Oracle News from OraWorld 12/16/97

ORACLE NEWS FROM ORAWORLD
Week of December 16, 1997

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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.

• ORACLE STOCK FALLS ON ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2Q NET INCOME Oracle reported net income of $187 million for its second fiscal quarter, ended Nov. 30 - that's $0.19 cents per share. Oracle's gains, up a mere 4.5 percent from a year ago, fell far short of analysts' predictions. This disappointment translated into a frenzy of Oracle stock changing hands and the stock price plummeting 29 percent. Why is this happening to Oracle?
• NEW DEVELOPER/2000 SERVER TO HELP REDEPLOY CLIENT/SERVER APPS Available this month, the Oracle Developer/2000 Server provides a single, prepackaged solution for deploying software applications on scalable application servers that can be accessed from network computers, PCs, or Java-based thin clients.
• ORACLE OFFERS JUMPSTART FOR NETWORK COMPUTING Oracle announced that it is offering a two-day program to introduce customers and partners to the benefits of network computing. Known as the Network Computing JumpStart Program, it is a combination of products and services designed to help customers begin network computing projects and operate their own installation of network computers.
• ORACLE'S YELLOW BRICK ROAD TO JAVA-BASED APPS Oracle unveiled the following new Java development and deployment products that are scheduled to either ship or enter beta release this month, for Windows NT and Unix:
  • Oracle Applications Release 10.7 NCA
  • Oracle Lite 3.0
  • Two new JDBC drivers for Oracle database access
  • Project Valhalla
  • Oracle Application Server 4.0
• NOVELL AND ORACLE PARTNERSHIP PRODUCES THE ORACLE WEB APPLICATION SERVER AND ORACLE8 FOR NETWARE These soon-to-be-released tools let developers take advantage of Oracle's Internet and data server technology and Novell Directory Services to develop Java compliant, Web-based applications in existing applications.
• SUN UNVEILS ENTERPRISE JAVA TOOLS Sun Microsystems announced an almost-complete specification for its Enterprise JavaBeans set of APIs.
• SYBASE ANNOUNCES ADAPTIVE SERVER IQ, WAREHOUSE ARCHITECT, AND POWERDESIGNER 6.1 At Database & Client/Server World in Chicago, Sybase announced Adaptive Server IQ 11.5, an enhanced version of its database that features faster ad hoc and planned queries. Sybase also debuted Warehouse Architect and PowerDesigner 6.1.

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CONFERENCE CALENDAR Jan. 12 - 16, 1998
The 1998 RSA Data Security Conference
San Francisco, California
1.415.544.9300
http://www.rsa.com/conf98/

Jan. 14 - 16, 1998
Oracle OpenWorld
Shanghai, China
1.800.304.4664
http://www.oracle.com

Jan. 19 - 20, 1998
Oracle OpenWorld
Manila, Philippines
1.800.304.4664
http://www.oracle.com

Jan. 26 - 28, 1998
Managing Year 2000 Projects
Orlando, Florida
1.508.470.3880
http://www.dci.com

Jan. 27 - 28, 1998
Corporate Intranet Security
San Francisco, California
1.312.540.3010
http://www.icmconferences.com/t65.html

Jan. 27 - 30, 1998
Internet Showcase 98
San Diego, California
1.650.577.2533
http://www.internetshowcase.com

Feb. 3 - 6, 1998
Internet World Canada '98
Toronto, Canada
http://www.events.iworld.com

Feb. 11 - 12, 1998
DCI's Internet Expo
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California 1.508.470.3880
http://www.dci.com

Feb. 23 - 25, 1998
Internet World Abu Dhabi '98
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
http://www.tfcfairs.com/oldind.html Received on Tue Dec 16 1997 - 00:00:00 CET