Oracle Buys Product Lifecycle Management Leader Agile
Agile's PLM solutions help engineers, manufacturing and supply chain professionals and business executives drive the product innovation and introduction process, share product specifications and configurations and collaborate effectively across the supply chain in a variety of industries, including high-tech, life sciences, industrial manufacturing and consumer packaged goods.More

Oracle Invests in Intellectual Property Management Solutions Leader Sophoi
Oracle has made a strategic minority investment in Sophoi, Inc., a privately-held, provider of enterprise intellectual property management software. Sophoi's iPLS is a leading enterprise-wide business solution for intellectual property management and licensing. In conjunction with this investment, Oracle and Sophoi will continue to partner to bring innovative end-to-end solutions to the media and entertainment industry.

Oracle Unveils Next-Generation Architecture for Oracle Fusion Middleware
Designed to provide the industry's first unified infrastructure for Grid computing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), the next generation of Oracle Fusion Middleware will provide a foundation for event-driven composite applications and applications with extreme scalability and performance requirements.

Available Now! Oracle's Application Integration Architecture Webcast
Join Oracle executives Fred Studer, VP, Industries and Applications Marketing, and Jose Lazares, VP of Product Strategy and Development as they discuss how customers can achieve sustainable integrations, ensuring their software investment for now and in the future.

The Oracle Academy Honors 2007 Oracle Academy Global Data Modeling Competition Winners
The 2007 winners included student teams from Romania, China, the United States, India and the United Kingdom. This year's contest challenged students to develop a data model to help in the global fight against infectious disease.

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Upcoming Events

• Oracle Develop: The Premier Conference for Developers
  Munich (18-19 June), Prague (21-22 June), and London (26-27 June). 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
• ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2007 June 18-21, 2007 (Pre-conference hands-on training: June 16-17, 2007), Daytona Beach, Florida. Developers and DBAs alike attend ODTUG Kaleidoscope to find out what’s new and how to use new technologies to enhance, expand, and empower older applications to do things they were never envisioned to do. More
• JD Edwards World Customer Briefings: Denver, CO (June 21-22 2007)
  In 2006 the Denver JD Edwards World team facilitated many rewarding customer visits. In 2007 we are holding monthly customer briefings in Denver. For more information, please contact fabio.araujo@oracle.com.
• Quest Northeast Sessions Now Posted (July 19-20, 2007)
  Browse the sessions you can attend at The Quest Northeast Regional Conference for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users, July 19 and 20 at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Connecticut. Early-bird registration ends June 27, so register today.
• Oracle Business Intelligence, Warehousing, and Analytics (BIWA) Summit 2007
  (October 2–3, 2007) The IOUG BIWA SIG announces a worldwide meeting October 2-3, 2007 in Reston, VA 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

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Podcasts (AppCasts and TechCasts):

Oracle Podcast Center

Oracle TechCasts are online audio interviews (podcasts) 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.

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• The Benefits of Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Financials (13 min.) May 29, 2007 — Live with Fred
  Terrance Wampler, VP for Oracle's E-Business Suite Financials Product Strategy talks with Fred about the architectural changes in the R12 release as well as how EBS R12 Financials provides simplification, standardization, and process efficiencies for customers. Listen
• The Netherland's Telco Market Leader Discusses the Value of Oracle's AIA to IT Managers (9 min.) May 22, 2007 — Live with Cliff
  Ernst Lamein, Manager IT Architecture CRM at KPN and David Krauss, Product Marketing Director at Oracle speak with Cliff about Oracle's Application Integration Architecture (AIA) and how it can help IT Managers address integration requirements while simplifying and consolidating their IT infrastructure. Listen

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Applications

E-Business Suite:

• Oracle Delivers Next Version of CRM Applications of Oracle E-Business Suite R12
  Oracle's new CRM applications optimize the value and cost-of-ownership of CRM by enabling customers to streamline business processes, increase user adoption, provide greater insight into customer trends and increase operational efficiency. Press Release
• Oracle Support Diagnostics Forum
  Learn about diagnostics and share knowledge and best practices on OracleMetaLink's Oracle E-Business Suite Support Diagnostics forum. Click the Forum tab, and select Support Diagnostics Project. (Requires MetaLink Login)
• Oracle HCM Users Group Conference 2007 — (Sept. 24-27, 2007)
  Don't miss the largest Oracle HCM Users Group meeting to date, at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Whether you use Oracle E-Business Suite Human Resources or Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management, you should attend this conference. Register today, and get more information.

