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Oracle's Top
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Oracle
Openworld September 21-25, 2008
The world's largest gathering of Oracle customers, partners,
developers, and technology enthusiasts happens this
month. Don't miss out!
Jeff
Epstein Joins Oracle As EVP and CFO
Oracle announced that Jeff Epstein has joined the company
as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(CFO), reporting to Oracle President Safra Catz.
Oracle
Buys ClearApp
On September 2, 2008, Oracle announced it has entered
into an agreement to acquire ClearApp, a leading provider
of application management solutions for composite applications.
Oracle
Buys Global Knowledge Software (GKS)
On July 31, 2008, Oracle
announced it has agreed to acquire GKS, a division of
Global Knowledge, Inc. GKS is a leading provider of
self-service training automation software.
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- Live
Webcast: Wednesday, Sept 10, 2008 – 11AM PT
/ 2PM ET
Application Grid: Oracle’s Vision for Next-Generation
Application Servers and Infrastructure- View this
live Webcast to hear senior Oracle executives Hasan
Rizvi, Steve Harris, and Adam Messinger discuss the
application grid. Learn how Oracle is combining cutting-edge
technologies from its recent acquisition of BEA with
the Fusion Middleware portfolio. Discover a new level
of reliability, performance, and "scale-agility"
in your data center, with emphasis on efficiency for
today’s challenging economic environment. Register
Now.
- Oracle
OpenWorld 2008
September 21-25, 2008 (Don't miss Users
Group Sunday on September 21st!)
San Francisco, CA
The world's largest gathering of Oracle customers,
partners, developers, and technology enthusiasts.
Customize your conference experience with Mobile
and Enterprise 2.0 technology.
- JD
Edwards World Customer Briefings, Denver, CO
2008
Please contact Fabio
Araujo to register and for additional information.
- Search
for Events Near You!
- Find
Users Group Meetings in Your Area - visit the Users
Group Center and see what's on the calendar or
access the Global
Events Calendar (xls) directly. If you have additional
questions about users groups please email oracleusergroup_ww@oracle.com.
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Podcasts
(Shows: AppCasts, TechCasts and Oracle
Fusion Middleware Radio):
Oracle
Podcast Center

Host: Justin Kestelyn, OTN Editor-in-Chief
Tune into "fireside chats" with experts about
new tools, technologies, and trends in application development.
- Oracle-BEA
Fusion: Oracle's New Strategic Java Platform
Hear Steve Harris, Development VP for Application
Server, discuss Oracle's vision and strategy for application
servers, Java virtual machine technologies, and the
emerging application grid architecture. (mp3)
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Tooling Around: Where Do Oracle JDeveloper
and Oracle Workshop Go From Here?
Duncan Mills, Senior Product Management Director
for Developer Tools, and Greg Stachnick, Senior Product
Management Director for Workshop products, explain
the future of Oracle Fusion Middleware tooling and
Oracle's JDeveloper/Eclipse strategy. (mp3)
View
all TechCasts

Host: Cliff Godwin, SVP, Applications
Technology
Tune into "Live with Cliff" to hear from application
technology experts, product and industry experts, and
customers about what's saving Oracle customers time
and money when using Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft,
and JD Edwards applications.
- E-Business
Suite at Oracle OpenWorld 2008
For E-Business Suite customers: Get a preview of the
must see sessions, demos, customer presentations and
other highlights of OpenWorld 2008, September 21st
- 25th in San Francisco. (mp3)
Register today for Oracle OpenWorld
- Empower
Siebel 8.0 Users with New Simple-to-Use Rules Engines
Listen to Rick Watts, an experienced Siebel and Haley
Authority developer and Sr. Configuration Specialist
from Oracle Advanced Customer Services discuss best
practices for utilizing the Haley rules engine in
a Siebel implementation project. (mp3)
View
All AppCasts

Tune
into Oracle Fusion Middleware Radio to hear about Oracle's
middleware product strategy and explore what middleware
means to your business. Learn the latest product news
and understand how customers are using middleware to
realize growth, agility, insight, and reduced risk.
