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Oracle Applications
Users Group

OAUG eNews

 Global Users.
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oaug.org July 24, 2007 Volume VII / Issue 14

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In This Issue

OAUG Vendor Product Awareness Sessions Still Available — Reserve Your Session Today!

Oracle Applications Users Group

The OAUG is currently accepting applications to host 2007 Vendor Product Awareness (VPA) sessions. Via an interactive Webcast, VPA sessions give OAUG Associate members the opportunity to showcase products and/or services that complement Oracle Applications.

If you are an OAUG Associate member that is already taking part in the VPA program and you thought you had maxed out on the number of sessions available in 2007, you’re in luck! OAUG has extended the maximum number of sessions to nine (9) per year, per company.

If you are not yet taking part in the VPA program, find out how your organization can host a VPA session.

For more information about the OAUG VPA program or session availability, contact Erin Kirshtein at +1 404.760.8173 or ekirshtein@oaug.com.

OAUG News

President’s Corner

2007 OAUG President Jan Wagner

2007 OAUG President Jan Wagner

Last week, the OAUG distributed the OAUG Community Assessment, a survey seeking your feedback on the various tools, resources and services provided by the OAUG.

This is an important initiative and your participation is vital. I encourage you to complete the assessment to share your opinion about how well the OAUG is meeting the needs of the Oracle user group community today and how we can provide relevant benefits in the future.

The OAUG Community Assessment will only be available until August 5, 2007. If you did not receive the assessment by e-mail, you may complete it online.

The OAUG exists to serve the Oracle Applications community, and we need to hear from you to know how we are doing. After all, “you are the ‘U’ in OAUG.”

Thank you in advance for your time and participation.

 — Jan Wagner, OAUG President

OAUG Announces Key Alliance with Oracle Applications Users Group Nederland

The OAUG is pleased to announce its partnership with the Oracle Applications Users Group Nederland (OAUG NL). Through the partnership, OAUG NL members will have expanded access to the OAUG community and can take advantage of the numerous education, networking, training and support resources the OAUG provides to enhance productivity and empower users to maximize their investment in Oracle Applications. For more information about the OAUG NL, visit their Web site.

OAUG Enhancement Requests Accepted in Fusion Development

Last year, the OAUG expanded its Enhancement Request System (ERS) to include feature requests for Oracle Fusion. This year, the OAUG is pleased to announce that Oracle has distributed the results of last summer’s ERS voting and endorsed immediate use of the OAUG’s ERS for the submission of requests for E-Business Suite, Siebel, Oracle Retail, and PeopleSoft for the 2007 voting cycle.

Of the 287 top-ranked enhancement requests from 2006, Oracle initially reports that 79 percent of the requests were accepted in Fusion, either in 1.0 or a subsequent release. The remaining requests either require additional information or were determined to be out of scope. A summary of the 2006 ERS voting results (MS Excel file) is available to OAUG members.

If you wish to submit an enhancement for 2007, the ERS is now open! Login to the Enhancement Request System to submit your enhancements today!

Basheer Khan, 2007 OAUG Executive Vice President, Featured in Oracle AppCast

Basheer Khan, 2007 OAUG executive vice president, was featured in the June 26, 2007, Oracle AppCast. During the online interview Khan talks about his experience in working with Oracle and users of Oracle products, the tremendous value in being active in the user community, the significant learning and networking opportunities provided at OAUG conferences and events, OAUG’s Fusion Council, Oracle’s Application Integration Architecture and more. Listen to the AppCast (MP3 audio file).

Hear all of the latest AppCasts on Oracle’s Web site, or subscribe to the AppCast feed with your RSS or podcasting program.

Oracle News

Learn about Oracle Fusion Middleware Solutions at Oracle Day

Oracle Day is a premier event that unites your business operations and IT infrastructure to increase the combined value of investments in Oracle Applications and Technology. Join us at this event where IT decision makers and business operations experts learn how Oracle Fusion Middleware solutions enable you to maximize the effectiveness of your Oracle business applications now and in the future.

Wednesday, August 8, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Marriott Marquis Times Square
1535 Broadway Avenue
New York, NY 10036

Visit the Oracle Day Web site for all the details.

Oracle Database 11g Launch

Oracle announced the launch of Oracle Database 11g in a live Webcast on July 11, 2007. Watch a recording of the Webcast on the Oracle Web site.

Monday News — Oracle Updates for the OAUG Community

Monday News is a collection of Oracle news items of interest to the OAUG community and is published the first Monday of every month. The July 2, 2007, edition is now available on the Oracle Web site. Highlights include:

Be sure to check the OAUG Web site often for the latest edition.

