1. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 User Groups The Global Picture Doron Simchoni - ilOUG President Doron.simchoni@gmail.com

2. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 ilOUG – Israel Oracle User Group Start in 1998, 2000 members Tech & APPS More than 10 SIG’s 2 Annual conferences Great cooperate with Oracle Israel Special Business Model

3. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 User Group, What the idea is Share knowledge & Experience Enhance UG member professionalism Networking Cooperation with Oracle Be part of the global UG Be independent (professionally and economically)

4. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 Share knowledge & Experience SIG’s – Special Interest Group Small communities Professional Presentations Customer success (?) stories Turn your web site to a content web site http://www.iloug.org.ilhttp://www.iloug.org.il Cooperate with local companies

5. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 Networking Turn your UG to a “Community” SIG’s as a networking meetings Annual conference Network events

6. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 Cooperation with Oracle Make local Oracle part of your UG Oracle support division Be part of Oracle news letters and conferences Oracle week in Israel Locally

7. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 Cooperation with Oracle (cont.) Metalink  “My Oracle Support” http://metalink.oracle.com http://metalink.oracle.com Proactive Support (40% faster problem resolve, 30% less SR) Personalized Support including “Knowledge Base” tool OCM – Oracle Configuration Management One OCM per host Collect & analyze data Provide system health Patch advise and more…… Globally

8. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 Cooperation with Oracle (cont.) CAB’s - Customers Advisory Board (Where is Bulgarian companies?) Oracle MIX - https://mix.oracle.comhttps://mix.oracle.com Oracle WIKI - http://wiki.oracle.comhttp://wiki.oracle.com Beta testing program - http://otnbeta.oracle.com/bpo/prospects/index.htmhttp://otnbeta.oracle.com/bpo/prospects/index.htm Enhancement tools Oracle speakers in your events Globally (Cont.)

9. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 EOUC – EMEA Oracle User Community Uniqueness of EOUC Community not Council (spoke persons – Heli & Yani) Many small UG Many Languages (Localization) Voice to Oracle Cooperation between UG’s Be part of the global UG

10. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 Be part of the global UG (cont.) IOUC as an Umbrella for local UG – http://www.iouc.org http://www.iouc.org IOUC Committees (PDC, SQC, Localization……) Other UG (APOUC, HEUG, IOUG, OAUG, QUEST …….) OAUG – APPS IOUG - Technology QUEST – JDE & People Soft Products & acquired UG’s (Hyperion, BEA…..)

11. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 Be independent (professionally and economically) Be an honest voice of the users Represent all possible solutions and experiences Economically independent Oracle interest in strong UG

12. BGOUG 24-26 Oct. 2008 Doron Simchoni - ilOUG President Doron.simchoni@gmail.com