Oracle Magazine September-October 2005 Features Departments Technology, Developer & Comment Sections—    Articles and Columns

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Oracle Database 10g Just Got Better By Kelli Wiseth When Oracle introduced Oracle Database 10g, enterprise grid computing was in its infancy. Over the past two years, many of the benefits of enterprise grid computing have become the mantra of forward-thinking CEOs and CIOs. With numerous new features in the areas of performance, scalability, reliability, and security, Oracle Database 10g Release 2 promises to help customers achieve these benefits and more. A Lesson In Interactive Marketing By David Baum Customer relationship management has made significant inroads at commercial firms. Like for-profit businesses that value customer retention, educational institutions value student retention. That's why DePaul University is using PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM software from Oracle to better understand how it can serve its students. Middle Matters By Greg Karpain Middleware is an evolving term and product category. When the word was introduced more than 20 years ago, middleware generally referred to any programming that served to "glue together" two separate existing systems. Since then, middleware has evolved to encompass numerous technologies that reside between the application and database layers. And Oracle's middleware offerings have evolved along with the definition of the word. Oracle OpenWorld Information transforms at the world's premier conference for Oracle customers and partners.

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From Our Readers Readers tell us what they think. On Turning Two By Jeff Spicer Oracle marks the second anniversary of Oracle Database 10g with a new release. AT ORACLE Events Find out about current and upcoming industry events. OTN Community Bulletin Learn what's happening with Oracle's most dynamic online community. Oracle News Oracle and Zend Technologies partner to deliver a free prebuilt stack to make developing PHP applications easier than ever. Oracle News Briefs CHANNELS Peer-to-Peer John Spencer, Connie Adams, Marcelo Ochoa Partner News Ares International, Bhrigus, Cerner, CGI, CipherSoft, HP, i-flex solutions, Integracion de Tecnologia en Informatica S.A. de C.V., MICROS Systems, Northrop Grumman, Pillar Data Systems, Samsung SDS, Sun Microsystems, SunGard SCT, and Syslogis, plus Book Beat Cutting Edge Bluetooth laser measurement, instant memory, and combating phobias with virtual reality

TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPER SECTION—ARTICLES & COLUMNS

TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY STANDARD Web Services—Anyhow, Anywhere By Marta Bright WSIF lets you access Web services independent of protocol or location. TALKING TUNING Sharing Memory—Automatically By Kimberly Floss Put away your scripts and let Oracle automatically resize your memory pools. XML XQuery Flowers By Jonathan Gennick Use XQuery to retrieve and transform both XML and relational data. SECURITY Transparent Data Encryption By Arup Nanda Encrypt sensitive data transparently without writing a single line of code. GLOBALIZATION Going Global By Ron Hardman Globalization support in Oracle Database 10g Release 2 makes localization easier. XML EXCHANGE XML to Relational: Bridging the Gap By Sean Dillon Storing XML in traditional relational storage ASK TOM My First Day with the New Release By Tom Kyte Our technologist talks about his first experience with Oracle Database 10g Release 2. INSIDE OCP Surveying Diagnostics By Aradhana Puri Tools in Oracle Database 10g store diagnostic information and provide answers.

ORACLE DEVELOPER FRAMEWORKS Creating Search Pages By Steve Muench Help users find what they're looking for. ODP.NET The Values That Bind By Mark A. Williams Improve performance in .NET applications with bind variables and ODP.NET. OPTIMIZATION Building Faster Java By Harshad Oak Optimize your Java applications with Oracle JDeveloper 10g tools.

COMMENT INFORMATION MATTERS Work and Play By George Demarest On the business of fun and the intelligence game