Oracle Collaboration Suite Handbook

CHAPTER 3Before You Begin

I don’t want to be left behind. In fact,I want to be here before the action starts.

—Kerry Packer (on Technology)

As has been emphasized in the previous two chapters, the more architecture planning and analysis someone does up front before installing the first component of the Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g product, the smoother the installation, configuration, and implementation will go, and the less problematic the ongoing management and operations will be. The same theory can be applied to the implementation phase of the product. The more time spent up front planning important implementation decisions such as username and password conventions, port usage, user and email migration strategy and cut-over approach, the ...