Oracle OpenWorld
Oracle OpenWorld 2008 is over, but you can still enjoy the experience vicariously!

Oracle Introduces The HP Oracle Database Machine: Delivering 10x Faster Performance Than Current Oracle Data Warehouses
The HP Oracle Database Machine consists of a grid of Oracle Database Servers and a grid of new Oracle Exadata Storage Servers packaged in a single rack ordered as a complete system from Oracle.

Oracle Buys Advanced Visual Technology
On Oct. 1, 2008 Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Advanced Visual Technology Ltd. (AVT), a leading provider of 3D visual macro space planning software for retailers.

Oracle Launches Oracle Beehive
A comprehensive, open-standards based enterprise collaboration platform, Oracle Beehive delivers integrated team workspaces, calendar, instant messaging, and e-mail.

Oracle Announces 2008 Oracle Excellence Awards During Oracle OpenWorld
The Oracle Excellence Awards recognizes organizations for innovative deployments of Oracle Fusion Middleware with Oracle Applications. The recipients of the 2008 Oracle Excellence Award are: Amway, Arrow Electronics, Inc., British Telecom (BT), Chick-fil-A, Cisco, EMC Corporation, Florida A&M, KPN, MASCO Builder Cabinet Group, Pearson, Pfizer, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Rabobank Nederland, University of Louisville, and Zebra Technologies. Business Intelligence Consulting Group (BICG) and Innowave Technology, LLC are recipients within the SI category.

Oracle Unveils Winners of 2008 ‘Empower the Green Enterprise’ Awards During Oracle OpenWorld
The Oracle ‘Empower the Green Enterprise’ award recognizes customers from a wide-range of industries that are using Oracle's Applications and technology products to support green business practices and sustainability initiatives in order to reduce environmental impact, costs and improve business efficiencies. Recipients of the 2008 Oracle ‘Empower the Green Enterprise’ Award include: Alcoa, Australian Vintage Limited, BT, Dell, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Fiji Water, Ingersoll-Rand, Intercall, Interface, Motorola, National Ignition Facility & Photon Service, Novartis International AG, PG&E, Standard Parking, Sun and Supervalu.

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• Live Webinar: Comprehensive Controls for Preventing and Detecting Database Breaches- Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET
  Discover how Oracle Database Vault prevents unauthorized access to sensitive data, enforces least privilege and separation of duties policies, and can help eliminate the threats to application data posed by privileged user or DBA, ad-hoc tools, and more. You will also learn how Oracle Audit Vault provides complementary capabilities for monitoring all your databases, detecting and alerting on unauthorized activities by any users, and saving time and money by automating compliance reporting and audit policy management. Click here to register.
  
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Podcasts (Shows: AppCasts, TechCasts and Oracle Fusion Middleware Radio):

Oracle Podcast Center

Host: Justin Kestelyn, OTN Editor-in-Chief
Tune into "fireside chats" with experts about new tools, technologies, and trends in application development.

• Oracle OpenWorld 2008: Dynamic Language Duo
  Sep 24, 2008 - Chris Jones and Kuassi Mensah, Oracle's dynamic duo for evangelizing Oracle and dynamic languages, provide an update. (mp3)
  
• Oracle OpenWorld 2008: Oracle JDeveloper Goes to 11
  Sep 23, 2008 - Senior Director Product Management Duncan Mills tells us his favorite new Oracle Developer 11g features and reveals the paths of convergence for JDeveloper, Workshop, and Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse. (mp3)
  
• Oracle OpenWorld 2008: Oracle Coherence Cures Gridlock
  Sep 22, 2008 - Oracle Coherence architects Cameron Purdy and Brian Oliver offer their favorite features in the new 3.4 release, and explain the background behind the Application Grid concept.
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• Oracle OpenWorld 2008: Oracle in the Cloud
  Sep 22, 2008 - Sushil Kumar, Senior Director of Product Management, explains Oracle's newly announced support for deployment to Amazon Web Services (AWS), the new Oracle Secure Backup module for seamless backup to AWS, and other news on the cloud computing front. (mp3)
  
