IOUG on 2009 Collaborate conference: what's hot, what's not

• What announcements and sessions to expect at the Collaborate conference
• Trends in user group membership and conference attendance
• What issues are front of mind for conference attendees, especially in the down economy
• His and users' opinions on maintenance fees, AIA, cloud computing, open source and more

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About the speaker: Ian Abramson is president of the IOUG and an Oracle data warehousing expert with more than 20 years of experience. Based in Toronto, Canada, he is the director of the Enterprise Data Group for Thoughtcorp, a company that focuses on business solution architecture, solution development, system integration, data warehousing, and business intelligence. Abramson has written numerous books on both Oracle and data warehousing and is a frequent presenter at Oracle and industry conferences and seminars. He is co-author of "The Oracle Database 11g Beginner's Guide" (McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2008).

For more on the Collaborate conference

• Read coverage from last year's conference, Collaborate '08
• Read a Q&A with Abramson to learn his views on the Oracle-Sun deal and how it may be addressed at Collaborate '09
  
  

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