| Oracle Database 11g is a significant upgrade from prior releases of Oracle. New features give developers, database administrators, and end users greater control over the storage, processing, and retrieval of their data. In this chapter, you will see highlights of the Oracle Database 11g architecture. You will see detailed discussions of new features such as SQL replay, change management, and result caching in later chapters. The goal of this chapter is to present a high-level overview of the capabilities you can feature in your Oracle applications and provide an introduction to the chapters that describe them.
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Novell Certified Linux 9 (CLE 9) Study GuideWelcome to the world of Linux! As you will see in later chapters of this book, Novell has yet again revolutionized the Information Technology industry by providing one of the finest Linux distributions available: SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (SLES 9).
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