Oracle Unveils Oracle Database 11g
Oracle introduced Oracle Database 11g, the latest release of the world's most popular database. With more than 400 features, 15 million test hours, and 36,000 person-months of development, Oracle Database 11g is the most innovative and highest quality software product Oracle have ever announced. More

Largest Oracle OpenWorld Event in Asia Pacific To Date; Hosting of Business & Technology Conference Affirms Oracle's Continued Investment in China
Oracle's flagship Oracle OpenWorld Asia Pacific conference opened July 30th at the Shanghai International Convention Center. Highlights of the four-day business and technology conference include keynotes by top Oracle executives and industry leaders such as Digital China, Hitachi and HP on innovation and partnering for success.

Oracle Buys Online Identity Theft and Fraud Detection Leader Bharosa
Oracle has agreed to acquire Bharosa, Inc., a leading provider of software that helps combat online identity theft and fraud. Driven by regulatory mandates such as FFIEC, PCI, and HIPAA, organizations are under pressure to reduce fraud and provide higher levels of assurance of users' identities and their usage intent. By adding some of the leading real-time fraud prevention capabilities of Bharosa's Tracker and Authenticator software to Oracle's existing web single sign-on and web-based authorization solutions, Oracle will uniquely provide the next generation of access management to customers and the market. More

Alibaba Chief Database Administrator Becomes Oracle's 100th ACE Worldwide
Feng Chun Pei, Chief DBA from Alibaba, the largest e-commerce company in China, has received the 100th Oracle ACE award. The Oracle ACE program is an initiative by Oracle to foster the growing Oracle developer community by formally recognizing Oracle advocates with strong credentials as evangelists and educators in that community.

Oracle Kicks Off Registration for Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco 2007
Oracle opened registration for Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco 2007, to be held November 11-15 at Moscone Center. In addition to programming specific to Oracle's application, database and middleware products, this year's conference has been expanded with specific programming for developers, Oracle's JD Edwards and Hyperion customers. More

Oracle Announces Availability of Siebel CRM On Demand Release 14
The latest version of Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand Release 14, which demonstrates Oracle's rapid innovation with 14 releases in just three-and-a-half years, is now available. Release 14 combines the industry's most comprehensive CRM functionality with next-generation usability, advanced customization capabilities and comprehensive integration to enable organizations of every size to increase end-user productivity and deliver superior business results.

Oracle Introduces Oracle Communications Order and Service Management
Announcing the general availability of Oracle Communications Order and Service Management (Oracle Communications OSM) Release 6.2, which extends Oracle's Siebel CRM capabilities with comprehensive order management functionality to automate fulfillment requests for traditional and next-generation services. More

The Business Value of Upgrading
Last month, more than 1,800 people registered and attended this live webcast. You can watch the recorded session featuring Oracle leadership as they share details on how Oracle is continuing to support customers with their upgrade initiatives.

Oracle Unbreakable Linux Free Two-Disc Pack
Discover how your enterprise can realize the full potential of Linux with Oracle Unbreakable Linux.

Executive White Paper
Learn more about how Oracle is investing in acquisitions and innovation to help customers transition to the next generation of service-enabled applications.

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Upcoming Events

• Oracle Develop: The Premier Conference for Developers
  Don't miss it. Advance your career with Oracle and choose from over 40 sessions of expert-led, in-depth technical sessions, hands-on labs, advanced how-tos across 4 technology tracks. More
• Oracle Fusion Middleware World Tour
  Gain insight into Oracle’s unique middleware strategy, differentiation, and relevance to today’s IT projects and business applications development. Find a city near you and register for this free event. Don't miss New York City (August 8), Redwood Shores/SF (August 13), and Chicago (August 21). More
• Oracle Secure Search Partner Training
  This FREE 2 day in-person training workshop provides attendees with hands-on experience using Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES), an open and standards-based infrastructure for securely searching to all of your organization's data sources—web sites, file servers, content management systems, ERP and CRM systems and databases. Pleasanton, CA (August 14-15) and Reston, VA. (August 21-22). More
• CLO Symposium, Tucson, AZ
  (October 1–3, 2007) The New Frontier: Exploring the Future of Enterprise Education. Join us at the Fall 2007 CLO Symposium as we focus on the destiny of the enterprise education and development industry and the chief learning officer's strategic role in forging new ideals of exploration, conquest, and invention. More
• Oracle Business Intelligence, Warehousing, and Analytics (BIWA) Summit 2007, Reston VA
  (October 2–3, 2007) The IOUG BIWA SIG announces a worldwide meeting at the Oracle Conference Center designed to accelerate the success of like-minded BIWA users by providing a forum for sharing best practices, useful information, discovering novel and innovative practices, and exposing issues and limitations concerning Oracle products. More
• HR Technology Conference, Chicago, IL
  (October 10–12, 2007) This year's focus is firmly on talent management, with special emphasis on recruiting and performance management. More
• Employers of Excellence National Conference, Las Vegas, NV
  (October 22-24, 2007) HR.com's Employers of Excellence National Conference 2007 is where HR professionals, executives, decision-makers, and industry leaders and innovators come together to connect, share, and learn from one another. This year's conference gives you a toolkit full of ideas, best practices, case studies, and real-world success stories and the energy and connections to bring it all to life. More
• Oracle OpenWorld 2007, San Francisco, CA
  (November 11-15, 2007) Oracle OpenWorld is the world's largest event dedicated to helping enterprises understand and harness the power of information, is the best place to see that innovation in action. Oracle OpenWorld 2007 showcases the customers and partners whose innovation with Oracle translates to better business results—for their companies, and quite possibly for yours as well. Register Today!

