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based authoring tool scheduled for final release by the end of this year.

Not shockingly, Ellison reiterated Oracle's commitment to Java, reminding conference attendees that Oracle's middleware strategy is "based 100% on Java," as its entire next generation Fusion suite of applications will be. He added that there will be increased investments from the combined company, seeing a marked expansion of... More...

Jun 5, 2009
are extremely interested in that and really glad to see it hitting the market and see that Oracle's continuing its promise to use the latest versions of technology. The integration with Fusion Middleware is spot on, and for many customers like myself, that is very important. The other big takeaway was the announcement of the fee waiver for Extended Support for some of the earlier releases. That's a key factor... More...
May 6, 2009
Our approach is to offer one platform with everything in there for things like archiving, records management [and] information rights management, and have that sit on top of Oracle's middleware and database."

While users can deploy all the Oracle-developed applications in Beehive, they can choose to swap them out in favor of competitive open source or proprietary products giving them more... More...

May 4, 2009
Our approach is to offer one platform with everything in there for things like archiving, records management and information rights management and have that sit on top of Oracle's middleware and database."

While users can deploy all the Oracle-developed applications in Beehive, they can choose to swap them out in favor of competitive open source or proprietary products giving them more... More...

May 4, 2009
allowing secure access to corporate data from behind firewalls.

Mark Woollen, vice president of Social CRM for Oracle, said corporate developers can now take the code they built on middleware and port it directly to the Google Apps Engine. From there, they can "run it up into the cloud" and then use Google Apps to get at data existing behind the firewall.

This ability to connect data protected by... More...

Apr 9, 2009
development and product strategy for AIA. "I think we are now reaching a tipping point in terms of scalability where we can accelerate delivery by leveraging SOA and the underlying middleware tools."

There's a definite market for integrating Oracle's multiple applications, but many have held off taking that final step to implementation.

"I know the theory behind AIA and how it can tie together... More...

Apr 7, 2009
suites, was recently appointed OAUG president. In this 10-minute podcast, Payne discusses many issues important to Oracle applications users: When he expects to see the first release of Fusion applications How the OAUG's Fusion Council is working with Oracle His recommendations for upgrading your database in preparation for Fusion apps How Oracle applications users can benefit from both... More...
Feb 5, 2009
amount of independence."

Customers that decide to go all-in with Oracle should also decide in 2009 whether to upgrade older versions of Oracle applications that are not supported by Fusion middleware to newer versions that are. Application upgrades are usually included in maintenance costs, Wang said, but "you still have to do the implementation. In some cases, if you have a lot of customizations to do, that... More...

Dec 30, 2008
of copyright infringement by SAP but upheld the rest. And outside the courtroom, in the marketplace, Oracle is also beating SAP, according to Forrester Research, thanks to the promise of its Fusion products. That's a total turnaround from 2006, when Forrester said SAP was winning the applications battle because of momentum around NetWeaver.

4. Fusion applications arrive -- sort of: Oracle released the... More...

Dec 18, 2008
t mean much. In this post, read what Nanda said at OpenWorld about some best practices that may be "questionable, misleading or downright wrong."

9. Eating a whale sandwich — a real-life Fusion roadmap: Floyd Teter of the Jet Propulsion Lab gives a humorous presentation at Collaborate '08 discussing his approach for preparing for Fusion applications.

8. Will on demand stay in demand?: What's the... More...

Dec 16, 2008
a virtualized implementation, the next leap is simply trusting Oracle to host it.

What's in the works right now?

Oracle floated its cloud plans at OpenWorld, making Database 11g, Fusion Middleware and Oracle Enterprise Manager available in Amazon's Web Service Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Partnerships with other cloud providers will probably follow.

Oracle is also providing a set of free... More...

Oct 27, 2008
it'll be toward late 2009, early 2010," Wang said.

"There's still a certain amount of testing they still have to do and some modules and components they still have to build. They are leveraging the Fusion Middleware tools, but it looks like they have rewritten and expanded and built upon a lot of acquisitions here," he added.

Has the Fusion strategy shifted?

Nearly four years after Oracle first announced its plans for... More...

