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This Issue: July 7, 2008
Oracle's Top News

Oracle Reports Q4 GAAP EPS Up 27% To 39 CENTS, NON-GAAP EPS Up 27% To 47 Cents
Fourth quarter non-GAAP earnings per share were up 27% to $0.47, and non-GAAP net income was up 27% to $2.4 billion.

Oracle Buys Skywire Software
Skywire Software's insurance software assists insurers in managing the life cycle of an insurance policy, including insurance policy creation, rating, insurance agent/broker management and information exchange solutions.

Submit Your Nominations for Oracle Excellence Awards 2008
Are you using Oracle Fusion Middleware to extend the business value of Oracle applications in innovative, exciting ways? If so, you can win a FREE registration to Oracle OpenWorld 2008 in San Francisco, California, by submitting your nominations for Oracle Excellence Awards.

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Events

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Podcasts (Shows: AppCasts, TechCasts and Oracle Fusion Middleware Radio):

Oracle Podcast Center

TechCasts
Oracle TechCasts are online audio interviews with Oracle technology experts about the latest products and technologies for developers and DBAs.

  • Community Update: Dev2Dev2OTN
    Get an update on the integration plans and progress for bringing the Dev2Dev, Arch2Arch, and OTN communities together. With OTN Editor Justin Kestelyn, Dev2Dev Editor Kevin Farnham,and Arch2Arch blogger Bob Rhubart.

View all TechCasts

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

View All AppCasts

Oracle E-Business Suite AppCasts | E-Business Suite Advisory Webcasts | Support & Tools Advisory Webcasts (Requires Login) | PeopleSoft Enterprise AppCasts | Siebel AppCasts | JD Edwards EnterpriseOne AppCasts | JD Edwards World AppCasts | Services AppCasts | Industry AppCasts


Fusion Middleware Radio

Tune into Oracle Fusion Middleware Radio to hear about Oracle's middleware product strategy and explore what middleware means to your business. Learn the latest product news and understand how customers are using middleware to realize growth, agility, insight, and reduced risk. Your host for the series is Rick Schultz, Oracle's Vice President of Product Marketing.
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Product / Services News & Announcements

Applications
- E-Business Suite
- JDEdwards Enterprise One
- JD Edwards World
- BEA
- PeopleSoft
- Siebel

Services
- On Demand
- Education
- Support/ACS
- Consulting
- Financing

Applications

Oracle E-Business Suite:

  • Oracle Previews Oracle Sales Prospector
    Oracle Sales Prospector is the first of a new class of Oracle Social CRM Applications that leverage collective intelligence to give sales professionals qualified leads faster. more

Oracle E-Business Suite AppCasts | Advisor Webcasts (Requires MetaLink Login)

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BEA:

  • Oracle Welcomes BEA and Presents Fusion Middleware Product Directions. view the webcast
  • BEA Welcome Events. Find Local Events In Your Area. more
  • Welcome to Oracle Promotion—BEA
    Save with Incentive Rate Financing on Oracle Fusion Middleware. Promotion ends August 22, 2008. more

PeopleSoft Enterprise:

  • Profit Online - Special Report: Human Resources
    Business leaders often say that their people are their most important asset. But with people-related costs averaging over 60 percent of total corporate expenditures, companies need to make sure they are paying more than lip service to this concept. Of course, improving HR efficiency, grooming your organization's talent – and keeping your employees happy and productive can be a challenging task. In this special package, you'll get advice for making smart HR objectives, and learn what Oracle products can help you meet them.     more

Siebel:

  • Siebel CRM In The Fast Lane: Oracle Mobile Sales Assistant
    Increase the productivity of busy sales professionals on the road. more
  • Make Better Decisions On Every Quote and Oracle with Deal Management
    New Deal Management products. more

Siebel AppCasts

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne:

  • JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98 Release Early Success Customer Program
    Oracle is currently accepting applications from customers and partners in all global regions for participation in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98 release Early Success Customer Program. For further information, please review this site. For additional details about the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98 release, please reference the Statement of Direction. Applications are due by end of day August 1, 2008.

