Oracle Developer/Forms Question

Hi All,
My company needs to install Oracle forms. I am a DBA, so I have no experience with forms. I was hoping someone could answer come questions for me.
I downloaded some Client Install instructions for Forms. They seem pretty straight forward.
However, since we will want to be sharing these forms and have everyone in the comany use them, I assume I need to install some server component. I have no clue where to look. I was told that I need to install iAS? I have no clue on what that is.
So, I'm looking for someone to help me out with what I'll need so the developers can work on their stuff, and then the users can use the forms, etc.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Arthur

First of all you should post this question on the Forms forum - http://forums.oracle.com/forums/index.jsp?cat=19
Second, go to http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/forms where you can get all the information you need about running forms on the Web.

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