Transcript Adapting Oracle to a Changing Business Climate

Mining for Gold
Using Metalink to Find
Golden Oracle Nuggets of Information
Atlanta OAUG
January 21, 2005
Atlanta, Georgia
Don Driggs
www.solutionbeacon.com
2005 Solution Beacon, LLC. All Rights Reserved
Introduction
• Don Driggs, Solution Beacon
 8 years experience with Oracle Financial
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