Oracle Magazine November - December 2007 Features Departments Technology, Developer & Comment Sections—    Articles and Columns

FEATURES

Editors' Choice Awards 2007 Honoring Technology Leadership and Innovation By David A. Kelly From building and managing enterprise technologies to simplifying architectures and improving return on investment, IT professionals demonstrate tremendous vision and commitment. The editors of Oracle Magazine are pleased to announce the recipients of the sixth annual Editors' Choice Awards and recognize the achievement and innovation of these outstanding technologists. Perform with SOA By David Baum Flexibility, integration, and quality of service are critical for all organizations. See how Oracle service-oriented architecture solutions work with your legacy systems, partners, and next-generation applications to deliver unparalleled service. Experience Innovation Don't miss Oracle OpenWorld, November 11–15, 2007. Find out what's on the agenda. Controlling the Content Evolution By Alan Joch As the volume of digital content continues to grow, controlling that content requires going beyond storage and making it part of your business processes. Read how Oracle Universal Content Management helps companies put their content to work.

DEPARTMENTS

From Our Readers Readers tell us what they think. Getting the Right Questions By Tom Haunert AT ORACLE Events Find out about current and upcoming industry events. Oracle Resources Your guide to Oracle's broadband, education, online offerings, and more OTN Community Bulletin Learn what's happening with Oracle's most dynamic online community. Interview By Jeff Erickson Cameron Purdy, Oracle vice president of development, talks about Oracle Coherence 3.3 and Extreme Transaction Processing. Oracle News Briefs COMMUNITY Partner News 170 Systems, EMC, HP, TUSC, Unisys, DataMirror, GIP, Tele Atlas, Application Security, Carrier Call, EqualLogic, GridApp Systems, IT Convergence, NAVTEQ, The Pythian Group plus Book Beat Embedded Oracle Oracle products powers tracking devices and identification systems. Peer-to-Peer Atul Kumar, Srinivas Polsani, Nathalie Roman

TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPER SECTION—ARTICLES & COLUMNS

TECHNOLOGY SQL DEVELOPER Working with PL/SQL By Sue Harper Edit, compile, run, and debug PL/SQL code easily with Oracle SQL Developer. ASK TOM More on Oracle Database 11g By Tom Kyte Our technologist takes another look at Oracle Database 11g.

ORACLE DEVELOPER FRAMEWORKS Enhanced Calculation and Validation By Steve Muench Do even more in Oracle Application Development Framework 11g—without code. BROWSER-BASED Application Integration Workshop By David Peake Consuming Web services with Oracle Application Express PL/SQL PRACTICES On Continuing and Executing By Steven Feuerstein Best practices for PL/SQL in Oracle Database 11g and multilevel, string-indexed collections BPEL Testing BPEL in the Real World By Lonneke Dikmans Use the Oracle BPEL Test Framework to improve the quality of your BPEL processes.

COMMENT IN THE FIELD A Place for Everything By Ari Kaplan Oracle's free ILM Assistant helps enterprises implement cost savings. ALL SECURE The Future Is Now By Mary Ann Davidson More security automation means less finger lifting. ANALYST'S CORNER Design for People, Build for Change By David Baum Forrester Research's John R. Rymer discusses how SOA and Web 2.0 deliver greater flexibility.