Oracle Applications are a collection of enterprise business applications, including ERP, SCM, and CRM applications, all utilizing Oracle's core relational database management system technologies. 

This quick demo gives you a great overview of the look and feel of BSD Group’s Oracle Extension for Rational Performance Tester, its features, and its capabilities. This plug-in will help you capture, record and playback transactions using Oracle NCA technology. View the demo now to learn more about increasing application visibility during testing. 

Consolidating and virtualizing application, web, and database tiers for enterprise Oracle® Siebel 8.0 CRM applications is one approach to help reduce costs and enhance flexibility. Read this paper to learn about Sun's platform for the Oracle Siebel CRM software stack. 

Sawmill is a powerful hierarchical log analysis tool that runs on every major platform and operating system. 

Affordable data infrastructure solutions based on open standards that are inherently secure are now available to midsize organizations. Not only are they quick and easy to deploy, use and maintain, they are designed to meet the constraints of limited IT resources and budgets in the face of the current economic downturn. 

Project portfolio management solutions, such as those from Oracle, enable project leaders to successfully manage risk, even in this volatile climate. They also enable companies to identify the best strategies for pursuing existing projects and to identify the most-promising future projects for investment. 

As more and more IT shops deploy multitier middleware platforms and frameworks for the delivery of business-critical application services, they are expecting to garner the benefits of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) or composite application development approach: agility, flexibility, productivity, and extensibility. 

In this white paper, we're taking a closer look at how cost control goes hand-in-hand with process flexibility. Your IT infrastructure can help, with integrated, automated processes that enable your staff to get things done faster. 

The Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) was developed to solve the problems caused by loops in a bridged, or switched, topology. Read this paper for useful knowledge of the Spanning Tree Protocol - knowledge that will be useful for the CCNA exam. 

Check out this document to learn how to best achieve server security while supporting collaborative platforms. 

ECI's 1Net architecture helps service providers converge core Ethernet and DWDM networks for increased service flexibility while lowering operating and capital expenses. ECI's converged network not only addresses the needs of operators, but also sets a new standard for network efficiency and service quality. Read this whitepaper to find out more. 

Learn about some of our customers' favorite new features of Oracle Database 11g Release 2. Find out why this latest release is leaps and bounds better than Oracle Database 10g Release 2. 

Read this chapter from "HOWTO Secure and Audit Oracle 10g and 11g" (CRC Press, 2009) and learn how to secure Oracle by checking for weak passwords, configuring failed login policies, preventing DoS attacks with resource limits, and auditing user profiles.