Oracle Applications

Fusion Platform Update

Cliff Godwin
SVP, Applications Technology

"This information is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for informational purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or
functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decision. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described in this presentation remains at the sole discretion of Oracle."
Agenda
 Technology Advances in Recent Releases
 Fusion Middleware
 Leveraging Fusion Middleware near term
 Demonstrations
Technology Advances
in Recent Releases
EnterpriseOne Tools 8.94
 Improved Web Development
– Greatly expands web forms you can create
– Create reusable sub-forms
 Improved Usability
– CTRL-END to easily retrieve all rows in a grid
– Export all rows to Excel
PeopleTools 8.46
 Portal Enhancements
– Interoperability via standards (WSRP, JSR-168)
– Pagelet Wizard
 Integrated Analytic Calculation Engine
 Integration Enhancements
 Improvements to Setup Manager
 PeopleCode performance improvements
E-Business Suite 11i.10
 OA Framework available for custom
development
– Applicable to 11i.9 also
 Forms personalization
 Integration repository
 Fusion
Middleware
Oracle and PeopleSoft
Technology Teams Combined
 Both Oracle and PeopleSoft had next generation
tools projects underway
 Pursuing similar paths in many areas
 Brought together best technology people and
design ideas across the JDE, PeopleSoft, and
Oracle E-Business Suite organizations
 Oracle’s Server Technologies team is focused on
requirements of the application business
Rationalize Parallel Activities
Go Faster; Go Farther
 Integration Repository
 Uptake BPEL engine
 Minimize upgrade downtime
 DHTML UI
 Performance monitoring
 Reporting and analytic technologies
Fusion Middleware
 Platform for fusion applications starts with a
mature middleware suite of products
 Adding best design ideas from the next
generation plans of all application product lines
 The Fusion Middleware suite is here today, and
will get even better
Oracle Fusion Middleware Includes:
 Core Application Platform Suite
– J2EE, Portal, Integration, Business Intelligence Tools, Identity
Mgmt, Wireless, RFID
– BPEL Process Manager, BAM, WS Manager
 Development Tools
 XML Publisher
 Data Hubs (Customer, Product)
 Collaboration, Content, Web Conferencing, Email
Fusion Middleware
 Fusion Middleware is standards-based
 J2EE
 XML
 BPEL
 WSRP
 LDAP
 And many more…

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Application Server Leader
Risky Strong
Bets Contenders Performers eaders
L
Strong Market presence

Oracle

Microsoft
BEASystems
IBM
SAP

Novell
Current Sun Microsystems
offering

Weak

Weak Strategy Strong

Source:
Forrester Wave™: Application Server Platforms Q1 ’05
Leader in All Gartner Middleware MQs
 Application Platform Suites LEADER

 Application Development Tools LEADER

 Application Server LEADER

 Web Services Platform LEADER

 Enterprise Portal LEADER

 Business Integration LEADER

 Identity Management LEADER

 Web Services Management LEADER

 ETL Data Integration LEADER

Project Fusion
 Fusion generation of Oracle Applications will fully
and consistently leverage Fusion Middleware
– Application Development Framework
– Process and Integration
– Lifecycle Management
– Reporting and Analytics

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Fusion Middleware:
Service Oriented Architecture
Client Application Server Data Server
User Interface Controller Model:
Browser
(HTML) Definition Business MDS
Components Repository
Handheld User Interface Controller
Device Definition

PDF, RTF, XML Service

Excel Publisher Bean
Interface Data

Web Services
 Leveraging
Fusion Middleware
Near Term
Fusion Middleware Roadmap
 Oracle will continue to support running Enterprise
and EnterpriseOne on existing application server
platforms
 Later in 2005 Oracle will certify use of Oracle
platform components with Tools 8.47 and
EnterpriseOne Tools 8.95
 Many possibilities for use of Fusion Middleware
without moving off IBM or BEA Middleware

