Oracle Participation at COLLABORATE 08

The Oracle landscape continues to change. Make sure you’re prepared to navigate the twists and turns.

Oracle representatives will be on hand during COLLABORATE 08 to provide direction and strategies to help you stay ahead of the Oracle Technology and Applications curve.

Oracle “Focus On…” Documents

Looking for a cheat-sheet of all Oracle sponsored keynotes, sessions and activities related to Oracle’s Applications and Technology offerings? Well look no further. Oracle has compiled “Focus On…” documents for E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, Application Integration Architecture and Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence (PDF files). Print these overviews prior to heading to Denver to help plan your conference experience.

Below is a preview of scheduled COLLABORATE 08 Oracle presentations:

Oracle Keynote Speaker

Don’t miss the COLLABORATE 08 Opening Keynote presented by Oracle President Charles E. Phillips, Jr. Phillips is responsible for Oracle’s global field operations, including consulting, marketing, sales, alliances and channels, and customer programs, as well as corporate strategy.

Building, Acquiring and Integrating Business Software — an Oracle Update

The ultimate objective of Oracle’s software vision and strategy is to provide our customers with better business insight, more adaptable business processes and a superior ownership experience. The goal is reduced costs, improved risk management and a complete set of software to run your business more efficiently. Oracle is pursuing a strategy to build, acquire and integrate the best software to meet these needs. Charles Phillips will provide an update on that strategy and how it meets customer requirements today and tomorrow.

Oracle Executive Sessions

• Duncan Angove, General Manager and Senior Vice President
• Cliff Godwin, Senior Vice President, Applications Development
• John Kopcke, Senior Vice President Enterprise Performance Management Global Business Unit
• Anthony Lye, Senior Vice President, Oracle CRM On Demand
• Liam Maxwell, Vice President for Product Management, Communications Global Business Unit
• Andrew Mendelsohn, Senior Vice President, Oracle Database Server Technologies
• Steve Miranda, Senior Vice President, Applications Development
• John Webb, Vice President, PeopleSoft Enterprise Product Strategy
• Doris Wong, Vice President and General Manager, PeopleSoft Enterprise

Oracle Presentations

Select from more that 130 Oracle-hosted educational sessions to get the latest insights, information and best practices on Oracle Technologies and Applications.

Oracle Applications Product Usability Testing — Fusion Applications

As a special addition to the conference this year, the Oracle Applications User Experience Team will be conducting onsite product usability tests for Fusion Applications and Applications Unlimited. Testing will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday during the conference, at the Hyatt Denver Convention Center Hotel, room Mineral A.

For those new to Oracle’s Global Design Partner Program, usability testing is scheduled ahead of time for the convenience of the participants. If you would like to participate in these product usability testing, please sign up on Oracle’s Web site.

New at COLLABORATE 08: Hands-on SOA with E-Business Suite/PeopleSoft/Siebel labs

You can learn how to service enable E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and/or Siebel applications. Oracle representatives will be on site to provide a set of step-by-step exercises that show how to use the Oracle Applications Adapters and SOA Suite to pull information for E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and Siebel.

These sessions are available at no additional cost to registered COLLABORATE 08 attendees, but separate registration is required and seating is limited. Registration and detailed schedule information are available on Oracle’s Web site.

Oracle in the Exhibitor Showcase

Visit the Oracle exhibit booth in the Exhibitor Showcase at COLLABORATE 08 for a comprehensive educational experience featuring products and services of interest to you. There will be product demos presented by helpful experts, as well as meeting opportunities with Oracle services representatives. Look for tailored Focus On… documents from Oracle to assist you with finding Oracle sessions and demonstrations within your area of interest.