Oracle Update for May

Oracle 11g Forms New Features:

Good news for Forms developers, At last the Forms modernization page has some content. The link for forms new features has been enabled and Case Study in Modernization is ready.
As we heard before Interoperability, Deployment and Administration are the focus for this new Forms version.

Oracle Forms 11g New Features :

-> External Events
BPEL (Business Process Expression Language)
Asynchronous Events
-> JavaScript Integration
-> Proxy User Support
-> EM Integration
-> Java Pooling for Reports
-> Java Events ( Making PJCs capable of raising events on the server
-> PL/SQL Tracing (Enhancements for existing PL/SQL Tracing)
-> Oracle Diagnostic Logging

Don’t forget to watch the below link for new features of Oracle Forms 11g:
http://download.oracle.com/otndocs/demos/modernizeforms/New_v11_features/New%20v11%20features.html

Forms modernization page :
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/forms_modernization.html

Case Study in Modernization :
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms/pdf/formssoa_case_study.pdf


Oracle 11g Forms Release :

One more news is that Oracle 11g forms is targeted for release later this year. It was supposed to be in production in FY 2008(May 2008). When I wrote to Grant Ronald (Group Product Manager in Oracle's Tools Division) asking about 11g forms , he replied me saying “It is targeted for release later this year”.

Do you know?

=> Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) was released in two phases.
The first phase (version number 10.1.2.0.0) contained several components such as Oracle Portal, OracleAS Containers for J2EE (OC4J), Oracle Discoverer, and so on. But this phase did not contain certain other components such as Oracle Reports, Oracle Forms, and so on.
The second phase (version number 10.1.2.0.2) contains all the OracleAS components,including phase 1 components, Oracle Reports, Oracle Forms, and so on.

=> Larry Ellison ($26 billion) is America's 4th richest:
Larry Ellison chief executive of Oracle Corporation the is the 4th richest according to Forbes Magazine’s latest list of the wealthiest Americans. Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest person in America.
=>Since release 9i, Oracle Reports uses Business Intelligence Beans (BI Beans) to create and display graphs in reports. There is no direct migration path from Oracle Graphics to the BI Beans graphing functionality. As such, the user will need to rewrite all of their graphs using oracle using the new Graph Wizard within the Oracle Reports Builder 10g.

=>Oracle Express data source is deprecated in Oracle Reports 10g Release 2 (10.1.2). You should plan to migrate your Express data to the OLAP option provided with Oracle Database. Use OLAP data source in Oracle Reports 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) to create your reports based on OLAP data.

Closing and hiding of browser-window in forms :

Nice articles by Gerd Volberg.
Hiding the browser window when you start the application :
http://talk2gerd.blogspot.com/2007/10/forms-startup-part-1.html
Closing the browser window when you shutdown the application :
http://talk2gerd.blogspot.com/2008/06/forms-shutdown.html


Oracle Buys AdminServer :

Expands Oracle’s Applications Drive into Insurance
On May 13, 2008 Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire AdminServer, a rapidly growing provider of insurance policy administration software. AdminServer's product offering will become a core component of Oracle's existing insurance industry software footprint that is already used by more than one thousand insurers including 20 of the top 20 global insurance companies.

For Other details Check the following link :
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2008_may/adminserver.html

i-flex solutions limited to change its name to Oracle Financial Services Limited ::

The Board of Directors of i-flex solutions Ltd. (Reuters: IFLX.BO & IFLX.NS) at its meeting held today in Mumbai, approved a proposal to change the name of i-flex solutions Ltd. to Oracle Financial Services Limited, subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals.

=> i-flex provides IT solutions exclusively to the financial services industry worldwide.
=> Oracle Global holds 80.58% shares in i-flex solutions
=> i-flex is a world leader in providing IT solutions to the financial services industry, with more than 790 customers in over 130 countries
=> The i-flex products portfolio consists of FLEXCUBE—the world's No. 1 selling core banking solution for five consecutive years—2002-2006 by the UK-based International Banking Systems (IBS).


For Other details Check the following link :
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2008_apr/ofs.html

Oracle and Satyam Computers to Co-Develop Business Process Integration for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM):
Oracle and Satyam Computer Services, Ltd., a leading global consulting and IT services provider, announced a co-development agreement to build Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Process Integration Packs for Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). The PLM Process Integration Pack will enable rapid implementation of Oracle's next generation integrated enterprise PLM processes and will help customers in reduce the cost and risk associated with typical third-party and custom integrations.
For Other details Check the following link :
http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2008_apr/aia-satyam.html

Oracle Technology Network Developer Day, Bangalore:

Last month , I attended Oracle Technology Network Developer Day, Bangalore. It was a gr8 experience for me. The focus was on the Open Source Software from oracle. Please find the presentations of the developer’s day:

To access the presentations made at the Oracle Developer Day, kindly click on the links below:
=>Getting started with Oracle Database development
=>Oracle SQL Developer Overview, New Features and the Future
=>Oracle Application Express, an alternative for Forms and Reports Developers
=>Migrating from 3rd Party Databases to Oracle Database 11g
=>Upgrading to Oracle Database 11g , What you need to know!
=>Java and scripting languages with Oracle Database 11g
For additional technical information on theses technologies, please visit http://www.oracle.com/technology
Other important links you could access for more information are:

=> Oracle Database 11g: http://www.oracle.com/database
=> Service Oriented Architecture: http://www.oracle.com/soa
=> Java: http://oracle.com/technology/java
=> Oracle Database 10g Express Edition:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/xe
=> Oracle JDeveloper: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev
=> Oracle SQL Developer:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/sql_developer
=> JavaServer Faces: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/java/jsf
=> Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/java/ejb30
=> BPEL: http://www.oracle.com/appserver/bpel_home
=> Web services: http://www.oracle.com/technology/webservices
=> Oracle Application Express Edition:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/application_express
=> J2EE for Forms/ Designer Developers:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/collateral/4gl/formsdesignerj2ee
=> Oracle VM: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/virtualization

?? ? ? Future Of Oracle Forms ?? ? ?
Hi,
What is the future of oracle forms? If you have any queries or opinions or suggestions anything related to above please mail me.
==> Sreekanth Babu Vakiti (Vakiti.sreekanth@gmail.com)

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