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)
• 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.

Applications
- E-Business Suite
- JDEdwards Enterprise One
- JD Edwards World
- BEA
- PeopleSoft
- Siebel

Services
- On Demand
- Education
- Support/ACS
- Consulting
- Financing

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:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 - 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
• 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

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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

EMEA:

• Visit Oracle's EU Web site and Quickly Link to your Region's Information.

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. click here