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PeopleSoft:

• New PeopleSoft Enterprise 9.0 Courses Now Available at Oracle University
  See complete course descriptions and schedules, and register online. To speak with an Oracle University representative, call +1.800.787.2047. Coming Up: Absence Management
• Quest Northeast Sessions Now Posted (July 18-20, 2007)
  Browse the sessions you can attend at The Quest Northeast Regional Conference for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users, July 19 and 20 at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Connecticut. Early-bird registration ends June 27, so register today.
• Oracle HCM Users Group Conference 2007, (Sept. 24-27, 2007)
  Don't miss the largest Oracle HCM Users Group meeting to date, at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Whether you use Oracle E-Business Suite Human Resources or Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management, you should attend this conference. Register today, and get more information.
  
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Siebel:

• Oracle Is Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Latest Magic Quadrant for Field Service Management
  Oracle's Siebel CRM Application has been positioned in the Leader Quadrant of the 2006 Gartner Field Service Management (FMS) Magic Quadrant.1 Press Release
• 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

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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne:

• Quest Northeast Sessions Now Posted (July 18-20, 2007)
  Browse the sessions you can attend at The Quest Northeast Regional Conference for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users, July 19 and 20 at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Connecticut. Early-bird registration ends June 27, so register today.
• "Enterprise One Evolves and Extends" by ACG
  Following an update briefing from Lenley Hensarling, Oracle GVP and General Manager, JD Edwards, Andrews Consulting Group (ACG) published a report titled, "EnterpriseOne Evolves and Extends." Read the Report
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World Change Assistant
  Change Assistant automates the process of identifying, downloading, and applying your application maintenance. It provides an easy-to-use navigation tree to help you manage your deployment processes. More (Requires Customer Connection Login)
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 8.11 SP1, Update 2 Now Available
  This update, plus any subsequent ESUs released since March 6, 2007, will bring your installation up to the latest maintenance level. Available through Oracle's Electronic Product Delivery Web site or via your local Customer Care Center. More (Requires Customer Connection Login)
• White Paper: Choosing the Right Number of Instances for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. Read
• White Paper: Evaluating Unicode When Upgrading to EnterpriseOne. Read
• Three Baseline ESUs Released for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne XE and ERP 8. More
• Why Upgrade and Migrate? Visit the Upgrade Web site on Customer Connection, and view the new Why Upgrade? presentation, which highlights the most-compelling reasons to consider an upgrade. (Requires Customer Connection Login)

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JD Edwards World:

• JD Edwards World Customer Briefings: Denver, CO (June 21-22, 2007)
  In 2006 the Denver JD Edwards World team facilitated many rewarding customer visits. In 2007 we are holding monthly customer briefings in Denver. The next one is scheduled for June 21 and 22. For more information, please contact fabio.araujo@oracle.com.
• JD Edwards Sessions at the Northern California PeopleSoft Regional User Group Meeting (June 15, 2007)
  Be sure to attend the Northern California PeopleSoft User Group meeting in Fremont, California, where JD Edwards World will have three sessions and a go-live customer success story on upgrading to the new A9.1 release. Details & Registration
• Quest Northeast Sessions Now Posted (July 19-20, 2007)
  Browse the sessions you can attend at The Quest Northeast Regional Conference for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users, July 19 and 20 at the Mohegan Sun Resort and Casino in Connecticut. Early-bird registration ends June 27, so register today. Contact the Mohegan Sun directly for hotel reservations.
• JD Edwards World A9.1 Now Available
  Oracle's JD Edwards World A9.1 single-byte release delivers more than 1,250 enhancements to enable operational excellence, improve customers' upgrade processes, and reduce the cost and complexity of integrations. Download (Requires Customer Connection Login)
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards World Change Assistant
  Change Assistant automates the process of identifying, downloading and applying your application maintenance. It provides an easy-to-use navigation tree to help you manage your deployment processes. More (Requires Customer Connection Login)
• 2008 Leap Year Setup in JD Edwards World
  Be sure to verify that general accounting fiscal date patterns are set up with 29 days for February 2008 to ensure that transactions are posted correctly. Calendars automatically adjust to the leap year, but the fiscal date patterns must be manually adjusted. If you have questions, please contact Oracle Customer Support at +1.800.289.2999.
• 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.

