News 2008
Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeling Early Adopter 2 December 3rd, 2008
Following a successful first early adopter release of Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeling, Oracle has incorporated a lot of changes and updates into the Early Adopter 2 release which is now available for download. For further information and to access a download, please click here...
Oracle Database 11g and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - Statement of Direction November 11th, 2008
Oracle has recently updated the Statement of Direction for support of Windows Server 2008. Database 10gR2 is currently supported on most editions of Windows Server 2008 - and this is expected to be extended to Database 11g first quarter 2009.
Oracle OpenWorld and Oracle Develop 2008: Slides and sample code from the Oracle on Windows and .NET events now avaliable October 7th, 2008
This years Oracle OpenWorld 2008 was a great success, especially for .NET developers who had their own Oracle Develop .NET track. Oracle Develop also helped .NET developers to learn about the latest Oracle and .NET features and network with other developers. Slides and sample code from these events are now available for download.
Oracle Develop (at OpenWorld 2008) - .NET agenda now available September 4th, 2008
Oracle Develop is an extended set of technical sessions for developers that will run alongside Oracle Open World 2008. The developer sessions will take place at the Marriott, San Francisco, September 21-23rd and include topics for .NET programmers. Attendees wil learn how to create a basic .NET Web application for Oracle using Microsoft Visual Studio, use Visual Studio wizards and designers to create database schema objects and auto-generate .NET code, create a .NET stored procedure in Oracle Database, debug PL/SQL in Visual Studio, leverage database change notification with .NET callbacks and learn tips and techniques to optimize application performance in .NET. We will be posting material on O-Zone as it becomes available for those unable to attend.
Real Application Testing now supports past releases September 4th, 2008
In response to growing customer demand, Oracle Real Application Testing now supports all releases of Oracle Database 10g and Oracle9i Database Release 2. Real Application Testing is an Enterprise Edition option that allows you to take a snapshot of the production environment for 'real-life' testing purposes. This is particularly valuable for migration projects and the availability of this option for users of earlier database editions will help manage the transition to Oracle Database 11g.
Oracle Application Express Patch Release and Statement of Direction September 4th, 2008
The Oracle Application Express 3.1.2.00.02 patch set can be applied to Oracle Application Express release 3.1.0.00.32 or Oracle Application Express release 3.1.1.00.09. Oracle9i release 2 (9.2.0.3) and higher supports this patch set. Patch sets provide bug fixes only; they do not include new functionality. To download APEX, please click here...
The latest Statement of Direction provides detail about version 3.2 and 4.0. APEX 3.2 will capture the design of existing Oracle Forms and automatically translate some (but not all) components. Oracle Application Express 4.0 will focus on declarative support for Web 2.0 features as well as the extensibility of the Application Express framework.
Gartner ranks Oracle as leading RDBMS software vendor August 27th, 2008
According to market research firm Gartner, Oracle is the leading worldwide relational database management system (RDBMS) software vendor based on total software revenue for 2007.
Oracle Develop August 27th, 2008
If you're planning to attend Oracle OpenWorld 2008, be sure to look out for the Oracle Develop events that will take place at the Marriott, San Francisco, September 21-23rd. The Oracle Develop sessions are part of Oracle OpenWorld 2008. They provide an opportunity to hear and learn from world-leading experts and your peers about next-generation development trends and technologies, including .NET. The expert led in-depth technical sessions, advanced how-tos and hands-on classes will help advance your skills and expand your knowledge. Thousands of developers attend Oracle Develop and 2008 promises to be the biggest program so far. Based on popular demand, Oracle has extended the conference by adding an additional day to include more sessions and hands-on labs. As an Oracle Develop attendee, you will also get access to OTN Night, Oracle OpenWorl and Exhibition Halls and keynotes.
Oracle Database 11g on Windows new World Record July 8th, 2008
Oracle has announced a new world record TPC-C benchmark for Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition One running on Windows. With this result, Oracle now holds the top three record benchmark positions in the Top Ten TPC-C price/performance category. Achieving 97,083 transactions per minute with a price/performance of $.68/tpmC, Oracle Database 11g Standard Edition One running on a Windows-based Dell PowerEdge 2900 server with one Intel Quad-Core Xeon 2.66 GHz processor, delivered the best price-per-transaction- per-minute ever achieved with the TPC-C benchmark. Oracle continues to lead in the TPC-C Price/Performance category with the top results on Windows and Linux.
Oracle SQL Developer - updated Statement of Direction July 2nd, 2008
Oracle has released an updated Statement of Direction for SQL Developer, downloads of which passed the 1 million mark in May, 2008. The next release of Oracle SQL Developer provides complete graphical, logical and physical data modeling delivered as an optional extension to SQL Developer. Customers who do not select the data modeling option will be able to continue to use the base SQL Developer product. The base product will continue to benefit from further updates, which will include unit testing and improved database support.
Organisations are adopting Oracle SQL Developer June 5th, 2008
rganisations are adopting Oracle SQL Developer, a free database development and migration tool, to simplify development cycles and reduce the need to buy third-party tools for developing and debugging SQL and PL/SQL code.
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Beta May 14th, 2008
With Service Pack 1, Visual Studio 2008 introduces a large assortment of new features for targeting Windows, Office and the Web. Developers building .NET applications will enjoy improved performance in the WPF designer, new components for Visual Basic and Visual C++ as well as an MFC-based Office 2007 Ribbon. Web developers will see continued improvement in the client-side script tooling including JavaScript IntelliSense. Full support for SQL Server 2008, the ADO.NET Entity Framework and performance improvements for the IDE are also included.
The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 delivers more controls, a streamlined setup, improved start-up performance and powerful new graphics features for client development and rich data scaffolding, improved AJAX support and other improvements for Web development. Additionally, it introduces the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services, which simplify data access code in applications by providing an extensible, conceptual model for data from any data source and enabling this model to closely reflect business requirements.
Looking for a new feature in Oracle .NET developer tools? May 16th, 2008
Click on one or more of the Oracle .NET products below to send your request to Oracle product management.
Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio
ODP.NET
Oracle Providers for ASP.NET
Oracle .NET Stored Procedures
All other Oracle .NET requests
Oracle Critical Patch Update. 17th April, 2008
The Critical Patch Update for April 2008 was released on April 15, 2008. Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible. The Critical Patch Update Advisory is the starting point for relevant information. It includes a list of products affected, pointers to obtain the patches, a summary of the security vulnerabilities and links to other important documents. To access the Critical Patch Update Advisory, please click here...
Statement of Direction for Oracle Database on MS Windows Server 2008
Oracle has announced a Statement of Direction that provides a road map for Oracle Database running on Microsoft Windows Server 2008. The latest 2008 edition of Microsoft Windows Server was released in February.
Organisations Ease Web Application Development with Application Express 3.1
In this announcement, Oracle describes how organisations are using Application Express 3.1 to rapidly develop data driven Web applications. Using only a Web browser and limited programming experience, developers can build and deploy professional applications that are both fast and secure. Application Express is integrated with all editions of Oracle Database 11g and Oracle Database 10g.
Real Application Clusters on Windows adoption
An increasing number of businesses are adopting Oracle's Real Application Clusters (RAC) to improve performance, reliability and scalability of critical applications. With this news announcement, Oracle provides detail about an important adoption of this technology on the Windows platform. TALX Corporation has deployed RAC on an Oracle Database 10g on Windows configuration.