Download Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle JRockit, and More

July 2008 - HIGHLIGHTS • Download Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle JRockit, and more • Download New Oracle Berkeley DB Releases • OTN Developer Day: Free Workshops in Philadelphia and Detroit   FROM THE EDITOR They're Here Now that it's July 1, the Oracle-BEA product roadmap can be revealed. By the time you receive this, Oracle Fusion Middleware SVP Thomas Kurian will have done that via Webcast (archive URL to be provided in the next issue). Not necessary to go into the details here, but suffice to say that WebLogic Server, JRockit, and other products will play major roles in Oracle Fusion Middleware going forward. This is a good day for Java and middleware geeks. As part and parcel of this development, system architects are now a major focus for OTN, as they were for Arch2Arch. As you'll read below, many of these products now have homes on the OTN Website (with more to come), with all the attendant downloads, discussions forums, and doc. You can also access archived Dev2Dev and Arch2Arch editorial content here. Justin Kestelyn, Editor-in-Chief, OTN   NEWS BEA Downloads, Discussions, Product Info Now on OTN Many Product Centers for BEA-related products are now available (with more to come) on OTN along with requisite downloads, documentation, discussion forums, and more. For more info about this transition (and to see new demos), read the "Welcome" FAQ. • Oracle WebLogic Server • Oracle JRockit • Oracle Workshop • Oracle WebLogic Portal • Oracle Tuxedo • And more, see complete list New Architecture Centers OTN gives architects their props with the debut of new centers featuring expanded coverage of SOA, XTP, Virtualization (Oracle VM + JRockit), and Enterprise 2.0. (See also: Oracle's Arch2Arch Newsletter) • Enterprise 2.0 • Extreme Transaction Processing • SOA (including governance) • Virtualization Attend a Local "BEA Welcome" Event Attend one of the global "BEA Welcome" events to learn more about the joined forces of Oracle and BEA. We will clarify what the BEA acquisition means to you, and you'll have the chance to get acquainted–or reacquainted–with your peers and local Oracle teams. Register for a local "BEA Welcome" event. New QA/Testing Technology Center OTN would also like to welcome Empirix's QAZone members and QA practitioners worldwide to the new QA/Testing Technology Center! Learn more about Oracle's testing tools and explore QA methodology & best practices, industry trends, tutorials, news, discussion forums, and sample code. Visit the QA/Testing Technology Center. Data Modeling in Oracle SQL Developer: Statement of Direction The SQL Developer team has announced plans to support visual data modeling in its next release. See the latest Statement of Direction for more detail. New Hands-On Tutorials: Oracle Beehive New Oracle by Example hands-on tutorials for installing, administering, and end-user configuration of Oracle Beehive are now available on OTN; look for the "Oracle Beehive" section in the index. Explore Oracle Beehive tutorials. Download Oracle Database 10g Release 2 for Windows Server 2008 Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (RAC, single instance, and client) is now certified for 32-bit Windows Server 2008. Download it from OTN. New Technical Whitepaper: Oracle Application Express and Oracle Real Application Clusters - Creating a Highly Available Environment for Apex Applications Get an overview of the steps required to configure an Oracle APEX instance for a Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) database. Download the whitepaper. Whitepaper: Information Workplace Platforms: Oracle vs. Microsoft Learn from real customer situations as they compare and contrast various business scenarios where organizations chose Oracle over SharePoint, or where both were chose to co-exist. The paper addresses various solution topics and industries. Download the whitepaper. New Oracle Berkeley DB Releases Oracle Berkeley DB 4.7 delivers improved caching efficiency, faster database recovery, a cycling master feature for replicated (HA) environments, support for the Java Direct Persistence Layer (DPL) API, and QNX RTOS support; Oracle Berkeley DB Java Edition 3.3 delivers improved scalability, caching improvements, more efficient in-memory and on disk storage, and support for Google Android and Apache Maven. Download these new releases. Whitepaper: Oracle Grid Computing Best Practices Five years after the introduction of Oracle's Enterprise Grid Computing strategy, Oracle has released a new whitepaper that focuses on the IT best practices that have emerged from successful grid implementations around the world. Download the whitepaper. OTN Developer Day (Free Fusion Dev Workshops): Next Stops in Philadelphia and Detroit July 22, Philadelphia | July 28, Detroit Stay ahead of the curve for developing Java EE applications using the Fusion Development software stack via OTN Developer Day, a free, hands-on workshop that offers a deep-dive into the new "The Fusion Development Experience." Find out how Oracle JDeveloper, Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF), Oracle ADF Business Components, and the highly interactive ADF Faces user interface components deliver the rapid, productive, and declarative development experience you need. Register. Call for Nominations: 2008 Oracle Excellence Awards