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Technology

Database:

• Oracle Simplifies User Management in Oracle Database 10g
  To provide customers greater flexibility and choice, Oracle has integrated Enterprise User Security (EUS), a feature of Oracle Database 10g, with Oracle Virtual Directory, enabling organizations to centrally manage database user identities through their existing corporate directories such as Oracle Internet Directory, Microsoft Active Directory and Sun Java System Directory Server. Press Release
• Announcing General Availability of Oracle Audit Vault
  Built on reliable and scalable Oracle Database infrastructure software, Oracle Audit Vault is an enterprise-class audit consolidation and management solution that enables organizations to simplify compliance reporting, proactively detect threats, reduce costs and secure audit data. Press Release
• Oracle Information Lifecycle Management Assistant Version 1.1 Now Available
  The Oracle Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) Assistant 1.0 was the industry's first free tool to provide customers with a comprehensive range of ILM capabilities for Oracle Database 10g. Oracle ILM Assistant Version 1.1 is now available. More
• New White Paper: Searching Enterprise Applications
  With Oracle Secure Enterprise Search, you can search all of your organization's data sources—websites, file servers, content management systems, ERP and CRM systems, BI systems, and databases. More secure, more integrations to enterprise applications, more customizable. Download White Paper
• Rich Niemiec's Favorite New Features of Oracle Database 11g
  TUSC's Rich Niemiec discusses his favorite Database 11g features and serves as a third party opinion of the great functionality coming with Oracle Database 11g. Read Article
• Ken Jacobs Discusses Oracle Database 11g at COLLABORATE 07
  "The hallmark of Oracle is to be first—to innovate, to be unconventional," Ken Jacobs told attendees at COLLABORATE 07 in Las Vegas on April 16. Oracle Database 11g, he said, carries on this tradition. Read Article
• Get the Facts: When Downtime Is Not an Option
  Customers discuss how they are winning in today's highly networked, 24/7 global economy by using Oracle high availability (HA) technologies. Watch the overviews and then learn more about how each business is meeting the highest service-level agreement requirements with Oracle HA technologies. More
• Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture: When Unbreakable Meets Best Practices
  How do you build a unified high availability solution that meets all of your business requirements? The Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture framework provides in-depth best practices for meeting the highest service-level agreement requirements. More
• Get Control and Save with Enterprise Manager Packs
  Watch this free Webcast and learn how Oracle Configuration Management Packs can help you improve configuration consistency, audit readiness, and compliance, and simplify your life. Watch Webcast
• Oracle Business Intelligence, Warehousing, and Analytics (BIWA) Summit 2007 (October 2–3, 2007)
  The IOUG BIWA SIG announces a worldwide meeting October 2-3, 2007 in Reston, VA 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
• FREE Oracle 10g Downloads! More
• Oracle Database Lite 10g (10.3.0.1.0) for Windows and Linux! More

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Middleware:

• Oracle Announces Availability of Software Development Kit for Spring
  Spring's layered architecture allows developers to pick and choose pieces of the framework, which provides optimal flexibility without sacrificing performance. Press Release | Free Download
• Oracle Unveils Next-Generation Architecture for Oracle Fusion Middleware
  Designed to provide the industry's first unified infrastructure for Grid computing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Event-Driven Architecture (EDA), the next generation of Oracle Fusion Middleware will provide a foundation for event-driven composite applications and applications with extreme scalability and performance requirements. Press Release
• New White Paper: The Benefits of a Unified Enterprise Content Management Platform
  Oracle offers a unified content management platform that provides the full array of ECM functionally including Records Management, Web Content Management, Document Management, Digital Asset Management and Imaging and Process Management. Get White Paper
• Oracle Identity & Access Management Suite for SMBs
  Oracle Identity & Access Management Suite is the comprehensive, integrated solution packaged for small and medium businesses that helps prevent security breaches, guards against insider threats, and helps meet regulatory compliance mandates at a significantly lower cost. More | Free Downloads

