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? 2010 Oracle Corporation. 2. First, A Bit of a Background. Oracle Communications is one of many global business units formed from Oracle's acquisitionsCater to telecom and media service providersMerging of multiple development sites:Portal Software United States and IndiaMetaSolv United States
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1. Cheryl Lander, Sr. Director of Information Development, Oracle Communications
Bob Raymond, Sr. Editor, Information Development, Oracle Communications
November 11-13, India STC Conference, Delhi Be This, Not That: A Global Attitude Adjustment
2. © 2010 Oracle Corporation 2 First, A Bit of a Background Oracle Communications is one of many global business units formed from Oracles acquisitions
Cater to telecom and media service providers
Merging of multiple development sites:
Portal Software United States and India
MetaSolvUnited States, Canada, and India
Netsure Ireland
BEA SDP United States and China
Convergin Israel
eServGlobal assetsNew Zealand and England
3. Some More Background As of November 1, 94,874 Oracle employees
2,087 or 2.2% in Oracle Communications
65-member Information Development team
Technical Writers, Curriculum Developers/Trainers, Documentation Architect, Help/Tools Architect, Editor, Managers/Leads
~18% InfoDev staff in Hyderabad, India (supporting 2product lines)
Support 6 product lines,27 products
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4. Who Are Cheryl and Bob? Cheryl Lander has been a manager of technical communications and curriculum development teams for 25+ years
Typesetting company, hardware manufacturer, consulting firm, and joined Portal Software in 1999
Portal was acquired by Oracle in 2006
Bob Raymond has been editing technical and marketing communications for 30+ years
Ran a successful communications business for 10 years
His first STC presentation was in the early 1980s, in which he presented the role of the editor as one of a teacher rather than corrector
he still sees editing that way...
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