Oracle Publishing Editorial Calendars
The minimum lead time from plan to printed article is 4 to 6 months.
Oracle Magazine Calendar 2013
Oracle Magazine is published 6 times yearly. Each issue of
Oracle Magazine comprises:
- A news and resources section that includes Oracle, Oracle community, and partner news; Oracle events and resources; Oracle expert interviews; and more
- A feature section that addresses key technologies and business strategies and includes several customer examples
Several technical articles and columns, addressing database administration, database and middleware development, business intelligence, and data warehousing
January/February 2013
Oracle Excellence Awards
The Oracle Magazine Editors' Choice Awards are now the Technologist of the Year Awards, under the Oracle Excellence Awards banner. Learn how the 2012 CIO of the Year, Technologist of the Year, and select Oracle Excellence Award winners stand out with Oracle products and technologies.
Technical Topics: Oracle Business Intelligence; Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF); PL/SQL 101; SQL 101
Editorial contributors: News items and article manuscripts due September 24, 2012
Advertisers: Ad close November 9, 2012; Materials due November 14, 2012
March/April 2013
Open to the Public Moving to a public cloud environment must do more than relocate your on-premises IT challenges. Your public cloud must be secure and standards-based to keep your information safe and your business agile. See how Oracle Cloud delivers a secure, portable, and low-cost public cloud for your business.
Architecture as a Service
Whether your business technology services are in a public cloud, private cloud, or traditional data center, a solid SOA [service-oriented architecture] foundation delivers the best service integration and performance—and the best return on your technology investments. Read how Oracle Fusion Middleware solutions—including Oracle SOA Suite—enable the building, deployment, and management of modern, high-performing, and efficient business services.
Private Cloud: Reporting for Duty
IT consolidation can cut costs, but it can do so much more, especially when consolidation also creates a dynamic, secure, and private platform-as-a-service environment. Read how one organization consolidated, managed, and conquered IT challenges and created a secure and private database-as-a-service environment with Oracle technology.
Technical Topics: Oracle Business Intelligence; PL/SQL 101; SQL 101; Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF)
Editorial contributors: News items and article manuscripts due November 26, 2012
Advertisers: Ad close January 11, 2013; Materials due January 16, 2013
May/June 2013
The Cloud DatabaseOracle Database has always been the leading enterprise relational database, and it has continuously evolved to support object technology, internet computing, and more. Learn how the latest Oracle Database release changes technology and changes the cloud.
Counting on SPARC
The SPARC processor recently turned 25 years old and is getting faster and more efficient. From the T3 to the T4 and beyond, read how Oracle is delivering better-performing SPARC chips and systems to better-performing businesses.
Technical Topics: Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF); Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 11g; PL/SQL 101; SQL 101
Editorial contributors: News items and article manuscripts due January 28, 2013
Advertisers: Ad close March 15, 2013; Materials due March 20, 2013
July/August 2013
The Enterprise: SocialThe social enterprise is about connecting employees, partners, customers, and projects more effectively, efficiently, and productively. See how organizations weave social networking into the fabric of their enterprise computing platforms with Oracle technologies.
Storage: A Growth Story Engineered storage systems combine the best hardware and software to enable your business to handle exponential data growth. Learn how organizations are managing more information and improving system performance and storage reliability with Oracle engineered storage solutions.
Technical Topics: Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF); PL/SQL; SQL
Editorial contributors: News items and article manuscripts due March 25, 2013
Advertisers: Ad close May 10, 2013; Materials due May 15, 2013
September/October 2013
Systems Engineered to Work Together The Oracle Exadata Database Machine was the first of many Oracle engineered systems--hardware and software engineered to work together. Businesses are now using multiple connected Oracle engineered systems for online transaction processing, data warehousing, big data, analytics, and more. Read how organizations are combining Oracle engineered systems for a better-engineered enterprise and a better bottom line.
Analytics for Business
Getting the best information and performance out of your analytics in the information-explosion era can be challenging. See how organizations are using the latest Oracle Business Intelligence analytics technologies to get the timely information they need to make mission-critical decisions.
Technical Topics: Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF); PL/SQL; SQL
Editorial contributors: News items and article manuscripts due June 3, 2013
Advertisers: Ad close July 19, 2013; Materials due July 24, 2013
November/December 2013
Big Opportunity Datasets can grow so large that traditional approaches for working with data are no longer practical. So what's the solution? See how Oracle technologies for working with "big data" are delivering big value to businesses.
On the Road
Tablet computers and smart phones are here, and people expect enterprise computing capabilities on these devices yesterday. Read how organizations are using Oracle mobile technology to drive enterprise computing forward.
Technical Topics: Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF); SQL; Oracle Application Express
Editorial contributors: News items and article manuscripts due July 29 2013
Advertisers: Ad close September 13, 2013; Materials due September 18, 2013
Regular columns:
- Architect: Read how the IT architect community sees today's technology challenges.
- Ask Tom: Oracle technologist and evangelist Tom Kyte answers readers' most difficult technology questions.
- Business Intelligence: Use Oracle Business Intelligence solutions to learn more from your information and make better business decisions.
- PL/SQL 101: Check out PL/SQL concepts and practices for beginners.
- SQL 101: Start at the beginning with Oracle Database and SQL concepts.
- Up Close: Oracle Magazine looks at the Oracle user community, and Up Close Video brings you the personalities behind the magazine column.
