COLLABORATE 08: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community

April 13-17, 2008
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado, USA

A collaborative event hosted by:

Independent Oracle Users Group Oracle Applications Users Group Quest International Users Group

The OAUG Recognizes Outstanding Member Achievements in 2008

During the OAUG Annual Meeting of the Members at COLLABORATE 08: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community, the OAUG recognized outstanding achievements by OAUG members in 2008:

2008 OAUG Member of the Year Sandra Vucinic (center) with OAUG Executive Director Mike Levin (left) and OAUG President Jan Wagner. (Joey Sirmons/OAUG)

2008 OAUG Member of the Year: Sandra Vucinic, VLAD Group

There are so many people who help make the OAUG a valuable part of our member’s careers. Each year, the OAUG recognizes one person who has made an outstanding contribution to the organization and its membership. The OAUG Member of the Year demonstrates a high level of commitment to helping the OAUG better serve our members on a local and international level and proves the point that the OAUG truly is a community of global users with global solutions.

Sandra Vucinic has served as an industry leader in a variety of OAUG capacities and has made significant contributions in the following OAUG groups:

  • Director of Database SIG Board and frequent presenter at events
  • Director of SysAdmin SIG
  • Committee chair for Oracle Tools and Utilities
  • Director of SROAUG Board and frequent presenter at SIG meetings
  • Director of Middleware SIG (formally known as Applications Technology Stack SIG)

In addition to these SIG board positions, Sandra has been on the paper selection committee for OAUG conferences, clocking many hours in volunteer effort. Congratulations, Sandra, and thank you.

Left to right: OAUG Executive Director Mike Levin; OAUG President Jan Wagner; EMC Corporation Representatives Chad Brack and Ramesh Razdan; Global Software Vice President of Corporate Affairs Spencer Kupferman. (Joey Sirmons/OAUG)

2008 Innovator of the Year: EMC Corporation

The OAUG Innovator of the Year award recognizes a member company that has demonstrated an innovative breakthrough technique using the standard functionality of an Oracle Application.

EMC embarked on an ambitious program to migrate transaction processing for its extremely large customer service division to its E-Business Suite platform (11.5.10). While completing the normal gap-fit assessments against relevant modules, a key requirement became increasingly clear to the team, which developed a multi-pronged solution called Application Continuity Tool. The Application Continuity Tool has resulted in a significant reduction in downtime experienced by customer service and has enabled them to provide the high levels of service demanded by their customers. This solution is essentially unique to the industry, and has been a real win for EMC. Congratulations to the entire EMC team.

OAUG Best of Show Winner, HP. (Joey Sirmons/OAUG)

COLLABORATE 08 Exhibitor Showcase Best of Show: HP

A secret panel of judges evaluated the booths in the Exhibitor Showcase, looking for the most creative marketing plan and unique booth layouts. The Judging criteria included:

  • Best overall presentation of products and/or services
  • Best branding and marketing of company name
  • Most overall creative booth design, layout and flow
  • Best use of audio/visual, lights and/or technical implementation
  • Most creative traffic stopper
  • Best overall customer service

The OAUG salutes HP on its best-of-show performance at COLLABORATE 08.

Left to right: OAUG Executive Director Mike Levin; OAUG President Jan Wagner; 2008 OAUG President’s Award Winner Floyd Teter; Global Software Vice President of Corporate Affairs Spencer Kupferman. (Joey Sirmons/OAUG)

2008 President’s Award: Floyd Teter, Jet Propulsion Lab — California Institute of Technology

New in 2008, the OAUG President’s Award recognizes an OAUG member’s exceptional level of commitment and contribution to the OAUG. While the OAUG values the efforts of all of our industry leaders, Floyd Teter is truly worthy of recognition for his service to the OAUG. Congratulations, Floyd.