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Welcomes BEA Developers
Oracle's
acquisition of BEA Systems signals the beginning of
integration of several thriving communities: the Oracle
Technology Network and BEA's Dev2Dev (Developer) and
Arch2Arch (Architect) communities.
Oracle
Buys AdminServer
On
May 13, 2008 Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire
AdminServer, a rapidly growing provider of insurance
policy administration software. AdminServer's product
offering will become a core component of Oracle's existing
insurance industry software footprint that is already
used by more than one thousand insurers including 20
of the top 20 global insurance companies.
Oracle
Plans To Build New Global Information Technology Facility
To
meet the needs of its growing customer base, Oracle
plans to build a new Global Information Technology facility
in West Jordan, Utah.
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- ODTUG
Kaleidoscope 2008: June 15-19, 2008 in New Orleans,
LA
ODTUG Kaleidoscope is THE conference for real world
technologists using APEX, Oracle Fusion Middleware,
Business Intelligence, PL/SQL, Java EE, SOA, and much
more.
This is a unique opportunity to make real world contacts
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- Global
OHUG Annual Conference 2008: June
22-25, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV
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members are able to openly collaborate with other
users in their industries that are leveraging the
same modules and experiencing similar challenges!
This year's event includes special vertical sessions
for Retail, Education, and Compensation & Benefits.
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- Oracle
OpenWorld 2008: September 21-25, 2008 in San Francisco,
CA - REGISTER EARLY & SAVE!
Oracle OpenWorld 2008 offers more opportunities
than ever for learning, collaborating, and connecting
with experts and peers. You don't have to wait for
September—join the conversation now. Check out
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Mix social network (requires oracle.com login),
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OpenWorld Unconference, for starters.
details
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Podcasts
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Fusion Middleware Radio):
Oracle
Podcast Center
Oracle TechCasts are online audio interviews
with Oracle technology experts about the latest products
and technologies for developers and DBAs.
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all TechCasts
Oracle AppCasts are on demand online
audio interviews with Oracle customers, partners, product
and industry experts.
- Executive
Update: Oracle's Strategy for Industries (13 min.)
May 27, 2008
Sonny Singh, Senior Vice President of Oracle's Industries
Business Unit, discusses Oracle's extensive footprint
for industries and the details around Oracle's industry
business strategy which focuses on providing a complete,
open and integrated solution.
- Oracle's
Shared Services Model can Bring you Tremendous Savings
(11 min.)
May
20, 2008
Mike Gagas, Senior Director, Oracle On Demand Marketing
explains how companies consolidate and streamline
back office business processes with a shared services
model. Numerous companies are achieving operational
excellence using Oracle products and services to successfully
deploy shared services. Oracle itself has saved over
2 billion dollars with shared services.
- Announcing
EBS R12 Application Specific Content for UPK and Tutor
(6 min.)
May 13, 2008
Listen to Stuart Dunsmore, Sr. Director of UPK and
Tutor Development discuss the pre-built content available
for E-Business Suite R12. Learn how this recently
released content can help your customers throughout
the Applications Lifecycle, from the start of an implementation
or upgrade project, through go-live and beyond.
- Oracle
Solutions for Higher Education (11 min.)
May 1, 2008
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.
View
All AppCasts
Oracle
E-Business Suite AppCasts | E-Business
Suite Advisory Webcasts |
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& Tools Advisory Webcasts (Requires
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PeopleSoft
Enterprise AppCasts |
Siebel
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JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne AppCasts | JD
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Applications
Oracle
E-Business Suite:
- Oracle
E-Business Suite and Oracle's Siebel Field Service
Included in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Field Service
Management press
release
- Oracle
and Satyam Computers to Co-Develop Business Process
Integration for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Collaboration
to Produce PLM Process Integration Packs as part of
the Oracle Application Integration Architecture initiative.
press
release
Oracle
E-Business Suite AppCasts | Advisor
Webcasts (Requires MetaLink Login)
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PeopleSoft
Enterprise:
- Oracle
Releases Oracle Application Access Controls Governor
8.0
A key component of the Oracle Governance, Risk, and
Compliance (GRC) applications suite and the latest
release of Oracle's comprehensive application access
control solution that enables compliance, audit and
security officers to automatically enforce authorization
policies across Oracle and non-Oracle systems. press
release
- Oracle
HCM Receives Strong Positive Rating in Leading Analyst
Firm’s Report for Large Enterprise HRMS
Gartner
Inc. gave a Strong Positive rating to Oracle's Human
Capital Management (HCM) offerings—including
the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise
and Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne solutions—in
its report "MarketScope for Large Enterprise
HRMS, 2008." press
release
- Independent
Research Firm Finds PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital
Management Enables Best-In-Class Performance
Aberdeen Group, Inc., an independent research firm,
found that fully integrated Human Capital Management
(HCM) systems, such as Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise
HCM, enable organizations to achieve demonstrable
gains in performance over the industry average. press
release
- Software
downloads! Visit the Oracle
E-Delivery Web site
Siebel:
- Oracle
E-Business Suite and Oracle's Siebel Field Service
have been included in this year's Gartner Magic Quadrant
for Field Service Management more
- Software
downloads! Visit the Oracle
E-Delivery Web site.