Oct 15, 2008
at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference. Designed to help sales professionals focus on more productive leads, Sales Prospector is built on open, standards-based technology including Oracle Fusion Middleware, the company noted. The sales productivity application is delivered via a SaaS model leveraging Oracle Grid Computing and could be used as a standalone app or to complement, and extend, first-generation... More...
Oct 14, 2008
from Oracle's TimesTen acquisition. Oracle is releasing new middleware features to support the concept of an "Oracle database in the cloud." Oracle customers can license 11g, Fusion Middleware and Enterprise Manager to run in a cloud environment. The first products will be available in Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud. Customers can also use the cloud as a backup store using Oracle Backup Cloud... More...
Sep 22, 2008
Siebel 8.0 upgrade Savings in maintenance and hardware costs were enough to convince the Home Shopping Network to upgrade from Siebel 6.2 to 8.0, but it was not an easy project.

Oracle to put Fusion middleware in Amazon Compute Cloud Fusion Middleware in the Amazon Cloud, and updated Java development tools for the newly integrated BEA technology, including the newly christened Oracle WebLogic Server were... More...

Sep 17, 2008
year's OpenWorld is the first since the BEA acquisition and BEA is bound to be a hot topic at the conference. SearchOracle.com talked with Floyd Teter of the Oracle Applications User Group's Fusion Council.

In this 15-minute podcast, appropriate for both Oracle and BEA customers, Teter discusses: What we can expect to hear from Oracle about BEA What both Oracle and BEA customers should look for at... More...

Aug 26, 2008
pieces of business intelligence (BI) technology" previously lacking.

Hyperion's Essbase OLAP server and corporate performance management applications are now integrated with Oracle Fusion Middleware, including Oracle's data integration, business process management, and identity management technologies. As a result, Kurian said, users throughout the enterprise can make management and operational... More...

Jul 17, 2008
last raised prices, and it is one of the few technology vendors that publishes its price lists -- in contrast with SAP, its chief competition in the applications arena, and IBM in database and middleware -- although analysts agree that the list prices and actual prices are often not the same, thanks to volume discounting and other considerations.

Oracle's making these changes in the midst of the current... More...

Jun 19, 2008
on their role. For example, only human resources can see certain personnel data.

Performance has been strong as well, Johnston said. Evans & Avant is also using several components of Oracle Fusion Middleware.

"We found that the search results come back quickly -- even long lists like a list of tenants or suppliers would return within seconds," Johnston said. "Given that we're on a modest infrastructure platform, it... More...

Jun 5, 2008
Even as RIM focuses on encouraging more third-party BlackBerry development, middleware specialists still play an important enterprise role... More...
May 28, 2008
of logical and physical database design, operating systems, networks, applications, programming languages and tools, storage hardware, security, web technologies, middleware, scripting, monitoring software, etc. If you do not already have a solid technical background in at least some of these areas, becoming a DBA will certainly be a challenge.

Most DBAs I know are satisfied with... More...

May 7, 2008
in one place; a registry-style hub, which stores only the directory information and the foreign keys; and the hybrid, a mixture of both.

In addition, every MDM initiative relies on some form of middleware to synchronize the data going in and out of the hub.

"Not synchronizing your data quality improvements back into your source systems can defeat the whole purpose of the program," Power said.

That, of course... More...

May 6, 2008
about the progress AIA has made, the latest packaged integrations and the plan for the future.

In this 20-minute podcast, listeners will learn: Oracle's strategy for AIA and how it fits with Fusion Middleware and Fusion applications The existing prepackaged process integration packs and Oracle's strategy for developing new packs Oracle's progress in extending the process packs to specific industries The... More...

Apr 17, 2008
or building them. Oracle's Application Integration Architecture (AIA), which was born out of Oracle's need to integrate its many acquisitions, offers that pre-build answer, she said. Oracle's Fusion Middleware will help customers building it out themselves.

"Point-to-point integration -- it's a nightmare to maintain," Bendjedou said. "AIA is really about cleaning that and making it a common object. It's Fusion ready... More...

Apr 15, 2008
Edwards User Group, are hosting the show.

In this 15-minute podcast, Kaplan will discuss: The future of Oracle user groups What's on tap for database 11g at the show How Oracle users can plan for Fusion and Oracle's Application Integration architecture Where users who aren't coming to the annual conference can get the sort of information that will be presented.

Kaplan has been involved with the Oracle... More...

Apr 2, 2008
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