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The session catalog for the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld conference has now been published. Being interested in the great Oracle Portal vs. Oracle WebCenter debate, I naturally looked for both WebCenter and Portal.

Oracle is giving 8 presentations on WebCenter + one hands-on session. (If you search the catalog yourself, be aware that the phrase “standards-based portal” is Oracle-speak for Oracle WebCenter, not Oracle Portal.) Since no new functionality is annouced, these are likely to be similar to the presentations last year. One presentation is titled “WebCenter and Beyond” - so maybe we can get a preview of what’s coming in WebCenter 12g while we wait for 11g. WebCenter is also mentioned in three of the mandatory (con)fusion architecture presentations, placing it squarely in the center of Oracle’s strategic direction. Oracle Portal is not mentioned by Oracle at all - but then again, we got the “Portal 11g New Features” presentation last year and are still waiting for the software…

There are also two customer presentations. One is by Oracle ACE Director Eric Marcoux from the University of Laval on an actual WebCenter deployment - so they do exist! Interestingly, in a nod to the Oracle Portal community, Oracle has also chosen a user presentation on Oracle Portal by Gregory Pike from Piocon Technologies.

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