Your host for the series is Rick Schultz, Oracle's Vice
President of Middleware Product Marketing.
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Product / Services News & Announcements |
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Applications
- E-Business Suite
- JDEdwards Enterprise
One
- JD Edwards World
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BEA
- PeopleSoft
- Siebel
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Services
- On Demand
- Education
- Support/ACS
- Consulting
- Financing
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Applications
Oracle
E-Business Suite:
- Oracle
Financial Services Software Limited Receives Certificate
of Incorporation
i-flex solutions limited announced that it has received
permission from the Indian Registrar of Companies
to change its name to Oracle Financial Services Software
Limited. more
- E-Business
Suite at Oracle OpenWorld 2008
For E-Business Suite customers: Get a preview of the
must see sessions, demos, customer presentations and
other highlights of OpenWorld 2008, September 21st
- 25th in San Francisco. (mp3)
Register today for Oracle OpenWorld
Oracle
E-Business Suite AppCasts | Advisor
Webcasts (Requires MetaLink Login)
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BEA:
- Oracle
Delivers New Release of World’s #1 Application
Server: Oracle WebLogic Server 10g Release 3
Following the July 1, 2008 announcement of the Oracle
Fusion Middleware strategy and plans for integration
of BEA products, Oracle delivered Oracle WebLogic
Server 10g R3.
Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3 is among the first of
a number of products that combine technology from
Oracle Fusion Middleware and BEA Systems. more
- Oracle-BEA
Fusion: Oracle's New Strategic Java Platform
Hear Steve Harris, Development VP for Application
Server, discuss Oracle's vision and strategy for application
servers, Java virtual machine technologies, and the
emerging application grid architecture. (mp3)
- BEA
Welcome Events. Find Local Events In Your Area.
more
PeopleSoft
Enterprise:
- Oracle’s
PeopleSoft Enterprise Student Administration Integration
Pack Now Available
The application is designed to help higher
education institutions more efficiently integrate
and manage their various administrative and educational
systems. more
Siebel:
- Oracle
Introduces Oracle CRM On Demand Integration to Siebel
CRM
A comprehensive, prebuilt integration that
creates a single customer view across on-demand and
on-premise CRM deployments. more
- Oracle
Introduces Oracle VM Templates|
Oracle VM Templates offer a time-saving
approach to deploying a fully configured software
stack by providing pre-installed and pre-configured
images of enterprise software. Fully supported by
Oracle for production deployments, the first set of
Oracle VM Templates are now available for:
Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle's
Siebel CRM 8, and Oracle Enterprise Linux. more
- Empower
Siebel 8.0 users with new simple-to-use rules engines
(7 min.)
Listen to Rick Watts, an experienced Siebel and Haley
Authority developer and Sr. Configuration Specialist
from Oracle Advanced Customer Services discuss best
practices for utilizing the Haley rules engine in
a Siebel implementation project. (mp3)
Siebel
AppCasts
JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne:
- Sustainability
Reporting, Planning, and Management
Sustainability Reporting, also referred to as the
Triple Bottom Line, is the reporting of environmental,
social and economic metrics to external and internal
stakeholders. Tune into this conversation with John
O'Rourke, Senior Director, Product Marketing for Oracle
Enterprise Performance Management Solutions to learn
what is driving the need for this reporting, how companies
are responding and the solutions that Oracle offers
to help alleviate the complexity, provide an audit
trail and a repeatable reporting process. (mp3)
- Oracle
Applications Empower the Green Enterprise
Eco-Efficiency, Eco-Innovation, Eco-Transparency—what
does it all mean? Learn about the growing interest
and need for green, sustainability solutions and how
Oracle can help you gain an Eco-Advantage in this
conversation with Rich Kroes, Director Oracle Product
Strategy. (mp3)
JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne AppCasts | Advisor
Webcasts (Requires Customer Connection
Login)
JD Edwards
World:
- Sustainability
Reporting, Planning, and Management
Sustainability Reporting, also referred to as the
Triple Bottom Line, is the reporting of environmental,
social and economic metrics to external and internal
stakeholders. Tune into this conversation with John
O'Rourke, Senior Director, Product Marketing for Oracle
Enterprise Performance Management Solutions to learn
what is driving the need for this reporting, how companies
are responding and the solutions that Oracle offers
to help alleviate the complexity, provide an audit
trail and a repeatable reporting process. (mp3)
- Oracle
Applications Empower the Green Enterprise
Eco-Efficiency, Eco-Innovation, Eco-Transparency—what
does it all mean? Learn about the growing interest
and need for green, sustainability solutions and how
Oracle can help you gain an Eco-Advantage in this
conversation with Rich Kroes, Director Oracle Product
Strategy. (mp3)
- JD
Edwards World Customer Briefings, Denver, CO
2008
Please contact Fabio
Araujo to register and for additional information.