• Oracle OpenWorld 2008 Preview: Community Happenings
  Sep 11, 2008 - Oracle Magazine Editor-in-Chief Tom Haunert, and OTN Editor-in-Chief Justin Kestelyn, offer a joint preview of developer/DBA community happenings at Oracle OpenWorld 2008. (mp3)

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Host: Cliff Godwin, SVP, Applications Technology
Tune into "Live with Cliff" to hear from application technology experts, product and industry experts, and customers about what's saving Oracle customers time and money when using Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, and JD Edwards applications.

• Empower Siebel 8.0 users with new simple-to-use rules engines
  September 4, 2008 - Listen to Rick Watts, an experienced Siebel and Haley Authority developer and Sr. Configuration Specialist from Oracle Advanced Customer Services discuss best practices for utilizing the Haley rules engine in a Siebel implementation project. (mp3)

• Sustainability Reporting, Planning, and Management
  September 3, 2008 - Sustainability Reporting, also referred to as the Triple Bottom Line, is the reporting of environmental, social and economic metrics to external and internal stakeholders. Tune into this conversation with John O'Rourke, Senior Director, Product Marketing for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Solutions to learn what is driving the need for this reporting,
  How companies are responding and the solutions that Oracle offers to help alleviate the complexity, provide an audit trail and a repeatable reporting process (mp3)

• Oracle Applications Empower the Green Enterprise
  September 2, 2008 - Eco-Efficiency, Eco-Innovation, Eco-Transparency—what does it all mean? Learn about the growing interest and need for green, sustainability solutions and how Oracle can help you gain an Eco-Advantage in this conversation with Rich Kroes, Director Oracle Product Strategy. (mp3)

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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 Middleware Product Marketing.

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

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

Applications

Oracle E-Business Suite:

• Next Release of the Oracle E-Business Suite Previewed at Oracle OpenWorld 2008
  The Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 is expanding upon the global foundation established with Release 12 by delivering 9 new products and significant functional improvements across human resources, financials, supply chain management, procurement, projects, master data management and customer relationship management applications. more
• Oracle Announces Oracle Sales Campaigns and Oracle Sales Library based on the Oracle Social Applications Framework
  These applications help increase the productivity and effectiveness of salespeople by fostering collaboration from the bottom-up, and are designed to complement Oracle’s Siebel CRM and Oracle CRM On Demand to help increase salesperson productivity. more
• New Oracle Content Management Integrations Enhance Enterprise Applications
  To help enterprises accelerate business processes, improve decision-making and better manage structured and unstructured content, Oracle unveiled significant new integrations between Oracle Content Management software and Oracle Applications, components of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database. more
• Oracle Releases Oracle Business Approvals for iPhone
  Oracle Business Approvals includes Oracle Business Approvals for Managers and Oracle Business Approvals for Sales Managers, two easy-to-use applications that deliver targeted and task-oriented information to help managers make informed decisions, and take action conveniently and securely from their iPhones. more
• Oracle Announces Latest Release of Oracle Governance, Risk and Compliance Applications Suite
  The Oracle Governance, Risk and Compliance Applications Suite integrates the management of diverse compliance and risk processes with preventative automated controls to help reduce cost and complexity while strengthening the integrity of critical business operations. more
• Oracle Delivers New Capabilities in Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Furthering its Leadership in Enterprise PLM
  Oracle announced a new pre-built, open standard-based integration for new product introduction (NPI) from Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to the Oracle E-Business Suite.
  Oracle also unveiled Oracle’s Agile PLM Business Intelligence 3.0 to provide better decision-making during NPI. more

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

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AGILE:

• Oracle Delivers New Capabilities in Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Furthering its Leadership in Enterprise PLM
  Oracle announced a new pre-built, open standard-based integration for new product introduction (NPI) from Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to the Oracle E-Business Suite. racle also unveiled Oracle’s Agile PLM Business Intelligence 3.0 to provide better decision-making during NPI. more

