by Debra Lilley, ACE Director
The best way to decide
if your applications can be enhanced a certain way with Oracle technology – Oracle
AppAdvantage, is to see what other people are doing, and the best way to do
that is go along to a user group event and have a look at several examples.
As spring arrives so does the conference season and how do you know which one is for you? The best thing is to join a local group where you can be part of an ongoing community, you can find which ones are available in your region by looking at the International Oracle User Group Community webpages.
If you are able to attend a major US conference this year and are not sure which one, then I would ask yourself what is the most value to your organisation? User groups are generally regional, product driven or industry.
If you are in Higher Education for instance they have a number or global but very specific conferences. If you are interested in HCM then perhaps the right conference is with OHUG in June.
If you are still in the‘getting ideas’ stage then I would recommend Collaborate, in April. Here you will see many application customers showcasing what they have done to extend their reach using Oracle. If you have decided on the tools you need and your projects are being planned then go to ODTUG’s KSCOPE in June where experts will teach you the best practice in all the different areas and share their tips and learning with you. I will be speaking about PaaS at both these events. Of course if you can wait till December I highly recommend a trip to UKOUG.
So many existing customers have done many innovative things with Oracle technology to drive more business benefit from their applications. So, go see them, and hopefully it will inspire you.About the Author:
Debra Lilley, VP Certus Cloud Services, Fusion Champion, UKOUG Board Member, Fusion User Experience Advocate and ACE Director.
Lilley has 18 years experience with Oracle Applications, with E Business Suite since 9.4.1, moving to Business Intelligence Team Lead and Oracle Alliance Director. She has spoken at over 100 conferences worldwide and posts at debrasoraclethoughts