In the era of Internet, most applications have shifted to middle-tiers to expand the business opportunity and target users to all over the world.

As some statistics indicate two-third of internet users prefer non-English contents, the applications have to support multiple language and cultures to meet those people's demand.

Oracle is one of the leading companies which have successfully expanded the business opportunity by completing the transition from client-server to the web based n-tier architecture incorporating Java middle-tier components.

As Java became the core platform in Oracle, the demand of pure Java library of Oracle globalization feature has emerged.

Oracle Globalization Services in Java will meet the demand that you can incorporate Oracle database globalization feature into your Java applications. Oracle Globalization Services in Java provides the consistent operations and results with those in the database, such as date formatting, number formatting, sorting and comparison, and character set conversions in the pure Java environment. On the top of those fundamental layers, Oracle Globalization Services also offers the JSP/Servlet globalization framework that makes it easier to develop the globalized middle-tier applications.

This presentation will cover features of Oracle Globalization Services and show how you can benefit with the library in your applications.