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Monday News
The Newsletter for the Oracle Users Group Community
March 2008

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March 2008
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CLEARS ORACLE'S ACQUISITION OF BEA SYSTEMS
The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have granted early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) review period for Oracle's proposed acquisition of BEA Systems, Inc. As previously announced, BEA has scheduled a special meeting of its stockholders, to be held at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time on Friday, April 4, 2008 to consider and vote on the proposed merger. The transaction still requires BEA stockholder approval and regulatory clearance from the European Commission and is subject to other closing conditions.

ORACLE UNVEILS NEW RELEASE OF ORACLE IDENTITY MANAGER
User Provisioning software delivers innovative compliance and audit reporting features and improved user experience while helping to accelerate deployment.

Web 2.0 FOR THE ENTERPRISE
Web 2.0 in the enterprise enables people to create linkages, make connections, and communicate in real time in easy-to-use, intuitive ways. Tools like discussion forums, blogs and wikis let users fully participate, make connections, and work together, even in different geographics and time zones.Web 2.0 in the Enterprise, Part II—Making It Real. Watch the webcast with
Andrew McAfee Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and Vince Casarez, Vice President of Product Management, Oracle.

COMPLETE CONTENT MANAGEMENT
Oracle Universal Content Management 10g R3 promises to eliminate manual processes and speed key content management functionality
Learn about new features, new integrations and Download Oracle Universal Content Management today!

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Oracle Database

WINDOWS IT PRO PRESENTS: RUNNING ORACLE DATABASE 11g ON MICROSPFT WINDOWS SERVER
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 (12:00 PM EDT)
Join author, David Chernicoff as he 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 now for this valuable event.

JOIN ORACLE AND WINDOWS IT PRO to learn how Oracle Database 11g on Windows enables you to improve your quality of service, easily develop reliable applications, and protect your information, so that you can innovate faster and stay ahead of the curve.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 (12:00 PM EST)

BUSINESS AGILITY THROUGH SUPERIOR TESTING
In its January 2008 report, "Oracle Real Application Testing - Business agility through superior testing," research firm, Ovum Summit, praised the new Oracle Database option as a way for businesses to achieve a new level of "adaptability to change.

ORDER YOUR FREE GET STARTED WITH ORACLE DATABASE 11g 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.

ORACLE ANNOUNCES LATEST RELEASE OF ORACLE SECURE BACKUP
Oracle Secure Backup 10.2 Now Generally Available on Linux, Windows and UNIX for Use with All Editions of Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Database 10g.

ORACLE WEBCAST
SOA Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager
View the new Webcast, "SOA Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager" to 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.

ORACLE 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 WEBCAST
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.

ORACLE PODCAST
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.

ORACLE WEBCAST
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.

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.

FREE WHITE PAPER
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.

FREE 2-Disc Pack 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.

DATA SHEET: Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition (PDF)
DATA SHEET: Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition One (PDF)

WHITE PAPER: Oracle Database 11g Product Family (PDF)
WHITE PAPER: Innovate Faster with Oracle Database 11g (PDF)
WHITE PAPER: ESG: Controlling Storage Costs with Oracle Database 11g (PDF)

Oracle Podcast Center

Database Podcasts

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Oracle Fusion Middleware

$400 DISCOUNT FOR EARLY REGISTRATION TO COLLABORATE 08 AND FREE HANDS ON LABS
Service Enable E-Business Suite / PeopleSoft / Siebel / JD Edwards E1 with Oracle SOA Suite – 4 Topics, Led by Oracle Experts – Reserve Your Seat Now! more

ORACLE FUSION MIDDLEWARE WINS TWO INFOWORLD TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR AWARDS

ORACLE ANNOUNCES ORACLE DATA INTEGRATION SUITE Comprehensive Platform Delivers Best-in-Class Data Integration with Service-Oriented Architecture, Master Data Management

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 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.

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 joined with Oracle discuss how Secure Enterprise search can connect disparate resources and integrate your business. Learn from experts 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.

OAUG INSIGHT MAGAZINE:
Oracle Fusion Middleware: Add Value To Your Business Today (PDF)

WHITE PAPER: Changing Role of Middleware: The Middleware Revolution (PDF)

WHITE PAPER: The State of Middleware: Bringing It All Together (PDF)

WHITE PAPER: How Are Businesses Using Middleware To Drive Growth (PDF)

Oracle Podcast Center

Oracle Fusion Middleware Radio

Fusion Middleware Radio

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Oracle Industry News

LIFE SCIENCES
ORACLE EUROPEAN LIFE SCIENCES FORUM 2008 (April 14-15, 2008)

ORACLE INTRODUCES REMOTE DATA CAPTURE ONSITE 4.5.3 WITH EXTENSIVE NEW FUNCTIONALITY FOR INVESTIGATIVE SITE PERSONNEL

HIGHER EDUCATION, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR
CLIFF GODWIN KEYNOTES AT ALLIANCE 08 (March 10-13, 2008)

COMMUNICATIONS
ORACLE ANNOUNCES IBM AIX SUPPORT FOR ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS BILLING AND REVENUE MANAGEMENT
Partnership with IBM Delivers Increased Flexibility to Service Providers