Oracle On Demand

Get a glimpse of Oracle’s “best-kept secret.” Discover the future of IT! Join Oracle On Demand Senior Vice President Mike Beck for a tour of Oracle’s Austin Data Center and download a free Forrester white paper, IT Operations and Systems Management: The Next Five Years.

Turn up the information business power. Watch this free on-demand Webcast to see how Oracle On Demand addresses your TCO, ROI and business impact of your IT investment.

Drive Better Results with Top-Down Application Management

Get your free Oracle Enterprise Manager DVD kit, containing database, middleware, applications and other typical data center components. Oracle Enterprise Manager helps organizations increase IT insight and reduce resolution times with integrated management.

New Self-Study Courses from Oracle University

PeopleSoft Enterprise 9 and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne courses are now available in self-study CD format from Oracle University. These self-study options allow you to convert your desktop into a classroom and take essential courses from a CD. (more…)

Vendor Product Awareness Sessions

A learning opportunity for OAUG members! Participate in these free educational sessions that are held several times each month. The interactive teleconference or Webcast sessions provide information about a variety of products and services that complement Oracle Applications. Upcoming sessions are listed below. Session abstracts are available on the OAUG Web site.

The OAUG is now accepting applications from the OAUG Associate member community for 2007 OAUG Vendor Product Awareness (VPA) sessions. If your company is interested in hosting a VPA session, please refer to the OAUG VPA provider information page or contact Erin Kirshtein, OAUG member services coordinator, at +1 404.760.8173 or ekirshtein@oaug.com.

Simplify Your Business

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OAUG eLearning

New OAUG Training Wednesdays

Demand for OAUG educational content has grown such that the OAUG is now pleased to announce an additional day of eLearning every week! OAUG Training Wednesdays now offer the same type of quality educational sessions OAUG members have come to expect with OAUG Training Tuesdays. Like all OAUG eLearning sessions, OAUG Training Wednesdays sessions are free to OAUG members, but registration is required and seating is limited, so you are encouraged to review the schedule of eLearning offerings and register today!

Demystifying Fusion: Featured During OAUG Community Thursdays

Now through September, OAUG’s Community Thursdays eLearning program will include a number of presentations from the Demystifying Fusion training series. The sessions will cover the following topics: WebCenter; Oracle Design Patterns; Business Process Analysis (BPA); and JDeveloper for Oracle Applications. Space is limited and registration is required. So, check the full OAUG eLearning calendar and make your reservation today.

Submit Your Presentation on the OAUG Web Site

Interested in presenting an eLearning session with the OAUG? You may submit a presentation for consideration on the OAUG Web site. If you present a session for OAUG eLearning your name and company will be mentioned in OAUG eNews and OAUG Education Network.

Please contact OAUG eLearning at elearning@oaug.com with any questions regarding eLearning session submission.

OAUG eLearning: Special Thanks

The OAUG would like to thank the following OAUG members and eLearning presenters:

Learn more about these scheduled sessions via the OAUG Training Tuesdays, OAUG Training Wednesdays and OAUG Community Thursdays schedules on the OAUG Web site.

Please note that OAUG eLearning sessions are limited to OAUG members only and space is limited. Registration is required for all OAUG eLearning sessions.

OAUG Conference and Event Updates

The Mobile CRM Summer Tour

Multiple Dates
Multiple Locations

Brought to you by, Cingular, the new AT&T, Antenna Software, BlackBerry and OAUG, the Mobile CRM Summer Tour will feature live demonstrations of wireless CRM. This is an exceptional opportunity to learn from customers and IT experts how to unlock the power of your CRM system.

Join the CRM Summer Tour at one of the following sessions in July:

Attendance is free, but registration is required.

Oracle OpenWorld 2007

Oracle OpenWorld
November 11-15, 2007
Moscone Center
San Francisco, California

Visit the Oracle Web site for an overview of Oracle OpenWorld 2007.

Oracle With 20:20 Foresight

Oracle With 20:20 Foresight
Presented by Australian Oracle User Group (AUSOUG) and OAUG
November 20-21, 2007
Sheraton Perth
Perth, Australia
November 26-27, 2007
Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre
Melbourne, Australia

Conference and registration information is available on the AUSOUG Web site.

COLLABORATE 08: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community

COLLABORATE 08: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community
Presented by IOUG, OAUG and Quest
April 13-17, 2008
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado, USA

Save the Date for COLLABORATE 08.

The COLLABORATE 08 call for presentations will open in August. Exhibitor and sponsorship information will also be available soon. Watch for more information to come.

