Dallas to host International Oracle User Week (IOUW) '96.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 1996--The International Oracle Users Group - Americas (IOUG-A) today announced that IOUW '96 -- the second IOUW to be developed exclusively for and entirely managed by the Oracle user community -- will be held at the Dallas Convention Center The Dallas Convention Center, originally the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, is a meeting hall, event/convention center and civic center in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). in Dallas, Sept. 15-20, 1996. Presented annually, IOUW has evolved to become the most comprehensive educational and networking event for users of Oracle and Oracle-related technology. The five-day conference brings together database administrators, developers, designers, third-party suppliers and others focused on professional development in the relational database management systems See DBMS for a shorter list of “typical”, representative database management systems. Open-source software
"We intend to make IOUW '96 the most productive week of the year for the Oracle user community," said Michael Corey, IOUG-A director of conferences and events. "What we offer is 'total immersion' from a user perspective. Attendees can learn and grow during educational sessions and from peer-to-peer networking See peer-to-peer network. . For Oracle users, there's no other event that even comes close to matching the magnitude and meaning of IOUW." Past IOUW Successes In September 1995, more than 10,000 members of the Oracle user community from coast-to-coast and around the globe filled the Pennsylvania Convention Center The Pennsylvania Convention Center is a multi-use public facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which is designed to accommodate conventions, exhibitions, conferences and other events. in Philadelphia for IOUW '95. Conference highlights included record-breaking attendance, more than 230 technical sessions and the debut of a new computer-administered certification test leading to the title Certified See certification. Oracle Database Administrator. Other significant components included: o Technical Sessions __________________ These sessions -- prepared and presented by people who are hands-on Oracle users themselves -- offered a practical, problem-solving focus on situations users encounter every day. Subject tracks included DBA Topics, Distributed Computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. , Oracle Applications, Oracle Forms, Methodology/CASE, Tips & Techniques, Management, Tools and Oracle Perspectives. o IOUG-A Educational Seminar Series _________________________________ Conducted by leading experts in the Oracle user community, these four-hour classes provided an opportunity for advanced, in-depth training. o Exhibitor Forums ________________ Making their debut at IOUW '95, these sessions gave attendees the chance to be educated by exhibitors on their particular areas of expertise. The IOUG-A is a continental user group comprised of more than 4,500 members in North, Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and throughout the world. It exists to provide the premier communications, networking and educational forum for users of Oracle and Oracle-related products and services. For additional information on the IOUG-A, contact IOUG-A Headquarters at +1.312.245.1579, fax +1.312.527.6785 or via e-mail at 73144.1777@compuserve.com. The IOUG-A's World Wide Web address is http://www.ioug.com. NOTE: There should be forward slashes The forward slash, or slash, character (/) is the divide symbol in programming and on calculator keyboards. For example, 10 / 7 means 10 divided by 7. The slash is also often used in command line syntax to indicate a switch. For example, in the DOS Xcopy statement xcopy *. in the World Wide Web address listed above. There should be an "at" sign in the e-mail addresses See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address listed in this release. These symbols may not transfer properly on some computer systems. CONTACT: International Oracle Users Group - Americas Michael Corey, 617/964-1717 e-mail: 72567.1016@compuserve.com or Jim Baxter James Curran Baxter, (September 29 1939 – April 14 2001), was a Scottish football (soccer) player. Born in Hill of Beath, Fife, he started his career at Raith Rovers F.C. before moving to boyhood heroes Rangers F.C. , 312/644-6610 e-mail: jbaxter@sba.com |
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