OracleZone.com: Here's What's New! (6/18/2001)

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Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 21:54:30 GMT
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Thought this might be of some interest. There are a lot of articles about what Oracle is up to right now.

Enjoy!

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Here's what's new! (6/18/2001)

• Oracle Kicks Off iDevelop2001 Live Conferences Worldwide posted by OracleZone Staff In its ongoing efforts to keep Web developers abreast of emerging Internet technology, Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL), the largest provider of software for ebusiness, today announced the kick off of the iDevelop2001 Live worldwide conference series at Oracle OpenWorld Europe in Berlin. Following the success of iDevelop2001 Online, the Web-based service for Oracle9i education and training, iDevelop2001 Live provides an in-person complement to the online learning and tools already available on the Oracle(R) Tech... (more) http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={1A942627-BA53-4F61-86B6-2129C7154A77}
• ORAKNOWLEDGE LAUNCHES ORACLE8i CERTIFICATION eBOOT CAMP posted by OracleZone Staff Comprehensive, New, Blended eLearning Curriculum Provides Oracle Professionals With Effective Alternative To Traditional Certification Preparation. No Travel Expenses! No Time Away from the Office! Live, Online Instruction using Virtual Classroom Technology!! Read all about it at OraKnowledge. http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={BB827A75-1737-4CD4-881B-0FF80BBB6B71}
• Critical Wait Events in the Oracle Database posted by OracleZone Staff Written by: Roby Sherman - Within the Oracle database, processes are constantly interacting with each other to coordinate a number of operations. As part of this communication, processes will often find it necessary to stop and wait for: Check it out at OraGeeks. http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={5063C65B-6D00-4DEE-8E13-6A2FB33FAE54}
• Comparing Apples To Apples posted by OracleZone Staff By Charles Babcock - Under pricing pressure from Microsoft and IBM, Oracle said it will initiate per-processor pricing so potential customers could directly compare Oracle, Microsoft and IBM for the first time. Oracle has priced its Standard database system at $15,000 per processor and its Enterprise edition at $40,000 per processor. Read the complete article at Interactive Week. http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={2C259C29-EEFB-473E-BD8B-C653F34A2476}
• Commentary: Oracle faces challenges with 9i posted by OracleZone Staff 9i provides new functions in areas such as OLTP and decision support and brings Oracle even with DB2 and SQL Server in OLAP performance. However, adding capabilities such as cube building in the DBMS and Real Application Clusters (RAC) are keys to this new release--and the most significant technical challenge. Read the complete article at News.com. http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={5245F3A2-4B1F-4910-9E64-339F4B689F4B}
• C, Java, and PL/SQL: A Language Platform Suitability Study posted by OracleZone Staff By: Uncle Larry - A number of people have been inquiring as to the suitability of using Java in various environments as a replacement for traditional natively-compiled programs used in bulk data preparation, movement, calculation, etc. A common rationale for these questions have been: Read the article. http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={848A4DFA-CC7C-481A-BF82-42F8A0D98C47}
• Oracle Introduces the Most Economical Computing Model Yet posted by OracleZone Staff Limitless scalability is the quest of every IT manager. Often, this quest results in the purchase of a mainframe system laden with soon-to-be-outdated applications. The scalability and reliability are there, but the costs are exorbitant. Other options are available, but choices become the big IT guessing game: how much room will be enough to accommodate growth? As a result, IT departments have often bought capacity ahead of growth. Oracle9i Database with Real Application Clusters solves the conundrum: limit... (more) http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={AB92BB9F-9218-4ABB-9184-D4B94B572925}
• ORACLE RAISES E-PROCUREMENT STAKES posted by OracleZone Staff By Renee Boucher Ferguson - With e-procurement competitors Ariba Inc. and Commerce One Inc. stumbling over earnings reports, Oracle Corp. is pressing its advantage by offering a fast implementation of its software for e-procurement of indirect goods. Oracle will announce this week its Procure-to-Pay in 30 Days service, a hosted solution for streamlining the entire procurement process in a month. Read the full article at ZD... (more) http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={15773B0A-DD81-4473-86C7-E562BB836FA6}
• Oracle runs SAP 4 times faster than IBM posted by OracleZone Staff That's why SAP customers choose Oracle over IBM 10 to 1. Oracle is the performance leader for the SAP Benchmarks. In fact, Oracle holds the world record and top three SAP benchmark performance records for two-tier and the top two for three-tier configurations. No one runs SAP better than Oracle! Check it out! http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={9F13D3E7-D225-4140-920B-2EB90C63740B}
• Oracle 8 Training posted by OracleZone Staff This course will help you use SQL to create and manage relational databases with tables and table command objects. Learn synonyms, renaming objects, new features, functions, overloading and triggers and much more. This course will also teach you how to create forms and reports with this database development program. Learn canvas report styles, custom inquiries, layouts, chart features, triggers and more. Check it out! http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={22D7132C-DBBE-4A8D-AB17-A98E421AD335}
• Oracle and IBM Introduce New Databases posted by OracleZone Staff By Mitch Wagner - IT managers are getting some new choices as Oracle and IBM launch new versions of their database software, with both companies adding new functionality designed to make the servers more suitable for e-business. Oracle plans on Thursday to ship Oracle 9i, the much-talked about latest version of the software. This version will offer new business intelligence tools, increased scalability and management tools. Read the complete article. http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={5D3C009A-1E5F-4E98-B64E-5A44B9D9FDC2}
• The week ahead: Investors await Oracle's truth posted by OracleZone Staff The week starts off briskly as Oracle is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Monday. Wall Street expects the database software giant to make 14 cents a share for the quarter. That compares to 16 cents for the same quarter last year according to analysts surveyed by First Call. Read the full article. http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={5A8AF7DF-552F-4458-9D30-36E6696286CA}
• Oracle9i Database Achieves World Records posted by OracleZone Staff Oracle has launched the Oracle9i Database--the only database in the world with unlimited scalability and total availability (available for download now). With IBM's release of the latest version of DB2 (V7.2), the cards are on the table. Which company is the true innovator? Read the complete article at Oracle. http://www.oraclezone.com/w.asp?id={90363E1A-184A-4E8C-A1F1-8107BB917A39}

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