• Oracle Buys Haley
  On October 29, 2008, Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire RuleBurst Holdings Limited, the parent company of Haley Limited (Haley), a leading provider of policy modeling and automation software for legislative and regulated industries such as public sector, financial services and insurance.
• Oracle Buys Primavera
  On October 8, 2008 Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire Primavera Software, Inc., a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions, to accelerate its momentum in delivering mission-critical operational applications.
• Oracle Buys Advanced Visual Technology
  On October 1, 2008 Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Advanced Visual Technology Ltd. (AVT), a leading provider of 3D visual macro space planning software for retailers.
• Download our Top Ten White Papers to make sure you stay ahead of the game.
• Free live Oracle Webcast featuring guest speakers from Hitachi: Discover how to get more value from your business planning with Oracle Essbase Analytics. November 20, 2008 at 09:00 a.m. PT.
  

• Oracle CFO Summit
  November 5-6, 2008, Chicago, IL
  Preparing for Better Times: CFO Strategies for Managing Through the Downturn
• Oracle EPM Summit - Strategy-to-Success
  November 18, 2008, Brussels
  Don't miss this unique opportunity to discover how your company can work in a more agile, smart and aligned way to execute its strategy to success. Executive keynote by Charles Phillips, President, Oracle
• Free live Oracle Webcast featuring guest speakers from Hitachi
  November 20, 2008 at 09:00 a.m. PT.
  Discover how to get more value from your business planning with Oracle Essbase Analytics.
• Oracle at Customer Experience Exchange 2008
  November 25 – 26, 2008, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
  The Customer Experience Exchange is a unique, invitation-only meeting which provides Heads of Customer Experience, Customer Service, Contact Centres, Customer Relations, Customer Insight, Marketing and Account Management to ‘exchange’ ideas and information, develop industry contacts, advance current initiatives and improve business processes.
• Oracle Develop - (EMEA & APAC) Registration is now open for the premier developer event. Hear and learn from world-leading experts and your peers about next-generation development trends and technologies in Java and rich enterprise applications (REA), service-oriented architecture (SOA), and the database.
• Oracle OpenWorld - Oracle OpenWorld 2008 is over, but you can still enjoy the experience vicariously!
• Oracle Fusion Middleware Forum
  Dates through December 2008, U.S. and Canada
  The Oracle Fusion Middleware Forum is coming to a city near you. Don't miss this special event for IT executives and managers, exploring the impact of IT planning and execution on your corporate strategy.
• Search for Upcoming Events Near You!
• Find Users Group Meetings & Other Events Near You
  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

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Host: Justin Kestelyn, OTN Editor-in-Chief
Tune into "fireside chats" with experts about new tools, technologies, and trends in application development.

• Free live Oracle Webcast featuring guest speakers from Hitachi: Discover how to get more value from your business planning with Oracle Essbase Analytics. November 20, 2008 at 09:00 a.m. PT.
• Opening the Black Box: Diagnostics and Monitoring for Production Java Apps
  Oct 30, 2008 - Shiraz Kanga, a member of the Oracle Application Diagnostics for Java (AD4J) development team, delves into the special requirements involved in diagnosing performance problems in production Java applications. (mp3)
• SOA Governance Misperceptions
  Oct 6, 2008 - Faulty assumptions and misunderstanding about SOA governance can create expensive headaches for architects who haven't done their homework. In this OTN TechCast, OTN's Bob Rhubart discusses some of those misperceptions with Oracle governance specialists Cathy Lippert, Sharon Fay, and Mike Stamback. (mp3)
• SOA Governance: Hitting the Sweet Spot
  Oct 6, 2008 - In this OTN TechCast Returning panelists Cathy Lippert, Sharon Fay, and Mike Stamback join OTN's Bob Rhubart to discuss obstacles to SOA governance adoption and implementation, and what it takes to hit the SOA governance sweet spot. (mp3)
• SOA Governance Without Technology?
  Oct 6, 2008 - In this final program in a three-part series on SOA governance, Oracle panelists Sharon Fay, Cathy Lippert, and Mike Stamback debate the role of technology in an effective SOA governance program. (mp3)

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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.

