Oracle OpenWorld Videos on YouTube
Check out interviews with tech experts and Oracle execs, including Charles Phillips, Chuck Rozwat, and Ed Abbo, and see some of the local sights at Moscone Center in San Francisco. More...

Oracle Integrates Oracle’s JD Edwards World and Oracle’s Demantra Demand Management
The prebuilt integration between JD Edwards World and Demantra Demand Management extends the existing demand management capabilities of JD Edwards World with powerful, advanced forecasting capabilities that deliver enterprisewide value by helping ensure efficient, cost-effective production planning and global supply chain management. More...

Enhance Aftermarket Revenue and Customer Experience with Visual CRM
Visual CRM adds the powerful visualization and document-centric collaboration capabilities of Oracle’s AutoVue to Oracle’s best-in-class customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. By introducing a visual aspect to call center, field service, and ordering processes, Visual CRM helps teams provide faster responses to customer issues, optimize field service performance, and shorten ordering cycles while minimizing order errors. More...

Oracle VM 2.1.2 Delivers High Availability to Your Virtualized Enterprise
Any virtualization solution not only has help you consolidate servers, it also has to increase your flexibility, meet your price/performance needs, and make applications easier to deploy, manage, and support. With the latest release, Oracle VM 2.1.2 delivers significant new enhancements to make it faster and easier to roll out and reduce costs, as well as make your environment more highly available and secure. More...

Techspectator: Exadata: It Really Works!
Jeff Erickson reports: "... the beta participant told me that the first time he used Exadata, he and his team thought they had made a mistake. The query came back too fast. They spent two hours on the line with Oracle trying to fix the problem. But there was no problem; Exadata was simply faster than anything they had experienced before." More...

OTN TechBlog: Vrrroooom: The HP Oracle Database Machine
OTN's Justin Kestelyn reports: "An Oracle logo on a piece of hardware: Count that among the list of things I never thought to see happen, but did.” During his keynote at Oracle OpenWorld, Larry Ellison revealed the HP Oracle Database Machine. More...

The Oracle OpenWorld Blog: Why Going Green Is Good for Business
"The Oracle OpenWorld Green Room was once again the venue for an interesting and eye-opening discussion about green initiatives and their place in the enterprise.” Dan Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University and author of Green to Gold, talks about why businesses should, and have, made the switch to environmentally conscious policies and practices. More ...

Oracle Beehive Released
Gavin Parish writes: “... for all those of you that have been involved in Oracle Collaboration Suite in the past, this is where things get cool. Beehive has been built from the ground up and redefines the term ‘easy implementation.’” More ...

OTN TechBlog: Oracle Seeds the Cloud
"Oracle announced that it will certify/support deployments of Oracle Database (all editions), Oracle Enterprise Linux, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and Oracle Fusion Middleware to Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). In fact you may transfer your existing licenses to AWS if you like." More ...

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PeopleSoft – Self-Study CD-ROMs for PeopleSoft
Oracle University Self-Study CD-ROMs (SSCDs) offer you a cost-effective, flexible way to learn about Oracle products and technologies. This is a great way to learn the content of an entire course, or just to use as a reference for reviewing concepts or practicing skills.

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PeopleSoft and JD Edwards – Learning Paths
Oracle University offers 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
• PeopleSoft Enterprise Absence Management
• PeopleSoft Enterprise Customer Relationship Management
• PeopleSoft Enterprise Supply Chain Management
• PeopleSoft Enterprise 9 Financial Management

JD Edwards – Live Virtual Class
Oracle University offers a new training format to get the JD Edwards training you need: new, online Live Virtual Classes, which provide an educational experience comparable to our traditional in-class training. 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.

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E-Business Suite courses – 11i Featured Course
Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced XML user, Oracle University provides this up-to-date course to allow you to get the most flexibility out of your system.

• 11i Oracle XML Publisher Fundamentals

E-Business Suite – R12 Featured Courses
Gain improved insight into Oracle E-Business Suite R12 applications. See below for complete course descriptions, schedules, and to register online.

• R12 Oracle Financials Functional Foundation
• R12 Oracle Manufacturing Functional Foundation
• R12 Oracle: Install, Patch and Maintain Oracle Applications
• R12 Implement Oracle Workflow
• R12 Oracle HRMS System Administration Fundamentals
• R12 Oracle HRMS System Administration Fundamentals - RWC
• R12 Oracle Applications System Administrator Fundamentals
• R12 Oracle Enterprise Asset Management Fundamentals
• R12 Oracle E-Business Suite Essentials for Implementers
• R12 Oracle Financials Functional Migration Fundamentals
• R12 Oracle Financial Applications Overview

Siebel 8.0 – Featured Courses
Build a solid foundation with these Siebel 8 Essentials and New Features Courses.

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Oracle BI (Siebel) – Featured Courses
Improve your know-how with Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) tools through courses from Oracle University. These courses have been designed to provide end-to-end knowledge and equip you with the expertise to handle complex business intelligence tasks.

• Oracle BI Suite EE 10g R3: Build Repositories (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

Live with Cliff Godwin:

Regulatory Compliance for Public Organizations—Achieving Stronger Controls and Better Management Practices
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Executive Update: Oracle's Strategy for Industries
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Oracle's Shared Services Model Can Bring You Tremendous Savings
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Referral Program - Oracle Referral Initiative
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Midsize Application Blogs
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Webinars

PeopleSoft Compensation Manager Self-Service - WorkStrategy eComp+ October 8
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WorkStrategy eComp+ provides executives with direct access to merit, bonus, and stock data inside PeopleSoft. During this session, see how managers can easily budget annually and globally, calculate employee increases based upon performance, and award bonuses.
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