- For
more information on World products, training, or support,
e-mail worldinfo_us@oracle.com.
JD
Edwards World AppCasts | Advisor
Webcasts (Requires Customer Connection
Login)
Oracle
On Demand:
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Get a Glimpse of Oracle's "Best-Kept Secret.".
Discover the Future of IT! Join Oracle On Demand SVP
Mike Beck for a tour of Oracle's Austin Data Center
and download a FREE Forrester white paper - IT
Operations and Systems Management: The Next Five Years.
more
- Turn
up the Information Business Power
- Watch this FREE On Demand Webcast to see how Oracle
On Demand addresses your TCO, ROI and Business Impact
of your IT investment. more
Technology
Oracle
Database:
- Oracle
Introduces Oracle VM Templates|
Oracle VM Templates offer a time-saving
approach to deploying a fully configured software
stack by providing pre-installed and pre-configured
images of enterprise software. Fully supported by
Oracle for production deployments, the first set of
Oracle VM Templates are now available for:
Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle's
Siebel CRM 8, and Oracle Enterprise Linux. more
- Don’t
Fail the Test!
Did you know with Oracle Real Application Testing
you can save up to 80% of your testing efforts as
compared to manual and 3rd party testing tools? Experience
greater agility, lower costs, reduced risk, and higher
efficiency. Click
here to learn more.
- Get
Started with Oracle on Windows DVD
Learn how Oracle gives you the power to grow by providing
a scalable, easy-to-use platform for running your
business at a price you can afford. Request
your FREE copy of this DVD, containing Oracle
Database 11g software, whitepapers, tutorials, etc.
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FREE Oracle Data Masking Resource Kit
Stop inadvertently exposing sensitive or regulated
information when you copy production data into your
non-production databases. Learn how you can de-identify
production data to create realistic and functionally
complete databases in our
FREE Oracle Data Masking Resource Kit with industry
expert webcasts, data privacy protection and regulatory
compliance guides, step by step tutorials, and more.
- FREE
Oracle Database Vault Resource Kit
Protect sensitive application data in your database
with the industry's most advanced real-time database
security product, Oracle Database Vault. You can even
control what privileged DBA users can and cannot do,
as well as when, where, and how they do it. Learn
how you can enforce database security policies in
our FREE
Oracle Database Vault Resource Kit with industry
expert webcasts, data privacy protection and regulatory
compliance guides, step by step tutorials, and more.
- FREE
Oracle Application Express Resource Kit
Learn how Oracle Application Express (APEX) can help
you address the manageability, security and scalability
challenges associated with using spreadsheets and
personal databases to store mission-critical data.
Request your FREE
Oracle Application Express Resource Kit containing
the latest release of Oracle Application Express and
a link to related free packaged applications, as well
as analyst reports, white papers, and customer testimonials.
