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Oracle Information InDepth Newsletters, Executive Strategy, September 2009

INFORMATION INDEPTH NEWSLETTERS
Executive Strategy Monthly Edition
September 2009

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SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION AT OPENWORLD
Different By Design:
Collaboration, Curiosity, and Flexibility Ignite Innovation in Your Workforce
In Change By Design, IDEO CEO and President Tim Brown points out that "by integrating what is desirable from a human point of view with what is technologically feasible and economically viable, designers have been able to create the products we enjoy today." Brown is convinced that managers can use this kind of "design thinking" to address problems and create innovations in every aspect of business—even if they've never taken an art class.
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  • Oracle Developer Builds His Own Twitter, On the Fly
    Good communication across a large enterprise is critical to business success—and it's frequently a challenge. Noel Portugal, Oracle senior technical analyst for CRM On Demand operations, saw an opportunity to address this challenge and used the Oracle Application Express Web development platform to create OraTweet, an internal micro-blogging tool to encourage broad communication among Oracle employees. More...

  • Oracle Innovation Showcase—Focusing on Innovation and Results
    With proven software offerings for every level of the enterprise—the core database, middleware, and industry-specific business applications—Oracle helps customers manage, integrate, and use data in unprecedented ways. Read more about Oracle breakthroughs at the Oracle Innovation Showcase, a special feature marking the countdown to Oracle OpenWorld.

NEWS

Larry Ellison Hosts Live Oracle and Sun Product Launch
On Tuesday, September 15, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison hosted a live Webcast to announce the world's first OLTP database machine with Sun FlashFire technology. Watch the replay of the event and learn firsthand how the partnership between Oracle and Sun can benefit your business now and in the future.
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Oracle OpenWorld Preview: Come with Questions, Leave with Answers
With so much going on at the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, it may be hard to find your way through the thousands of sessions, hundreds of exhibits, and keynotes from tech industry luminaries. Fortunately, experts on a variety of Oracle-related topics—retail, supply chain, and the Oracle Database, among others—have chimed in with their own recommendations about what to do and see at Oracle's flagship conference October 11-14. Read Profit Online's Oracle OpenWorld special report and get tips to help you start organizing your agenda.
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Why Collaboration Is Hot: Getting Ahead of the Business Curve in a Disruptive Market
A recent survey by Forrester Research revealed surprisingly fast and broad growth in enterprise adoption of collaboration technology. To hear more, register for the Webcast with Forrester Principal Analyst Rob Koplowitz. Don't miss this chance to find out why collaboration technology may be one of the smartest IT investments you can make today. Learn why Oracle is calling Oracle Beehive the first truly unified enterprise collaboration system.
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Forbes: Oracle President Safra Catz One of the World's Most Powerful Women
"...Forbes looked for women who run countries, big companies, or influential nonprofits. Their rankings are a combination of two scores: visibility—by press mentions—and the size of the organization or country these women lead."
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Putting Sustainable Thinking to Work
Environmental expert Andrew Winston tells Profit readers about his new book, Green Recovery, and why it's crucial for executives to keep thinking green.
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OPINION

The Next Wave of Computing
"If data is going to move faster, we have to stop dealing with bare hardware and start dealing with a managed piece of hardware," says Kurt Hackel, senior manager of Oracle VM. "That's what virtualization allows us to do."
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WEBCASTS

A New Architecture for Enterprise Collaboration
In this Webcast, Oracle Senior Vice President Terry Olkin explains how Oracle Beehive leverages the capabilities of Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Enterprise Manager to provide a unified and optimized platform for enterprisewide collaboration.
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Webcast: Adding Agility to Packaged Applications
September 29, 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET

Learn how you can simplify your customizations while lending agility to your packaged applications.
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Webcast: Streamline Your SOA: Risks, Strategies, and Payoffs
October 6, 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET

Join Oracle experts to hear how customers have achieved higher ROI with SOA and improved customer satisfaction through better SLAs and application performance.
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TECH DIVE
Patch a Thousand Databases Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control
DBAs had a dreary future filled with continually increasing patching drudgery until Oracle Enterprise Manager came along. With a brand-new interface and architecture in Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Release 5, the prime aim was to ease the management load for DBAs worldwide.
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EVENTS
Oracle OpenWorld: San Francisco
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. Learn. Plan. Profit. It all starts here.
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