Yak about Apps...

Hello Everyone and Happy New Year!

I hope you all have been able to take some time off to enjoy the end of 2007 and plan for work and fun in 2008. 

For those who are ready to jump back into work, I wanted to let you know that we have taped and released, in an iSeminar format, Cliff Godwin's presentation from Oracle OpenWorld about Upgrading to Fusion Applications: Planning Ahead.

New tools and Next-Generation Applications give Customers Choice

Oracle application customers have a wide range of choices when it comes to planning ahead - staying with their current products, upgrading to the latest versions of the products, adopting new technology and putting a roadmap in place to move to the next generation product.  

As Oracle moves forward and continues to invest in their current industry-leading Applications Unlimited product lines, they are in parallel, investing in a next-generation set of products. This innovative upgrade strategy allows customers to structure their upgrade to the Fusion applications in an evolutionary fashion, making it possible for organizations to take advantage of some of the Fusion technologies early on; such as the Oracle Identity Management, the Oracle SOA Suite together with Oracle Application Integration Architecture etci??. while theyi??re still using their existing application systems.

For customers who would like to upgrade, Oracle will be delivering automated data upgrades, migration aids and tools to help customers create their own roadmap through the choices that make the most sense for their business needs.

Hear Cliff Godwin, Oraclei??s senior vice president of Applications Development, in a special iSeminar, talk about the benefits that drive upgrades, the importance of upgrading to latest Applications Unlimited releases and why upgrading to Fusion applications will be an evolutionary path. 

Thanks to Floyd Teter, I have been "Orablog Tagged". According to Jake at AppsLab, the Oracle blogosphere has been around for a while, and recently, with Twitter and Facebook usage on the rise, we are becoming a more tight-knit community.

The goal is to learn more about the people you interact with using New Web. So, here are eight things you probably doni??t know about me:

1) I enjoy playing games - bridge, scrabble, chinese checkers, etc.

2) I didn't get married until I was 40

3) I like to attend big sporting events like World Series and  Superbowls (remember, being single until 40 gave me a lot of disposable cash) and local events like the San Jose Sharks

4) I was a downhill slalom ski racer in highschool

5) I was an Old Style Girl in College (obviously I went to school in the midwest) and for those that have never had Old Style Beer, it is quite good and has been the proud sponsor of the Chicago Cubs since 1950

6) For the past 8 years, I have hosted a Superbowl party at my house. We not only have a football pool, but we get the advertising list prior and pool on who will have the best ad

7) I have been helping raise money for the Ronald McDonald House, who helps families who have kids with cancer, for 7 years by being an assistant chair for their fundraiser, Denim to Diamonds

8) I am inspired by my family and look forward to seeing them at the end of each day.

OK, so who can I tag - I'll go after people who haven't blogged in awhile to see if we can revive them. Luke Kowalski, Jeffrey Pease,  Terrance Wampler, Scott Weinberg, Ken Pulverman,