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Number 1 in Middleware: Oracle Unveils BEA’s Role in
Product Strategy for Next-generation Middleware Webcast
Provides Insight into Oracle Fusion Middleware Strategy and Integration of
BEA Products In a live webcast
attended by partners and customers from around the world, Oracle President
Charles Phillips and Oracle Fusion Middleware Senior Vice President Thomas
Kurian outlined Oracle's middleware strategy, which combines the best
products from BEA and Oracle Fusion Middleware and provides continuity and
investment protection for both customer bases. ·
Oracle is #1 in
middleware. Oracle's open, standards-based offerings make it the leader in
modern middleware. ·
Oracle plans to
deliver increased functionality and capabilities across its broadened
portfolio of products. ·
The company unveiled
plans for the strategic BEA and Oracle Fusion Middleware products - including
plans for Application
Server, Tuxedo, BPM, WebCenter, SOA, Development
Tools. (For more information and a complete product list
please visit: www.oracle.com/goto/july1.)
·
Oracle also plans to
preserve and expand the partner ecosystem - including System Integrators,
Independent Software Vendors, Value-Added Distributors and Value-Added
Resellers - to help ease the deployment of Oracle Fusion Middleware. "Oracle is
number one in middleware," said Oracle President Charles Philips.
"The addition of BEA products to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Suite will
accelerate innovation in our product offerings, and help our customers strategically
implement middleware to more easily build, deploy, and manage applications in
a secure environment." "As a market
leader in SOA implementation, Accenture has had extensive experience and
success with both the Oracle and BEA middleware products. By combining
leading products and technologies, Oracle has created an Oracle Fusion
Middleware road map that is consistent with Accenture's assessment of how a
converged product set would best benefit our clients. What's more, the
convergence of the two products will increase the momentum of the solutions
we develop at the Accenture Innovation Centers for Oracle, and provide a
strong SOA platform for our clients," said Paul Daugherty, Accenture's
chief technology architect. "The
integration of the Oracle Fusion Middleware stack and the BEA product family
combined with Oracle's standards-based platform offers the potential of a
compelling foundation for building solutions to fit the complex and varied
collaborations between people, software and machines in today's hospital and
healthcare environments," said Rhett Alden, Senior Architect, GE
Healthcare IT. "Adopting
SOA is a way to improve business performance. The combined Oracle & BEA
middleware product direction provides greater opportunity to execute an
effective SOA strategy and deployment that can help lower costs, increase
agility and mitigate risks. HP will continue to leverage our consulting
expertise in both Oracle and BEA products to help our joint customers
accelerate SOA adoption and drive increased business value," said John
McCain, senior vice president and general manager, Consulting and
Integration, HP. Oracle Fusion
Middleware is a comprehensive, pre-integrated and hot-pluggable product line
used by more than 65,000 customers worldwide in every industry. The
comprehensive, standards-based family of middleware infrastructure products -
ranging from the #1 Java application server to leading Enterprise 2.0 portals
and content management products - provides companies and the public sector with
the technology solutions they need when they need them. Oracle Fusion
Middleware products are pre-integrated with one another and with Oracle
Database and Applications products to enable a lower cost of ownership.
Unique hot-pluggable capabilities allow customers to extend existing
investments in heterogeneous IT environments. Oracle Fusion Middleware is
supported by an ecosystem of more than 11,000 independent software vendors,
value-added resellers and system integrators. For additional information visit:
http://www.oracle.com/middleware. To
listen to the reply click here!
