Oracle Delphi for Higher Education

When the ancient Greeks came to the Oracle

with questions, they expected answers that

would improve their understanding, protect

their well-being and give them something

they could not get anywhere else.

Allow us to introduce you to Oracle Delphi,

an enterprise system of administrative and

learning technologies for higher education.

We believe it is an answer.

For the past 40 years computing technology has evolved

much like a folk tale. Each innovator has added a new

character to the story, a new twist to the plot. Looking

behind us, we see its rough, piecemeal texture: enormous

legacy systems built over years of need, incompatible

technologies, multiple operating systems and outdated,

inflexible software.

But this intriguing, rambling tale spawned a great idea.

The idea originated with colleges, universities and govern-

ment agencies that wanted to share research across networks.

It grew into the internet we know today.

At Oracle the internet is something more than a tool for

interactive communication and commerce. At Oracle the

internet is the basis for a different model of computing,

a model that eliminates jerryrigging structures and juggling

multiple operating systems. It also eliminates the cost,

headache and failures associated with them.

The internet model of computing allows enormous amounts

of data to be managed on a single server and accessed by

any standard browser. This is unprecedented simplicity.

We have all been waiting for a time when the complexities

of computing would be as transparent to us as switching

on a light or dialing a phone number. That time has come.

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Ideas

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Structure

The marvel and simplicity of internet computing is based

on its structure. For years Oracle has had the capacity to

store and manage vast amounts of data effectively. Now

Oracle has combined dozens of technology products, with

all their varied functions, into a single, integrated platform.

Let us offer an analogy. Imagine the chaos of separate

contractors creating each floor of a twenty story building.

Trouble would prevail in the building process and in

the resulting structure. Compare that image with the

elegance of the finest building on your campus, or with

the Washington Monument or a Frank Lloyd Wright

home. When vision and careful, seamless construction

are combined, the resulting structure has both grace

and function.

Today, Oracle is the engine that powers the internet.

Consider Amazon.com. Using Oracle’s internet computing

technology, Amazon serves millions of customers with a data

warehouse of book titles, a single server and any desktop

browser. When you interact through the Amazon web page,

you are not aware of its sophisticated structure. What you

see is a quick way to order books.

That is exactly the kind of simplicity Oracle Delphi will

bring to your institution.

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Now consider what this means.

Thousands of students.

Hundreds of operational policies and procedures.

Hundreds of courses.

Dozens of departments.

Dozens of administrative systems.

(registration, payroll, scheduling, budgeting, grants management, etc.)

Several campuses and learning sites.

One data warehouse.

One server.

Desktop, self-serve access.

With the computing technology of Oracle Delphi,

applications run on any standard browser, anywhere.

Students can register for classes, the finance office can

track grant payments, administrators can develop and

change scheduling, and staff can enter their resource

requirements – all from a desktop browser.

Unlike legacy systems, Oracle allows you to reconfigure how

you do the business of education without customizing the

system each time. Oracle Delphi is built for incomparable

flexibility, so that business processes and rules may be easily

changed – without the need for information technologists

to customize the applications. Oracle Delphi gives you such

simplicity of access and interface because the complexity has

been organized within the structure.

Structure

Web Browser

Self-Service Applications

– Student

– Finance

– Human Resources

– Learning

Shared Business Rules

and Processes

One Database

Web Browser

Web Server

Client Application Server

Third Party Security

Separate Applications

Linked Together

Multiple Databases

Oracle Delphi

Internet Computing Model

Others

Oracle Delphi is the only enterprise system that offers

institutions the combination of effective computing tech-

nology, fully integrated applications and the support

services for successful implementation.

Technology

Oracle’s technologies offer clean and unsurpassed internet

computing through one powerful platform and a single

institution-wide database.

Applications

Oracle Delphi applications are state-of-the-art and wholly

integrated because they are part of the same system.

Applications specifically for higher education include

business processes, student information and on-line learning.

Implementation

Timely controlled implementation is a priority at Oracle.

We have both the resources and expertise to provide value

at a low overall cost of ownership.

Support

We understand the importance of effective training and

ongoing support. Oracle training centers across the country

provide in-depth, hands-on training for professional and

administrative staff. Our higher education consultants

then work with staff on the particulars of the operating

the system to get the results you need.

Substance

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Oracle Delphi allows you to move beyond departmental

productivity solutions to integrated, system-wide appli-

cations. Oracle applications offer benefits not available

through other application packages. All Oracle Delphi

applications offer state-of-the-art processes specifically for

higher education: managing the business of education,

managing student information and activities, providing

on-line learning and creating ongoing strategies for

successful, competitive operations.

And Oracle Delphi applications are self-service processes.

Faculty can enter grades. Students can register, check on

financial aid or take on-line courses. Administrators can

make budget or schedule changes, track grant payments

and assess the demographics of enrollment. All can use the

system independently from any web browser.

Most important, however, Oracle Delphi applications run

seamlessly on the Oracle platform. Here’s what that means

to you:

Greater ease of use.

More operational efficiency.

Lower overall cost of ownership.

Less risk.

What does it mean to work with Oracle?

It means stability. With over 40 thousand employees,

a solid 20 year history and customers in Europe, Africa,

Asia, the Americas and the Middle East, Oracle Corporation

is a major entity in global business. We are not going away.

It means expertise. For two decades our innovations and

technological know-how have propelled us to the forefront

of information technology. That expertise is available to

every customer, regardless of size or need.

It means reliability. Over 85 percent of the Fortune 100

rely on Oracle technology. We have grown on the soundness

of our ideas and our ability to make those ideas useful to

our customers.

As a company Oracle is dedicated to lowering risk and total

cost of ownership as we continue to thrive on the creative

edge of information technology.

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Relationships

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whatWe cannot provide a soothsayer to point

you in the direction of safety or promise.

Nor do we proffer complex riddles embedded

with truth.

What we do offer is a way for you to

technologically transform your institution –

and prepare wisely for the future that awaits.

O R A C L E D E L P H Iendures

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