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IOUG Forum at COLLABORATE 06 – Experts, Insights, Solutions and Strategies The IOUG's 2006 annual educational event, the IOUG Forum at COLLABORATE 06, was held April 23-27 in Nashville, Tennessee, and provided one central location for education and networking with the greater Oracle community. Thank you to the IOUG Forum Planning Committee for organizing a successful event! |
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Throughout the week more than 200 technical sessions were presented across six focus areas including DBA, Architecture & Infrastructure, Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence, Application Server and Web Services, Developer and Professional Development. Attendees also benefited from time spent in the innovative COLLABORATE 06 Exhibitor Showcase, where more than 225 top IT solution providers showcased the latest technologies and services in the industry. The Forum began on Sunday with University Seminars held to offer attendees an opportunity to get in-depth information on the topic of choice through full-day seminars led by expert speakers. |
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Starting Monday, IOUG leaders, Ari Kaplan, President, Michael Abbey, Director of Events and David Teplow, Director of Education, kicked off the week at the IOUG Opening General Session. The session provided an overview of the IOUG's plans and progress and awarded several people for their service with the IOUG, including:
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Following the general session, attendees had the choice of dozens of different educational sessions that spanned the breadth of Oracle technology. At the Monday afternoon Welcome General Session , Ari Kaplan, along with OAUG President, Patricia Dues, and Quest President, John Matelski, welcomed all attendees to the first combined COLLABORATE 06 general session and gave an overview of the week to come. They welcomed Canadian adventurer, Jamie Clarke as the keynote speaker. At this exciting and motivational presentation, Clarke challenged the audience to persevere through all obstacles – to live in the now, not in the past or the future - to resolve conflicts - to lead others by empowering them to live a life of passion. |
At Tuesday's Oracle keynote, President, Charles E. Phillips Jr., shared his insight and expertise with all COLLABORATE 06 attendees. Phillips detailed the company's long-term commitment to provide continued enhancements to current Oracle Applications beyond the delivery of Oracle Fusion Applications in 2008. By providing “Applications Unlimited” Oracle committed to enhance JD Edwards, Oracle, PeopleSoft and Siebel applications on an on-going basis. Click here to view Oracle's keynote presentation. A mix of education and networking was offered at the Exhibitor Showcase Receptions, Roundtable Discussions, Birds-of-a-Feather Lunches, Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings and at the Oracle Super Sessions which allowed attendees to share solutions and ideas |
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During Tuesday's lunch, the Women in Technology Panel Session featured middle and senior-level women from several companies who have achieved prominence in the technology field. The IOUG Executive Director, Carol McGury, moderated the session and panelists included: Susan McClain, Alliance Data Systems; Carol Rosenow, Qwest Communications, Intl.; Cheryl Pierce, Amcor Sunclipse NA; Kimberly Floss, Quaker Oats; Sue Shaw, Shell Canada Ltd. and Elizabeth Goins, School District of Manatee County. TJ Lamphier, Dell Enterprise Product Group, Global Alliances and Logan McLeod, Dell IT Global Data Management Services, Engineering Lead presented at Wednesday's General Session featuring Dell technology. Dell IT is currently concentrating on commodity 64 Bit Linux migration and building large "MegaGrid" environments to facilitate massive consolidation and dynamic provisioning of database resources. |
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Throughout the week, the Exhibitor Showcase was packed with excitement and full of Oracle solution providers answering questions about new products and services available. Special thanks to all IOUG sponsors and exhibitors for supporting this event. On Wednesday evening, IOUG, OAUG, and Quest attendees collaborated on the dance floor at the joint evening event, “Nashville – It Ain't Just Country Anymore.” The IOUG Forum concluded on Thursday with a track of University sessions and the closing debate about Oracle on Linux versus commercial Unix. All IOUG Forum attendees have access to the papers and presentations that were given at COLLABORATE 06. To access the papers and presentations use the login and password provided to you. Thank you for joining us for the IOUG Forum! We hope that you had a great time and plan to join us next year for COLLABORATE 07 - Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community, April 15-19, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. For more information about the IOUG Forum be sure to check out Tony Jedlinski's blog for highlights of the week. IOUG Forum at COLLABORATE 06 CD-ROM Proceedings Available- Order TODAY!
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