Registration For Oracle OpenWorld 2008 Now Open! Registration for Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco 2008 is
now open. One of the world's largest events dedicated to helping enterprises
understand and harness the power of information will be held September 21-25 at the Moscone Center in San
Francisco. The Keynote line up is scheduled to include industry leaders and
executives from HP, Intel and Oracle among others. The event will offer more than 1,700 educational sessions
on Applications, Database, Middleware and Industries presented by Oracle
product management, partners and customers. Designed to provide an inclusive
and content sharing environment, Oracle OpenWorld will integrate elements of
Enterprise 2.0 using Oracle's social networking tool, schedule builder,
online planner, and blogs. A special program
for developers returns this year with an extra day of sessions and
hands-on-labs. Attendees will have access to two Exhibition Halls with
over 450 partners featuring their latest offerings, more than 250 live
product demos in the Oracle DEMOgrounds and a dynamic, thought-provoking, and
interactive customer and partner breakthroughs showcased at Inside Innovation, sponsored by Intel. Customers and partners will have the opportunity to meet
and hear from their peers with more than 100 user group and SIG meetings and
numerous networking functions. For more information and to register, please go to: Register for Oracle OpenWorld 2008 Achieving Management Excellence with Oracle Enterprise
Performance Management On
Wednesday, July 16th, join Oracle President, Charles Phillips, and
Senior Vice Presidents John Kopcke and Thomas Kurian as they discuss: Achieving Management Excellence with
Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Over the past decade,
companies achieved operational excellence by using enterprise resource
planning (ERP), customer relationship management, and supply chain management
solutions to automate transactional processes such as “quote-to-cash”,
“procure-to-pay”, and “develop-to-release”. In today’s highly competitive
environment, the next boardroom discussion is about differentiating with
management excellence and automating strategic processes that increase value
from all lines of business. ·The value of
management processes like “gain-to-sustain”, “investigate-to-invest”, and
“analyze-to-adjust” ·How Oracle is
delivering on its Enterprise Performance Management strategy and vision, 12
months on from the Hyperion acquisition ·Key benefits
of Oracle's newly released enterprise performance management system, and how
this adds value to your existing Oracle or SAP ERP environment Click here to register for this FREE online
event. Don't miss your exclusive opportunity to increase your organization’s
competitive advantage. __________________ "Empower the Green Enterprise"
Awards Are you using any of Oracle's business applications or technology
products to help protect the environment? Maybe you’re using Self-Service
E-Billing to move to paperless invoicing or Advanced Compression to reduce
disk space and power usage? If so, submit a nomination for an "'Empower
the Green Enterprise" award. This honor will go to customers and their partners (SIs, consultants,
ISVs, etc.) who are using Oracle products to take an environmental lead while
also reducing costs and improving efficiencies. Nominations are due by August 22. Winners will be notified by late
August, receive a free OpenWorld pass, and be honored at a special OpenWorld
ceremony.
Oracle Buys Skywire Software On June 23, 2008, Oracle announced it has entered
into an agreement to acquire Skywire Software's application software business.
Skywire Software is a leading provider of insurance and document management
business applications. With Skywire Software and the pending acquisition
of AdminServer, Oracle is expected to accelerate the formation of the most
complete software suite for the insurance enterprise to include Oracle's
database and middleware for technical infrastructure, Oracle applications to
support general business and insurance-specific functionality, plus
Skywire Software and AdminServer to further support insurance policy life
cycle management. In addition, Skywire Software's customer
communication management and document automation capabilities will expand
Oracle Enterprise Content Management. The transaction is subject to customary closing
conditions and is expected to close in the second half of 2008. For more information, read our press release. __________________ InfoWorld Lab Test: Oracle Database 11g Shoots the Moon Oracle's enormous 11g release
rumbles with an impressive array of performance and management aids, elegant
application testing, standbys that earn their keep, and the promise of lower
storage requirements,” wrote Sean McCown in a June 4, 2008, InfoWorld article titled, “Oracle Database 11g Shoots the
Moon.” The author noted that Oracle Database shops will
find at least five “life changers” in Oracle Database 11g, including
Real Application Testing, which Sean stated is so compelling, it’s almost
enough reason on its own to upgrade to Oracle Database 11g.
“There's not a shop out there that doesn't make code changes, and they all
need a solid way of reproducing production workloads to certify those changes
without affecting the production environment. Real Application Testing does
the trick,” he explained. Other top features Sean identified in the article
include: Snapshot Standby, Active Data Guard, Advanced Compression, resource
management improvements, SQL tuning, and health checks. The bottom line, wrote the author, is “Oracle
Database 11g will be welcome relief to DBAs responsible for testing
changes against a production workload. The way that Data Guard and Real
Application Testing work together is sheer poetry, and no doubt most shops
will quickly come to rely on the combination. The automatic health checks
will help DBAs sleep better, though they may initially be leery of the SQL
tuning feature. Result Cache will be a big hit with advanced users, and
Advanced Compression will reward the smart DBA who manages it carefully.” To learn more about Oracle Database 11g, visit
the Customer Wiki and the Oracle Database Insider newsletter.