- FREE
Oracle Database Security Resource Kit
Learn how Oracle can help you address data privacy,
insider threats, and regulatory compliance. Request
your FREE
Oracle Database Security Resource Kit containing
technical white papers, step-by-step tutorials, as
well as analyst reports, expert webcasts, and a self-assessment
tool to get you started today.
- Software
Downloads - Free to download, free to learn, unlimited
evaluation
- Oracle
Database Podcasts
Tune into this podcast series to get the latest information
on Oracle Database from Oracle technical experts.
Advisor
Webcasts (Requires MetaLink Login)
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Oracle Fusion Middleware:
- Live
Webcast: Wednesday, Sept 10, 2008 – 11AM PT
/ 2PM ET
Application Grid: Oracle’s Vision for Next-Generation
Application Servers and Infrastructure- View this
live Webcast to hear senior Oracle executives Hasan
Rizvi, Steve Harris, and Adam Messinger discuss the
application grid. Learn how Oracle is combining cutting-edge
technologies from its recent acquisition of BEA with
the Fusion Middleware portfolio. Discover a new level
of reliability, performance, and "scale-agility"
in your data center, with emphasis on efficiency for
today’s challenging economic environment. Register
Now.
- Oracle
Enterprise Pack for Eclipse Now Available
Oracle announces the Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse,
a new component of Oracle Fusion Middleware. This
release marks the first free Eclipse 3.4 environment
to support Oracle WebLogic Server 10g Release 3. more
- Oracle
Delivers New Release of World’s #1 Application
Server: Oracle WebLogic Server 10g Release 3
Following the July 1, 2008 announcement of the Oracle
Fusion Middleware strategy and plans for integration
of BEA products, Oracle delivered Oracle WebLogic
Server 10g R3.
Oracle WebLogic Server 10g R3 is among the first of
a number of products that combine technology from
Oracle Fusion Middleware and BEA Systems. more
-
Tooling Around: Where Do Oracle JDeveloper
and Oracle Workshop Go From Here?
Duncan Mills, Senior Product Management Director
for Developer Tools, and Greg Stachnick, Senior Product
Management Director for Workshop products, explain
the future of Oracle Fusion Middleware tooling and
Oracle's JDeveloper/Eclipse strategy.(mp3)
- White
paper – “Information Workplace Platforms:
Oracle vs. Microsoft”
Learn from real customer situations as they compare
and contrast various business scenarios where organizations
chose Oracle over SharePoint, or where both were chose
to co-exist. The paper addresses various solution
topics and industries. Click
here to access this insightful paper.
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Total Economic Impact (TEI) Studies
Are you looking for a way to manage unstructured content
in your organization? Do you also need to justify
a content management project to upper management?
Read these commissioned Total Economic Impact (TEI)
studies, conducted by Forrester Consulting, on behalf
of Oracle to learn how to achieve success! Click
here
- Software
Downloads - Free to download, free to
learn, unlimited evaluation.
Advisor
Webcasts (Requires MetaLink Login)

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Oracle
Enterprise Management:
- Oracle
Introduces Oracle VM Templates
Oracle VM Templates offer a time-saving
approach to deploying a fully configured software
stack by providing pre-installed and pre-configured
images of enterprise software. Fully supported by
Oracle for production deployments, the first set of
Oracle VM Templates are now available for:
Oracle Database 11g, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle's
Siebel CRM 8, and Oracle Enterprise Linux. more
-
Webcast: Sustainability Reporting, Planning, and Management
Sustainability Reporting, also referred to as the
Triple Bottom Line, is the reporting of environmental,
social and economic metrics to external and internal
stakeholders. Tune into this conversation with John
O'Rourke, Senior Director, Product Marketing for Oracle
Enterprise Performance Management Solutions to learn
what is driving the need for this reporting, how companies
are responding and the solutions that Oracle offers
to help alleviate the complexity, provide an audit
trail and a repeatable reporting process. (mp3)
-
Webcast: Powerful Testing For Fast Low-Risk
Deployments
First impressions are so important. That's why Oracle
offers powerful testing tools to help your company
deploy higher-quality, more reliable applications—in
a fraction of the usual time and effort. more
- Webcast:
View Your Web Sites and Applications Through the Eyes
of Real Users
Your web sites and e-commerce applications are only
as good as your users think they are. Oracle Real
User Experience Insight offers an industry-leading
solution to help your company track and analyze real
user experiences. more
- Webcast:
Drive Competitive Advantage With Better End-user Experience
For Web sites and Applications
In this on-demand webcast, you will hear J.P. Garbani
from Forrester Research discuss successful strategies
and best practices to help you deliver better online
experience to your customers.