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Oracle Podcast Center

Oracle TechCasts are online audio interviews with Oracle technology experts about the latest products and technologies for developers and DBAs. Think of them as an audio magazine or portable on-demand radio show.

• Meet the Oracle Linux Kernel Team: Chris Mason on Btrfs
  Chris Mason, creator of the new Btrfs file system, explains the origin and purpose of his mission to provide an "upgrade" from ext3. Listen
• The New SOA Standards: Service Component Architecture (SCA)
  What is SCA? And just as important, what isn't it? Oracle's Chief SOA Technologist, David Chappell, takes you on a tour of this important new specification. Listen

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Oracle AppCasts are on demand online audio interviews with Oracle customers, partners, product and industry experts.

• Customer Shares Software Ownership Experience and the Benefits of Being Involved in User Groups
  Floyd Teter, Jet Propulsion Lab, System Engineer for Institutional Business Systems, speaks with Cliff about the value of OAUG membership, his perception of Oracle's Fusion Applications Strategy, and the benefits from Oracle's Applications Unlimited commitment. Listen
• The Acquisition of PLM Leader, Agile, Provides Oracle Customers with Great Benefits
  Jon Chorley, Oracle's VP of Supply Chain Product Strategy, discusses with Cliff Godwin about the strategic importance of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to Oracle, why Agile best addresses these needs, and the benefits this acquisition will provide customers and partners. Listen
• How Oracle Applications Customers Can Benefit from Oracle Fusion Middleware Today
  Thomas Kurian, SVP of Development for Oracle Fusion Middleware, speaks with Cliff Godwin about Oracle's Fusion Middleware technology and its benefits to E-Business Suite, Siebel, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers. Listen
• PWC and Oracle Discuss Governance, Risk, and Compliance Best Practices for Segregation of Duties Management
  Jannie Wentzel from PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP and Lane Leskela, Oracle's Sr. Product Marketing Director for Governance, Risk and Compliance, speak with Fred Studer about how Oracle and PWC make it easier for customers to manage SoD. Listen
• News from the Fusion Update Program Office
  Cliff Godwin, SVP for Oracle's Fusion Upgrade Program Office speaks with Fred Studer about how Oracle can help with the overall customer experience of moving from the Applications Unlimited product lines to Fusion Applications. Listen

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E-Business Suite:

• Oracle Delivers Expanded Field Service Capabilities with Google Maps Integration and the Release of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
  The integration of Google Maps for Enterprise mapping service with Oracle Field Service gives companies new tools to help improve customer service, maximize resource utilization and increase operational efficiencies. Additionally, Oracle is introducing Oracle Field Service Release 12, which delivers advanced capabilities to help reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction with enhanced mobility, scheduling and spares management capabilities. Press Release | More
• Critical Patch Update - July 2007 More
  
• Podcast: How Oracle Applications Customers Can Benefit from Oracle Fusion Middleware Today
  Thomas Kurian, SVP of Development for Oracle Fusion Middleware, speaks with Cliff Godwin about Oracle's Fusion Middleware technology and its benefits to E-Business Suite, Siebel, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers. Listen

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PeopleSoft Enterprise:

• Profit Magazine: Interview with Doris Wong, VP and General Manager, PeopleSoft Enterprise Read
• Drive Business Results with PeopleSoft Enterprise ePerformance
  Access the exclusive iSeminar and learn how to give management and employees the tools to align with corporate goals and achieve peak performance. More
• Critical Patch Update - July 2007 More
  
