Oracle
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Product Description
| Product | Oracle Database and Applications |
| Vendor | Oracle Corporation |
| Description | Software for information management, including database, development and client tools, and financial applications. |
| Platform/Version | All platforms are now covered by our contract. You can see which products are available on which platforms at Oracle's Metalink site. If you don't have a Metalink account, see Technical Support section below. |
| Eligibility | Stanford University staff and faculty, including SLAC, using Stanford-owned equipment. |
| License Year | Not Applicable |
| Ordering | To make a request for Oracle products, submit a software support request. If this is your first request for Oracle products, please use this  Order Form |
Product Details
The following Oracle products and options are offered.
Red entries denote items new to the license.
Oracle Server, Enterprise Edition, which includes these options:
- InterMedia
- Objects
- Networking Kit
- Objects for OLE
- Advanced Replication Option
- Distributed Option
- Parallel Query Option
- Parallel Server Option
- Visual Information Retrieval
- Portal
- Workflow Enterprise Edition
- Advanced Backup and Recovery
- Queuing
- Advanced Connection Manager & Pooling
- 64-bit Option
- MPI
- OCI
- ODBC Driver
- Enterprise Manager
- Enterprise Backup Utility
- Advanced Security
- Diagnostic Management Pack
- Tuning Management Pack
- Programmer
Internet Application Server 9i (formerly Oracle Web Application Server)
- Business Components for Java
- Forms Services
- Reports Services
- Portal
- Discoverer Viewer
Internet Developer Suite (formerly Developer Tools)
- Forms and Reports (formerly Developer/2000)
- Designer
- JDeveloper
- Discoverer
E-Business Suite (formerly Applications)
- Government General Ledger
- Government Payables
- Government Receivables
- Government Purchasing
- Assets
- Alert
- Inventory
- Order Entry
- Project Costing
- Project Billing
- iProcurement
- Grants
- Internet Express
- Human Resources
- Workflow Cartridge
Product Support
Internal Email Lists
Software Licensing manages two majordomo email lists for the purpose of communicating with Stanford users on Oracle-related topics.
If you would like to receive alerts, patches, and other notifications via email, send a subscription request to majordomo@lists.stanford.edu with the message "subscribe oracle-users". To subscribe someone other than yourself, send the message "subscribe oracle-users
If you would like an opportunity to ask questions of, or conduct technical discussions with, other Oracle users at Stanford, send a subscription request to majordomo@lists.stanford.edu with the message "subscribe oracle-discuss". To subscribe someone other than yourself, send the message "subscribe oracle-discuss <email address>".
Technical Support
Metalink, at http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_gui.startup, is Oracle Corporation's main online technical support center. You will find helpful information, including white papers, patches, and product version certifications. You can submit TARs (Technical Assistance Requests) to Oracle's Customer Support Staff on-line, or see what TARs others in your area have submitted. Before using Metalink, you must have an account created for you. If you would like a Metalink account, please fill out this Request Form. You will be notified via email when your account is activated.
The Oracle Technology Network, or Technet, at technet.oracle.com, is another web site from which to get technical support. You can read white papers and download software (which still must comply with Stanford's Oracle Contract). The first time you enter, you will be asked to create an account.
Oracle also offers some online magazines. Check out http://www.oracle.com/oramag/ for subscription information for both Oracle Magazine and Profit Magazine.
Training
- lynda.com lynda.stanford.edu ($300/yr, reimbursed through STAP funds)
High quality training with over 640 software and design topics, with a library of over 40,000 video tutorials. Topics include Adobe CS4, Acrobat 9, Office 2007, Drupal, Perl, PHP and more, presented in a self-paced video format. - Books 24x7 / Safari Tech Books library.stanford.edu/catdb/e_resources/e-books_e-texts.html (free)
Offered through Stanford University Libraries (SULAIR) at no cost, there are more than 14,000 books on computing and information tehnology from nearly 150 publishers. These publishers include O'Reilly (1,200 titles), Addison-Wesley Professional, Microsoft Press, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall, Que, Wiley, and more.
Seminars - Oracle will periodically send email notifications listing free seminars that may be of interest to Stanford Oracle users. To receive these seminar notices, please subscribe to the email list "oracle-users" as described in the Internal Email Lists section.
Other Oracle Training-Oracle Corporation offers the Oracle Learning Network, at www.oracle.com/education/oln/ for a fee; or you may sign up for a free trial, if you prefer.
If there is a specific topic that you feel would be of wide interest, submit a software support request, and we will help you to organize a technical session on campus.
Ordering Documentation
Oracle no longer ships manuals with their software, but usually includes an On-Line Documentation CD with every Server and Client. Some documentation can be downloaded and printed from Metalink, at metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_gui.startup, or from the Oracle Technology Network, technet.oracle.com. However, many documents are too large to print, so you may want to purchase a copy.
Stanford University Oracle users are entitled to receive a 30% educational discount on documentation purchases. The Oracle Store is located at oraclestore.oracle.com. If you do not have an account there, please create one before you proceed.
When you are ready to place your order, use this URL instead: oraclestore.oracle.com/coupon/. If you have already created an account, you will be recognized by your Stanford address as being entitled to the discount.
You'll get a brief message to "please stand by", and then you will be asked to enter a code. Type DOC30 (must be CAPS). This will bring you to the discount site. As you place your order, and fill your shopping basket, you will see the discounted prices. When you get to the final checkout, you have a choice of using either a credit card or PO. If you use a PO, you will have to print out your order and fax it along with the PO.
User Groups
- Northern California Oracle User Group (NoCOUG)
- Renew every January 1st, renewal notice can be printed from the web site. Corporate membership costs $450, includes 6 members, and up to 4 additional newsletters. Benefits include a quarterly newsletter and meetings held around the Bay Area. These meetings can include some technical training sessions for DBAs and Developers. Individual membership costs $70.
- Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG)
- Corporate membership is $400 annually. Benefits include the semi-annual newsletter OAUG Forum, the quarterly newsletter OAUG Insight, unlimited email contacts, and discounts (of $125) to semi-annual national and international conferences.