Senior Vice
President, Sonny Singh, Discusses Oracle’s Industries Business Strategy In a recent 13-minute AppCast (mp3), Sonny Singh, Senior Vice President, Oracle's
Products and Industries Business Unit, discusses Oracle's extensive footprint for industries and the details around Oracle's industries business
strategy, which focuses on providing complete, open, and integrated
solutions. You can find this and other Oracle AppCasts on Oracle.com. Oracle AppCasts are online audio interviews (podcasts) that bring you the latest updates about Oracle applications from customers, partners, and Oracle product experts. The Oracle AppCast series is hosted by Cliff Godwin, Senior Vice President, Applications Technology, Oracle. JD EDWARDS
WORLD A9.1.2 STATEMENT OF DIRECTION NOW AVAILABLE Oracle’s JD Edwards
World entered a new age with A9.1, the Renaissance Release. As a result, JD
Edwards World customers can now more confidently consider JD Edwards World as
a centerpiece in their efforts to align business and IT strategies. TIES’ Deployment of Oracle Enterprise Content
Management Software Earns High Grades from Minnesota School Districts Award-Winning
Offering Enables Schools to Simplify Processes, Reduce Storage Costs and
Improve Management of Employee, Student and Organizational Records TIES, a joint powers technology and services
cooperative owned by 38 school districts in Minnesota, is using Oracle(r)
Universal Records Management and Oracle Distributed Document Capture as the
foundation for its award-winning TIES Records Management Project (TRMP). Using TRMP, districts are able to replace aging
microfiche systems, paper files and siloed document management software with
an integrated records management solution that enables them to simplify and
automate the capture, management and disposition of multiple record types
within a single, easily managed platform. As a result of the Oracle-powered deployment,
districts have achieved significant results including: Reduced storage costs - multiple pallets of paper
files have been captured and stored on the system, eliminating the need to
pay for physical housing for the records; Improved access to records - by creating a central,
electronic repository for records, employees no longer have to find the
correct location of the physical files or search through multiple files to
find the information they need; the records are now easily and securely
accessible by authorized district personnel right at their desks; Time savings - the process of converting documents
to microfiche, and retrieving the microfiche when needed, was resource
intensive; using the new system, records are quickly scanned and loaded into
the system, and then immediately available to users. Because Oracle Universal Records Management
provides Department of Defense 5015.2 Chapter 2 and 4 certification, TRMP
meets the State of Minnesota's security standards for records management. "Districts are required to retain student
records permanently. Some employee records and payroll information have to be
stored for as many as 30 years. On paper, those records begin to take up a
lot of space, and the cost of housing those files goes up every year. One
district scanned eight pallets of records into the system and made a large
room usable for other functions in the process," said Elizabeth
Schweizer, Chief Executive Officer, TIES "The district employees really appreciate the
process improvements. Capturing documents and loading them into the system is
much easier than the previous process of managing thousands of paper files or
converting everything to microfiche," said Helmut Porcher, Director,
Systems Software and Operations, TIES For more information click here for the press release. Free Online SOA Assessment Immediate SOA Analysis, Results and Recommendations The Oracle SOA Assessment
provides a comprehensive analysis across multiple dimensions of your
organization's SOA capabilities. Based on the Oracle Level 5 SOA Maturity
Model, the assessment results and recommendations are designed to help your
organization plan a successful strategy for SOA adoption. Click here to begin your SOA assessment, and discover more Oracle SOA resources. R12 E-Business Suite Support Resources Thinking about an R12 upgrade or
new installation? Oracle offers a number of resources to help you plan and drive a successful upgrade project ·
The Upgrade
Guide provides a consolidated
list of information that helps you evaluate and plan your upgrade project. It
follows the Evaluate, Plan, Execute and Optimize structured phases you are
already familiar with to achieve an efficient upgrade with minimal risk. ·
The
E-Business Suite R12 Information Center offers the latest published information,
conveniently presented by category and in chronological order to make it easy
to use. ·
Valuable Tools like
the Maintenance Wizard and E-Business Suite
Diagnostics Support Pack, when used together during this very
important task result in fewer mistakes, thus fewer Service Requests. Oracle offers a convenient Infocast, focused on describing the advantages of the above resources, includes short descriptions, screen captures and directions to access additional relevant information. Reminder: Oracle has
announced important changes to its support policies for the Oracle®
E-Business Suite Oracle is
expanding the first of year 11i9
Sustaining Support to include fixes for Severity 1 production issues.
