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PeopleSoft eNews 4.04.07

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COLLABORATE 07: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community
April 15-19, 2007
Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center


There's still time to register for COLLABORATE 07 - but only if you hurry! Online registration goes down Friday, April 6 at midnight Eastern. If you can't complete your registration by Friday, it's not too late - onsite registrations will be accepted onsite in Las Vegas beginning at 7 a.m. Sunday, April 15.

Ask Product Executives all of your unanswered conference questions!
If you're coming to COLLABORATE, plan to stay through Thursday - the last education time slot (beginning at 12:15 p.m.) is reserved for exclusive Q&A sessions with Oracle general managers Doris Wong, John Schiff and Lenley Hensarling. It's the perfect chance to ask them any questions you didn't get addressed earlier in the week, and go home with even more information!

Be there for Enhancements Day -- Monday, April 16 -- Where do Monday's events fit into your COLLABORATE 07 experience? Monday morning, all Que st affiliated groups have a chance to conduct their "official" business meetings. For Monday afternoon's agenda, we've worked with our product, industry and special interest groups, as well as the product strategy teams at Oracle, to put together a series of roundtables, networking sessions, focus groups and discussions centered on ideas and planting the seeds for potential product enhancements. The great ideas that come out of those discussions will lay the groundwork for the first enhancement requests submitted and prioritized by our members via our new online tool, which will be available after the conference. For more information on Enhancements Day, click here.

Challenge Yourself - for a Great Cause - at the Quest Golf Challenge -- Some of the most beautiful and challenging greens in Las Vegas can be found at the Stallion Mountain Country Club, an upscale private club that's the site of the Quest Golf Challenge. So challenge your golf skills VIP style and join us Saturday, April 14, for Quest's charity golf tournament, sports memorabilia silent auction and knockout awards party at the infamous Tabú Ultra Lounge. Reserve your spot now!

Let Quest spoil you with an all-day package featuring all of the luxuries you could imagine: a first-class championship course, great food and drinks, amazing atmosphere and a truly rocking after-party. The best part: you will be doing it all for charity!

Quest Education Sessions Online -- All of Quest's education sessions and session abstracts are online, ready for you to review be fore joining us in Vegas. Search all Quest's education sessions by software, target audience, or track and view session times and room numbers. Want to plan your conference days in advance? Use Quest's myConference online tool, available only to our registrants. Don't know how? Read the tutorial now.

"Thriving on Change" at the CIO Forum -- April 16, MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas
The tentative agenda has been posted for the CIO Forum, a joint endeavor of the CIO Executive Council and Quest International Users Group. Scheduled sessions include "The Future State CIO: C-Suite Competencies," "Guiding your Organization through a Merger or Acquisition" and "Managing Executive Career Moves," along with many opportunities for networking and knowledge sharing. The CIO Forum is an invitation-only event for top-level information technology decision makers. If you or someone from your organization would like to be considered, please email delaine.bender@questdirect.org.

Quest Northeast Conference
July 19-20
Mohegan Sun Resort, Uncasville, Conn
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Quest Northeast Call for Presentations is LIVE -- Don't wait until after COLLABORATE 07 to submit! The call ends April 30. Selected education tracks are posted online now. Education content for PeopleSoft and JD Edwards product lines will be accepted from users and vendors. Pr esentation types range from customer experiences, best practices and round table discussions to development tips, product updates and the latest releases.

Submit your questions regarding the submission of your presentation to stacy.muir@questdirect.org. Accepted customer presentations will receive one complimentary customer registration per session. Vendor registration rates vary based on registration date. The early bird registration rate for non-exhibiting vendors is $275.

Vendors interested in participating in Quest Northeast should contact Ross Brown at ross.brown@questdirect.org for exhibits and sponsorship opportunities.

Oracle Extends Value of Lifetime Support for Oracle9i Database Release 9.2
You spoke. We listened. Now you can now choose when to optimize your existing infrastructure and upgrade to Oracle Database 10g Release 2 or future releases, to gain that extra competitive edge. Oracle9i Database Release 9.2 moves into the Extended Support stage of Lifetime Support effective August 1, 2007. To make our Lifetime Support even more valuable to your business, we've waived the first year Extended Support fee for Oracle9i Database Release 9.2. For the full story, click here.

Do you use Hyperion? Take this quick survey
With Oracle's latest acquisition of Hyperion, Oracle will be determining how best to integrate Hyperion users into the Oracle user groups. In order to help them with this decision, it would be very helpful to know exactly how many Quest members are Hyperion customers. It could be beneficial to our members as the Hyperion developers will want to work closely with the user group that represents its customers. If you use Hyperion, please take a quick questionnaire by clicking here.

Have a user tip? It could be worth $500! Quest is looking for all PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users with a story to tell -- your article could end up in the next issue of Q&A Magazine! Submit a user tip or a case study about your company's software experience, and if it's published in Q&A, we'll pay you $500. Email questions to editor@questdirect.org.


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