OAUG Upgrade SIG

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OAUG Upgrade SIG

• San Francisco, CA October 11-15
• Dont Miss Collaborate 10!
• April 18-22, 2010, Mandalay Bay Convention
  Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Call For Papers Ends October 20th

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Upgrade SIG

• Welcome
• Chair Sandra Vucinic, VLAD Group
• OAUG Member Benefits
• Upgrade SIG Overview
• Upgrade SIG Areas of Focus
• Upgrade SIG Elections
• Share Your Knowledge
• Papers and Presentations About Upgrading
• Upgrade SIG Q A

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Member Benefits

• Advocacy opportunities to influence Oracle on
  product enhancements, usability, new features,
  Oracle support, pricing and quality
• Knowledge that showcases the latest trends and
  techniques used by industry leaders through our
  national and regional events and our
  publications, such as OAUG Insight magazine
• Communication with other OAUG members worldwide
  through participation in OAUG committees,
  leadership positions, interaction with Oracle
  Corporation's user initiatives, frequent member
  surveys, and Oracle management briefings
• Education through the hundreds of
  career-enhancing presentations in our conference
  paper database archive, as well as discounts to
  conferences and Oracle education
• Networking with Oracle customers, industry
  experts, third-party software firms, and other
  Oracle Applications specialists through our
  Member Database and Online Vendor Directory

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Oracle Applications Users Group(OAUG)

• THE worlds largest knowledge base for Oracle
  Applications users
• Networking opportunities with over 118,000
  members worldwide
• Access to over 50,000 white papers in the online
  OAUG Conference Paper Database
• FREE online training every Tuesday, Wednesday and
  Thursday for OAUG members
• Oracle OpenWorld Introductory OAUG membership
  receive 18 months of membership for the price of
  12.
• Learn more about the OAUG in the Oracle Users
  Group Pavilion, Moscone West, Lobby Level 2

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Oracle Applications Users Group(OAUG)

• The largest independent user group serving Oracle
  Applications Users, including
• - Oracle E-Business Suite - PeopleSoft
• - Siebel - Hyperion
• - Oracle Retail - Oracle Communications
• - Oracle Fusion
• The home of the OAUG Knowledge Factory TM, the
  online content and community resource offering
  thousands of white papers and conference
  presentations, articles, discussions, blogs and
  more.
• Exceptional education via user-driven
  conferences, boot camps and eLearning
  presentations.
• Networking with peers and experts.
• OAUG SkillsMarketplace, a specialized job board.
• Advocacy to Oracle via established councils and
  committees.
• Learn more about the OAUG in the Oracle Users
  Group Pavilion

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Upgrade SIG

• The OAUGs Upgrade Special Interest Group
  (Upgrade SIG) focuses on issues relating to
  upgrading Oracle Applications from Release from
  11i to Release 12.x
• These issues include technology stack
  requirements, performance techniques, various
  upgrade tools and methodology, specific platform
  related information and current Oracle
  announcements on desupport and availability
  issues

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Upgrade SIG

• Share knowledge and experience about a variety of
  topics pertaining to Oracle Applications
  upgrades, migrations and desupport issues
• Provide input and recommendations to Oracle
  regarding potential desupport impact
• Work with Oracle to minimize licensing costs
  arising from upgrades or migrations

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Upgrade SIG Areas of Focus

• Release 11.5.10.2/Release 12 Upgrades
• Problem Upgrade Scripts
• Patching / Patch Wizard
• Apps Database Administrator Roles and
  Responsibilities
• Third Party Tools
• Useful Links

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Upgrade SIG Election Results

• Sandra Vucinic, Chair
• Kaberi Nayak, Treasurer
• Barbara Matthews, Secretary
• John Stouffer, Past Chair

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Share Your Knowledge

• If youve written a paper or presentation that
  describes your E-Business Suite Upgrade
  experience, please let us share it with our
  members. Just send your pdf to Barb Matthews
  (barb_at_oncalldba.com)

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Papers/Presentations on Upgrading

