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USGS Live on Oracle9i Application Server, Providing Customers More Complete Access to Geological InformationBuilt-in Portal and Business Intelligence Features Streamline Web Site Development and Provide Faster Access to Critical DataREDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 18 / -- ( http://www.oracle.com/tellmemore/?1048135 ) Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL - news), the world's largest enterprise software company, today announced that the United States Geological Survey (USGS) is using Oracle9i Application Server (Oracle9iAS) to analyze and publish chemical, biological and physical water quality data. Using Oracle9iAS, with its built-in portal and business intelligence features, USGS is able to more cost-effectively build and deploy user-friendly Web sites for industries, government agencies and members of the general public that look to them to provide and display water quality and related information.``We chose Oracle9iAS because of the valuable functions it incorporates into a single platform, allowing for the creation of a centralized Web site where our employees can securely access shared reports and data analysis regardless of their location,'' said Sandy Williamson, National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) National Data Team Leader for USGS. ``The scaleable portal framework in Oracle9iAS offers us a single point of access to enterprise information and research data, along with a rich set of self- service publishing features. Oracle also offers us a powerful deployment and administration environment that provides a level of access and control that is essential.'' The built-in portal technology in Oracle9iAS provides the USGS with the flexibility of adding and customizing Web site components based on customer needs. By eliminating the need for custom code writing and generating forms and reports through wizards, Oracle9iAS has streamlined site development and enabled the creation of more sophisticated, polished sites. The USGS uses the intuitive, ad-hoc query and analysis capabilities in Oracle9iAS to analyze water quality data. This built-in business intelligence feature offers end-users ``on-demand'' access to the extensive USGS database, which contains the largest consistently designed and collected set of searchable water quality data in the nation (http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/data). And, by leveraging the integrated combination of Oracle9iAS and Oracle Database, USGS has simplified security, scalability, data access and metadata creation. The USGS uses the reporting functionality in Oracle9iAS to publish dynamically generated Web reports throughout the enterprise. In addition, the seamless integration of the reporting and portal technologies in Oracle9iAS enables users to publish their content to the Web in a variety of styles and formats. About Oracle Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, visit our Web site at www.oracle.com. This does not constitute an endorsement of any product by the USGS or the US government. Trademarks Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle9i is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. OracleMobile 415/401-4000 jmorgan@tenthdimension.com top of page |
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