BEA:

• Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle WebCenter Suite
  Helping organizations increase productivity and improve user interaction with Enterprise 2.0-enabled portals, composite, and web applications, Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle WebCenter Suite, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware. Demonstrating its commitment to existing BEA customers, Oracle is also announcing the availability of Oracle WebLogic Portal 10g Release 3 and its immediate inclusion as part of Oracle WebCenter Suite. The new release adds several enhancements to further customers’ competitive advantage and provides support for the newly released Oracle WebLogic Server 10g Release 3. more
• Oracle Announces Oracle Business Process Management Suite
  Meeting the needs of business analysts and IT professionals, Oracle announced immediate availability of the Oracle Business Process Management Suite (Oracle BPM Suite), a new component of Oracle Fusion Middleware. more
• Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle Communications Converged Application Server 4.0
  To enable network operators, network equipment providers (NEP), systems integrators and independent software vendors (ISVs) to develop, deliver and operate real-time, multimedia communications services, Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Communications Converged Application Server 4.0 (formerly named BEA WebLogic SIP Server). more

PeopleSoft Enterprise:

• Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Student Administration Integration Pack Now Available
  The application is designed to help higher education institutions more efficiently integrate and manage their various administrative and educational systems. more

Siebel:

• Oracle Announces Oracle Sales Campaigns and Oracle Sales Library based on the Oracle Social Applications Framework
  These applications help increase the productivity and effectiveness of salespeople by fostering collaboration from the bottom-up, and are designed to complement Oracle’s Siebel CRM and Oracle CRM On Demand to help increase salesperson productivity. more
• Oracle Achieves PinkVERIFY™ Certification for ITIL Compatibility
  Oracle today announced Oracle IT Service Management Suite has been certified as ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) compatible through the PinkVERIFY IT Service Management (ITSM) certification program. more
• Oracle Unveils Oracle’s Application Integration Architecture Trade Promotion Management Solution that Integrates Siebel and Oracle’s Demantra
  To provide a complete, integrated trade promotions management and advanced planning solution, Oracle announced availability of an Oracle Application Integration Architecture solution that connects Oracle’s Siebel Trade Promotion Management with Oracle’s Demantra Predictive Trade Planning and Promotion Optimization. more
• Oracle Releases Oracle Business Approvals for iPhone
  Oracle Business Approvals includes Oracle Business Approvals for Managers and Oracle Business Approvals for Sales Managers, two easy-to-use applications that deliver targeted and task-oriented information to help managers make informed decisions, and take action conveniently and securely from their iPhones. more
• (Appcast) Empower Siebel 8.0 users with new simple-to-use rules engines
  September 4, 2008 - Listen to Rick Watts, an experienced Siebel and Haley Authority developer and Sr. Configuration Specialist from Oracle Advanced Customer Services discuss best practices for utilizing the Haley rules engine in a Siebel implementation project. (mp3)

Siebel AppCasts

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne:

• Oracle Unveils Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 and Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98
  Latest releases incorporate customer-driven enhancements; new project and government contract accounting module supports complex project management. more

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

JD Edwards World:

• Oracle Integrates Oracle’s JD Edwards World and Oracle’s Demantra Demand Management
  The new pre-built integration enables JD Edwards World customers to directly benefit from Demantra’s best-in-class demand management functionality integrated with JD Edwards World A9.1. more