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Enterprise Management:

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Extends Systems Management Support to EMC Symmetrix DMX Systems
  Oracle announced new systems management support for EMC Symmetrix DMX storage systems, to enable customers to maximize the value of their investment in EMC and Oracle infrastructure. Press Release
• Announcing Oracle Information Appliance Foundation on Dell and EMC
  Building upon Oracle's Information Appliance Initiative, Oracle announced the Oracle Information Appliance Foundation on Dell and EMC to help joint customers speed the implementation of data warehouses based on Oracle Database 10g, Dell PowerEdge servers and EMC CLARiiON networked storage systems. Press Releaseil
• New Oracle Enterprise Manager Downloads. Download

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Oracle Tools:

• ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2007 June 18-21, 2007 (Pre-conference hands-on training: June 16-17, 2007), Daytona Beach, Florida. Developers and DBAs alike attend ODTUG Kaleidoscope to find out what’s new and how to use new technologies to enhance, expand, and empower older applications to do things they were never envisioned to do. More
• Oracle JDeveloper 11g Technical Preview is Here! More
• Oracle Previews Enhanced Java Tools for Developing Rich Internet Applications; Updates Java Application Server
  Oracle announced previews of new releases of Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Application Development Framework, standards-based tools that make it easier to develop and deploy Java Enterprise Edition 5, Web 2.0 and Asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX)-style Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). Press Release
• Announcing New Releases of Developer Tools for Microsoft .NET
  Building on its commitment to support the Microsoft .NET development platform, Oracle announced it has released beta versions of Oracle Data Provider for .NET and Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio .NET that are expected to deliver enhanced ease of use and productivity capabilities for .NET developers using Oracle Database 10g. Press Release
• Oracle Announces Availability of Software Development Kit for Spring
  Spring's layered architecture allows developers to pick and choose pieces of the framework, which provides optimal flexibility without sacrificing performance. Press Release | Free Download
• Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) Beta Download
  Improve your .NET development productivity with new feature additions for ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2005, user-defined types, and source control integration. More
• Download Oracle Coherence (formerly Tangosol Coherence)
  Oracle Coherence is a JCache-compliant, in-memory distributed data grid solution for clustered applications and app servers that makes sharing and managing data in a cluster as simple as on a single server. Download the software and explore the doc! More
• Learn How to Secure PHP-based Web Applications Via Database-based Authentication in this Two-part Tutorial
  Managing secure access to Web pages and applications is a common problem. You want to enable those you trust to access data while preventing unauthorized ones from gaining access to it. In most cases, database-based authentication is the solution. More
• New Online Demos for Oracle JDeveloper 11g. More
• New Tutorials for Oracle JDeveloper 11g. More

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Services

Oracle On Demand:

• See Siebel CRM On Demand in Action!
  Watch this 3-minute demo and see what Siebel CRM On Demand can do for you. Register Now!
• Join in! Frost & Sullivan Ebroadcast: Breaking the Mold with Hosted Contact Centers
  Join Frost & Sullivan and their panel of industry experts as they discuss why companies both large and small are choosing hosted call centers, and find out if a hosted solution is right for your customer care operations. Share and exchange your thoughts and ideas with our panel in the interactive Question and Answer session during the event. More
• Nucleus GuideBook on Oracle’s Siebel CRM On Demand
  This white paper reviews Siebel CRM On Demand from a number of key perspectives including best practices, deployment issues, and more. Read

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Oracle Support:

• Don't Miss Live Weekly Education Sessions from Oracle Support!
  Learn about the support tools available through Oracl