Oracle Shows Internet Developers the Way Forward
at iDevelop '99
PR Newswire
Wednesday, April 21, 1999 2:08PM
Partners With Sun Microsystems to Deliver Worldwide Conference Series
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Apr. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its
commitment to the Internet development community, Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) today announced iDevelop '99, the company's largest series of worldwide developer conferences and seminars. A combination of 12 Conferences and more than 150 seminars this year, the Oracle(R) Technology Network (OTN) series is designed to provide developers with up-to-date information to develop Internet applications on the Oracle Internet Platform.
iDevelop '99, delivered in partnership with Sun Microsystems, provides Internet developers with the technical information they need to develop applications using technologies such as Java, CORBA and XML. The conference features the Oracle Internet Platform, comprised of Oracle8i(TM), Oracle Application Server and the full range of Oracle's development tools.
"The Internet has changed everything for developers," said Jeremy Burton, vice president of Server Marketing at Oracle Corp. "Oracle is committed to providing Internet developers with the software and technical information they need to be successful."
iDevelop '99 delivers technical product information directly from the experts inside the development groups of Oracle and Sun. Sessions cover all levels of development expertise from novice to expert and cover the full range or Oracle and Sun Internet technology. Extensive hands-on classes take developers through all the steps necessary to build web sites, server-side Java applications and database applications enabled for the Internet or for corporate intranets. In addition, at the end of the conference, all attendees will
receive complimentary membership of Oracle Technology Network, Oracle's online resource for Internet developers, and development copies of the software and tools discussed during the conferences, including the Oracle8i database.
"We are pleased to work with Oracle on this comprehensive series of
conferences for developers worldwide," said Brian Gentile, vice president of Developer Relations at Sun Microsystems. "By combining our efforts, we believe that Sun and Oracle will provide developers with the best industry-standard technologies for developing innovative Java-enabled applications."
The first iDevelop '99 Conference is scheduled for May 10th in San Francisco, and features keynote addresses by Oracle Chairman and CEO Larry Ellison, and Sun co-founder Bill Joy. Other conferences are scheduled for Australia, Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan and Taiwan, as well as Boston and New York City. For more information on iDevelop '99 dates, locations and speakers, or to register for a conference, visit (URL) p://technet.oracle.com/events/.
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