Oracle Enterprise Manager
Concepts Guide

Release 1.4.0

July 1997

Part No. A53707-01

In memory of Bob Miner and Bob Kooi-

As you will see in this and other Oracle8 manuals, a number of new and exciting concepts and capabilities for information management are available in Oracle8. The members of Oracle's Server Technologies Division would like to dedicate Oracle8 to the memory of Bob Miner and Bob Kooi, whose contributions to prior versions made Oracle8 possible. We wish we could still thank them in person.

Oracle Enterprise Manager Concepts Guide

Part No. A53707-01

Release 1.4.0

Printed in the U.S.A

Contributing Authors: Eric Belden, Aravind Balakrishnan, Kristin Desmond, Daniella Hansell, Valerie Kane, Dennis Lee, Priscilla Lee, Robert McCormick, Patricia McGonigle, David Stowell

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