• S312120 IOUG CSI DBA--Anatomy of a Database
  Upgrade - Maria Anderson, Suncor Energy
• Sunday 10/11/2009 1030 - 1200
• Moscone West L2, Room 2003
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• S309792 Should I Upgrade in This Economy? - John
  Abel, Hitachi Data Systems Corp Bruce Kerns,
  Infosys
• Monday 10/12/2009 1430 - 1530
• Marriott Hotel, Nob Hill AB

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Papers/Presentations on Upgrading

• S311881 Oracle E-Business Suite 12 and Global
  Single-Instance Overview - Nayyar Siddiqui,
  Oracle
• Monday 10/12/2009 1430 - 1530
• Moscone West L3 Room 3024 
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• S308989 Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Upgrade Best
  Practices to Obtain Business Value - Dennis
  Horton, Oracle Gurunathan Sankaran, Merial
• Tuesday 10/13/2009 1300 - 1400
• Moscone West L3Room 3005  

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Papers/Presentations on Upgrading

• S309842 Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
  Release 12 Upgrade Case Studies - Mike
  McCullough, MoneyGram Amrita Mehrok, Oracle
  Camellia Petty, BMI Roxanne Shelton, ATT
• Tuesday 10/13/2009 1730 - 1830
• Moscone West L3 Room 3002/3004 
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• S307961 Upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite
  12.1 Technical and Functional Panel - Tony Kane,
  ATT Amrita Mehrok, Oracle Deep Ram, Oracle
  John Stouffer, Consultant Sandra Vucinic, VLAD
  Group, Inc.
• Wednesday 10/14/2009 1015 - 1115
• Moscone West L2 Room 2007  

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Papers/Presentations on Upgrading

• S309306 Upgrading to Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g
  - Michael Rubino, Oracle Reza Shafii, Oracle
• Thursday 10/15/2009 1030 - 1130
• Moscone South Room 304
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• S311814 Oracle Database Upgrade Hands-on Lab,
  Part I - Mike Dietrich, Oracle Cindy Lim,
  Oracle Brian McCarthy, Oracle Carol Palmer,
  Oracle Roy Swonger, Oracle Carol Tagliaferri,
  Oracle Mark Richwine, Oracle
• Thursday 10/15/2009 1200 - 1300
• Marriott Hotel Golden Gate B2  

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Papers/Presentations on Upgrading

• S311815 Oracle Database Upgrade Hands-on Lab,
  Part II - Mike Dietrich, Oracle Cindy Lim,
  Oracle Brian McCarthy, Oracle Carol Palmer,
  Oracle Roy Swonger, Oracle Carol Tagliaferri,
  Oracle Mark Richwine, Oracle
• Thursday 10/15/2009 1330 - 1430
• Marriott Hotel Golden Gate B2
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• S307957 Oracle E-Business Suite 12 Upgrade and
  Reimplementation Factors - Dennis Horton, Oracle
  Deep Ram, Oracle
• Thursday 10/15/2009 1500 - 1600
• Moscone West L2 Room 2002/2004

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News From Oracle

• The Oracle User Experience team is recruiting
  IT gurus who patch their Oracle E-Business Suite
  applications suite and manage, plan, or create
  maintenance windows or maintenance schedules of
  their Oracle E-Business Suite applications suites
  to give your feedback on an early design concept
  of a Next Generation AD Patch tool.  The
  recruitment is for a limited set of people, so
  Hurry!  The usability sessions will
  be conducted on Oct 13th and Oct 14th at
  InterContinental Hotel, San Franciso, CA in room
  Laurel Hill or Catherdral Hall.Contact
  somnath.lokesh_at_oracle.com, alisa.hamai_at_oracle.com,
  gozel.aamoth_at_oracle.com for details.

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Upgrade SIG Q A

• Audience Profile
• Technical/Functional
• Applications
• Database
• Platflorm

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Guest Speakers

• Dennis Horton, Oracle
• Deep Ram, Oracle
• John Stouffer, Independent Consultant
• Sandra Vucinic, VLAD Group, Inc.

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Thank You!

• John Stouffer, Sr. Applications DBA
• john.w.stouffer_at_gmail.com
• Sandra Vucinic, Sr. Applications DBA
• sandrav_at_vladgroup.com
• http//upgdsig.oaug.org