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne AppCasts | Advisor Webcasts (Requires Customer Connection Login)

JD Edwards World:

  • JD Edwards World A9.1—The Renaissance Release is Now Generally Available
    Visit our JD Edwards World Upgrade Resources page to answer any questions that you may have regarding A9.1. Download your copy of the newest release today. This is a password-protected site and will require a sign-on and ID. If you do not have one our Global Support Center at 1.800.289.2999 will be of assistance.
  • JD Edwards World Customer Briefings, Denver, CO 2008
    See the 2008 schedule below. Please contact Fabio Araujo to register and for additional information.
    - July 17-18
    - October 16-17
    - November 21-22
    - December 18-19
    For more information on World products, training, or support, e-mail worldinfo_us@oracle.com.

JD Edwards World AppCasts | Advisor Webcasts (Requires Customer Connection Login)

Oracle On Demand:

  • Get a Glimpse of Oracle's "Best-Kept Secret.". 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 to see how Oracle On Demand addresses your TCO, ROI and Business Impact of your IT investment. more

Technology

Oracle Database:

  • Oracle Updates Entire Family of Oracle Berkeley DB Embeddable Databases
    New releases and enhancements signify Oracle's commitment to continued innovation across the Oracle Berkeley DB product family, while maintaining the open source dual license business model. more
  • Oracle Announces The Winners Of The 2008 Oracle Academy Global Data Modeling Competition
    Students, ages 15-19, were honored for their outstanding analytical and technology skills used to create a database that tracks and stores meteorological data. more
  • Get Started with Oracle on Windows DVD
    Learn how Oracle gives you the power to grow by providing a scalable, easy-to-use platform for running your business at a price you can afford. Request your free copy of this DVD, containing Oracle Database 11g software, whitepapers, tutorials, etc.
  • Windows IT Pro Presents: Running Oracle Database 11g on Microsoft Windows Server
    Author David Chernicoff takes a look at the technologies that Oracle has released with Oracle Database 11g and the support mechanisms they have put in place to make developing applications and implementing Oracle Database 11g on Windows a value-add for your business. register
  • Windows IT Pro Presents: The Top 11 Reasons Why Oracle Database 11g on Windows is Right For You
    Learn how the newest release of Oracle Database 11g provides improved performance and manageability to help you maintain a competitive edge for your organization.     register
  • Software Downloads - Free to download, free to learn, unlimited evaluation

Advisor Webcasts (Requires MetaLink Login)

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Oracle Fusion Middleware:

  • Announcing Oracle Enterprise Performance Management, Fusion Edition
    On July 16, 2008, Oracle will unveil the next release of its enterprise performance management (EPM) system. This is the industry's most comprehensive, fully integrated suite of EPM applications, and moves beyond transactional processes such as quote-to-cash and develop-to-release to deliver what EPM leaders are calling "management excellence."     more
  • Submit Your Nominations for Oracle Excellence Awards 2008
    Are you using Oracle Fusion Middleware to extend the business value of Oracle applications in innovative, exciting ways? If so, you can win a FREE registration to Oracle OpenWorld 2008 in San Francisco, California, by submitting your nominations for Oracle Excellence Awards. more
  • Update for the North America Hyperion User (HUG) Communities
    The Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), one of the largest independent Oracle user groups, extends its network, knowledge, and experience into the world of enterprise performance management (EPM) with the creation of the OAUG Hyperion Special Interest Group (SIG). The purpose of the OAUG Hyperion SIG is to allow its members to leverage resources to make the most out of their EPM investments. We encourage you to get involved, share your experiences, volunteer for a committee, or simply provide feedback and suggestions. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn, share best practices with your peers, and connect with experts online and at local user group meetings.     If you are already an active HUG member we encourage you to stay involved as the HUGs in North America align with the OAUG. The OAUG Hyperion SIG is already in place and looks forward to working with you. Please direct your questions to Tina Weiss in Global Customer Programs or Mark Conway on the Business Intelligence and Performance Management team.
  • Be A Part of Our Growing Community!
    Get started in the Web 2.0 Resource Library, hosted by Oracle. It's a fast-growing wiki where you can learn from others and share what you know. more
  • Get SOA Expertise On Demand
    Watch an incredible lineup of leading companies and industry experts share their experiences designing and implementing SOA solutions. Find out why these organizations chose an SOA approach, how they secured management approval and addressed the challenges and lessons learned during implementation. view the Webcast
  • FREE CIO Magazine Applications Strategy Guide
    Get your FREE CIO Magazine Applications Strategy Guide, along with other resources, including a FREE online SOA assessment, white papers and interactive tools and case-studies and a Podcast featuring executive insight. Find out why leading organizations are changing the way they think about their business, strategic applications, and going-forward IT strategies.
  • Complimentary BPM Whitepaper
    Oracle's innovative approach to business process management (BPM) promotes closed-loop business optimization facilitating an iterative business process development effort allowing for continuous collaboration between business managers' process models and IT's implementation details. Register now and receive your copy of Oracle Empowers Business Process Excellence through Business and IT Collaboration.
  • What kind of ROI is Possible with Content Management Technologies?
    Attend on online seminar and read an independent study written by Forrester Consulting and learn how Oracle customer, Emerson Process Management, achieved a 177% risk-adjusted ROI and payback within 12 months of deploying Oracle Universal Content Management. more
  • Reduce Financial Operations Costs, Free-up Resources for More Strategic Tasks, and Accelerate your Processes into Overdrive.
    Integrate Oracle Imaging and Process Management (IPM) with your current Oracle Financial Management Solution. Click here to view an on-demand Webcast and learn more!
  • Content Management Resource Kit CD
    Develop a strategy for managing unstructured content - start with Oracle’s Content Management Resource Kit CD. This free CD is full of valuable information for anyone evaluating or interested in content management technologies including white papers, product demonstrations, customer videos, RFP template and more! order your free CD
  • Software Downloads - Free to download, free to learn, unlimited evaluation.