User Community News

OAUG and the CRM Community — Working Together

The Fusion CRM User Group, an affiliate of OAUG, announces the creation of the Oracle CRM Community, an integrated community comprised of the PeopleSoft Enterprise, Fusion, Siebel and E-Business Suite CRM User Groups. The mission of the Oracle CRM Community is to provide a forum for sharing information and expertise among all users regarding the selection, implementation and effective use of Oracle CRM applications. The overarching goal for this group is to foster community by building alliances with like-minded organizations to facilitate collaboration and education.

Read more about the Oracle CRM Community, including the group’s relationship with Oracle, Board of Directors reorganization, affiliation with the OAUG and enhanced communications/Web site initiatives, in the announcement letter from Audrey R. Bledsoe, president, Oracle CRM Community.

DMUG Fall 2007 Conference

September 17-20, 2007
Millennium Hotel
Saint Louis, Mo.

Call for Presentations

The Distributors’ and Manufacturers’ Users Group (DMUG), an affiliate of OAUG, invites you to share your implementation strategies and product experiences to help others shorten the learning curve related to PeopleSoft products. Visit the DMUG Web site to find out how to submit your presentation for consideration.

Conference Registration

Register today for the DMUG Fall 2007 Conference!

OAUG Migration and Integration SIG — Oracle Application Integration Architecture

We invite you to join the revitalized OAUG Migration and Integration SIG (MIGSIG). We are currently restructuring this SIG to cover the challenges around adoption and implementation of SOA, specifically leveraging Oracle’s Application Integration Architecture. Application Integration Architecture is the Oracle Framework for integration development using an SOA-based framework.

We are very excited about this visionary SIG and are working hard to bring together field experience and ideas from all sources in this new field. In addition to Application Integration Architecture, we will continue to cover areas of interest in day-to-day migration and integration challenges.

While we are refining the home page for this SIG, please send your membership request to migsig@oaug.com with subject line “Join MIG-SIG.” Once you have signed up, you will start to receive the quarterly MIGSIG newsletter and invitations to eLearning sessions on Oracle’s Application Integration Architecture.

Product Lifecycle Management SIG (Oracle PIM-PLM)

The OAUG is pleased to announce the newly-formed Product Lifecycle Management SIG (Oracle PIM-PLM), which has been established to facilitate interaction between Oracle PLM and Oracle PIM Data Hub customers and partners.

If you are interested in joining the SIG, please complete the online membership application. You will then be added to the communications distribution list for future updates regarding SIG activities and information.

The Web Services SIG is now the Service Oriented Architecture SIG

The OAUG Web Services SIG (WSSIG) has changed its name to the Service Oriented Architecture SIG (SOA SIG). The name change reflects the SIG’s expanded focus on Service Oriented Architecture as a full solution. In response to feedback from the OAUG user community, the SOA SIG is working to provide information and resources for members to use in developing business cases for migrating toward Service Oriented Architectures.

The SOA SIG will still provide a forum for members to share information and best practices on the effective use of Web Services with Oracle Applications since Web Services are a subset of Service Oriented Architecture. The SIG Web site and other resources will be undergoing updating to reflect these changes in the near future. For additional information, please visit the SIG Web site.

Upcoming Geo/SIG Meetings

Click on the links for details regarding registration, agendas, presenter and sponsorship opportunities.

Oracle Retail Users Group (ORUG) Update

Oracle Retail Users Group 2007 - 2009 Board of Directors

ORUG recently held elections for its 2007 - 2009 Board of Directors. Thanks to all who participated in the election!

ORUG 2007 - 2009 Board of Directors:

If you are interested in volunteering or participating in the ORUG , please contact ArMand Nelson at armand.nelson@gandermountain.com.

Oracle Retail Users Group Functional SIG

Coordinator: Armand Nelson, Gander Mountain

Meets the second Thursday of each month at 10:00 a.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. CT and at 4:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. PT.

Toll-free (US): 1.866.915.6284
Direct: +1 617.801.9600
Participant Code: 30281301

More information is available on the OAUG Web site.

Oracle Retail Users Group Technical SIG

Meeting Schedule and Agenda

Meetings are regularly scheduled for the third Wednesday of every other month.

If you have any agenda requests, please send an e-mail to Miles.Thomas@uk.tesco.com two to three weeks prior to the call. Additionally, if you would like to receive call reminders and minutes directly, please also e-mail Miles.Thomas@uk.tesco.com to be added to the distribution list.

Toll-free (US): 1.866.915.6284
Direct Dial: +1 617.801.9600
Participant Code: 65199619

Products Represented

New Listserver is Available

ORUG now offers a listserver so users can exchange questions and comments via e-mail.

To subscribe to the listserver, e-mail ArMand Nelson at armand.nelson@gandermountain.com with the following information:

When your e-mail address is subscribed to the list you will receive an e-mail confirmation.

To post a question or comment send an e-mail to orug@aqslists.com.

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