Siebel
AppCasts
JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne:
- Oracle
Introduces Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Financial Management and Compliance Console
New console delivers targeted financial performance
metrics and powerful business analytics to user desktops.
press
release
JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne AppCasts | Advisor
Webcasts (Requires Customer Connection
Login)
JD Edwards
World:
- The
Latest Updates to Oracle's Applications Strategy more
- Have
Questions about JD Edwards World?
For answers to your questions about JD Edwards World
products, support, or training, please call 1.800.289.2999.
JD
Edwards World AppCasts | Advisor
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Oracle
On Demand:
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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:
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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.
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IT Pro Presents: Running Oracle Database 11g on Microsoft
Windows Server
On Demand Event
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.
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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
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Downloads - Free to download, free to
learn, unlimited evaluation
Advisor
Webcasts (Requires MetaLink Login)
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Oracle Fusion Middleware:
- Oracle
Debuts Enhanced Preview of Oracle Fusion Middleware
11g
Enhancements
facilitate development and deployment of rich enterprise
applications. press
release | download
- Oracle
Extends Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer Tools with
Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse
Demonstrating
its continued commitment to the Eclipse Foundation
and Open Source Developer Community and furthering
its dedication to providing Java developers productivity
with choice, Oracle announced the Oracle Enterprise
Pack for Eclipse, a new component of Oracle Fusion
Middleware. press
release
- 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. Click
here to get started!
- Get
SOA Expertise On Demand
Watch an incredible lineup of leading companies and
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organizations chose an SOA approach, how they secured
management approval and addressed the challenges and
lessons learned during implementation. view
the Webcast!
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applications, and going-forward IT strategies.
- Complimentary
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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.
learn 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.
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- 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 today!
- Oracle
Webcast - "The
Trust Factor: Secure Enterprise Search for High-Value
Content"
Listen to The Gilbane Group together with Oracle as
they discuss how Secure Enterprise search can connect
disparate resources and integrate your business. Let
the experts show you what it takes to get better results.
- Oracle
Web Seminar -
The Promise of Enterprise 2.0: Make it Real"
Join Oracle and Andrew McAfee, Associate Professor,
Harvard Business School to learn how your organization
can successfully deploy Enterprise 2.0 capabilities,
and bridge the gap between structured and unstructured
data. register
now!
- Software
Downloads - Free to download, free to
learn, unlimited evaluation.
Advisor
Webcasts (Requires MetaLink Login)
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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
today!
-
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
for the Webcast.
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Oracle Enterprise Manager Downloads
Oracle
Tools:
-
Customers Take Advantage of Latest Release of Oracle
SQL Developer
Newly available Oracle SQL Developer Release
1.5 delivers integrated source code control support,
and expanded migration workbench capabilities. press
release | download
SQL Developer
- Oracle
Extends Oracle Fusion Middleware Developer Tools with
Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse
Demonstrating
its continued commitment to the Eclipse Foundation
and Open Source Developer Community and furthering
its dedication to providing Java developers productivity
with choice, Oracle announced the Oracle Enterprise
Pack for Eclipse, a new component of Oracle Fusion
Middleware. press
release
- Oracle
Enhances Java Resources for Global Developer Community
Oracle Technology Network links Java Developers
through Wikis and Social Networks and provides increased
opportunity for community based learning. press
release | Java
Developer Center
-
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. more
- Software
Downloads - Free to download, free to
learn, unlimited evaluation
- New
Downloads!
Advisor
Webcasts: Support Tools & Process Seminars (Requires
Metalink Login)
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Services
- Oracle's
Shared Services Model Can Bring You Tremendous Savings
(11 min.)
May 20, 2008
Mike Gagas, Senior Director, Oracle On Demand Marketing
explains how companies consolidate and streamline
back office business processes with a shared services
model. Numerous companies are achieving operational
excellence using Oracle products and services to successfully
deploy shared services. Oracle itself has saved over
2 billion dollars with shared services.
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:
- Below
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IT and business objectives. With promotional rates
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University:
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Courses in your Region!
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University online and use the search box to find
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Oracle
Industries In the News
- Executive
Update: Oracle's Strategy for Industries (13 min.)
May 27, 2008
Sonny Singh, Senior Vice President of Oracle's Industries
Business Unit, discusses Oracle's extensive footprint
for industries and the details around Oracle's industry
business strategy which focuses on providing a complete,
open and integrated solution.
Communications
- Oracle
Communications Billing and Revenue Management Wins
Billing & OSS World Excellence Award
At the Billing & OSS World Conference and Expo
in Chicago, Oracle was honored as the winner of two
Billing & OSS World 2008 Excellence Awards, recognizing
Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management
as the Best Revenue Management Solution and Oracle
Communication and Mobility Server as the Best New
Product. press
release | more
- Oracle
Introduces Oracle Communications Service Creation
Environment 3.0 for Rapid Service Innovation
Helps communications service providers (CSPs)
bring new services to market faster. Through a unified
graphical interface, users can define, configure,
assemble and deploy new or existing services from
the Oracle Communications Service Fulfillment Suite
- helping to foster rapid service deployment and innovation
with less risk. press
release | more
Financial
Services
- Oracle
Announces Financial Services Global Leadership Summit
Event gathers industry leaders to collaborate, share
best practices and identify opportunities in financial
services sector. more
- Oracle
Announces New Functionality in Oracle Communications
MetaSolv Solution
New
features are designed to further improve support for
cable and converged network. press
release
Higher
Education
- Appcast:
Oracle Solutions for Higher Education (11 min.)
May 1, 2008
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
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