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 Introduces The HP Oracle Database Machine: Delivering 10x Faster Performance Than Current Oracle Data Warehouses
  The HP Oracle Database Machine consists of a grid of Oracle Database Servers and a grid of new Oracle Exadata Storage Servers packaged in a single rack ordered as a complete system from Oracle. more
• New Oracle Content Management Integrations Enhance Enterprise Applications
  To help enterprises accelerate business processes, improve decision-making and better manage structured and unstructured content, Oracle unveiled significant new integrations between Oracle Content Management software and Oracle Applications, components of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database. more
• Oracle and Intel Collaborate to Accelerate Enterprise-Ready Cloud Computing
  Companies are collaborating to help accelerate enterprise readiness of cloud computing and make it more efficient and secure. The companies will also identify and drive standards to enable flexible deployment across private and public clouds. more
• Oracle and Dell Deliver World Record Dual-Node Result with SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark
  This benchmark result further demonstrates Oracle Fusion Middleware's leadership in Java application server performance. more
• Oracle Delivers Latest Release of Oracle VM and Adds Oracle Real Application Clusters Certification
  Oracle VM release 2.1.2 offers built in high availability features and also provides secure, encrypted live migration capabilities. more
• Don’t Fail the Test! Did you know with Oracle Real Application Testing you can save up to 80% of your testing efforts as compared to manual and 3rd party testing tools? Experience Greater Agility, Lower Costs, Reduced Risk, and Higher Efficiency. Click Here to Learn More Now
• 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.
• FREE Oracle Data Masking Resource Kit - Stop inadvertently exposing sensitive or regulated information when you copy production data into your non-production databases. Learn how you can de-identify production data to create realistic and functionally complete databases in our FREE Oracle Data Masking Resource Kit with industry expert webcasts, data privacy protection and regulatory compliance guides, step by step tutorials, and more.
• FREE Oracle Database Vault Resource Kit - Protect sensitive application data in your database with the industry's most advanced real-time database security product, Oracle Database Vault. You can even control what privileged DBA users can and cannot do, as well as when, where, and how they do it. Learn how you can enforce database security policies in our FREE Oracle Database Vault Resource kit with industry expert webcasts, data privacy protection and regulatory compliance guides, step by step tutorials, and more.
• FREE Oracle Application Express Resource Kit
  Learn how Oracle Application Express (APEX) can help you address the manageability, security and scalability challenges associated with using spreadsheets and personal databases to store mission-critical data. Request your FREE Oracle Application Express Resource Kit containing the latest release of Oracle Application Express and a link to related free packaged applications, as well as analyst reports, white papers, and customer testimonials.
• FREE Oracle Database Security Resource Kit
  Learn how Oracle can help you address data privacy, insider threats, and regulatory compliance. Request your FREE Oracle Database Security Resource Kit containing technical white papers, step-by-step tutorials, as well as analyst reports, expert webcasts, and a self-assessment tool to get you started today.
• Live Webinar: Comprehensive Controls for Preventing and Detecting Database Breaches- Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET
  Discover how Oracle Database Vault prevents unauthorized access to sensitive data, enforces least privilege and separation of duties policies, and can help eliminate the threats to application data posed by privileged user or DBA, ad-hoc tools, and more. You will also learn how Oracle Audit Vault provides complementary capabilities for monitoring all your databases, detecting and alerting on unauthorized activities by any users, and saving time and money by automating compliance reporting and audit policy management. Click here to register.

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• Oracle Database Podcasts
  Tune into this podcast series to get the latest information on Oracle Database from Oracle technical experts.

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Oracle Fusion Middleware:

• Oracle Unveils Oracle Entitlements Server 10g Release 3
  Marking a milestone in its commitment to Application-Centric Identity Management and continuing its strategy to rapidly evolve the industry leading capabilities of Oracle Fusion Middleware’s Identity and Access Management products, Oracle announced availability of Oracle Entitlements Server 10g Release 3. more
• Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle WebCenter Suite
  Helping organizations increase productivity and improve user interaction with Enterprise 2.0-enabled portals, composite, and web applications, Oracle announced the general availability of Oracle WebCenter Suite, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware. more
• Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus Extends Integration as Part of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System
  The release of Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus 10.1.3.4 (Oracle BI Suite EE Plus) introduces new integrations with the recently announced Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System as well as key product enhancements. more
• Oracle Releases Oracle TopLink 11g Based on EclipseLink
  Oracle TopLink 11g, an advanced object-relational persistence framework based on the open source EclipseLink project, introduces seamless integration with Oracle Coherence, flexible Object-XML binding, and provides out-of-the-box compatibility with Oracle WebLogic Server and Java frameworks including Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) 11g. more
• Oracle Delivers New Release of Oracle WebLogic Application Grid
  Oracle WebLogic Application Grid is part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware product family and a keystone offering in Oracle’s application grid strategy, an architecture for application infrastructure that enables greater resource efficiency, dynamic scale-out, and predictable quality of service for enterprise applications. more
• New Oracle Content Management Integrations Enhance Enterprise Applications
  To help enterprises accelerate business processes, improve decision-making and better manage structured and unstructured content, Oracle unveiled significant new integrations between Oracle Content Management software and Oracle Applications, components of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database. more
• Oracle Extends Enterprise 2.0 Leadership
  The company now offers an array of integrated tools and services for delivering context-aware applications, effectively collaborating, and simplifying management and archiving the explosion of unstructured content generated by a wide range of new, Enterprise 2.0 technologies. more
• Java Developers to Benefit from New Release of Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Application Development Framework
  Committed to providing the most complete, comprehensive and hot-pluggable tools for Java developers, Oracle announced Oracle JDeveloper 11g and Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) 11g, components of Oracle Fusion Middleware. more
• Oracle and Dell Deliver World Record Dual-Node Result with SPECjAppServer2004 Benchmark
  This benchmark result further demonstrates Oracle Fusion Middleware's leadership in Java application server performance. more
• Oracle Announces Oracle Business Process Management Suite
  Meeting the needs of business analysts and IT professionals, Oracle announced immediate availability of the Oracle Business Process Management Suite (Oracle BPM Suite), a new component of Oracle Fusion Middleware. more
• Oracle Forms Oracle Identity Assurance Partner Alliance
  Through the alliance, Oracle and members of the alliance plan to deliver solutions that pre-integrate Oracle’s Identity Management Suite with partner technologies to offer capabilities such as identity proofing, Internet geolocation, multi-factor authentication, out-of-band authentication, endpoint security and secure remote access. more
• Trying to demystify data integration solutions? Our ODI Resource Kit provides you with access to the latest white papers, analyst reports, customer success stories, and other integration resources. Learn how to build and manage complex data warehouses and automate data migration - while ensuring that information is timely, accurate, and consistent across complex systems. Register now!
• BPM WEBCAST: SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA CASE STUDY, AND SNEAK PEEK AT ORACLE BPM 10gR3 - Hear first-hand how the Supreme Court of Louisiana created a central, online collaborative BPM system for a community of its justices and staff, as well as an external legal community. It helped them process legal issues and address pressing challenges after Hurricane Katrina. In addition, get a sneak peek at the next release of Oracle BPM, version 10gR3, and learn about new features including new user interface, web-based modeling, improved security and performance. Download Now!
• Next-Generation Data Center Webcast - Join Oracle CIO, Mark Sunday, and Oracle Chief orporate Architect, Edward Screven, as they share best practices for building and operating the next-generation data center using advances in virtualization, Linux, high-performance application architecture, grid computing and energy efficiency. Download the on-demand webcast now.

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Oracle Enterprise Management:

• Oracle Delivers Oracle Application Testing Suite
  Oracle Application Testing Suite enables customers to deploy higher quality applications with less cost, complexity and effort, Oracle today announced availability of the Oracle® Application Testing Suite, the newest addition to Oracle Enterprise Manager's suite of Application Quality Management products. more
• Oracle Introduces Oracle Real User Experience Insight
  Oracle Real User Experience Insight 4.5 is the first product to introduce in a single offering a comprehensive feature set that enables Information Technology organizations to enhance end user experiences and help maximize the value of their business-critical Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web-based applications. more
• Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus Extends Integration as Part of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System
  The release of Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus 10.1.3.4 (Oracle BI Suite EE Plus) introduces new integrations with the recently announced Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System as well as key product enhancements. more
• Oracle and Intel Collaborate to Accelerate Enterprise-Ready Cloud Computing
  Companies are collaborating to help accelerate enterprise readiness of cloud computing and make it more efficient and secure. The companies will also identify and drive standards to enable flexible deployment across private and public clouds. more
• Oracle Launches Expanded Service-Oriented Architecture Offering
  Resulting from the rapid integration of BEA Technology with Oracle® Fusion Middleware, organizations are expected to benefit from expanded Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) software from Oracle including Oracle SOA Suite 10g Release 3 and Oracle Enterprise Repository 10g Release 3. more
• Oracle Announces Oracle Business Process Management Suite
  Meeting the needs of business analysts and IT professionals, Oracle announced immediate availability of the Oracle Business Process Management Suite (Oracle BPM Suite), a new component of Oracle Fusion Middleware. more
• Distributed Capture Drives Next-Generation Imaging Processes
  Read the whitepaper from Document Imaging Report, "Distributed Capture Drives Next-Generation Imaging Processes", to learn more about the benefits and ROI a company can expect from implementing a distributed document capture system as well as these other featured topics. Download Now!
• Webcast: Powerful Testing For Fast Low-Risk Deployments
  First impressions are so important. That's why Oracle offers powerful testing tools to help your company deploy higher-quality, more reliable applications—in a fraction of the usual time and effort. more
• Webcast: View Your Web Sites and Applications Through the Eyes of Real Users
  Your web sites and e-commerce applications are only as good as your users think they are. Oracle Real User Experience Insight offers an industry-leading solution to help your company track and analyze real user experiences. more
• Get manageable, scalable and compliant e-mail archiving with Oracle
  With Oracle Universal Online Archive you can reduce storage costs and improve email performance, comply with regulatory obligations, and reduce the risks and costs associated with eDiscovery. Register now and join us for a free webcast!
• Webcast: Drive Competitive Advantage With Better End-user Experience For Web sites and Applications
  In this on-demand webcast, you will hear J.P. Garbani from Forrester Research discuss successful strategies and best practices to help you deliver better online experience to your customers. more
• Prevalidated Server Solutions for Oracle Real User Experience Insight
  Oracle, Intel, and Net Optics have joined forces to deliver a unique server solution for Oracle Real User Experience Insight. more
• Oracle Achieves PinkVERIFY™ Certification for ITIL Compatibility
  Oracle recently announced Oracle IT Service Management Suite has been certified as ITIL compatible through the PinkVERIFY IT Service Management (ITSM) certification program. more
  

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Oracle Tools:

• Java Developers to Benefit from New Release of Oracle JDeveloper and Oracle Application Development Framework
  Committed to providing the most complete, comprehensive and hot-pluggable tools for Java developers, Oracle announced Oracle JDeveloper 11g and Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF) 11g, components of Oracle Fusion Middleware. more
• Oracle Launches Expanded Service-Oriented Architecture Offering
  Resulting from the rapid integration of BEA Technology with Oracle Fusion Middleware, organizations are expected to benefit from expanded Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) software from Oracle including Oracle SOA Suite 10g Release 3 and Oracle Enterprise Repository 10g Release 3. more

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Oracle 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

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. 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
• Webcast: 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:

• Oracle Introduces Next-generation Customer Support Platform: My Oracle Support
  My Oracle Support integrates Oracle’s award winning support portal, Oracle MetaLink, with its award winning configuration management platform, Oracle Software Configuration Manager, to deliver highly personalized and proactive support capabilities that help reduce unplanned downtime and improve system stability. more

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:

• Oracle Financing Promotions and Offers more
• Oracle Financing Online more

Oracle Education:

• Oracle University Enhances Live Virtual Classes with eKits
  eKits contain all course materials in PDF format sent electronically one week before the class begins. more
• The Oracle Education Foundation Honors Students and Teachers At ThinkQuest Live 2008
  The Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) welcome students and teachers from 10 countries to ThinkQuest Live 2008, held in San Francisco, California from September 21-25, 2008. Countries represented included Argentina, Australia, Brazil, India, Japan, Singapore, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam. more
• Oracle University Presents Dan Hotka in Croatia more

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Oracle Industries In the News

Communications:

• Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle Communications Converged Application Server 4.0
  To enable network operators, network equipment providers (NEP), systems integrators and independent software vendors (ISVs) to develop, deliver and operate real-time, multimedia communications services, Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Communications Converged Application Server 4.0 (formerly named BEA WebLogic SIP Server). more

Insurance:

• Oracle Announces Launch of Oracle Insurance
  In response to global insurance industry customer needs, Oracle launched Oracle Insurance, which serves more than 2,000 insurance customers worldwide. Oracle Insurance helps insurers improve business agility through an end-to-end software offering that manages the entire enterprise – from technical infrastructure to core insurance processing. more
• Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Packs for Industries
  The new Oracle AIA Foundation Packs for the utilities and insurance industries deliver new industry-specific object and service components, industry best practice processes and other modified governance tools and components from the cross industry Oracle AIA Foundation Pack. more

Utilities:

• Oracle Application Integration Architecture Foundation Packs for Industries
  The new Oracle AIA Foundation Packs for the utilities and insurance industries deliver new industry-specific object and service components, industry best practice processes and other modified governance tools and components from the cross industry Oracle AIA Foundation Pack. more

Industry Specific AppCasts

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Oracle Partners:

• Oracle Introduces “Inner Circle” Partner Initiative For Oracle CRM On Demand
  Each Inner Circle partner collaborates directly with the Oracle CRM On Demand product strategy, product management, engineering, QA, and Global Alliance ISV organizations, helping to expand the development of their solutions and facilitate sales engagement. more
• Oracle PartnerNetwork Honors Winners of 2008 North America Oracle Titan Awards
  The awards acknowledged 14 leading partners across 17 categories for solutions and best practices developed or delivered in fiscal 2008. These awards recognize partner excellence in a number of categories, including sales, marketing, and solution development. more
• Oracle Unveils Partner Enablement 2.0
  A new and improved partner enablement strategy provides expanded training and education choices through new Boot Camp formats, enhancements to the OPN Competency Center, new Partner Solution Kits and an updated Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) portal. more
• Oracle Forms Oracle Identity Assurance Partner Alliance
  Through the alliance, Oracle and members of the alliance plan to deliver solutions that pre-integrate Oracle’s Identity Management Suite with partner technologies to offer capabilities such as identity proofing, Internet geolocation, multi-factor authentication, out-of-band authentication, endpoint security and secure remote access. more
• Oracle Announces National VAR Program
  Continuing to empower Oracle partners to achieve long-term success, Oracle announced a National VAR Program for Oracle technology products. Available to North American Value-Added Reseller (VAR) partners with national footprints, the new program includes the establishment of Oracle’s National VAR Sales team to provide select VAR members of the Oracle PartnerNetwork a single, national point of contact for the joint development and delivery of Oracle-based technology software products and services. more

EMEA:

• Oracle Develop - (EMEA & APAC) Registration is now open for the premier developer event. Hear and learn from world-leading experts and your peers about next-generation development trends and technologies in Java and rich enterprise applications (REA), service-oriented architecture (SOA), and the database. more
• Oracle opens ISV Migration Center in Istanbul
  Oracle teams up with Fujitsu Siemens Computers to open International ISV Migration Center in Istanbul

APAC:

• Oracle Develop - (EMEA & APAC) Registration is now open for the premier developer event. Hear and learn from world-leading experts and your peers about next-generation development trends and technologies in Java and rich enterprise applications (REA), service-oriented architecture (SOA), and the database. more
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LAD:

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