
After Oracle's move in 2000 from client/server to Web-based applications with its E-Business Suite 11i--a notoriously buggy technology shift--the company isn't taking any chances with its next big development undertaking. Oracle has implemented <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2010861,00.asp?kc=EWNAVEMNL090106EOAD">a zero-defect policy</A> for Fusion Applications, its next-generation suite of ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications expected in 2008.