Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Dr. Dobb's | Oracle Talks Up Application Integration Architecture | April 16, 2007
Dr. Dobb's Oracle Talks Up Application Integration Architecture April 16, 2007: "Oracle's promised 'Fusion' application lineup -- essentially, the converged set of functions now available across several brands -- is still on track to be rolled out in 2008, Lazares said.
Oracle is on an ambitious, two-prong app attack. The company continues to build more integration between its product islands, and it's trying to build more and more shared code and processes over time into its current brands, which include Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards.
In many respects, Oracle and Microsoft face a similar issue. Both software behemoths field multiple ERP and business app code bases that they're trying to converge and rationalize. But Oracle customers tend to be at the enterprise level, whereas Microsoft ERP is found in smaller companies.
SAP, which is by far Oracle's biggest enterprise apps rival, is trying to manage a transition of enterprise accounts off legacy R/3 ERP and onto MySAP, while also fielding All-in-One and Business One for smaller businesses. "
Oracle is on an ambitious, two-prong app attack. The company continues to build more integration between its product islands, and it's trying to build more and more shared code and processes over time into its current brands, which include Oracle, Siebel, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards.
In many respects, Oracle and Microsoft face a similar issue. Both software behemoths field multiple ERP and business app code bases that they're trying to converge and rationalize. But Oracle customers tend to be at the enterprise level, whereas Microsoft ERP is found in smaller companies.
SAP, which is by far Oracle's biggest enterprise apps rival, is trying to manage a transition of enterprise accounts off legacy R/3 ERP and onto MySAP, while also fielding All-in-One and Business One for smaller businesses. "
