Oracle Magazine March - April 2008 Features Departments Technology, Developer & Comment Sections—    Articles and Columns

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Moving Forward By David Baum Operating and maintaining legacy systems consumes up to four-fifths of every IT budget. This fiscal necessity puts IT managers in a bind: They need to take advantage of open systems, service-oriented architecture, and other modern technologies, but they can't afford to discard the content of their legacy business systems. See how Oracle helps companies modernize their applications, middleware, and databases while preserving the business-specific information they need. Support For Superheroes By Alan Joch Growing a business while building an IT infrastructure that supports new business strategies is a challenge most midsize companies face. Marvel Entertainment—creator of Spider-Man and Iron Man-has published comic books for decades and is now building its own film studio. See how Oracle technology helps Marvel defeat business inefficiencies.

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From Our Readers Readers tell us what they think. Trying Times 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 Bulletin Learn what's happening with Oracle's most dynamic online community. Managing the Product Lifecycle By Caroline Kvitka Oracle's Hardeep Gulati talks about Oracle's acquisition of Agile and what the future holds for Oracle's Agile Product Lifecycle Management. Better Enterprise Search By Jeff Erickson Oracle's Vishu Krishnamurthy talks about Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 10.1.8.2. COMMUNITY Commitment Think.com helps talented youth get online in India. Partner News ANTs Software, Apps Associates, F5 Networks, Intercede, JackBe, Embarcadero Technologies, Logicworks, Perception Software, Vgo Software, Innovative Routines International, Solix Technologies, SteelEye Technology plus Book Beat Peer-to-Peer Jason Jones, Torsten Winterberg, John Stegeman

TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPER SECTION—ARTICLES & COLUMNS

TECHNOLOGY TESTING Performing Through Changes By Arup Nanda Measure the impact of changes on SQL workload with SQL performance analyzer. SQL DEVELOPER Building Queries Visually By Sue Harper Use point-and-click, drag-and-drop, and query builder in Oracle SQL Developer. INSIDE OCP Upgrading Manageability By Sushma Jagannath Concepts and sample questions for OCP upgrade certification to Oracle Database 11g . ASK TOM Oracle Database 11g Redux By Tom Kyte Our technologist continues to explore Oracle Database 11g features.

ORACLE DEVELOPER FRAMEWORKS Declarative Data Filtering By Steve Muench Define multiple query expressions and build search forms with ease. BROWSER-BASED Building Interactive Reports By David Peake Users can customize interactive reports with Oracle Application Express. PL/SQL PRACTICES On BULK COLLECT By Steven Feuerstein Best practices for knowing your LIMIT and kicking %NOTFOUND.

COMMENT IN THE FIELD Let's Get Virtual By Ari Kaplan The Oracle VM virtual server means simpler and cheaper virtualization solutions. ALL SECURE Context Is Everything By Mary Ann Davidson Move from brittle to contextual security. ANALYST'S CORNER Wireless Providers Tackle Challenges By Alan Joch Forrester Research's Michele Pelino discusses the new types of business applications coming out of the telecommunications industry.