more
-
Webcast: Companies with an EPM Strategy Deliver
2.4 Times the Market Equity Return of Their Peers?
Learn how on this FREE webcast, Achieving Management
Excellence with Oracle Enterprise Performance Management
System, hosted by Oracle President Charles Phillips
on July 16th at 9:00am PT / 12 noon ET. Register
- Oracle
Real User Experience Insight
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Be the First to Know
Today, the pace of business demands high performance
IT applications. If application users can’t
do their jobs, business suffers. Yet many performance
and availability issues are actually identified and
reported by end users, not IT staff. Find out how
you can identify such issues before they impact your
users and business productivity with Oracle Real User
Experience Insight. Register
now to read the Forrester Research report "Moniforce
Provides a World-Class End User Experience Monitoring
Solution."
- Deploy
Higher Quality Applications in Less Time with Comprehensive
Testing
How can you ensure the quality and performance of
your mission-critical business applications in the
face of evolving technology, limited understanding
of test parameters, and understaffed testing, development
and operations teams? With Oracle Application Quality
Management solutions. These solutions let you deploy
higher quality applications with less effort and at
a manageable cost. Read
the whitepapers and learn more.
- Oracle
Enterprise Manager Downloads
Oracle
Tools:
-
Tooling Around: Where Do Oracle JDeveloper
and Oracle Workshop Go From Here?
Duncan Mills, Senior Product Management Director
for Developer Tools, and Greg Stachnick, Senior Product
Management Director for Workshop products, explain
the future of Oracle Fusion Middleware tooling and
Oracle's JDeveloper/Eclipse strategy.(mp3)
- Oracle
Enterprise Pack for Eclipse Now Available
Oracle announces the Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse,
a new component of Oracle Fusion Middleware. This
release marks the first free Eclipse 3.4 environment
to support Oracle WebLogic Server 10g Release 3. more
- Oracle
Develop 2008: Developer's Paradise
Scores of hands-on labs and deep-dive sessions about
Oracle Fusion Development, JEE (including BEA content),
Rich Internet Applications, Embedded Technology, Database,
and SOA await you. Runs concurrently with Oracle OpenWorld;
explore
and register!
- Software
Downloads - Free to download, free to learn, unlimited
evaluation
Advisor
Webcasts: Support Tools & Process Seminars (Requires
Metalink Login)
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Oracle
Services:
- Oracle
Extends Leadership in Customer Support with Next Release
of Oracle® Software Configuration Manager
Oracle Software Configuration Manager collects and
integrates detailed system configuration information
that helps Oracle to deliver highly automated, proactive
and personalized support. more
Services
Appcasts
Oracle
On Demand:
-
Get a Glimpse of Oracle's "Best-Kept Secret".
Discover the Future of IT! Join Oracle On
Demand SVP Mike Beck for a tour of Oracle's Austin
Data Center and download a FREE Forrester white paper
- IT Operations and Systems Management: The Next Five
Years.
Turn up the Information Business Power - Watch this
FREE On Demand webcast to see how Oracle On Demand
addresses your TCO, ROI and Business Impact of your
IT investment. more
- Webcast:
Turn up the Information Business
Power - Watch this
FREE
On Demand webcast to see how Oracle On Demand
addresses your TCO, ROI and Business Impact of your
IT investment.
