Oracle Magazine July - August 2009 Features Departments Technology, Developer & Comment Sections—    Articles and Columns

FEATURES

Lead with Intelligence By David Baum Business efficiency depends on business decisions, and business decisions depend on current, accurate information and powerful analysis. See how Oracle data warehousing, business intelligence, and enterprise performance management solutions deliver the information, analysis, and efficiencies to propel your business ahead of the competition. See Savings with Linux By Alan Joch Simplifying an IT environment involves reducing costs and saving energy but still providing a great solution. Find out how Oracle Enterprise Linux, Oracle Unbreakable Linux support, and Oracle VM provide a superior solution in an easy-to-launch package that helps companies save money—and the planet. Oracle OpenWorld Preview Learn. Develop. Explore. Here’s a sneak peak at Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco, which offers hundreds of learning opportunities, special programs, and networking events. Make plans to be in San Francisco October 11 through 14.

DEPARTMENTS

From Our Readers Readers tell us what they think. From the Editor By Tom Haunert Answers Shared AT ORACLE Events Find out about current and upcoming industry events. Oracle Resources Your guide to Oracle Webcasts, podcasts, blogs, education offerings, and more OTN Bulletin Learn what’s happening with Oracle’s most dynamic online community. Oracle News Briefs Interview OTN’s Justin Kestelyn talks with Richard Sarwal and Leng Leng Tan of Oracle product development about Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Release 5. Interview Duncan Mills, senior director of product management at Oracle, talks about the recent release of Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 11g. COMMUNITY Partner News DNS Poland, Rolta, SITA, JackBe, EMS-Intelligent Chaos, STR Software, Identigral, Passlogix, Aquire, Solix Technologies, Clarabridge, Unicon, Signum Group, 2e2, LumenData, GlobalLogic plus Book Beat. Up Close Todd Sheetz, president of the Independent Oracle Users Group Linux special interest group, talks about this dynamic community. Peer-to-Peer Karen Morton, Francisco Alvarez, Geoff Garcia

TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPER SECTION—ARTICLES & COLUMNS

TECHNOLOGY DATA INTEGRATION A Refreshing Move By Arup Nanda Encrypt, compress, mask, and deliver information with Oracle Data Pump. ASK TOM On Popularity and Natural Selection By Tom Kyte Our technologist optimizes away binds and promotes more-selective queries.

ORACLE DEVELOPER OPEN SOURCE Open Source Contributions By Rich Schwerin Oracle investments in Linux yield substantial returns. FRAMEWORKS Targets, Accessors, and Trees By Steve Muench Hierarchical data displays are simple with Oracle Application Development Framework. PL/SQL PRACTICES First Things First By Steven Feuerstein Ask the right questions before starting construction of your new PL/SQL-based application. BROWSER-BASED Developing Secure Applications By David Peake Defend your Oracle Application Express applications against unauthorized use. .NET The Full Set By Christian Shay Use Microsoft Visual Studio for the complete .NET and Oracle Database development lifecycle.

COMMENT IN THE FIELD Choosing the Right Tool By Mike Riley Evaluate your organization's needs against Oracle tool releases. ALL SECURE Secure Testimony By Mary Ann Davidson Advising the United States Congress about cybersecurity ANALYST’S CORNER In Perfect Harmony By David Baum Data integration tools improve movement of information among systems.