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

FEATURES

United Development By David A. Kelly Developers need solutions, and there’s no shortage of language and technology choices. Whether you’re making development choices for applications that connect with legacy mainframe systems or new Web 2.0-enabled applications, standards and integration are key. Read about the standards-based tools and development solutions from Oracle that integrate your business processes. Test for Success By David Baum To compete, companies need to deploy their applications sooner, at lower cost, and without service interruption—and the way to do that is through rigorous testing in real-world conditions. Find out how Oracle can ensure bulletproof application quality and help organizations meet their mission-critical operational goals with new testing solutions. Safeguard the Desktop By Alan Joch For some midsize companies, the most-cost-effective IT solutions may be a combination of enterprise business technologies and desktop software. See how Oracle technologies integrate with Microsoft Windows to support midsize businesses.

DEPARTMENTS

From Our Readers Readers tell us what they think. From the Editor By Tom Haunert Pure Tools 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 Pascal Laik, Oracle’s vice president of master data management (MDM) products, talks about Oracle’s solutions for MDM. COMMUNITY Partner News Ventureforth, ICS, Helpstream, HumanConcepts, Datawatch, Promero, Unify, Zanett, Caliber Point, Computer Sciences Corporation, Data Systems International plus Book Beat. Up Close Mike Riley, president of Oracle Development Tools User Group, discusses how his group’s members can connect, teach, and learn. Peer-to-Peer Jon Emmons, Torsten Schlautmann, Porus Homi Havewala

TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPER SECTION—ARTICLES & COLUMNS

TECHNOLOGY SECURITY Creating Custom Authentication By Raj Mattamal Build single sign-on/sign-off for a suite of applications in Oracle Application Express. INSIDE OCP More New PL/SQL Features By Sushma Jagannath Improve performance in Oracle Database 11g with new PL/SQL features. ASK TOM On Constraints, Metadata, and Truth By Tom Kyte Our technologist uses constraints to improve query performance.

ORACLE DEVELOPER FRAMEWORKS Extending a Helping Hand By Steve Muench Add custom features to improve team productivity. ODP.NET The Right Transaction By Mark Williams Choose the ODP.NET transaction type that fits your business rules. PL/SQL PRACTICES The Magic Kingdom By Steven Feuerstein Choose the best way to manage literal values. BROWSER-BASED Converting Forms By David Peake Modernize Oracle Forms applications with Oracle Application Express.

COMMENT IN THE FIELD Mixing It Up By Ian Abramson There’s never been a better time to get involved through networking. ALL SECURE Good Reporting, Good Governance By Mary Ann Davidson Measuring “How are we doing?” in Oracle Software Security Assurance ANALYST’S CORNER Getting Grounded in the Cloud By David Baum Developers find challenges—and opportunities—in new architecture.