Profit Magazine Calendar 2013
Profit is published 4 times yearly. Each issue of Profit comprises:
- A feature section that addresses a key technology or business strategy and includes several customer examples
- Customer success features on global companies
- Industry-focused content on health care, financial services, manufacturing, and more
- Executive interviews
February 2013: “Talent Management”
The global economy is on the brink of a talent crunch: the growing demand for (and increasing scarcity of) knowledge workers and experienced managers is demanding that executives take a new approach to talent management. Fortunately, new business practices and enterprise solutions—as well as the advent of social recruiting—are improving the odds of finding the right fit for an open position.
Industry Focus: Public Sector
Technology Focus: Exadata; Exalytics; Primavera, private cloud
Editorial contributors: News items and suggestions for possible sources due October 1, 2012
Advertisers: Ad close November 30, 2012; Materials due December 5, 2012
May 2013: “Analytics”
The era of Big Data is here: the onslaught of information generated by internal and external business systems continues to increase and shows no signs of abating. But what data is the most important to your corporate strategy? What data do you keep, how long do you keep it, and how much do you pay have it on hand? Knowing the right questions to ask your data—and having the right tools to make the queries—is essential to getting the key business analytics you need to make the right strategic decisions.
Industry Focus: Financial Services
Technology Focus: Engineered Systems; Oracle Business Intelligence, Enterprise Edition; Oracle Fusion Middleware; Hyperion
Note: Distribution at Collaborate 2013
Editorial contributors: News items and article sources due January 3, 2013
Advertisers: Ad close April 5, 2013; Materials due April 10, 2013
August 2013: “JD Edwards”
For four years, the JD Edwards community of partners and customers has opened their doors to Profit to tell their stories of business success. Once again, Profit devotes a special issue to the past success and future vision of the JD Edwards product line, as well as a closer look at how Oracle enterprise systems can support the business processes and long-term growth of small- and medium-size businesses.
Industry Focus: Manufacturing, Small- and medium-size business technology
Technology Focus: JD Edwards
Note: Distribution at Oracle OpenWorld
Editorial contributors: News items and article sources due April 1, 2013
Advertisers: Ad close June 21, 2013; Materials due June 26, 2013
November 2013: “Enterprise Cloud”
Oracle solutions ARE Cloud solutions—deploying powerful enterprise technology is now more a matter of customer choice than technological limitations. Anything is possible, whether that means getting fast access to on-demand applications, building a private Cloud that delivers IT as a service across an organization, or building a hybrid model of on-premises installed IT and Cloud technology. How has this new flexibility changed the way IT strategy is executed and who is in charge?
Industry Focus: High Tech
Technology Focus: Oracle Cloud; Enterprise Social Technology; Oracle Fusion Applications
Editorial contributors: News items and article sources due July 1, 2013
Advertisers: Ad close August 30, 2013; Materials due September 12, 2013
Regular Features
Inside Oracle: Oracle news and interviews with the people behind the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems company.
Leading Strategies: Insights from the CIOs who are changing the way IT impacts the bottom line.
Thought Leadership: Reports on the market trends that influence IT’s role in the business.
Luminaries: Reader-contributed column about the latest IT trends—directly from the people who know
Questions and @nswers: Profit staff catches up with Oracle experts to find out more about how new Oracle solutions are changing business.
Profit Features: Customer success is built on IT heroism and a strong partnership with Oracle. Learn how Oracle solutions are solving problems in organizations around the world.
Videos, podcasts, and newsletters from Profit Online and the Profit digital edition
Java Magazine Calendar 2013
January/February 2013
Embedded Java
Find out why the Java platform is the best technology for many embedded use cases. We look at the role of Java in intelligent and connected embedded devices, which will soon outnumber desktops and mobile phones combined.
Java in Action: Raspberry Pi Foundation
Java Community Process Q&A: Credit Suisse
March/April 2013
The Community Issue
Community and Java go hand in hand. We’ll go deeper than usual in our community coverage. Topics include starting a conference, educational opportunities at JUGs, starting or growing a JUG, the new international conferences, a look at the Adopt-A-JSR and Adopt-OpenJDK programs, Q&As with community leaders, JCP 2.0, and more.
May/June 2013
The Social Enterprise
Social functionality is entering the enterprise, from consumer-facing experiences to employee collaboration, but where does an enterprise developer start? Find out what’s possible today with Java and social.
July/August 2013
Platform Convergence
What you need to know about the convergence of Java SE and Java ME.
September/October 2013
Java 8
Java 8 is here. Here’s a guide to what you need to know to make the most of it.
PLUS: Duke’s Choice Awards
November/December 2013
Cloud Computing
A look at how is cloud computing changing development.
PLUS: Best practices in development
In every issue
Java Nation: Community news, profiles, events, books, and more
Tech: New to Java, Java Architect, Enterprise Java, Rich Client, Mobile/Embedded, Polyglot Programmer
| Issue | Ad Close | Materials Due | Blast Date* |
| January/February 2013 | December 7, 2012 | December 10, 2012 | January 31, 2013 |
| March/April 2013 | February 8, 2013 | February 15, 2013 | March 26, 2013 |
| May/June 2013 | April 19, 2013 | April 26, 2013 | June 4, 2013 |
| July/August 2013 | May 31, 2013 | June 7, 2013 | July 16, 2013 |
| September/October 2013 | August 16, 2013 | August 23, 2013 | October 1, 2013 |
| November/December 2013 | October 4, 2013 | October 11, 2013 | November 19, 2013 |
*Ad close, materials due and blast date subject to change
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