• Podcast: How Oracle Applications Customers Can Benefit from Oracle Fusion Middleware Today
  Thomas Kurian, SVP of Development for Oracle Fusion Middleware, speaks with Cliff Godwin about Oracle's Fusion Middleware technology and its benefits to E-Business Suite, Siebel, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers. Listen
  
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Siebel:

• Oracle Announces Availability of Siebel CRM On Demand Release 14
  The latest version of Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand Release 14, which demonstrates Oracle's rapid innovation with 14 releases in just three-and-a-half years, is now available. More
• Oracle Introduces Oracle Communications Order and Service Management
  Announcing the general availability of Oracle Communications Order and Service Management (Oracle Communications OSM) Release 6.2, which extends Oracle's Siebel CRM capabilities with comprehensive order management functionality to automate fulfillment requests for traditional and next-generation services. Press Release | More
• Oracle’s Siebel Universal Customer Master Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Customer Data Integration Hubs
  Part of the Oracle Master Data Management suite, Oracle's Siebel Universal Customer Master is a comprehensive customer mastering solution that allows organizations to deliver a consistent, complete and accurate view of their customer data in heterogeneous environments across different lines of businesses and functions. Press Release | Report
• Leading Analyst Firm Positions Oracle's Siebel CRM in Leaders Quadrant for Sales Force Automation
  With more than four million CRM deployed seats and more than 150 million registered self-service users, Oracle today announced that its Siebel CRM applications have been positioned in the Leader Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation, 2007. Press Release | Report
• Siebel Web Series Session Recordings Now Available
  The OAUG and Oracle recently offered free educational sessions to the Siebel community via the Siebel Web Series, online sessions conducted by Oracle and OAUG partners. Topics included Siebel 8.0 Upgrading Training, Siebel CRM On Demand for PeopleSoft ERP Users, and Best Practices for Performance and Scalability. Complete recordings of these sessions are now available on the OAUG Web site. More
  
• Podcast: How Oracle Applications Customers Can Benefit from Oracle Fusion Middleware Today
  Thomas Kurian, SVP of Development for Oracle Fusion Middleware, speaks with Cliff Godwin about Oracle's Fusion Middleware technology and its benefits to E-Business Suite, Siebel, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers. Listen

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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne:

• Profit Magazine Interview with Lenley Hensarling: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Read
• Podcast: How Oracle Applications Customers Can Benefit from Oracle Fusion Middleware Today
  Thomas Kurian, SVP of Development for Oracle Fusion Middleware, speaks with Cliff Godwin about Oracle's Fusion Middleware technology and its benefits to E-Business Suite, Siebel, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers. Listen
• Podcast: How Customers Benefit from Using Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Customers Al Romanowicz and Laurie Nice from Symmons Industries along with Gary Grieshaber, Sr. Director for Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Product Strategy, speak with Cliff Godwin about the benefits of upgrading to the latest product release, how customers can lower TCO and further leverage Fusion Middleware. Listen

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JD Edwards World:

• iSeminar: Applications Unlimited: JD Edwards World
  John Schiff, VP and General Manager, JD Edwards World, speaks about Applications Unlimited and JD Edwards World. Listen
• Have Questions about JD Edwards World?
  For answers to your questions about JD Edwards World products, support, or training, please e-mail: worldinfo_us@oracle.com.
  
• Podcast: Hear Audio Interviews About JD Edwards World Products. Listen

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Technology

Database:

• Oracle Unveils Oracle Database 11g
  Oracle introduced Oracle Database 11g, the latest release of the world's most popular database. With more than 400 features, 15 million test hours, and 36,000 person-months of development, Oracle Database 11g is the most innovative and highest quality software product Oracle have ever announced. Press Release | More
• Oracle Database 11g Technical Product Information Now Available
  Read Technical White Papers and Data Sheets about Oracle Database 11g for multiple focus areas, including Management, Security, App Development, and Grid Computing. More
• Oracle Magazine: Clustering Gains New Momentum
  Oracle Magazine spoke with Jean Bozman, Research VP in IDC's Worldwide Server Group, about the latest trends in clustering technology. Article
• Oracle Database Express Edition Upgrade Guide
  Use this official guide to upgrade your Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE) installation to Oracle Database 10g Release 2. More
• Integrating Oracle Spatial with Google Earth
  Learn how to use Oracle Locator/Oracle Spatial, GeoServer, and Google Earth to create a seamless, robust system for location-enabled BI. More
• Explore the Oracle Secure Enterprise Search Training Center
  Explore training resources for creating infrastructure that allows secure, easy search across all enterprise repositories. More
• Oracle Secure Search Partner Training
  This FREE 2 day in-person training workshop provides attendees with hands-on experience using Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES), an open and standards-based infrastructure for securely searching to all of your organization's data sources—web sites, file servers, content management systems, ERP and CRM systems and databases. August 14-15, 2007: Pleasanton, CA and August 21-22, 2007: Reston, VA. More
• DOWNLOAD: Oracle Berkeley DB Downloads - DB 4.6.18 More
• Critical Patch Update - July 2007 More

