Up Front / 6
FROM OUR
READERS / 6
Readers tell us what
they think.
FROM THE EDITOR / 8
Video Conversion
—Tom Haunert
WORK IN
PROGRESS / 11
33,000 and Counting
People have questions, and
Tom Kyte has answers.
—Tom Haunert
MASHUP / 14
News, views, trends,
and tools
EVENTS / 17
Find out about upcoming
technology and industry
events.
RESOURCES / 19
Your guide to Oracle
Webcasts, podcasts, white
papers, and more
BRIEFS / 22
The latest product news
NEWS / 25
One for All
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c
provides a standards-based
platform for developing,
deploying, and consuming
cloud applications.
—Philip J. Gill
INTERVIEW / 26
Big Data Management
Oracle NoSQL Database
facilitates efficient storage of
massive amounts of data in a
simple, flexible format.
—Rich Schwerin
At Oracle / 17
PARTNER NEWS / 28
BOOK BEAT / 28
COMMUNI T Y
BULLETIN / 31
Drill Into Oracle Solaris 11
Find out how Oracle Solaris 11
will change your job.
—Rick Ramsey
ARCHI TEC T / 32
Creating Architecture
Seek inspiration for great IT
architecture solutions.
—Bob Rhubart
UP CLOSE / 34
IT Superman
IOUG President Andy Flower
guides his organization
on a powerful new course.
—Caroline Kvitka
PEER-TO-PEER / 35
Community Counts
Matsunobu Yoshinori,
Tariq Farooq, Dirk Nachbar
—Blair Campbell
Community / 28
ORACLE ADF / 51
A Template with Behavior
Use the Oracle ADF Dynamic
Tabs UI Shell template to build
rich internet applications.
—Frank Nimphius
BUSINESS
INTELLIGENCE / 55
On the Road with BI
Oracle Business Intelligence
Mobile gives your iOS device
the business. —Mark Rittman
PL/SQL 101 / 59
Error Management
Part 6 in a series of articles
on understanding and using
PL/SQL —Steven Feuerstein
ASK TOM / 65
On Unlearning and
Modeling
Our technologist goes back to
school for Oracle Exadata and
vows to be a MODEL student.
—Tom Kyte
SQL 101 / 71
Why WHERE Matters
Part 4 in a series on the
basics of the relational
database and SQL
—Melanie Caffrey
Technology / 51
IN THE FIELD / 75
Happiness Is a User Group
Feedback connects user
group membership to happy
customers. —Mike Riley
OUT TAKES / 76
On the Road
An interview with Oracle
President Mark Hurd
—Aaron Lazenby
Comment / 75