- Oracle
CRM On Demand
Oracle
Support/ACS:
- Partners
Embrace Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support Program
Oracle announced continued momentum across its Linux
partner ecosystem with new partners adopting the Oracle
Unbreakable Linux Support Program, by certifying with
Oracle Enterprise Linux and participating in the Oracle
Validated Configurations testing program. more
- Critical
Patch Updates
Advisor
Webcasts: Support Tools and Processes (Requires
Metalink login)
Oracle
Consulting:
-
Oracle
Consulting Resource Library Now Available
more
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Visit
Oracle Consulting Online more
Oracle
Financing:
- Oracle's
Value Lease Promotion
Enjoy the advantages of a subscription model such
as a regular payment schedule for planning, but with
flexible end-of-term options to own the software.
more
- Oracle
Financing Promotions and Offers
more
- Oracle
Financing Online more
Oracle
Education:
- Oracle’s
PeopleSoft Enterprise Student Administration Integration
Pack Now Available
The application is designed to help higher
education institutions more efficiently integrate
and manage their various administrative and educational
systems. more
- The
Oracle Education Foundation Invites Students And Teachers
To Take Part In ThinkQuest Website Competition 2009
The
ThinkQuest Website Competition 2009, sponsored by
the Oracle Education Foundation (OEF), is now open
to teams of students, ages 9-19, from anywhere in
the world. more
- Oracle
Education Foundation's ThinkQuest Wins Two Prestigious
Awards
The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) presented
ThinkQuest with the "Golden Lamp Award for Technology,"
lauding its outstanding delivery of educational content
through the use of electronic media. more
View
Courses in your Region
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Oracle
Industries In the News
Financial
Services:
- Oracle
Financial Services Software Limited Receives Certificate
of Incorporation
i-flex solutions limited announced that it has received
permission from the Indian Registrar of Companies
to change its name to Oracle Financial Services Software
Limited. more
Health
Sciences:
- Oracle
Announces Creation of Health Sciences Global Business
Unit
Responding to continued growth in clinical trials
as well as the increasing linkages across life sciences,
diagnostics and healthcare, Oracle announced the formation
of a new Global Business Unit focused on software
applications for the health sciences industry. Neil
de Crescenzo has been named Senior Vice President
and General Manager for the business unit. more
- Oracle
Offers Clinical Applications That Support Study-Based
Requirements
Oracle
Remote Data Capture, Oracle Clinical and Oracle Thesaurus
Management System are helping to meet customers' study-based
requirements. more
Industry
Specific AppCasts
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Oracle
Partners:
- Oracle
Announces National VAR Program
Available to North American Value-Added Reseller
(VAR) partners with national footprints, the new program
includes the establishment of Oracle's National VAR
Sales team to provide select VAR members of the Oracle
PartnerNetwork a single, national point of contact
for the joint development and delivery of Oracle-based
technology software products and services.
more
- Oracle
Honored in Everything Channel's 2008 VARBusiness Annual
Report Card
The VARBusiness ARC Awards recognize outstanding
partner programs and superb vendor service in 18 major
product categories. more
- Partners
Embrace Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support Program
Oracle announced continued momentum across its Linux
partner ecosystem with new partners adopting the Oracle
Unbreakable Linux Support Program, by certifying with
Oracle Enterprise Linux and participating in the Oracle
Validated Configurations testing program. more
- More
About Oracle Partners
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EMEA:
APAC:
- Oracle
Academy Delivers Teacher Training Event In China
41 teachers from China participate in intensive professional
development program. more
- View
Oracle University Courses in Your Region!
Visit your region's web site or go to Oracle
University online and use the search box to find
courses near you.
- Find
an Oracle event near you. more
LAD:
- View
Oracle University Courses in your Region!
Visit your region's web site or go to Oracle
University online and use the search box to find
courses near you.
- Find
an Oracle event near you.
more
- Learn
more about Oracle Users Groups in Your Region.
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