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State of the Market
Oracle Corporation has been aggressive in acquiring technologies and increasing targeted software and hardware market share. Accordingly, significant changes in the Oracle product line are in the process of being implemented. With the acquisition of BEA Systems, WLS: WebLogic Server is being rebranded as Oracle WebLogic Application Server. Oracle's stated strategy is to make WebLogic Server its preferred application server. Complementary components from Oracle Application Server along with WebLogic Operations Control from BEA and Coherence from Tangosol also will be integrated into WebLogic Server.

In 2009, Oracle Corporation acquired Sun Microsystems hardware and open source software: Solaris operating system, Java programming language, and MySQL database. European regulators had expressed concern that Oracle would stop supporting the open source software in favor of protecting its core traditional products, and customers will lose an important option in the database market. As a condition for approval Oracle Corporation made significant commitments to support open source software.

The challenge for Oracle’s customers will be managing differing application server environments until the roadmap becomes a reality and then migrating to their own standardized platform. SYS-ED's staff of system consultants have been monitoring the technical issues which have been arising for customers of both platforms as Oracle undertakes the product changes and commences the migration for its installed base of clients. Oracle Corporation will be providing maintenance for current Oracle Application Server 10g customers during the convergence of functionality with the WebLogic Server.

Educational Consultancy
Our first generation and longstanding consultancy experience provides us with the privileged perspective from which to recognize and differentiate between industry standard content and educational consulting. We review coding standards and then have the client select the examples and sample programs for the hands-on exercises. It is our standard policy to examine client documentation and, if warranted, develop tailored skeleton programs. At the client discretion, assessment validation can be provided: Oracle, WebLogic, Java, and UNIX-variants. Equally as important, SYS-ED is independent from the software companies. We analyze benchmarks for software updates and new products. Vendor documentation and third party content is interpreted and selectively incorporated into our courseware and training aids.

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Tailored Client-specific Oracle Training Befitting our grass roots experience with Oracle and WebLogic, SYS-ED's Oracle training programs and fast-track courses provide a framework for: Examining and analyzing whether organization's with a substantial investment in Oracle software, should deploy now, migrate later, or wait for the new solutions to come to market. Identifying the technical issues and timing associated with implementing either the BEA or Oracle application server. Highlighting the issues associated in remaining with Oracle Application Server. Mastering the server administration skills for providing security, handling users, debugging system issues and performing installation tasks. Developing the technical skills required to design and code applications using tools with a variety of programming languages. It is our standard operating procedure to tailor the content, examples, exercises, and courseware in order to explain and demonstrate challenges such as. How the differences among the Oracle application servers may well preclude an administrative skillset from being easily transferable onto a different web server platform. How the extensive foundation of open source standards that WebLogic Applications Server is based upon; is fundamentally different than the proprietary PL/SQL used in administering Oracle Application Server.

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Value Added Service
SYS-ED clients are welcome to submit Oracle and WebLogic questions. Our system consultants and technology partners answer, explain, and where applicable reference source documentation. Questions are reviewed and answered on a first-come/first serve-basis. This service is available through our categorized and software specific websites.