• Siebel CRM 8.1 Solutions
  October 28, 2008 - Get the scoop on Siebel Applications! Listen to George Jacob, Group Vice President, CRM Applications, discuss the latest release of Siebel CRM 8. By empowering end customers and creating a consistent, multi-channel service experience, businesses are leveraging the newest release of Siebel CRM 8 to garner high customer loyalty levels and improve business profitability in this tough economic environment. Tune in today!
• Information Driven Value Chains: Achieving Supply Chain Excellence in the 21st Century With Oracle, Part 1
  October 19, 2008 - World-class supply chains can help companies achieve top line and bottom line results in today's complex, global world. Tune into this conversation with Rick Jewell, SVP, Oracle Supply Chain Development, to hear about Oracle's vision for world class SCM, and the latest and greatest on Oracle Supply Chain Management solutions. You will learn about Oracle's complete, best-in-class, open and integrated solutions, which are helping companies drive profitability, achieve operational excellence, streamline innovation, and manage risk and compliance in today's complex, global world.
• Information Driven Value Chains: Achieving Supply Chain Excellence in the 21st Century With Oracle, Part 2
  October 19, 2008 - World-class supply chains can help companies achieve top line and bottom line results in today's complex, global world. Tune into this conversation with Rick Jewell, SVP, Oracle Supply Chain Development, to hear about Oracle's vision for world class SCM, and the latest and greatest on Oracle Supply Chain Management solutions. You will learn about Oracle's complete, best-in-class, open and integrated solutions, which are helping companies drive profitability, achieve operational excellence, streamline innovation, and manage risk and compliance in today's complex, global world.
• Automated Controls Monitoring for PeopleSoft
  October 16, 2008 - When building GRC programs to meet regulatory requirements, monitoring program "effectiveness" cannot be overlooked. This includes monitoring the effectiveness of the business processes and applications that are critical to reliable financial reporting and overall compliance. Tune into this conversation with Michele Shannon, Senior Director, GRC Product Strategy to hear about Oracle's GRC solution for its PeopleSoft applications. You will learn how a comprehensive approach to continuously monitoring controls can help organizations honor their compliance obligations, develop a strong baseline of key controls,minimize risks and inefficiencies, and streamline internal and external audits.
• Success with E-Business Suite Release 12 Implementations: Intelligroup, Inc.
  October 15, 2008 - Want to learn more about implementing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12? Listen to this Srinivas Krishna, Sr. Intelligroup is a global provider of outsourcing services including application management and support services, infrastructure management services, innovative consulting, technology, and implementation services. Learn more at: http://www.intelligroup.com
  
  
  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.
  
• Live Webcast November 13, 2008 - Data Center of the Future Virtual Trade Show
  Is your data center designed to withstand rapid change? Learn how Grid Computing techniques can tackle your toughest challenges and inspire your next-generation data center. Register now to view Oracle’s webcast on “The Six Habits of Highly Effective Data Centers."

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:

• Introducing Oracle Imaging & Process Management for Oracle E-Business Suite
  Automate your content driven processes
• Learn How You Can Extend the Value of Your Investment with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
  Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 enables businesses to think globally to make better decisions, work globally to be more competitive, and manage globally to lower costs and increase performance. With a new user experience and hundreds of cross-industry capabilities spanning enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, and supply chain planning, this new release helps you manage the complexities of global business environments
  

Oracle E-Business Suite AppCasts | Advisor Webcasts (Requires MetaLink Login)

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BEA:

• Important info for BEA-ers: Welcome, Dev2Dev & Arch2Arch FAQ
  The Oracle Technology Network is happy to welcome members of the BEA Dev2Dev and Arch2Arch communities. The OTN team, which now includes some of the very same people behind those BEA communities, is hard at work merging the best of Dev2Dev and Arch2Arch into OTN. In the coming weeks, all your familiar BEA community resources will emerge on OTN, enhanced by improved tools and increased opportunities for peer interaction and collaboration.

