Oracle Corporation`s Oracle Technology Network (OTN) has surpassed one million members, growing at a rate of over 2 000 members per day.
"The one million registered members highlights the extent to which developers worldwide are flocking to Oracle for the latest Internet development technologies, says Francois Marais, product manager for Oracle Development Tools at Oracle SA. "Membership worldwide has grown at a rate of 220% over the past year, and is expected to continue growing at an average of over 60,000 members per month."
OTN is a technical resource for building applications for the Oracle Internet platform. The OTN website (http://technet.oracle.com) serves the technical community by posting documents and code showing how to architect and build applications based on the Internet model of computing.
"OTN is the showcase example of how to build a community," maintains Marais. "It has been so successful among developers worldwide because it acts as a career facilitator."
With just 315,000 members registered on Oracle`s developer portal one year ago, OTN`s stratospheric growth has been credited to its international membership; more than 55% of members are registered outside of the US. OTN currently provides services and software to developers from 182 countries and is expected to continue its rapid growth in the international arena.
"Developers get more than just free software; they`re signing onto a complete network full of developer education and career resources.
OTN is the industry`s first hosted application development environment, where developers can collaboratively develop, test, and deploy web content and applications for enterprise portals and wireless devices while online.
"It is also the first Developer Service Provider (DSP), to offer application developers two free hosted Internet services to build on Oracle9i - Oracle Portal Online Studio for developing and deploying portals and OracleMobile Online Studio for developing and deploying hosted wireless applications," Marais says.
"Instead of having to purchase, install and maintain a complete enterprise hardware and software deployment infrastructure at their own site, OTN`s members can now log on from any computer, and quickly develop, test and deploy their enterprise-portal, wireless content and application services.
"Developers need a fast, simple and reliable way to build and deploy the new generation of hosted Internet services. With Oracle Portal Online Studio, developers can create a portlet - an application to be deployed in an enterprise portal - and, within minutes, remotely test it for deployment. At the same time, developers who wish to provide their content or application service to wireless users can go to OTN to test and deploy them through OracleMobile Online Studio.
"OTN members work with the latest open, Internet technologies in conjunction with Oracle`s Internet Platform and application development tools. Members also have access to online support, educational materials, discussion forums, Internet developer conferences and Oracle certified professional programs."
He says for example, OTN developers can:
search for more than 42,000 Oracle-related jobs from around the world using the OTN Skills Marketplace;
participate in Oracle9i(tm) Application Server Portal and OracleMobile Online Studio discussion forums in addition to hundreds of other technical discussion forums based on Oracle`s products and Web application development technologies;
get their technical questions answered by fellow OTN members on a range of topics from XML and Linux to JDeveloper, and keep up-to-date on the latest development trends and products currently being used in the development community;
download the Oracle Wireless Developer`s Kit (WDK), which includes code samples, tips, techniques, and best practices on how to develop wireless applications deployed on the Oracle9i Application Server Wireless Edition.
"Oracle believes that the move to a hosted development environment will drastically improve the efficiency and quality of services provided by developers building hosted Internet services. Oracle is committed to the Internet developer community by providing them with all the technical information and tools necessary to enable them to be successful in developing for the Internet platform," Marais adds.
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