On April 20, 2009, Oracle announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Sun Microsystems (Sun). The proposed transaction is subject to Sun stockholder approval, certain regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently, and it is business as usual.

The acquisition combines best-in-class enterprise software and mission-critical computing systems. Oracle plans to engineer and deliver an integrated system—applications to disk—where all the pieces fit and work together so customers do not have to do it themselves. Customers benefit as their system integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up.

Join Oracle President Charles Phillips and Oracle Senior Vice President Thomas Kurian for the launch of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g on July 1, 2009, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. Register today.

Be the first to hear about the product strategy and latest features in the newest release of Oracle Fusion Middleware. Whether your business focus is on products, services, people, or government, don't miss this chance to gain critical insight into the relevance of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g for your business.

You'll learn how the newest release of Oracle Fusion Middleware can serve as a comprehensive platform for your business and IT processes, connecting strategy to success across your enterprise. You'll find out how to:

• Make your business more agile, intelligent, and responsive
• Ensure long-term flexibility in heterogeneous IT environments
• Take advantage of modern software and hardware architectures—delivering both cost savings and innovation

• Register today!

If you're in EMEA, APAC or Japan, or Latin America, save the dates below and check back to register for live events in your area:

• EMEA: Paris (July 2), London (July 2), Munich (July 2)
• APAC/JAPAN: Sydney (July 9), Beijing (July 14), Seoul (July 15), Tokyo (July 17)
• LAD: Sao Paulo (July 21), Mexico City (July 23)

Two award winning platforms, Oracle MetaLink and Oracle Software Configuration Manager have been combined to bring you unprecedented personalized, proactive and collaborative support capabilities in one simplified platform.

My Oracle Support, Oracle's exclusive Web support portal, provides instant access to the latest support information, forums, communities and product alerts—all included as part of the annual Oracle Premier Support subscription.

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Experience instant provisioning with a Cloud Development Environment—brought to you by Oracle Technology Network and Amazon Web Services.

Join us for a new breed of free developer event at OTN's Virtual Developer Day. You'll learn how Cloud Development Environments can help enterprise Java developers create Java and Rich Enterprise Applications without having to download, and install and configure a development environment on your machine. Liberate your laptop and develop on a cloud!

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Oracle announces two new applications in Business Intelligence (BI) Applications Release 7.9.6, as well as certified support for Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, and significantly enhanced capabilities to to existing applications including Oracle Human Resources Analytics, and Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics.

New Applications
Oracle Project Analytics tracks the financial performance of projects for government agencies, engineering and construction companies, and professional services organizations using Projects capabilities in Oracle E-Business Suite or PeopleSoft Enterprise (read the press release). Oracle Loyalty Analytics enables organizations to recognize, reward, and retain valuable customers by delivering comprehensive visibility into loyalty programs, including measuring their effectiveness (read the related press release).

Enhanced Capabilities
Oracle BI Applications Release 7.9.6 also delivers new capabilities and content in Oracle Human Resources Analytics designed to help Human Resources (HR) professionals and front-line managers support talent management initiatives with up-to-the-minute insight into workforce performance and productivity levels across an organization. In addition, Oracle BI Applications also provides significant new enhancements to Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics to help purchasing and sourcing organizations identify savings opportunities, improve operational performance, ensure timely delivery of quality goods at low costs, and track reliability of supplier on-time delivery.

Oracle Business Intelligence Applications
A component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle BI Applications are comprehensive, prebuilt solutions for Oracle and non-Oracle Applications that help customers achieve fast time to value by reducing deployment time and lower overall total cost of ownership.

• Find out more about Oracle Business Inteligence Applications
• Read the press release