PeopleSoft Enterprise:

• Learn how: you can extend the value of your investment with PeopleSoft Enterprise Release 9.0
  Oracle continues to support and invest in the applications you're already running, by way of our Lifetime Support Policy and Applications Unlimited program that protect the value of your software. With the delivery of PeopleSoft Enterprise Release 9.0, Oracle further demonstrates its commitment to protect, extend, and evolve our customers' applications investments. PeopleSoft Enterprise Release 9.0 delivers on this promise by:

Siebel:

• Oracle CRM On Demand Integration to Siebel CRM
  Now, your company can benefit from a comprehensive end-to-end on premise and on demand system with a single view for conducting, managing, and analyzing customer interactions.
• CRM In the Fast Lane
  Designed for busy sales professionals on the road, Oracle Mobile Sales Assistant offers a rich user experience that connects sales users with the people and information they need in order to be more productive and get the job done.

Siebel AppCasts

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne:

• Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Customers Win 2008 'Empower the Green Enterprise' Awards
  The Oracle 'Empower the Green Enterprise' award honors customers from a wide-range of industries that are using Oracle's Applications and technology products to support green business practices and sustainability initiatives in order to reduce environmental impact, decrease costs, and improve business efficiencies.
• JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Best Practice Center
  Start creating SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) with your JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications today.
  

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne AppCasts | Advisor Webcasts (Requires Customer Connection Login)

JD Edwards World:

• JD Edwards World User Productivity Kits
  Built for JD Edwards World Release A9.1, User Productivity Kits include pre-built content that documents best practices and can be easily customized to match an organization's requirements.
• New Integration for Oracle's JD Edwards World and Oracle's Demantra Demand Management
  Pre-built integration enables JD Edwards World customers to directly benefit from Demantra's best-in-class demand management functionality integrated with JD Edwards World 9.1.

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:

• How-Tos: Best New Oracle Database 11g Features
  Oracle ACE Director Arup Nanda's 20-part series of how-tos about top new features for DBAs and developers is now complete—spanning Schema Management, Caching and Pooling, Data Warehousing & OLAP, and much 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 November 13, 2008 - Data Center of the Future Virtual Trade Show
  Is your data center designed to withstand rapid change? Learn how Grid Computing techniques can tackle your toughest challenges and inspire your next-generation data center. Register now to view Oracle’s webcast on “The Six Habits of Highly Effective Data Centers."
• Investing in Identity Management? Do it right the first time!
  Learn where Gartner positions User Provisioning vendors and enjoy complimentary access to the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant on User Provisioning 2H08 and learn where Gartner positions Oracle and other user provisioning vendors. Don't miss this opportunity to learn Gartner's evaluation of user provisioning vendors and the state of the industry itself. Download the Gartner Report.
• HP/Oracle Podcast: SOA, Application Modernization, and High-Performance Computing
  Paul Evans, worldwide marketing lead for IT Transformation Solutions at HP, and Lance Knowlton, vice president for modernization at Oracle, discuss how IT infrastructure, systems and software come together in a whole greater than the sum of the parts for enterprises moving toward services oriented architectures (SOA) through the HP/Oracle/Intel application modernization initiative. Listen to the Podcast (mp3).
• Grid Computing White Paper: Oracle Grid Solutions for the Next-Generation Data Center
  This Oracle white paper describes how businesses of all sizes worldwide are using Grid best practices to modernize their IT operations and increase performance, availability, energy efficiency, and operational agility.

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Oracle Enterprise Management:

• Free Oracle Webcast: View Your Web Sites and Applications Through the Eyes of Real Users
  In this on-demand webcast, you will hear Forrester Analyst J.P. Garbani discuss successful strategies and best practices to help you deliver better online experience to your customers.
• Free Oracle 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. By identifying and correcting more errors before going live, you can ensure your applications always work the way they should.
• Oracle Webcast Series: Survive? Or Thrive! With Oracle Content Management
  Register now to see how organizations like Emerson Process, Eaton and TeleAtlast have solved multiple business problems with a single content management infrastructure.

• Oracle Enterprise Manager Downloads

Oracle Tools:

• Download: Oracle JDeveloper 11g Production
  Oracle JDeveloper 11g showcases new features to provide a full development environment for Java EE 5, and includes new features for Ajax developers as well, including new ADF Faces Rich Client components in addition to JavaScript editing and debugging. Web services development is also greatly improved.
• Read/subscribe to the Oracle Developer Tools Blog
  A blog about JDeveloper, ADF, TopLink and Eclipse.

Advisor Webcasts: Support Tools & Process Seminars (Requires Metalink Login)

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Oracle Services:

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:

• Oracle Introduces Next-generation Customer Support Platform: My Oracle Support
  My Oracle Support integrates Oracle’s award winning support portal, Oracle MetaLink, with its award winning configuration management platform, Oracle Software Configuration Manager, to deliver highly personalized and proactive support capabilities that help reduce unplanned downtime and improve system stability. more

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 Financing Promotions and Offers more
• Oracle Financing Online more

Oracle Education:

• Oracle University Enhances Live Virtual Classes with eKits
  eKits contain all course materials in PDF format sent electronically one week before the class begins. more

View Courses in your Region

Oracle Industries In the News

Aerospace & Defense:

• Oracle Buys Primavera
  On October 8, 2008 Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire Primavera Software, Inc., a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions, to accelerate its momentum in delivering mission-critical operational applications.

Engineering & Construction:

• Oracle Buys Primavera
  On October 8, 2008 Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire Primavera Software, Inc., a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions, to accelerate its momentum in delivering mission-critical operational applications.

Financial Services:

• Oracle Buys Haley
  On October 29, 2008, Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire RuleBurst Holdings Limited, the parent company of Haley Limited (Haley), a leading provider of policy modeling and automation software for legislative and regulated industries such as public sector, financial services and insurance.

Insurance:

• Oracle Buys Haley
  On October 29, 2008, Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire RuleBurst Holdings Limited, the parent company of Haley Limited (Haley), a leading provider of policy modeling and automation software for legislative and regulated industries such as public sector, financial services and insurance.

Manufacturing:

• Oracle Buys Primavera
  On October 8, 2008 Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire Primavera Software, Inc., a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions, to accelerate its momentum in delivering mission-critical operational applications.

Public Sector:

• Oracle Buys Haley
  On October 29, 2008, Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire RuleBurst Holdings Limited, the parent company of Haley Limited (Haley), a leading provider of policy modeling and automation software for legislative and regulated industries such as public sector.

Professional Services:

• Oracle Buys Primavera
  On October 8, 2008 Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire Primavera Software, Inc., a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions, to accelerate its momentum in delivering mission-critical operational applications.

Retail:

• Oracle Buys Advanced Visual Technology
  On October 1, 2008 Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Advanced Visual Technology Ltd. (AVT), a leading provider of 3D visual macro space planning software for retailers.

Utilities:

• Oracle Buys Primavera
  On October 8, 2008 Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire Primavera Software, Inc., a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions, to accelerate its momentum in delivering mission-critical operational applications.

Industry Specific AppCasts

Oracle Partners:

• Oracle Achieves Milestone with Availability of 200 Oracle Accelerate Partner Solutions
  Oracle Accelerate is Oracle’s partner-driven approach for the delivery of pre-packaged, industry-specific application bundles to fast-growing organizations with limited budgets.

EMEA:

• Oracle EPM Summit - Strategy-to-Success
  November 18, 2008, Brussels
  Don't miss this unique opportunity to discover how your company can work in a more agile, smart and aligned way to execute its strategy to success. Executive keynote by Charles Phillips, President, Oracle
• Oracle at Customer Experience Exchange 2008
  November 25 – 26, 2008, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
  The Customer Experience Exchange is a unique, invitation-only meeting which provides Heads of Customer Experience, Customer Service, Contact Centres, Customer Relations, Customer Insight, Marketing and Account Management to ‘exchange’ ideas and information, develop industry contacts, advance current initiatives and improve business processes.
• Oracle Develop - (EMEA) Registration is now open for the premier developer event. Hear and learn from world-leading experts and your peers about next-generation development trends and technologies in Java and rich enterprise applications (REA), service-oriented architecture (SOA), and the database.
• Find an Oracle event near you.

APAC:

• The Oracle Education Foundation Partners with the Philippines Department of Education to Help Students Develop 21st Century Skills
  The Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) and the Philippines Department of Education (DepEd) agreed to roll out OEF’s ThinkQuest technology program to 500 public elementary schools across the nation, reaching 50,000 students and teachers over the next two years.
• Oracle Develop - (APAC) Registration is now open for the premier developer event. Hear and learn from world-leading experts and your peers about next-generation development trends and technologies in Java and rich enterprise applications (REA), service-oriented architecture (SOA), and the database.
• Find an Oracle event near you.

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.