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Oracle Sites

http://www.oracle.com/appsnet - online community for Oracle Applications users and implementers.

http://www.oracle.com/appsworld - AppsWorld will be merging with OracleWorld to become OpenWorld. The first attempt at this merger will be the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, December 6-10, 2004.

http://www.oracle.com/oracleworld - Attend this conference to obtain a comprehensive view of Oracle products, solutions, strategies, and technologies in one week. Download conference white papers and presentations from this site - if you visit the site ARCHIVE you can also retrieve presentations and white papers from past conferences.

http://download-east.oracle.com - Good site for Oracle downloads.

http://metalink.oracle.com - Oracle support site, user name and password required.

http://www.oraclefans.com - most useful feature is the forum.

http://searchoracle.techtarget.com - News and Tips on Oracle Databases and Applications. Claim to fame - the web's best independant resource for Oracle Professionals.

http://www.oracletricks.com - Oracle related Tricks, Tips and Work-Arounds.

http://forums.oracle.com - the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) Forum. This forum caters for three major categories, namely, the Oracle Technology Network (OTN), E-Business Suite and Oracle Partner Network.

Oracle Tools and Utilities

DataLoad - http://www.dataload.net Here you can download the DataLoad software as well as a variety of free templates that can assist you in capturing your data through the front end of Oracle Applications - this software is exceptionally easy to even if you are not technically minded!!

Oracle AIM (Applications Implementation Methodology) - http://download-east.oracle.com/partners/265498.EXE (23.8MB). This software provides you with the methodology as well as documentation templates that are needed to run your Oracle Applications projects. Sadly this product doesn't seem to have been updated for version 11i. Two tips I should give you about the installation and use of the tool - firstly, it doesn't seem to work on IE6 so try and install it on IE5.5 or lower. Secondly, make sure that your macro security is set to low in both Word and Excel as AIM will need to run certain startup Macros that install additional menus. The software contains all the documentation you will need to learn how to use the product or you can read my white paper on the download section which will give you a short overview of how AIM works.

Oracle Tutor Examples - two excellent examples of how organisations should implement Oracle Tutor using the Author and Publisher components of the tool can be found at the following sites: -

	US Department of Transportation - Here there is an online implementation of Tutor for Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Fixed Assets, General Ledger, Project Accounting, Purchasing and Reports (Web and Discoverer).
	University of Virginia - Here, Tutor documentation is available for Oracle Financials, Human Resources and Payroll.

Oracle Notes and Documentation

	Access the latest 11i documentation and all prior documentation CD's from Release 11 onwards at this link http://www.oracle.com/appsnet/products/documentation/content.html
	Oracle Technical Reference Manuals are available on-line at the following link - http://etrm.oracle.com (note you will need a Metalink password to access this site).
	If you would like to know the difference in functionality between the different versions of Oracle (10.7,11 and 11i), this page provides you with a good overview http://www.oracle.com/appsnet/technology/upgrade/docs/features.html
	Oracle Daily Business Intelligence v6.0 documentation http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=132624.1

Oracle Partner Sites

http://www.solutionbeacon.com - really good site, lots of free stuff to download and even a publicly accessible 11i Vision instance!

http://www.darc.com - some useful white papers here.

http://www.bosscorporation.com - some useful white papers here.

http://www.assist.com.au - the premier solution provider for Oracle Solutions in Australia. Download their interesting white papers and newsletters.

You can find a comprehensive listing of Oracle Partners on the Oracle web site under "Partners"

Oracle Consultants on the Web

http://www.danhotka.com - Specialist in Oracle Tuning ON-Site Workshops

http://www.rittman.net - Mark Rittman, a developer working on Oracle Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing software based in Brighton, England.

http://weblog.cemper.com - Technology and Business News, Project Management and Marketing comments, review and links by Christoph C. Cemper

http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk - This site is authored by Jonathan Lewis and devoted to the Oracle database engine, and how it works. The target audience will be DBA's and designers. The site contains documents on features and functionality, and various hints and tips in brief note format.

http://www.allenhayden.com - Senior Oracle Developer with more than 10 years experience working on a variety of web based Oracle projects.

http://www.cathycakebread.com - Oracle Receivables Consultant. Here you can download a number of papers specifically relating to the implementation of Oracle Receivables.

http://www.perthos.com - home page of Thomas A. Perkins, a Project manager, ERP specialist, Skilled Trainer and Data Architect.

http://www.erpseminars.com - run by Jeffrey T. Hare, CPA. ERP seminars is the the premier provider of Certified Professional Education (CPE) and seminars for Oracle Applications.

http://ltd.kentw.com - the personal web site of Kent Willumsen’s consulting business who provides IT implementation, development, training and support services.

Oracle User Groups

A comprehensive listing of user groups throughout the world and particularly in the States can be found at http://www.scotttiger.com/usrgrp_load.html

The ones I most commonly use are : -

http://www.oaug.org - Oracle Applications User Group - American based

http://www.ukoug.org - UK Oracle User Group

http://www.saoug.co.za - South African Oracle User Group

http://www.ioug.org - International Oracle User Group - American based and more technical

http://www.eoug.com - European Oracle User Group

http://www.atloaug.org - Atlanta Oracle Applications User Group (ATLOAUG)

Information Technology (IT) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Sites

http://oracle.ittoolbox.com - Good forum and general site on IT and Oracle

http://www.tek-tips.com - Technical Work Forums for Computer Professionals. This site contains a number of IT and Oracle related forums.

http://www.erpevaluation.com - Evaluate the features of your ERP against other ERP's

http://www.erpfans.com - similar to Oraclefans but for ERP in general

http://www.compiere.org - Download smart Open Source ERP Software. As far as I know this is the only Open Source ERP solution on the market. Will be interesting to see if it takes off.

http://www.compiere.com - Here support and services for the implementation of Compiere Open Source ERP and CRM can be obtained.