The latest ArchBeat program features a three-part interview with Oracle ACE Director Debra Lilley (ACE Profile). Debra is Oracle Alliance Director at Fujitsu, Executive Member at the International Oracle Users Group Community (IOUG), Director and Deputy Chair at the UK Oracle Users Group (UKOUG), and a partner at Oracle UK.  So yeah, she’s connected.  In this interview Debra talks about her connection to Oracle Fusion Applications.

• Listen to Part 1
  Debra talks about her role as the as the Director and Deputy Chairperson of the UKOUG and about the UKOUG development group’s involvement in Oracle Fusion Applications.
  
• Listen to Part 2 (March 9)
  Debra shares her insight into what Fusion Applications will bring to Enterprise Architecture, and the importance of user experience in enterprise architecture.
  
• Listen to Part 3 (March 16)
  Debra discusses the need to  close the gap between IT and business, and about how business users should be able to use applications without having to think about the underlying technology.

Debra is very active in social networks, so if you have questions or comments you can connect with her via the following:

• Blog: http://www.debrasoracle.blogspot.com/
• Twitter: @debralilley
• LinkedIn:  http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/debra-lilley/1/438/bba

And if you’d like to learn more about Oracle Fusion Applications: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/fusion/index.html

Coming Soon

• Dr. Frank Munz, author of Middleware and Cloud Computing: Oracle Fusion Middleware on Amazon Web Services and Rackspace Cloud. 
• Andy MacMillan (VP, Enterprise 2.0, Oracle) on the socialization of the enterprise.
• A panel discussion on “Who gets to be a software architect?”

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