory Management System
January 20 JD Edwards World: Using the Job Status Inquiry Screen
USER GROUPS/EVENTS

Quest International Users Group: Collaborate 09
May 3-7, 2009
Orange County Convention Center West - Orlando, Florida.
The Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG), the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), and Quest International Users Group (Quest), present COLLABORATE 09, Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community. As an educational conference, COLLABORATE 09 helps users of the full family of Oracle business applications and database software gain greater value from their Oracle investments. Register Now.

CIO Forum 2009
May 4, 2009
Orlando, Florida
Building on the very successful 2008 event, Quest International Users Group and the CIO Executive Council are once again partnering to present The CIO Forum 2009, a thought-provoking educational and networking event for IT executives. The CIO Forum is a product-agnostic event that focuses on issues of interest to all top-level IT executives (customers only). An invitation is required. If you or someone from your organization would like to be considered, please e-mail. The number of participants is limited.
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ORACLE UNIVERSITY

Oracle University Now Offers Live Virtual Classes
Live Virtual Classes are now taking enrollments! Visit the Live Virtual Class FAQ for answers to general questions, including minimum system requirements. And watch the demo to experience a Live Virtual Class. Call 1.800.529.0165 in the U.S. or 1.800.510.3432 in Canada to speak with an education sales representative.

Check out these Live Virtual Classes today!

Siebel

PeopleSoft/JD Edwards Hyperion

Hyperion Courses
In today's business environment, competitive advantage is influenced by the productivity of an organization's workforce. The more you know about Hyperion, the more productive you become. Oracle University is featuring the following Hyperion courses that will help you work smarter and more effectively.

Crystal Ball
Take the applicable courses below and you will acquire the skills required to use Oracle Crystal Ball and learn to understand the benefits of spreadsheet risk analysis, communicate the concepts of risk to others, and make optimal decisions despite uncertain conditions.

NEW! eKits: Electronic Student Guides
eKits represent a dynamic new way to study with Oracle University. Download an eKit before your class starts and begin the learning process whenever—and wherever—you like.

Oracle University is replacing printed student guides with eKits that you will be able to download one week prior to the start of instructor-led classes. This new method of online delivery supports Oracle’s initiative to be more environmentally responsible by conserving natural resources. It also strengthens Oracle’s commitment to innovation in delivering customer service, support, and convenience. Oracle University is one of the first corporate education organizations to deliver electronic student guides (in searchable PDF format) for classroom courses. Learn more about eKits.

E-Business Suite Financials Courses
The financial applications in the Oracle E-Business Suite improve visibility, control, and efficiency while serving as a foundation for good governance and consistent growth. Learn today with these featured courses:

E-Business Suite Financials R12

E-Business Suite 11i Financials Courses

Siebel 8.0 Featured Courses
You get unparalleled innovation and functionality with Siebel solutions by leveraging existing IT infrastructure, reducing both risk and total cost of ownership. Oracle's Siebel has led the industry in CRM solutions. View the complete course descriptions and current schedules, and register online today!

Newest Courses for Oracle Database 11g from Oracle University
For partners who need training on the latest components and features of Oracle Database 11g, Oracle University offers more than a dozen new courses. Learn about performance tuning, Database Vault, Oracle Streams, XML DB, Oracle Data Guard, information lifecycle management, Oracle Spatial, Application Express, Oracle OLAP, and other critical topics.
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