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Oracle Delivers Validated Oracle Linux Configurations
Oracle Database Migration Assistant for Unicode Unveiled
Oracle has released Oracle Database
Migration Assistant for Unicode, a tool for
migrating databases from legacy encodings to Unicode. Oracle Database Migration
Assistant for Unicode simplifies the migration process and lessens the need for character set migration expertise by guiding
DBAs through the migration process and
automating many tasks. For databases
that already use Unicode, Oracle Database
Migration Assistant for Unicode has a validation mode that identifies data not correctly
encoded and provides a health check on
potential issues.
Oracle Database Migration Assistant
for Unicode is available free from Oracle
Technology Network and My Oracle Support.
The two download packages are identical,
but the first is available under the Oracle
Technology Network Developer License
(which allows users to evaluate the tool),
while the second is provided under the
database support contract (which permits
migration of production databases covered
by the contract).
“This new tool makes it easy for cus-
tomers to migrate their databases to
Unicode, whether they are expanding the
global reach of their database applications
or consolidating their global databases,”
says Andy Mendelsohn, senior vice president
of database server technologies at Oracle.
“It allows customers to quickly identify and
cleanse problematic data to ensure a safe
migration to Unicode, while its unique in-
place conversion technology significantly
reduces the migration downtime.”
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Oracle Introduces AutoVue 20. 1
Oracle has unveiled AutoVue 20. 1, the latest
release of its family of enterprise visualization solutions, which delivers a robust
enterprise-class architecture that can serve
an organization’s complete document visualization needs within a single platform.
The release includes new electronic
computer-aided design features that
support end-to-end, design-to-manufacture
processes for customers in electronics and
high technology; improved support for
paper-based processes for customers in
asset-intensive industries; and new integration capabilities that enable partners to
build customized solutions. AutoVue 20. 1
also includes performance, reliability, and
stability enhancements and new tools to
simplify deployment and administration.
“The value of enterprise visualization is to
synthesize visual and nonvisual information in
the context of specific business processes to
increase efficiency and improve a company’s
bottom line,” says Thierry Bonfante, senior
director, AutoVue product strategy/
management at Oracle. “We have implemented a rich hotspotting framework that
can associate parts of drawings to any logic
contained in enterprise systems and delivered
several high-value business process solutions.”
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Oracle Health Sciences Clinical Development Center 3. 1 Introduced
Now available, Oracle Health Sciences
Clinical Development Center 3. 1 is a solution
for integrating, managing, and analyzing
clinical trial information. It improves integration, increases automation, and expands
data standardization to enable accelerated
processing of clinical trial data from multiple
sources in a variety of formats.
The automated data load and new
execution triggers in Oracle Health Sciences
Clinical Development Center increase the
timeliness and accuracy of data analysis. The
software can rerun routines and programs
automatically when new data arrives.
“Oracle Health Sciences Clinical
Development Center 3. 1 enables organiza-
tions to further accelerate data aggregation
and reconciliation, streamline preparation
for analysis, automate the downstream
analysis process, and ensure control and
compliance,” says Neil de Crescenzo, senior
vice president and general manager of Oracle
Health Sciences.
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Oracle On Demand Adds
Strong Authentication
