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

FEATURES

Data Center: The Next Generation By Marta Bright Companies face continuous challenges to streamline business processes and conserve resources even as business demands increase. These demands—as well as the need to upgrade hardware and software—mean that data centers must deliver both on improved efficiencies and greater capacity. See how Oracle solutions lead the way to the next-generation data center. Scale to Fit By David Baum Most midsize companies don’t have big IT budgets, but they need efficient, scalable, and flexible IT infrastructures to compete on a global scale. Learn how Oracle can help midsize businesses with big service and cost-effective technology and applications solutions. Integrating Applications By David A. Kelly Your company requires specialized, industry-specific applications as well as business applications, but integrating these applications and your business processes requires the right architecture and middleware. Find out how Oracle technology connects your vertical and horizontal applications to create efficient business processes.

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From Our Readers Readers tell us what they think. From the Editor By Tom Haunert What’s Next? 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 Vince Casarez, vice president of product management at Oracle, provides an update on Enterprise 2.0. COMMUNITY Partner News RCM Technologies, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, AT&T, Intel, Expert System plus Book Beat. Up Close Dan Vlamis gives back by organizing the IOUG’s Business Intelligence, Warehousing and Analytics Summit. Peer-to-Peer Rajender Singh, Markus Eisele, Tracy McMullen

TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPER SECTION—ARTICLES & COLUMNS

TECHNOLOGY SQL Baselines and Better Plans By Arup Nanda Use SQL plan management in Oracle Database 11g to optimize execution plans. SQL DEVELOPER Improving Application Performance By Sue Harper Manage and tune Oracle Application Express applications with Oracle SQL Developer. INSIDE OCP Improving PL/SQL By Sushma Jagannath Improve performance in Oracle Database 11g with new PL/SQL features. ASK TOM On Wrong and Right By Tom Kyte Our technologist checks the documentation and tests the answers.

ORACLE DEVELOPER FRAMEWORKS A Ride at the OK (or Cancel) Corral By Steve Muench Configure nested transactions using Oracle ADF task flows. PL/SQL PRACTICES On Avoiding Termination By Steven Feuerstein Continue PL/SQL execution beyond exceptions.

COMMENT IN THE FIELD Taming the Data Explosion By Ian Abramson The HP Oracle Database Machine offers high performance for high data volume. ALL SECURE Securing Support By Mary Ann Davidson Leaking a well-kept security secret: Oracle Configuration Manager ANALYST’S CORNER The Next-Generation Data Center By David Baum Cost and environmental considerations motivate more-efficient operations.