Advisor Webcasts (Requires MetaLink Login)

Fusion Middleware Radio

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Oracle Enterprise Management:

  • Oracle Webcast - "Utility Computing Made Simple: Automated Provisioning and Patching Solutions for Oracle Grid Computing"
    Register today to view an Oracle Webcast featuring Noel Yuhanna, Principle Analyst at Forrester Research. Along with a reality check on the status of utility and grid computing, you'll discover how to maximize your investment in these technologies—by spending less time managing them.
  • SOA Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager
    View the new Webcast, "SOA Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager" and get the latest on Oracle Enterprise Manager's hot new SOA and middleware management capabilities, including Oracle Application Diagnostics for Java and enhanced runtime governance for SOA.
  • 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.
  • Oracle Webcast: Strategic Planning & EVA Metrics in an International Trading Company
    Featuring: Valora Group
    This leading European trading company in FMCG reviewed its strategy and restructured. Hear how it developed, tested and implemented the strategic plan and monitors progress towards its goals. Speaker: Manuela Guidicelli – Group Financial Planning. register
  • Rise Above the Upgrade Challenge
    Today, a strategic IT organization is essential to business success. And, when systems play a mission-critical function in your business, managing successfully through change is imperative. Hear how Sun Microsystems leveraged Oracle's “Virtual Center of Excellence” to cut upgrade planning effort, reduce issue resolution time and improve business results. register
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager Downloads

Oracle Tools:

  • Oracle Technology Network Developer Day - Free Workshops
     Learn hands-on SOA Development and how to use Fusion Development Tools in an interactive, classroom setting staffed by Oracle experts. Dates through May 2009. more
  • Software Downloads - Free to download, free to learn, unlimited evaluation

Advisor Webcasts: Support Tools & Process Seminars (Requires Metalink Login)

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Services

  • Oracle Extends Leadership in Customer Support with Next Release of Oracle® Software Configuration Manager
    Oracle Software Configuration Manager collects and integrates detailed system configuration information that helps Oracle to deliver highly automated, proactive and personalized support. more

Services Appcasts

On Demand

  • Get a Glimpse of Oracle's "Best-Kept Secret". 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. Turn up the Information Business Power - Watch this FREE On Demand webcast to see how Oracle On Demand addresses your TCO, ROI and Business Impact of your IT investment. more
  • Turn up the Information Business Power - Watch this FREE On Demand webcast to see how Oracle On Demand addresses your TCO, ROI and Business Impact of your IT investment.
  • Oracle CRM On Demand

Oracle Support/ACS

  • Get up to 50% Faster Problem Response with Oracle Priority Service.
    Listen to a podcast and download a free customer success case study. more
  • Oracle Unbreakable Linux
    Get your free two-disc pack and discover how your enterprise can realize the full potential of Linux with Oracle Unbreakable Linux. more
  • See How to Start Saving with Oracle Unbreakable Linux Today! Watch a free webcast and see how much your organization can benefit from Oracle Unbreakable Linux. more
  • Critical Patch Updates

