Overview of Oracle 9i New Features - Enhancements for Applications and Integration with Windows

Oracle 9i Internet Content Management

Oracle 9i can be used for the storage and manipulation of many different types of data. The new features are:-

Internet File Store improvements
searching/indexing of multimedia and XML data

support for collaborative projects via the creation of shared workspaces, allowing multiple versions of content to exists simultaneously
ability to create applications to make use of location information of clients and services (e.g. for use with mobile phones)

Oracle 9i Ecommerce integration

The enhancements Oracle 9i provides in this area are:

pre-built objects for creating store fronts, exchanges and portals to provide a faster time-to-market and enable easier integration with the back-end
support for standard messaging formats to enable faster integration of the store front with the back-end and external systems

Oracle 9i Packaged applications

The improvements in this area comprise:

enhanced globalization features (enables multiple languages to be supported simultaneously on the same database through use of the UTF8 character set)
enhanced 3rd party development features (stored outlines and default column values)

Oracle 9i Business Intelligence

The enhancements for business intelligence provided by Oracle can be grouped into 2 main categories:

enhancements to database performance, scalability and manageability (e.g. new list partitioning method)
enhanced analysis (OLAP), ETL (extraction, transformation and loading) and data mining features

Oracle 9i Windows integration

Oracle 9i has been enhanced to take advantage of the new Windows features including:

integration of single sign-on and PKI with Active Directory and Microsoft Certificate Store
better integration with IIS and Microsoft's Transaction Services and Message Queuing
enhanced development features (Oracle Data Objects etc.)

--------------------------------------

Looking for high quality Oracle dba or developer training?

Training can provide a great boost to productivity and relieve you of the skills shortage. Click here for details of our scheduled Oracle training courses or let us know your requirements.

Looking to sky-rocket productivity, reduce costs and develop your systems faster than ever before?

We can help. Our consultants have honed their skills to a fine edge over many years and with experience of the latest technologies can apply their knowledge and expertise to your projects. Tell us your requirements and see how we can help.

Why not subscribe to our ezine? Published monthly, it's jam-packed full of tips and tricks to help you make more of your Oracle systems and save you hours of blood, sweat and tears searching for information. Subscribe today and your first issue will soon be winging its way to your mailbox.

Smartsoft Computing Ltd
Bristol, England

Tel: 0845 0031320
Contact Us

Click here to view our privacy policy .

This site uses woopra.com to gather statistical information about our visitors. View woopra privacy policy .

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.