ORAWORLD NEWS
October 7, 1997
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 these stories.
- Oracle Announces Its Own DBA Certification Exam
For those of you who missed the 30th September email, Oracle announced
its own DBA certification program called the OCP (Oracle Certified
Professional) program. Visit http://www.oraworld.com/dbaexam.htm for all
the information you need to know about how to become an Oracle certified
DBA.
- Oracle to Integrate Publish/Subscribe Software into Server
Oracle Corp. and Tibco Software Inc. announced a comprehensive
technology licensing agreement that allows Oracle to embed Tibco's
TIB/Rendezvous publish/subscribe messaging software into Oracle's
product line.
- Oracle's Internet Commerce Server to Enable I-Commerce Site Hosting
An upcoming version of Oracle's Internet Commerce Server will provide
Internet-commerce site-hosting ability to Internet service providers and
other companies.
- Oracle Supports IBM's S70 RS/6000 Server
Oracle Corp. announced support of IBM's 64-bit S70 RS/6000 server.
- Oracle Dedicates New Portland Development Center
Oracle announced that its newly formed Portland Development Center will
focus on software development for Oracle's Application Server Division.
- Oracle, CompuWare, Platinum, and Technosolutions Announce Integrated
Visual Development Tools for PL/SQL
- Oracle Unveils New Tools Strategy to Bring Java to the Enterprise
The plan focuses on expanding Oracle's offerings to provide an
integrated toolset to develop applications for the network computing
platform.
- Oracle is Leader in OLAP Benchmarks
Oracle continues to demonstrate its lead in decision-support solutions
(DSS) by announcing new results for the Analytical Processing
Benchmark-1 (APB-1).
- Oracle NCs Will Link to Windows
Network Computer Inc., an Oracle subsidiary that makes server software
for network computers, announced that it will bundle Star Division's
StarOffice suite with its server software.
- Platinum Technology Plans Shipment of Application Development
Management Tool
Platinum Technology announced a decision-support tool called Platinum
Advisor, designed to help application development teams complete
projects on time and within budget.
- Embarcadero Announces 32-bit DBArtisan 4.0
This upgraded version promotes greater levels of database availability,
performance, and security in distributed multi-vendor production
environments.
- To view what's new on the OraWorld site as of October 7, 1997, visit
http://www.oraworld.com/newstuff.htm.
EXTRAS FOR ORAWORLD MEMBERS
- OraWorld visited Steve Illingworth, Senior Marketing Manager
Developer/2000 and DSS Tools, who told us Oracle's in-depth tools
strategy. This interview will be posted starting October 8, 1997. Visit
http://www.oraworld.com/intervie.htm to find out how Oracle's tools
strategy will affect your systems.
- In Guy Harrison's technical article titled, "Using and Optimizing Star
Joins," you'll find out about optimizing simple star queries, optimizing
the simple star join, advanced star optimization, star transformation,
and limitations of Oracle star joins. Visit
http://www.oraworld.com/members.htm to access this article, or visit
http://www.oraworld.com/subscrib.htm to find out more about becoming an
OraWorld member.
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Received on Tue Oct 07 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT
