Oracle Launches New Best Practice Center for JD Edwards Users
Check out the new JD Edwards Best Practice Center to start creating service-oriented architecture (SOA) with your JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications today. The JD Edwards Best Practice Center is the newest member of the Oracle Fusion Middleware for Applications Best Practice Centers, providing you with self-paced, hands-on information for getting started.

Cut Costs, Achieve Higher Availability with Oracle VM 2.1.2
Now you can virtualize all your Oracle applications with the latest release of Oracle VM server virtualization software, which includes certification with Oracle Real Application Clusters. Available for free download, Oracle VM 2.1.2 helps you optimize data center resources while cutting your hardware, energy, and facility costs, and it's the only server virtualization software certified with Oracle software products. Discover more. Read a Tolly Group report on Oracle VM.

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• Gretchen Alarcon, VP HCM Product Strategy: Human Strategies Blog
  
  
• From various authors: Talented Apps Blog
  
  
• Jonathan Vinoskey, HCM Learning Strategy: nLearning Blog
  
  
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Tune In to the Middleware for Applications Webcast Series
Check out this new series of Webcasts to learn how to use middleware technologies to extend your applications. Product experts will explore how service-oriented architecture (SOA) integration, portal technologies, identity management, and other middleware approaches can help you get more from your applications. Register today for the following Webcasts:

• Leveraging the Enterprise Service Bus with E-Business Suite
• Consuming PeopleSoft Pages Using WSRP in WebCenter
• Building a Complex Web Application Using ADF and Siebel
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and Oracle Fusion Middleware

Live Webcast on Oracle's Agile PLM
Learn more about how you can enable profitable innovation and globalization with Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management in the December 18 Webcast. Register.

Human Capital Institute Innovation Tours—IT & HR: Fulfilling the Prophecies
Join Oracle, CedarCrestone, Human Capital Institute (HCI), and a local Oracle customer as they discuss how the best organizations are creating a bridge between HR—traditionally tasked with talent solutions—and the IT leaders charged with making critical business data available across the enterprise. Cities on the tour include Seattle, Phoenix, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, Philadelphia, Houston, and Palo Alto, California. More...

Quest Southeast Conference
Focus: Applications - PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, with sessions delivered by Oracle HCM Users Groups
Hilton Atlanta, Georgia
November 12-14
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OAUG Link 08
Hilton San Diego
November 18-20
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Michigan OAUG Users Summit 2008
Focus: Applications/technology, EPM/Hyperion
Schoolcraft College, VistaTech Center, Livonia, Michigan
November 20
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Quest Midwest
Focus: Applications/technology
Renaissance Hotel, Schaumburg, Illinois
December 3-5
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NYOUG Winter Meeting (Technology)
New York City
December 10
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Coming Soon: Oracle Develop Roadshow
Registration is now open for Oracle Develop, the premier Oracle developer event. Advance your skills and expand your knowledge in scores of expert-led, in-depth technical sessions and advanced how-tos. More than 130 events will be taking place in Beijing, Mumbai, Moscow, and Prague from December through February. More...

Oracle Fusion Middleware Forum: Driving Business Efficiency and Expansion
Whether your business strategy is efficiency, expansion, or both, IT plays a significant role in the success of your business. Find out how enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and industry-specific applications can be extended with middleware technologies to achieve business goals. The Oracle Fusion Middleware Forum explores these very issues in a special series of worldwide events. Find a location near you.

OAUG: Global Users. Global Solutions
The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) serves millions of users of more than 65 Oracle Applications products, including Fusion, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Agile, Hyperion, Oracle Retail, Oracle Communications, Siebel, and more. OAUG is the home of the Knowledge Factory, the ultimate, community-driven knowledge resource for Oracle Applications users. For additional information regarding the benefits of OAUG membership, visit the OAUG Website or call the OAUG membership department at +1.404.240.0897.

OAUG Geographic (Geo) and Special Interest Groups (SIG)
The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) geographic (Geo) and special interest groups (SIGs) are affiliated, self-governing worldwide communities of Oracle users and consultants who volunteer their time, energy, and knowledge to achieve common goals and objectives connected with specific geographic regions, industries, or Oracle products/product lines. Find out how you can get involved with the OAUG’s active users communities today.

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 the interactivity and collaboration of a Live Virtual Class. Check out these Live Virtual Classes today:

Siebel

• Siebel CRM On Demand Administration Essentials
• Siebel CRM On Demand Data Import Workshop

Oracle BI - Build Strong Business Intelligence Capabilities
Improve your know-how with Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) tools through courses from Oracle University.

• Oracle BI Suite EE 10g R3: Build Repositories New (Siebel)
• Oracle BI Presentation Services 10g: Create Reports/Dashboards (Siebel)
• Oracle BI Server Administrator 10g: Build Repositories Rel 1 (Siebel)
• Oracle BI Suite EE 10g R3: Create Reports and Dashboards
• Integrating Siebel 8.0 Applications

Can't get away? Take these Live Web Classes

• Oracle BI Suite EE 10g R3: Build Repositories - LWC
• Oracle BI Publisher 10g R3: Fundamentals - LWC

NEW! Learning Paths
Any journey goes more smoothly when you know where you're headed. Oracle University offers learning paths: valuable road maps that help you decide what courses make the most sense for you now, and for where you're aiming to go.

PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Paths:

• PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management
• PeopleSoft Enterprise Tools and Technology

Self-Study CDs
Oracle University self-study CD courses offer you a cost-effective, flexible way to learn about Oracle products and technologies. Check out these self-study CDs:

E-Business Suite:

• Navigating in R12 Oracle Applications - Self-Study CD Course
• R12 Implement Oracle Workflow - Self-Study CD Course

E-Business Suite Featured Courses
Oracle University is the premier provider of training for Oracle technologies. Check out our featured courses:

11i Featured Course:

• 11i Oracle XML Publisher Fundamentals

Live Virtual Classes for Agile Product Lifecycle Management
Agile is a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions. Learn how Oracle Agile PLM helps accelerate innovation and maximize profitability—throughout the product lifecycle and across the global product network. Seven new Live Virtual Classes are available, including the following:

• Agile PLM Product Collaboration 9.2.2.4
• Agile PLM Administrator 9.2.2.4

JD Edwards World Training Update Podcast
Listen to a discussion of World customer training options.

PeopleSoft Podcast
Listen to a discussion of PeopleSoft strategy and the value of your user group participation.

Success with E-Business Suite Release 12 Implementations
Want to learn more about implementing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12? Listen to this podcast with Srinivas Belthur, Oracle practice leader at Intelligroup, a global provider of outsourcing services. Learn more about Intelligroup. Listen.

Live with Cliff Godwin:

Regulatory Compliance for Public Organizations—Achieving Stronger Controls and Better Management Practices
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Video: Oracle Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven on Linux & Virtualization
How can your application environment benefit from Linux and virtualization? Watch this video excerpt from the Oracle keynote at LinuxWorld. Watch the video...

Go Green, Save Green: Free 3-Disc Linux & Virtualization Software Kit
Want to cut costs today by managing your data more efficiently, economically, and ecologically, without risk? Then order your free copy of the new Go Green, Save Green 3-disc software kit, including Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.2 (x86-64-bit), Oracle VM 2.1.2, and additional resources. Get your free kit...

Revolutionizing Spreadsheet Automation with Spreadsheet Server
Enhance your JD Edwards applications using Global Software’s Microsoft Excel-based automation tool, Spreadsheet Server. Register now for this online Webcast.