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Middleware:

• Coming to a City Near You, Oracle Fusion Middleware Forum World Tour
  Gain insight into Oracle’s unique middleware strategy, differentiation, and relevance to today’s IT projects and business applications development. Click here to find a city near you and register or this free event. Don't miss New York City (August 8), Redwood Shores/SF (August 13), and Chicago (August 21).
• Oracle Fusion Middleware Delivers Highest Performance for x86-Based System in SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark
  Oracle announced that Oracle Application Server 10g, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, together with Oracle Database 10g running on a Rackable Systems rack-mount server set a best-in-class single node result with the SPECjAppServer2004 industry standard benchmark by delivering the highest performance for an x86-based system. Press Release
• Oracle Recognized as a Leader in Application Server Platforms by Forrester
  Oracle cited for position as a leader across all categories including “Conventional Platforms (SOA)” and “Application Server Platforms.” Press Release | Report
• Implementing Row-Level Security in Java Applications
  Learn how to enforce row-level security across your JEE application, from database to cache. From Oracle Fusion Middleware Regional Director Lonneke Dikmans. More
• Critical Patch Update - July 2007 More
  
• Podcast: How Oracle Applications Customers Can Benefit from Oracle Fusion Middleware Today
  Thomas Kurian, SVP of Development for Oracle Fusion Middleware, speaks with Cliff Godwin about Oracle's Fusion Middleware technology and its benefits to E-Business Suite, Siebel, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers. Listen

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Enterprise Management:

• Drive Better Results with Top-Down Application Management
  Get your FREE Oracle Enterprise Manager DVD kit, containing database, middleware, applications and other typical data center components. Oracle Enterprise Manager helps organizations increase IT insight and reduce resolution times with integrated management. More
• New Oracle Enterprise Manager Downloads Download
• Critical Patch Update - July 2007 More

Oracle Tools:

• Oracle Named Worldwide Market Share Leader in Data Warehouse Platform Tools by Market Research Firm
  Oracle has been named the leading data warehouse platform tools vendor based on 2006 software revenues by analyst firm IDC. Press Release | Report
• Online Demos for Oracle JDeveloper 11g More
• Oracle by Example Series: Oracle JDeveloper 11g Technology Preview More
• A Beginners Guide To Building Extensions for Oracle JDeveloper
  JDeveloper offers an extension SDK that you can use to add anything to JDeveloper, from a new menu options, a new wizard or even a complete new code editor. This article covers the basic steps you might want to follow, using a sample extension project that adds a "go to file" option to JDeveloper. More
• Using Web Services with Complex Return Types in ADF
  This article examines methods of using Web Services in ADF: Web Service Data Controls and Web Service Proxies. Note that these are advanced topics. This document does not address the general use of Web Services in ADF. More
• Working With Maven Projects In Oracle JDeveloper
  This document explains how to work with Oracle JDeveloper on Maven-based projects. More
• Critical Patch Update - July 2007 More

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Services

Oracle On Demand:

• Oracle Announces Availability of Siebel CRM On Demand Release 14
  The latest version of Oracle's Siebel CRM On Demand Release 14, which demonstrates Oracle's rapid innovation with 14 releases in just three-and-a-half years, is now available. Release 14 combines the industry's most comprehensive CRM functionality with next-generation usability, advanced customization capabilities and comprehensive integration to enable organizations of every size to increase end-user productivity and deliver superior business results. More
• Get a Glimpse of Oracle's "Best-Kept Secret" and Discover the Future of IT!
  Join Oracle On Demand SVP Mike Beck for a tour of Oracle's Austin Data Center and download a FREE Forrester white paper:- IT Operations and Systems Management: The Next Five Years. More
• Turn up the Information Business Power - Watch this FREE On Demand webcast
  See how Oracle On Demand addresses your TCO, ROI and Business Impact of your IT investment. More
• Register Now for a Free, On-Demand Webcast: The Future of Enterprise Performance Management
  Learn how Oracle is integrating Hyperion applications with its BI technology, delivering the industry’s first end-to-end system for enterprise performance management. Register Now!
• Frost & Sullivan Ebroadcast: Breaking the Mold with Hosted Contact Centers More