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Introducing Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Learn how the newest release of Oracle Fusion Middleware can serve as a comprehensive platform for your business and IT processes, connecting strategy to success across your enterprise.
Register Now for Oracle OpenWorld 2009
Come with questions, leave with answers
San Francisco, California
October 11-15

Oracle OpenWorld brings you more than 1,800 sessions, 400 partner exhibits, keynotes from the world’s technology leaders, hands-on labs, several special networking events, and more. In one place, with one purpose: to help you get the most business benefit from your technology, today and in the future.
Behind the Scenes with Oracle’s Applications User Experience Group
Many people may not realize that Oracle Applications undergo extensive testing that’s conducted by an in-house user experience group. We asked Jeremy Ashley, vice president, and Misha Vaughan, architect, applications user experience, to talk about Oracle’s commitment to meeting customer needs through extensive research and direct feedback. More...
Big Ideas: Web 2.0 Mistakes
“Solutions should not be fundamentally disruptive. Disruptive technology thwarts user adoption by changing focus and attention to the technology itself rather than on the purpose the technology is supposed to serve. Keep solutions 'in-the-flow' of daily routines and task execution to better secure adoption. Keep the technology as transparent as possible for the end user to better capture the network effects that are desired.”— Billy Cripe, director, Enterprise 2.0 and ECM product management. Read more big ideas about Web 2.0 mistakes.
BLOGOSPHERE
Barry N. Perkins, VP, Oracle/IBM Integrated Solutions and Oracle Modernization IT Modernization in an Economic Downturn
By Barry N. Perkins, VP, Oracle/IBM Integrated Solutions and Oracle Modernization

Frank Buytendijk, VP of EPM Strategy Dealing with Dilemmas: Take the Survey
By Frank Buytendijk, VP of EPM Strategy

David Chappell, VP and Chief Technologist for SOA Oracle Excellence Awards
By David Chappell, VP and Chief Technologist for SOA

New! Oracle’s Virtualization Blog
Virtualizing your applications? Bookmark Oracle's new blog dedicated to virtualization, with frequent posts on a variety of Oracle VM-related topics, including templates, management, high availability, and more. More...

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WEBCASTS

New Webcast Series Reveals High-Impact, Cost-Cutting Portal Strategies
Oracle has launched a new series of Webcasts exploring the ways that a number of high-profile customers are using Oracle Portal and user interaction solutions to slash costs—while successfully solving multiple business challenges. More...

TECH DIVE

OraTweet Ready for Flight
OraTweet provides you with everything you need to start micro-blogging inside the firewall (or anywhere really). The Web front end is built in APEX, and you can plug in IM/SMS integration. The API allows you to build native and RIA clients (think Adobe AIR) as well. It's all in there, pretty much everything you’d expect, including the ability to post to Twitter. More...

Forrester Research Report: Should Your E-mail Live in the Cloud?
This independent report explains how new cloud and hybrid deployment models can help enterprises cope with the infrastructure challenges created by growing e-mail systems. More...

USER GROUPS/EVENTS

Call for Submissions: 2009 Oracle Excellence Award
Jointly sponsored by Oracle, OAUG, QUEST, ODTUG, IOUG, AUSOUG, and UKOUG, the Oracle Excellence Award honors organizations that are creatively using Oracle Fusion Middleware to offer unique business value. This year, the Oracle Excellence Award will recognize customers across two distinct product areas: Oracle Business Intelligence and Enterprise Performance Management as well as Application Grid.

Submit your nomination for the 2009 Oracle Excellence Award by August 14 and get a chance to win a free registration to Oracle OpenWorld 2009 in San Francisco. Learn more about the Oracle BI and EPM Excellence Award and the Oracle Application Grid Excellence Award.

Quest Northeast Conference
July 15-17
MGM at Foxwoods, Ledyard, Connecticut
Focus: PeopleSoft and JD Edwards

This is a regional conference that includes user groups from Boston, greater Philadelphia, JD Edwards Northeast, PeopleSoft Northeast, NY/NJ JD Edwards and Southern New England. New this year: a focus on PeopleSoft with EPM/BI. More...

Quest West Conference
August 19-21
Marriott Hotel and Marina
San Diego, California
Focus: PeopleSoft and JD Edwards

This is a co-located conference that includes regional users groups from all over California, the Pacific Rim group, Rocky Mountain Regional Group, and the Public Sector and EnterpriseOne HCM Special Interest Groups affiliated with Quest International Users Group. More...

Users Group Sunday at Oracle OpenWorld
Sunday, October 11
Moscone Convention Center
San Francisco, California

Don't miss this unique event that includes the best presenters from users groups around the world! This event is open to all OpenWorld attendees and offers exciting sessions on technology, middleware, and applications use. Register for OpenWorld today and mark your calendar to attend this exciting and informative user group event while you’re at OpenWorld. More...

About Oracle User Groups
User group members represent Oracle's most active and involved customers. User group membership offers a place to network, share best practices, learn about Oracle initiatives, and meet with other professionals in your industry and region. Learn about Oracle's vibrant and dynamic users group community today. More...

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EDUCATION

New! Features and Benefits of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1
Oracle University presents a new series of brief Live Virtual Classes for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1. Focusing on new product features, these two-day online courses are delivered in real time and provide an ideal overview of Release 12.1 of Oracle E-Business Suite for functional implementers, project managers, and end users.

Share Your Live Virtual Class Experience!
Oracle University is adding more and more Live Virtual Classes to its curriculum. Each Live Virtual Class is an online instructor-led training that is delivered in real time via Web conferencing. It has all the content of a traditional classroom course plus interactive enhancements such as live chat, video, polls, whiteboarding, simulations, and more.

Have you taken one or more Live Virtual Classes from Oracle University? If so, tell us what you think about the experience. Send an email to oracleu_us@oracle.com.

See this month’s featured Oracle University courses.

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ADVISOR WEBCASTS

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

July 15 What's New in Oracle E-Business Suite Talent Management Solutions in Release 12.1
July 23 What's New in Oracle E-Business Suite Performance Management Release 12.1
August 13 JD Edwards World: Advanced Pricing: Formulas and Variable Tables
August 20 What's New in Oracle E-Business Suite Sourcing Release 12.1
August 26 LDAP Integration with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

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