Advisor Webcasts: Support Tools and Processes (Requires Metalink login)

Oracle Consulting:

  • Oracle Consulting Resource Library Now Available more
  • Visit Oracle Consulting Online more

Oracle Financing:

  • Welcome to Oracle Promotion—BEA
    Save with Incentive Rate Financing on Oracle Fusion Middleware. Promotion ends August 22, 2008. more
  • Oracle's Value Lease Promotion
    Enjoy the advantages of a subscription model such as a regular payment schedule for planning, but with flexible end-of-term options to own the software. more
  • Oracle Financing Promotions and Offers more
  • Oracle Financing Online more

Oracle University:

  • The Oracle Education Foundation Salutes This Year's ThinkQuest International 2008 Winners
    ThinkQuest, a program of the Oracle Education Foundation, is a renowned global contest that challenges students to create innovative web sites to share with their peers around the world. more

View Courses in your Region!

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Oracle Industries In the News

Consumer Goods

  • Oracle Unveils Oracle Demand Signal Repository
    Oracle Demand Signal Repository is a new application that helps consumer goods manufacturers become more demand-driven. Oracle Demand Signal Repository captures, cleanses and harmonizes large volumes of external demand data to give users insight to consumer and supply chain behavior. It also integrates these demand signals with enterprise applications to make the entire organization more responsive to market changes. more

Health Sciences

  • Oracle Announces Creation of Health Sciences Global Business Unit
    Responding to continued growth in clinical trials as well as the increasing linkages across life sciences, diagnostics and healthcare, Oracle announced the formation of a new Global Business Unit focused on software applications for the health sciences industry. Neil de Crescenzo has been named Senior Vice President and General Manager for the business unit.     more

Higher Education

  • Appcast: Oracle Solutions for Higher Education (11 min.)
    Curtiss Barnes, VP of Product Strategy for Education and Research describes Oracle's best in class offerings for Higher Education institutions, Oracle's tremendous global market presence and the strong partnership Oracle maintains with its education customers to ensure our products meet the needs of the industry today and into the future. more

Insurance

  • Oracle Buys Skywire Software
    With Skywire Software and the pending acquisition of AdminServer, Oracle is expected to accelerate the formation of the most complete software suite for the insurance enterprise to include Oracle's database and middleware for technical infrastructure, Oracle applications to support general business, insurance-specific functionality in Oracle Billing, Siebel Claims, Siebel CRM and Insure, plus Skywire Software and AdminServer to further support insurance policy life cycle management. more

Retail

  • Oracle Announces the Availability of Oracle Retail Release 13
    The result of Oracle's strategic acquisitions of best-of-breed applications as well as its long-term vision for the retail sector, Oracle Retail Release 13 enables retailers in key vertical segments - including fashion, grocery and hardlines - to drive more profitable customer relationships.     more

Industry Specific AppCasts

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Oracle Partners:

  • Oracle Accelerate: Over 120 Oracle Accelerate Solutions Now Available From Oracle Partners
    Momentum continues for Oracle Accelerate as Oracle announces 33 new Oracle Accelerate partner solutions, bringing the total number of available solutions to 123. more
  • More About Oracle Partners
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Oracle Global Highlights

EMEA:

  • Oracle Recognises Top Performing Oracle Accelerate Partners in EMEA
    15 partners awarded for Oracle Accelerate excellence. more
  • Oracle Announces The Winners Of The 2008 Oracle Academy Global Data Modeling Competition
    Students, ages 15-19, were honored for their outstanding analytical and technology skills used to create a database that tracks and stores meteorological data. more
  • Visit Oracle's EU Web site and Quickly Link to your Region's Information.

APAC:

  • Oracle Announces The Winners Of The 2008 Oracle Academy Global Data Modeling Competition
    Students, ages 15-19, were honored for their outstanding analytical and technology skills used to create a database that tracks and stores meteorological data. more
  • View Oracle University Courses in Your Region!
    Visit your region's web site or go to Oracle University online and use the search box to find courses near you.
  • Find an Oracle event near you. more

LAD:

  • View Oracle University Courses in your Region!
    Visit your region's web site or go to Oracle University online and use the search box to find courses near you.
  • Find an Oracle event near you. more
  • Learn more about Oracle Users Groups in Your Region. click here
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