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EnterpriseOne Tools 8.95 and
PeopleTools 8.47
 Available later this year
 “Tools only” upgrade
 Certifying with Oracle Fusion Middleware
– Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J) 10.1.2
– Oracle Portal 10.1.2
– Oracle Identity Management 10.1.2
– Oracle BPEL Process Manager 10.1.2
 Offering new capabilities
– Operational Dashboards
– XML Publisher
E-Business Suite
 Certified with Discoverer 10.1.2
 Early Adopter Program for Identity Management
and Portal 10.1.2
 11i.10 includes XML Publisher for reporting on
EBS data
– XML Publisher available now as a Fusion Middleware
product for your broader document output
management needs
Demonstrations
Business Insight
 A central goal of Oracle Applications is to provide
superior business insight
 You will see ongoing high investment in providing
information from your applications
 Enterprise and EnterpriseOne – Operational Dashboards
(using Oracle Business Activity Monitoring)
 E-Business Suite – Daily Business Intelligence
 All lines – XML Publisher
 D E M O N S T R A T I O N

Operational Dashboards
Daily Business Intelligence
 Radical simplification:
Same database for summaries and transactions
Daily Business Intelligence
 Radical simplification:
All detail data available for drilldown
 Evolution of Oracle
Evolution Daily
of Oracle Business
Daily Intelligence
Business (DBI)
Intelligence
DBI v5 (11i.8) DBI v6 (11i.9) DBI v7 (11i.10) DBI v7.1 (11i.10+)
KPIs 106 160 235 281
Intelligence
Reports 155 318 581 769

Dashboards 21 31 36 48

• Service Contracts Mgmt • HR Management • Plan Management

• Service Renewals Mgmt • Marketing Management • Product Revenue,
• Profit & Loss • Sales Management Bookings & Backlog
• Profit & Loss by Manager • Sales Forecast Mgmt • Product Management
Business Functions

• Expense Management • Lead Management • Product Mgmt Engineering

• Customer Support Mgmt
• Inbound Telephony Mgmt
• Email Center Management
• Store Management
• Store Top Activity
• Projects Profitability Mgmt
• Projects Operations Mgmt
• Contract Projects Cost Mgmt
• Capital Projects Cost Mgmt
• Opportunity Management
• Quote Management
• Procurement Management
• Procure to Pay Mgmt
• Commodity Supplier Mgmt
• Commodity Spend Mgmt
• Manufacturing Mgmt
• Inventory Management
• Product Cost Management
• Shipping Management
• Customer Fulfillment Mgmt
• Payables Management
• Warehouse Mgmt (7.1)
• Transportation Mgmt (7.1)
• Purchasing Perf Mgmt(7.1)
• Purchasing Status (7.1)
• Maintenance Mgmt (7.1)
• Depot Repair Mgmt (7.1)
D E M O N S T R A T I O N

Daily Business
Intelligence
 XML Publisher
Integrated Solution For:
– Formatting
– Managing Checks
– Delivering Invoices

Your Business Documents

 Meet Business Requirements Labels Reports

 Remove Complexity
 Reduce Maintenance Cost
 Reduce TCO
Destinations XML / EFT / EDI
Moving from these…
… to these
 XML Publisher Concept
Separate data / layout / translation
EFT
EDI
Data Logic
Fax
Layout
XML
Publisher Report
Translation Engine E-Mail
output

More flexibility Printer

Reduced maintenance
 Oracle XML Publisher
Maximum Information Utilization
HTML
Email
Oracle, Customers
PS, JDE RTF

Excel Printer
Suppliers
MS, SAP,
Siebel PDF
XML Publisher Fax

XSL
XML Controllers
Custom App
Java, C++ Templates EDI WebDAV

•Word •XML Spy EFT

Government
•Excel •JDeveloper e-Commerce
Web Services
•Acrobat •Scriptura
Data Sources Layout Tools Output Destinations
D E M O N S T R A T I O N

XML Publisher