Up Front / 6
FROM OUR
READERS / 6
Readers tell us what
they think.
At Oracle / 11
EVEN TS / 11
Find out about upcoming
technology and industry
events.
FROM THE
EDI TOR / 7
Developing for Java
—Tom Haunert
RESOURCES / 13
Your guide to Oracle
Webcasts, podcasts, blogs,
and more
BRIEFS / 16
The latest product news
MASHUP / 8
News, views, trends, tools
NEWS / 19
Converged Hardware
Management
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Ops Center 11g simplifies
hardware management in
Oracle’s Sun environments.
—Caroline Kvitka
INTERVIEW / 21
A Kernel of Truth
Oracle’s Unbreakable
Enterprise Kernel for Oracle
Linux delivers support
for new hardware, new
features, and better data
management. —Tom Haunert
Community / 22
PARTNER NEWS / 22
BOOK BEAT / 22
COMMUNITY
BULLETIN / 25
Java Evolves
At JavaOne, Oracle details a
roadmap for JDK 7, JDK 8,
and beyond.
—Justin Kestelyn
ARCHITECT / 27
Enterprise Architecture
in Interesting Times
Business and technology
continue to shape enterprise
architecture. —Bob Rhubart
UP CLOSE / 28
French Connection
Common business practices
and language bring far-flung
Oracle users to AUFO.
—Jeff Erickson
PEER-TO-PEER / 29
Hack, Tweet, Repeat
Chet Justice, Oded Raz,
Simon Haslam
—Blair Campbell
Technology / 51
JAVA EE 6 / 51
Simplicity by Design
Leverage new Java EE 6
features to build simple and
maintainable applications.
—Adam Bien
BUSINESS
IN TELLIGENCE / 56
Quickly Define KPIs
and Scorecards That
Use Them
Build key performance
indicators and scorecards in
your business intelligence
metadata with Oracle
Business Intelligence
Enterprise Edition 11g.
—Mark Rittman
BROWSER-BASED
/ 59
Extend Your Applications
Use plug-ins with Oracle
Application Express 4.0
to add custom components.
—David Peake
ORACLE EXADATA / 61
Simulation Demonstrates
Performance
Use Oracle Exadata
simulation in SQL
Performance Analyzer
to help predict how your
application will perform on
Oracle Exadata.
—Arup Nanda
ASK TOM / 65
On History, Invisibility,
and Moving
Our technologist counts on
histograms, proves hash
tables by example, and
moves CLOBs. —Tom Kyte
Comment / 69
IN THE FIELD / 69
Are You Change Enabled?
Iterate and inculcate change
along with its disruption.
—David Ferguson
IN THE FIELD / 70
Build Better Data
Warehouses
Oracle Exadata Database
Machine’s processing
capability means fewer
physical structures and
better BI. —Andy Flower
ANALYST’S CORNER
/ 72
The Case for Integrated
Systems Management
Efficient and cost-effective
systems management must
also do more. —David Baum