Have you worked on a solution that uses Oracle Applications with Oracle Fusion Middleware in some creative way? Get some recognition via The Oracle Excellence Awards (nomination deadline: Aug. 8). Submit your nomination. Free Exhibition Pass: LinuxWorld San Francisco Aug. 5–7 | San Francisco Register for a free exhibition pass for LinuxWorld Conference and Expo 2008, where you can visit the Oracle booth (#902) to meet Oracle experts, see demos, attend mini theatre presentations, and learn how you can deploy Linux faster at a lower cost with Oracle Validated Configurations. Be sure to attend the morning keynote presented by Oracle CIO Mark Sunday and Oracle Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven, and as usual, "The Oracle on Linux Experience" - a free, hands-on software installation and tutorial with Oracle and Linux experts - will also be there! Register. Empower the Green Enterprise Award: Submit Your Nomination Today Is your company using any of Oracle's products, either business applications or technology products, to help protect the environment? Maybe you're using Oracle Advanced Compression to reduce disk space and power or Oracle Self-Service E-Billing to move to paperless invoicing? If so, submit a nomination for an Empower the Green Enterprise Award. Learn more.   ORACLE ACE TRACKER The Grid Guy: Oracle ACE (Database) Porus Homi Havewala of S&I systems Singapore has created the first blog dedicated to Grid Control, and is inviting authors to contribute. Based on real life experience in a large corporate, the blog also features a podcast on Grid Control Architecture in large sites. The Essbase Bookstore: Oracle ACE Director Edward Roske (EPM/BI) recently co-authored two new books on Essbase (one for end users and one for administrators). Find them on lulu.com; keyword "Essbase". WebLogic ACE Hunt: We're on the hunt for Oracle ACE candidates with expertise in WebLogic Server, JRockit, Tuxedo, and more. Nominate yourself or a colleague.   NEW DOWNLOADS | SEE ALL Click here for all new BEA-related product downloads. Oracle Audit Vault (10.2.3) posted 11 June 2008 Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Release 4 (10.2.0.4) for HP-UX PA-RISC (64-Bit) posted 29 May 2008 Oracle Application Express (3.1.1) posted 23 May 2008 Oracle Universal Online Archive 10g R3 posted 23 May 2008   NEW TECHNICAL ARTICLES | SEE ALL Oracle Service Bus Federation with JMS Store-and-Forward and Dynamic Routing in SOA posted 1 July 2008 Get an overview of the architecture, design, and configuration of Oracle (formerly BEA AquaLogic) Service Buses that are federated via a messaging Store-and-Forward (SAF) system. Return to Formsville posted 13 June 2008 It's still important to know the key architectural concepts common to many Oracle Forms-based applications. This Technical Article from Oracle ACE Director Chris Muir and Oracle ACE Penny Cookson explain why.   FEATURED BLOGS | SEE ALL Quick Example of ADF 11g AutoRefresh View Objects at Work in Posted 26 June 2008 in Dive into Oracle ADF Blog (Steve Muench) On-premise to SaaS Posted 18 June 2008 The SaaS Report Blog (Shivanshu Upadhyay) Oracle's Arch2Arch Newsletter Posted 10 June 2008 in OTN TechBlog (Justin Kestelyn) Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) Hands On Practice in Posted 5 June 2008 in Alejandro Vargas Blog   NEW BOOKS | SEE ALL • OCA Oracle Database 11g: SQL Fundamentals I Exam Guide (Exam 1Z0-051) John Watson and Roopesh Ramklass (Oracle Press) Covers all exam topics for the newly reintroduced Oracle Certified Associate SQL requirement. The CD-ROM contains a practice exam and ebook with a bonus exam available for download.   NEW PODCASTS | SEE ALL Using Oracle SQL Developer to Streamline Database Application (Oracle Database Podcast) Mark Harrison, Technical Lead, Pixar Animation Studios, discusses how an Academy Award-winning computer animation studio, has been able to enhance developer productivity and simplify database development tasks using Oracle SQL Developer 1.5. Verizon and eSpatial Succeed with Oracle Spatial (Oracle Database Podcast) In this podcast, learn how Verizon uses Oracle Spatial-based software from Oracle partner eSpatial to deploy VEGA, an enterprise geospatial application designed to streamline processes for planning and engineering of Verizon's fiber-optic network. Verizon's implementation eliminates the 'stovepipes' commonly seen in the integration of geospatial applications with other business systems.   EVENTS CALENDAR | SEE ALL • OTN Developer Day - The Fusion Development Experience (Philadelphia, July 22) • OracleDays (Bellevue, Wash, July 14-18) • LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (San Francisco, Aug. 5-7)   Copyright © 2008 Oracle. All Rights Reserved. In This Issue: News Oracle ACE Watch New Downloads New Technical Articles Featured Blogs Events Calendar Advertise Featured Downloads: Oracle WebLogic Server Oracle JRockit Oracle Database 11g Rel 1 Oracle VM   More Downloads... Issue Sponsors: Oracle Users: Optimize Database Performance and Availability As an Oracle user, you are well aware of the need to ensure optimized database performance and availability in order to address large databases with high transaction volumes. Embarcadero database tools aid thousands of Oracle database professionals in getting the most out of their investment. 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