OraWorld News Update
Friday, Oct. 16, 1998
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TOP STORIES
Following are abstracts of the top stories for this week.
Please visit http://www.oraworld.com/news.htm
for the full text of all of these stories.
- ORAWORLD CAREER CORNER
This week, OraWorld spotlights:
- Are mentors right for your company?
- High-tech job listing site that include job search, job listings,
job and relocation tools, and career-related links.
- A free forum and search engine for computer professionals seeking
employment.
- ORACLE ADDS NEW FEATURES TO ORACLE8I
Oracle continues to release new functionality for its Oracle8i database.
Oracle is enhancing its Oracle8i database and Oracle8i Parallel Server
for the higher scalability and availability demands of online
transaction processing (OLTP) and Internet applications.
- LARRY ELLISON INC.
At ITxpo ’98 in New York, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announced: "The
Internet is the future. It is the future of Oracle, it is the future of
computing." Read this story to find out more about Ellison’s latest
pontifications.
- ORACLE JDEVELOPER TOOL UPGRADE TO BE READY FOR OPENWORLD
Oracle is expected to deliver the version 2.0 of its jDeveloper tool at
the Nov. 9-12 Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco.
- ORACLE DELIVERS PROJECT WEBDB BETA
Oracle's Project WebDB Web tool, aimed at nontechnical users, is now
available in a public beta version. OraWorld tells you how to obtain a
copy for free.
- TRY AND BUY ORACLE PRODUCTS VIA THE WEB
You’ve been able to download trial Oracle software by yourself for a
while (we tell you how), but Oracle now wants you to listen to its hype
before you do with its new Internet Seminars.
- ORACLE FOR LINUX AVAILABLE NOW
At Internet World, Oracle announced immediate availability of Oracle8
and Oracle Application Server for the Linux operating system and the
Apache Web server.
- ORACLE FINANCING HELPS YOUR FINANCIALS APPS GET Y2K-COMPLIANT
Worried about your financials applications and the Year 2000? Can’t
afford new software financials package to help you become Y2K-compliant?
Oracle is offering to help.
- ORACLE ANNOUNCES ORACLE FRONT OFFICE VERSION 3.0
Oracle announced the latest version of Front Office, which includes
several new applications.
- ORACLE SHIPS UPGRADE TOOL FOR MICROSOFT SQL SERVER
Oracle shipped a new tool, Oracle Migration Workbench, which allows for
data conversion from any version of Microsoft SQL Server to the Oracle8
database.
- INFORMIX BUYS RED BRICK FOR $35 MILLION
Informix signs an agreement to buy Red Brick to add to its data
warehousing offerings, and riles one of Red Brick’s largest
shareholders.
UPCOMING ORACLE EVENTS
(for a complete listing of events,
visit
http://www.oraworld.com/events.htm)
Oct. 25 - 29
Oracle Applications User Group (OAUG) Conference Fall
Honolulu Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
1.404.240.0999
http://www.oaug.org/hawaii/hawconf.html
Nov. 3 - 5
Database & Client/Server World - Building Enterprise Solutions
Chicago, Illinois
http://www.dci.com/database/
Nov. 8 - 13
Oracle OpenWorld '98
Moscone Convention Center
San Francisco, California
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/seminars_and_events/openworld/
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