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Oracle Applications
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Oracle E-Business Suite

ORACLE CHAIRMAN JEFF HENLEY TALKS TO THE HACKETT GROUP
April 24-25, 2008 at the Intercontinental Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia Mr. Henley will share with attendees how the three principles of Oracle's transformation - simplification, standardization, and automation - can help any enterprise improve performance, achieve sustainable compliance, and realize real, bottom-line benefits. more

PATCHES FIX TIMEOUT ISSUE
When running release 12 Oracle E-Business Suite RDA inside diagnostics, occasionally the execution has a tendency to timeout due to the quantity of data being collected. The workaround (found in the FAQ) was to follow the instructions provided by note 427278.1, which explains how to execute this test from the command line. By installing patches 6631337 and 6503842, the previously hard-coded timeout values have been moved to profile options. In the event RDA (or any other diagnostic) runs longer than expected, the timeout issue can be easily resolved by increasing the value of one (or more) of these newly defined profile options. The patch read-me's will provide complete and detailed information on default values and how these should be set.
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UPCOMING ADVISOR WEBCASTS FOR ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE
Expert information on services, products, and technologies comes straight to your desktop through Oracle Web Conferencing.

March 4 World-Class Program Management: Project Scheduling Tools Integration

ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS APPS (CGBU)

March 11 Voucher Management

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PeopleSoft Enterprise

ORACLE OFFERS NEW PEOPLESOFT CERTIFICATIONS
Oracle has recently completed its first iteration of the new Off Cycle Certification program for PeopleSoft Enterprise. This program provides an avenue for new, third-party technologies such as operating systems or database versions to be certified with PeopleSoft outside of the normal development cycle. Check out the following links for information on the new certifications for PeopleTools 8.48 and 8.49 with Oracle Database 11g, DB2 LUW 9.1, and DB2 z/OS 9.1.

NORTH AMERICAN PAYROLL TAX UPDATES NOW AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLESOFT HRMS VERSION 8.3
The North American Payroll Tax Updates package, an enhancement to Oracle's Lifetime Support policy, will now include PeopleSoft HRMS version 8.3. The North American Payroll Tax Updates package is offered on an annual fee basis for product versions moving into Sustaining Support for which there is sufficient customer demand. This package is available only to customers who are currently on Oracle Premier Support. Contact your support sales manager or send an e-mail.

UPCOMING ADVISOR WEBCASTS FOR PEOPLESOFT ENTERPRISE
Expert information on services, products, and technologies come straight to your desktop through Oracle Web Conferencing.

February 26 PeopleSoft Web Services
March 4 World-Class Program Management: Project Scheduling Tools Integration
March 12 Enterprise CRM 9.0: Understanding AAF and PAF Concepts
March 12 Managing Global Payroll Elements

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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

JD EDWARDS ENTERPRISEONE TOOLS 8.97 AVAILABLE
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.97 is immediately available on the Update Center via Customer Connection for existing customers. Access the JD EnterpriseOne Tools pages first, then the "Implementing New 8.97 Functionality" guide. Customers who want to use business services, enhanced XMLP, effective dates for daylight saving time, developer productivity enhancements, and security enhancements will need to download the planner ESU (electronic software update) JK14575 and the baseline ESU JK14530.

ENTERPRISEONE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE CONSOLE AVAILABLE
The EnterpriseOne Financial Management and Compliance Console is now generally available for 8.11SP1 and 8.12 customers and provides operational users with a collection of metrics, key performance indicators, and compliance alerts. It's also available through your local Global Customer Care Center. Please review the Minimum Technical Requirements before applying the ASU, and note that there are also special instructions included on the Update Center home page.

All release documents have now been posted for the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management and Compliance Console for 8.11 SP1 and 8.12. Release documents include the Statement of Direction, Release Value Proposition, Release Notes, and Implementation Guide.

UPCOMING ADVISOR WEBCASTS FOR JD EDWARDS ENTERPRISEONE
Expert information on services, products, and technologies comes straight to your desktop through Oracle Web Conferencing.

February 12 Using Change Assistant for Search and Deployment of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ESUs
February 12 Basket and Order Re-pricing (India Customers)
February 14 Government Reporting for Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
February 19 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne: Quote Management
February 19 Features of 8.11SP1 India Localization in Comparison with Legacy Products (India Customers)
February 26 Automated Receipts Processing
March 4 World-Class Program Management: Project Scheduling Tools Integration
March 6 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Support Tools—Are You Reaping the Benefits?

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JD Edwards World

LIVE ADVISOR WEBCAST: JD EDWARDS WORLD AND IBM PARTNER WITH THE RELEASE OF V6R1
Register today to attend these Live Advisor Webcasts and hear driving business factors to upgrade your operating system to V6R1 and how to ensure your upgrade is a success. This is a two part series. (Requires login ID and password.)

  • March 25 - Part I presented by Mike Breitbach, IBM i5/OS Development. Register.
  • March 27 - Part II presented by David Glahn, Oracle Support JD Edwards World. Register.

JD EDWARDS WORLD A9.1 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. Contact our Global Support Center at 1.800.289.2999 for assistance.
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