I'm highlighting OpenWorld 2008 presentations that cover some of the most popular E-Business Suite technology stack topics. A catalog of all of the Applications Technology track sessions with links to the presentations is available here:
We have an Applications Performance Group whose raison-d'etre is to ensure that the E-Business Suite runs at peak performance in all circumstances. This team has helped tune the world's largest companies and their E-Business Suite environments to handle staggering amounts of transactional volume in enormous databases. This is the same group that publishes all of the official Oracle Apps benchmarks, white papers, and performance metrics.
Their OpenWorld sessions are a perennial favourite with hardcore Apps DBAs looking to squeeze out the last ounce of performance out of their existing hardware. Isam Alyousfi and Lester Gutierrez from our Applications Performance Group share their hard-won performance tuning tips in this in-depth session:

Many of you have raised questions about why mod_plsql was removed from Release 12. Others have asked what to do about their mod_plsql-based Apps 11i customizations and extensions when upgrading to R12. George Buzsaki,our preeminent E-Business Suite architect, has put together an excellent new whitepaper that addresses these topics, and more...
Our Applications Platforms Group has released a new whitepaper that describes steps for removing an Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 environment from a Windows system: How to Remove an Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Windows Environment (Metalink Note 567507.1) There...
A colleague has just pulled off an impressive feat that I wouldn't have attempted myself: she's collected practical tips and advice on how to do Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 implementations and upgrades. She's consolidated input from Oracle's Support, Consulting, IT, and Development groups into a new whitepaper:
Some readers complain that we don't have sufficient documentation to cover all possible scenarios and topics of interest. This is a valid observation. As your E-Business Suite deployments grow in complexity and scope, keeping ahead of your questions and new...
[July 16, 2008: Added two more vital resources to this list, instantly rendering the title of this article inaccurate.] [May 14, 2008 Update: It turns out that the original diagram from Eugene's presentation could use some refining. Diagram replaced with...
Customers, partners and system integrators often develop extensions to Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) applications. Such extensions have traditionally used the same technology stack (Forms or OA Framework) that the original EBS application was built with. This ensured that the extensions...
Here's another significant piece of news: it's now possible to migrate your E-Business Suite Release 12 application tier servers from one operating system platform to another. We're pleased to announce the availability of our new Oracle Applications Platform Migration Methodology...
If you've been considering the best way to upgrade your E-Business Suite Release 11i environment to Release 12, I strongly recommend that you check out Eugene Weinstein and Nigel Cooper's excellent OpenWorld 2007 presentation:Upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12: ...
I've recently published a new Oracle whitepaper that compares combinations of browsers with JInitiator and the native Sun Java plug-in (JRE) to determine which is best for low-specification clients. It provides specific scenarios and examples showing where there is little...
[June 20 Update: Our blogging software temporarily lost its mind and somehow misnumbered the list at the heart of this article. There are only seven tips here, not ten.] I've previously discussed the Top 5 Myths About Patching Apps Environments. ...
Database sizing for the E-Business Suite can be a tricky business. Doing sizing estimates for major upgrades, like moving from Apps 11i to 12 can be even tricker, given the degree of data model changes involved.Our Applications Performance Group has...
If you're working with Release 12, you'll be pleased to hear that our Applications Technology Group Security team has just published a new document detailing our best practices security recommendations for this release.Like its Release 11i cousin, this document covers...
In my previous article "Configuring Middle-Tier JVMs for Applications 11i" I provided some suggestions in the paragraph "Rough Guidelines for JVMs" as to how many JVMs could be implemented as an initial starting point. Subsequent to that blog article, Guidelines...
Some people consider tuning the performance of Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) in an E-Business Suite environment to be more of an art than science. These comments usually result because of the large number of factors that may be considered, factors...
Editor Feb 2 Update: A recording of the first webcast discussing these changes is available here. A second webcast will be held on Feb 14. To put it delicately, the implications of Daylight Saving Time 2007 changes for E-Business Suite...
Our recently-announced new techstack baseline for Release 11i has triggered a lot of questions, particularly around desupport timing for older configurations, certification baselines for new patches, and the availability of old patches.In response, we've just published a new version of...
[Oct. 27, 2008 Update: The latest version of this popular presentation from OpenWorld 2008 is now available for download. The latest presentation covers Oracle's upgrade from Release 11i to Release 12. For links to the latest version, see this article.]...
Customers have been comfortably using the E-Business Suite behind corporate firewalls for years now without any worries. Increasingly, however, Applications environments are being exposed to supplies, partners, and customers outside of a corporate firewall like this:Amongst other potential concerns, this...
If you use an RSS reader, you can subscribe to a feed of all future entries tagged 'whitepapers'.