Sustaining Support
will also include one statutory update: a US 1099 update for 2008 year end.
With the exception of US 1099 there will be no other statutory or payroll
updates and the existing "Sustaining Support" policy remains in
effect, with the sole exceptions that are stated in this update. Click here to access R12 E-Business Suite Support Resources Click here for FREE eSeminars
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
Users groups provide a forum to discuss, share information
and learn more about Oracle's products and services. The following local groups
hold regular meetings, provide training sessions and invite Oracle
representatives to demonstrate new products.
Also visit the Global User Group Meeting Calendar.
REGIONAL USER GROUP MEETINGS
Puget Sound
Oracle Users Group
Bellevue
July 14-18, 2008
San Diego
July 17, 2008
Irvine
July 25, 2008
JD Edwards Southern California (SCUG) UG
Long Beach
August 13, 2008
Northern
California Oracle Users Group
San Ramon
August 21, 2008
Northern
California PeopleSoft Regional User Group
Fremont
November 7, 2008
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PUBLIC SECTOR SEMINARS
New Internet Seminars
Target Public Sector Challenges
Oracle has launched a new series of seminars delivered via the Internet that
examine the latest technologies and best practices for addressing today’s most
critical challenges in the public sector.
The seminars are formatted to deliver information quickly, with sessions
lasting 15 minutes or less. New seminar topics will be added regularly
featuring experts on a range of technologies and public sector issues. The
first group of topics now available for viewing include:
· Oracle Solutions for Government
· Oracle GRC Applications Suite for Public
Administrations: The Path to Strengthening Citizen Confidence
· Drowning in Your Data? Find the Answers
with Enterprise Business Intelligence for the Public Sector.
To view the seminars go to oracle.com/industries/government/index.html and click on the links under “Internet Seminars” at the bottom right.
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ADVISOR
WEBCASTS
View the current Support Services Web Seminar Schedule
Oracle E-Business
Title: Oracle’s
User Productivity Kit (UPK) 3.1 – Delivery Value Across All Oracle Applications
August
5
9:00
a.m. (MDT)
Title: Announcing
UPK Application Specific Content for E-Business Suite
August
12
9:00
a.m. (MDT)
Oracle Server Tech
Title: Overview
of the Transparent Gateway for DB2
July
16 8:00 a.m. (MDT)
Oracle Fusion Middleware
Title: Oracle
Universal Content Management: Tips and Techniques for Creating Useful Metadata
Design
July
23
10:00
a.m. (MDT)
Title: Oracle
Imaging and Process Management (IPM) in a Shared Service Environment
July
29
10:00
a.m. (MDT)
Title: Constructing
a Highly Scalable, Resilient and Secure Application Service System
August
27
10:00
a.m. (MDT)
PeopleSoft Enterprise
Title: PeopleSoft Enterprise:
Talent Management Benchmarks and Best Practices
July 15
10:00 a.m. (MDT)
Title: PeopleSoft Enterprise
Campus Solutions 2008-2009 Financial Aid US Regulatory 4
July 15
12:00 p.m. (MDT)
Title: Oracle’s User Productivity
Kit (UPK) 3.1 – Delivering Value Across All Oracle Applications
August 5
9:00 a.m. (MDT)
Title: PeopleSoft Enterprise:
Customer Relationship Management – Understanding and Using InfoSync
August 12
10:00 a.m. (MDT)
Title: Proactive Steps for
Getting Ready for your PeopleSoft Upgrade
August 14
10:00 a.m. (MDT)
Title: UPK Application Specific
Content for PeopleSoft Enterprise
August 19
9:00 a.m. (MDT)
Title: How eBill Payment
Leverages Customer Self-Service to Improve Customer Service and Lower Costs
September 9
10:00 a.m. (MDT)
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Title: Oracle’s User Productivity Kit (UPK) 3.1 –
Delivering Value Across All Oracle Applications
August 5
9:00
a.m. (MDT)
Title: Auditing
Solution for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne – 21 CFR Part 11
August 6
8:00
a.m. (MDT)
Title: PeopleSoft
Enterprise: Customer Relationship Management – Understanding and Using InfoSync
Title: Update: UPK Application
Specific Content for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
August 26
9:00 a.m. (MDT)
JD Edwards World
Title: JD Edwards World: Demonstration of Netting AR
and AP Transactions
August 19
11:00
a.m. (MDT)
Title: Equal
Employment Opportunity (EEO-1) Overview for JD Edwards World
August 26
11:00
a.m. (MDT)
ORACLE EVENTS
Visit the Oracle Events
Calendar here!
