Oracle Magazine September - October 2006 Features Departments Technology, Developer & Comment Sections—    Articles and Columns

FEATURES

Security Inside By David A. Kelly Companies face severe database security issues. They need to allow a broader range of access, but still protect vital information from external and, increasingly, internal threats. Find out how Oracle can help your organization protect its mission-critical data and improve accountability and efficiency. Refining the Wheel By Alan Joch Inaccurate records and data discrepancies do more than create organizational and customer frustration. They can hurt productivity and ultimately the bottom line. Now data hubs are giving companies a single point of truth when they need critical information. Content at Your Fingertips By David Baum Most business data is unstructured content, and handling it effectively is a big concern for firms that need to manage millions of documents, images, spreadsheets, and e-mails. See how Oracle content management solutions improve productivity and compliance. Oracle Magazine at Twenty By Jeff Spicer As Oracle Magazine celebrates its 20th anniversary, Publisher Jeff Spicer looks back at the technologies and people that shaped the magazine. Oracle OpenWorld 2006 Oracle's biggest customer event yet

DEPARTMENTS

From Our Readers Readers tell us what they think. Secure on the inside By Tom Haunert AT ORACLE Events Find out about upcoming conferences and training. OTN Community Bulletin Learn what's happening with Oracle's most dynamic online community. Oracle News Briefs Oracle News Oracle Berkeley DB Java Edition 3.0 brings speed and ease-of-use enhancements to the embeddable, open source database line. CHANNELS Partner News SYSTIME, AppWorx, Perceptive Software, BIAS, CISCO, Innowave Technology, Sierra Atlantic, SkillNet, Ikan, Wipro Infotech Peer-to-Peer Jaromir Nemec, Bruno Vroman, Jeffrey Hunter Cutting Edge Wireless Skype, cooler servers, and more-effective advertisements

TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPER SECTION—ARTICLES & COLUMNS

TECHNOLOGY PARTITIONING Partition Decisions By Arup Nanda Understand your partition choices, and choose the best partition and key for your data. SEARCH Secure Search Returns Best Results By Ron Hardman Oracle Secure Enterprise Search provides the right intranet search. ASK TOM On ROWNUM and Limiting Results By Tom Kyte Our technologist explains how ROWNUM works and how to make it work for you. INSIDE OCP Become a Master By Aradhana Puri Step up from Oracle Certified Professional to Oracle Certified Master.

ORACLE DEVELOPER INDUSTRY STANDARD Getting Rich with Ajax By Rich Schwerin Build rich internet applications with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. FRAMEWORKS Harnessing the Active Data Model By Steve Muench Going beyond basic data access with custom service methods ODP.NET Debugging PL/SQL from .NET By Mark A. Williams Debug PL/SQL in Microsoft Visual Studio with Oracle Developer Tools. BROWSER-BASED Express Lockdown By Raj Mattamal Lock down your Oracle Application Express applications. PL/SQL PRACTICES On Generics and Traces By Steven Feuerstein Best practices for string procedures and tracing

COMMENT IN THE FIELD Storage Made Simpler By Ari Kaplan Storage virtualization can simplify database applications. ANALYST'S CORNER Managing Information Overload By David Baum Enterprise content management improves compliance efforts and the bottom line.