Kurian's presentation offered little by way of new products. But he did unveil Oracle WebCenter Suite.

"WebCenter provides [users] with a way to build very sophisticated Web 2.0-based user interaction environments," Kurian said.

A component of the Fusion Middleware platform, WebCenter Suite breaks down boundaries between Web-based portals, enterprise applications, and Web 2.0 technologies to enable rapid development of context-sensitive work processes, Oracle said. Integration can happen between mashups, Wikis, VOIP, RSS feeds, discussion forums and online Web content publishing. The product features a JavaServer Faces (JSF)- and Oracle ADF-based framework for embedding rich, AJAX-based (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) components and content into JSF applications, enabling a dynamic and context-rich user experience, the company said.

Due by the end of this year, Oracle WebCenter Suite will be licensed as an option to Oracle Application Server Enterprise Edition for $50,000 per CPU.

Oracle at the show also announced Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition 10g Release 3, focusing on components and enhancements to enable enterprisewide intelligence. It also features integration with Oracle Applications, Fusion Middleware, and the Oracle Database, as well as expanded hot-pluggable support for third-party data sources and systems.