Ben Prusinski and Gustavo Gonzalez co-authored the Oracle E-Business Suite Financials Handbook, Third Edition, which describes new features in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 - an integrated solution made up of more than 150 software modules.

Take a sneak peek into the newly released PeopleSoft PeopleTools Data Management and Upgrade Handbook with the authors Paula Dean and Jim Marion.

Brad Cameron, Vice President of Exalogic Product Development, speaks with Tom Plunkett, lead author of the recently published "Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud Handbook", about his motivations for writing the book.

Cameron Lackpour and Gary Crisci discuss the rational, content, and not-inconsiderable pain and effort that went into the recently published book Developing Essbase Applications: Advanced Techniques for Finance and IT Professionals.

Oracle's Paul Rodwick talks with Mark Rittman, author of the recently published "Oracle Business Intelligence Developers Guide" (Oracle Press)"

Listen to the authors discuss their new title "The Well-Grounded Java Developer". A fresh and practical look at new Java 7 features, new JVM languages, and the array of supporting technologies you need for the next generation of Java-based software.

Advanced features for compression, incremental and remote management capabilities are also described with detailed working examples.

In this podcast Donald Smith (Director, Product Management, Oracle Corporation) will interview co-authors James Weaver and Stephen Chin concerning the newly-released Pro JavaFX 2 book. James and Stephen are developers/speakers/authors who are active in the Java/JavaFX community, and have recently joined Oracle's Java Evangelism team. Pro JavaFX 2 may be obtained from Amazon.com at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/Pro-JavaFX-Definitive-Clients-Technology/dp/1430268727

Listen to a lively interaction between David Peake, Oracle Application Express (APEX) product manager, and the authors of Agile Oralce Application Express, Patrick Cimolini and Karen Cannell. Get strategic insights into the relationship between Agile and APEX that will help you and your team become more productive.

Oracle expert and author Rich Niemiec discusses best practices for optimizing performance in his latest book on Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques.