 | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | Oracle CEO Mark Hurd Stresses Importance of Cloud in the Time of Tight IT Budgets | Oracle continued to hammer home its message on the value of Cloud at its CloudWorld event for customers and partners at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. Cloud is critical to IT because of a confluence of trends, said Mark Hurd, Oracle CEO, in his keynote. At the event, Steve Miranda, Oracle Executive Vice President of Applications Development, also offered assurance about Oracle's continuing support for on-premise applications. Full Article
|  | | Canonical Partners with Oracle to Increase Enterprise Cloud Adoption | Canonical, a gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), is working with Oracle to provide enterprises with flexibility in the way they develop and deploy large-scale workloads on Oracle Cloud. Certified Ubuntu images are now available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, to provide Oracle enterprise customers with new options for managing and scaling workloads. Full Article
|  | | Cognizant Acquires KBACE Technologies | Cognizant has acquired privately-held KBACE Technologies, Inc., a global consulting and technology services vendor specializing in cloud strategy, implementation, and integration. Cognizant says the acquisition of KBACE, which has a sizable base of Oracle Cloud Applications customers, will help strengthen and expand its digital capabilities as more clients move business applications to cloud-based IT infrastructures. Full Article
|  | | | | |  | | Journey to the Center of Top Oracle Content at COLLABORATE 16 | Cloud; Internet of Things; Mobile analytics; Cyber attacks; Security: disruptive technologies are significantly impacting IT professionals. Are you and your organization doing everything it takes to learn, assess and keep up?
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Learn More and Register Today |  | | Register for the Large Tape User Group (LTUG) Annual Spring Conference | The Large Tape User Group's (LTUG) Annual Spring conference is coming up around the corner on April 25-28 just outside of Denver, Colorado.
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The cost for three full days of Large Tape Education is only $320 if you register by March 6th. This includes all meals, networking activities and a trip to Wings over the Rockies. To register for the event, you must be a member of LTUG, so visit the LTUG website and sign up free of charge. LTUG Members must own or manage 10,000 slots in Oracle StorageTek tape libraries or have a minimum of 1 PB of data resident in Oracle StorageTek tape libraries.
Register Today |  | | IOUG February Member Spotlight | Every month IOUG shines the spotlight on one of our members! This month we are spotlighting Sam Brunacini, DB Platform Services Manager at Paychex, Inc.
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|  | | | | |  | | Updates on VMware Interoperability with Oracle ZFS Storage | Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CST
Featured Speakers: Bob Handlin, Principal Product Manager, Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance; Anderson Souza, Principal Software Engineer, Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance
Click Here to View Abstract and Register |  | | | | |  | | Partner Webcast: Oracle Forms 12c Upgrade: Assessing the Business Benefits | Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. CEST
Oracle Forms isn't just about data-entry into an Oracle Database any more. Using the latest version you can easily integrate with nearly any modern or legacy technology your application requires. Whether your application needs to include authentication using Oracle Access Manager, or communicating with Web Services, or running reports in Oracle Reports or Oracle BI-Publisher, or even working with Microsoft Office tools, Oracle Forms can get the job done.
Are you using an old version of Oracle Forms? Upgrade today and take advantage of countless new features and performance improvements. Join us in this free Oracle Partner Hub Migration Center Webcast as we drill down into the latest offering. Register Today |  | | | | |  | Quantum Computing is Not Science Fiction By Guy Harrison | The development of a functional and practical quantum computing system has been "pending" for some decades now, but there are some real signs that this technology may become decisive soon. The implications of cryptography are encouraging major government investment - both the U.S. and China, in particular, are heavily investing in quantum computing technology. The arms race to develop functional quantum computing has begun. Full Article |  | | | | |  | Founded in 1993, the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG) is a global membership organization for technology professionals who seek credible, relevant and timely information and education on Oracle technologies. Representing over 20,000 IT professionals and large, medium and small businesses, government and educational organizations, this independent community provides insight, experienced-based solutions and resources that empower DBAs, architects, developers, server administrators and IT managers to do their jobs better. The IOUG provides the professional Oracle user with qualified and vetted perspectives on technology trends, products and best practices; leading edge training and an advocacy channel back to Oracle Corporation. Web site resources include more than 3000 papers, tips and articles as well as networking through Special Interest Groups and a network of regional Oracle user groups. For more information about the IOUG, please visit the IOUG website, or call (312) 245-1579.
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