Jul 16 Next Steps to Enterprise Data Center Transformation…Let’s
Get Started
United States
Jul 16 Achieving Management Excellence with Oracle Enterprise
Performance Management
United States
Jul 17 Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management Webcast
United States
Jul 22 Oracle Business Intelligence Workshop
United States
Jul 22 Oracle CRM On Demand Demo & Cocktail Reception
Toronto
Jul 24 Oracle and Blue Stone International Hyperion Strategic
Finance Webinar Series
United States
Jul 24 Oracle’s Agile Product Lifecycle Management Webcast
United States
Jul 25 Oracle at Southwest Regional Application User Group
Irvine
Jul 28 Oracle Enterprise 2.0 Bootcamp
Redwood Shores
Jul 29 Oracle Day
Denver
Jul 29 Oracle Contact Center Applications: Find the Solution
That’s Right For You
United States
Jul 29 Realize the Full Potential of Linux with Oracle
Unbreakable Linux
United States
Jul 30 Web Seminar: Accelerate Your
E-Business Suite Applications Into Overdrive with Oracle
United States
Jul 30 Oracle CRM On Demand Briefing and Demo Reception with
Elite 8
Long Beach
Jul 30 Oracle Siebel CRM On Demand Lunch and Learn
Vancouver
Jul 31 Oracle Denver BEA Townhall and Welcome Event
Denver
Jul 31 Virtualize Your Enterprise with Oracle VM
United States
Aug 2 Oracle at ESRI International User Conference 2008
San Diego
Aug 3 Oracle at National Child Support Enforcement Association
Conference
San Francisco
Aug 4 Oracle’s BEA Welcome Event
Redwood Shores
Aug 4 Oracle at LinuxWorld 2008
San Francisco
Aug 5 Oracle’s BEA Welcome Event
Sandy
Aug 5 Public Sector Oracle Content Management Briefing
Sacramento
Aug 6 Oracle’s BEA Welcome Event
Los Angeles
Aug 6 Healthcare iSeminar: Reduce IT Administration Costs for
User Access Management
United States
Aug 6 Oracle’s Elite 8 CRM On Demand Briefing
Seattle
Aug 6 Public Sector Oracle Content Management Briefing
Redwood Shores
Aug 6 Oracle at Northern California CRM Summit
Redwood City
Aug 7 Oracle’s BEA Welcome Event
Costa Mesa
Aug 7 Oracle Sales Analytics and Oracle Marketing Analytics
United States
Aug 12 Oracle’s BEA Welcome Event
Scottsdale
Aug 12 Oracle at the JDE Community Event
Seattle
Aug 12 Lower the Cost of Compliance with Oracle iSeminar
United States
Aug 13 Oracle’s BEA Welcome Event
Seattle
Aug 13 Oracle at JDE Southern California Regional User Group
Long Beach
Aug 13 Oracle CRM On Demand Webcast
United States
Aug 14 Oracle BEA Townhall and Welcome Event
Portland
Aug 14 Oracle Business Intelligence Symposium with the Economist
Denver
Aug 18 Oracle at the Customer Self Service Conference 2008
La Jolla
Aug 18 Oracle Citizen Service Web Seminar
United States
Aug 19 Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Workshop
Salt Lake City
Aug 19 Oracle’s PeopleSoft Application Day – Southern California
Hospitals
Los Angeles
Aug 20 Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Workshop
Phoenix
Aug 20 Oracle R12 Application Briefing with Hitachi Consulting
Woodinville
Aug 28 Oracle BEA Welcome Event
Toronto
Sep 21 Oracle OpenWorld 2008
San Francisco
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