This figure shows part of the Oracle Application Server Welcome Page.

At the top of the page, it states "Welcome to Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2."

On the left of the page, there is an Overview section.

There are three sections on the right of the page, from top to bottom:

• Release Notes

• New Features

• Oracle Application Server Logins

The "Overview" section contains the following text:

Oracle Application Server 10g is an integrated, standards-based software platform that allows organizations of all sizes to be more responsive to changing business requirements.

The Oracle Application Server application platform suite can improve your organization's ability to predict and respond to market dynamics, enhance productivity, and simplify your information technology environment, all while allowing you to use your existing investments to their full potential. Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) achieves these goals through:

• Service-Oriented Computing: Oracle Application Server uses a service-oriented computing architecture to facilitate the development of enterprise applications as business services, which enables you to build a flexible enterprise application infrastructure.

• Grid Computing: The Oracle Application Server architecture coordinates the use of large numbers of low cost, modular servers and storage to act as one large computer to run your enterprise applications. This allows you to start small, minimize unused resources, and add processing or storage capacity as you need it.

The "Release Notes" section contains a link to read the latest release notes on Oracle Technology Network for important information about Oracle Application Server 10g.

The "Oracle Application Server Logins" section contains a link to log on to Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Server Control to manage and monitor Oracle Application Server.

The "New Features" section contains link a link to OTN for information on new features.