A quick look at Process Cloud Service by Laurens van der Starre

November 14, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image002Oracle Process Cloud Service is Oracle’s rapid process automation in the Cloud. It is more or less BPM in the cloud. This service allows you to quickly and easily create business processes like you are used to with Oracle BPM, only now in the cloud. In this post I’ll give a quick tour of this service.

So let’s start with the Process Cloud Service. The landing page already gives you loads of features.

The landing page of the Process Cloud

Here you have your spaces in which your processes will be saved, and where you start building new applications. So let’s create a new one. Read the complete article here.

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Process Cloud – first impressions by Luc Gorissen

November 13, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image002As of this week, Oracle has released the Oracle Process Cloud Service (PCS): https://cloud.oracle.com/process. This PaaS cloud service offers a development platform for implementing business processes. Underpinning technology for this cloud service is the Oracle Fusion Middleware BPM stack. As a result, using the Process Cloud Service should be easy for people that are already familiar with Oracle Fusion Middleware BPM. For example, familiar platform components like BPM Composer and BPM WorkSpace are also present in PCS. With that in mind, we decided to give it a go!

This article outlines the steps for implementing a simple process in the Oracle Process Cloud Service. We were inspired during a discussion with a customer on SOA Governance, more specifically: how to handle/grant access to specific services. The customer mentioned that ‘he had people were complaining that it was unpredictable how long it took before access to a specific service in a specific environment was granted’. These types of processes can be handled very well within the Oracle Process Cloud. So, the ‘ServiceAccessApproval’ process will be shown in this example.

Sample process ServiceAccessApproval

The process ServiceAccessApproval in short consists of the following steps: Read the complete article here.

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IoT Cloud Service – Driving value in the connected world–Webcast Wednesday, November 18th

November 12, 2015 Leave a comment

imageWednesday, November 18th @ 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT

Speakers:

Harish Gaur, Senior Director Product Management for Internet of Things Product Group

Simon Nicholson, Senior Director, Product Management for the Internet of Things Product Group

IoT presents a huge opportunity to transform and differentiate your business—whether you are in manufacturing, logistics, infrastructure, or other verticals. Companies are looking to deliver business benefits from the Internet of Things (IoT) around reduced operational costs and enhanced customer experience, and by improving products. If this is done right, returns can be significant and rapid. By leveraging large volumes of sensor data, analyzing this data, and connecting this data with back-end applications, customers and partners are realizing the full potential of IoT for digital transformation.

Join this session to understand Oracle IoT Strategy and a phased approach to ROI with the Oracle Internet of Things Cloud Service, making IoT implementation straightforward, simple and effective. In this session, you will learn how the feature set will help you to quickly build IoT applications, connect and manage devices, configure and monitor security policies, manage and analyze massive amounts of data and integrate with your business processes and applications. You will also see examples of out-of-the-box integration with other Oracle Cloud services and applications, showing the unique value through end-to-end integration that Oracle provides.

This is the link to the registration page that displays all webcast details!

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Eine für alles: Cloud Integration statt Anwendungs-Chaos

November 4, 2015 Leave a comment

OpitzDie IT eines Unternehmens wächst mit dessen Bedürfnissen, nicht nach einem Masterplan. Klar, dass dann irgendwann jeder Unternehmensbereich mit eigenen, speziellen Anwendungen arbeitet – von lokalen Business-Applikationen bis zur SaaS-Lösung in der Cloud. Probleme entstehen dann, wenn der Austausch zwischen all den Systemen nicht reibungslos läuft: das kostet unnötig Zeit, Nerven und Geld.

Viele Firmen nutzen bereits Integrationsplattformen als Schnittstellen zwischen einzelnen Systemen. Aber kann eine solche verzweigte Integrationslandschaft in Sachen Datenvolumen und Dynamik mit den neusten Entwicklungen mithalten?

Wie Sie sich den Überblick zurückholen, ihre Prozesse optimieren und bei der Integration wieder auf eigenen Beinen stehen können – darüber informiert Opitz Consulting ganz aktuell unter http://www.auf-eigenen-beinen.de. Neben einem Überblick zu möglichen cloud-basierten Integrationslösungen, zum Beispiel zur Oracle SOA-Suite, haben Sie dort auch die Möglichkeit, einen individuellen Beratungstermin mit den Integrations-Experten von Opitz zu vereinbaren. Ein kleiner Schritt für Ihre IT-Fachleute – vielleicht aber ein großer für Ihr Unternehmen!

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Boost Sales Productivity and Lead Generation with Oracle Cloud Adapters for Sales Cloud and Eloqua by Rajesh Kalra

November 1, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image002With the mission to drive sales results, and sell anywhere and anytime, many organizations are adopting Oracle Sales Cloud, a key component of Oracle Customer Experience Solution.  The deal velocity increases along with the productivity of the sales teams with modern selling tools using Oracle Sales Cloud.

For customers to confidently and conveniently convert more pipelines into error free quotes, and progress them into orders in the back office, as well as to collaborate more with other applications in the Customer Experience stack via rich set of integrations, Oracle Cloud Adapter for Oracle Sales Cloud is being introduced.

Oracle Eloqua, Oracle’s leading Cross-Channel Marketing Solution, enables marketers to plan and execute automated marketing campaigns.  Integration between Oracle Eloqua Marketing Cloud and any SaaS or on-premise CRM application is enabled by the new Oracle Cloud Adapter for Oracle Eloqua Cloud Service, driving faster progression of marketing leads to sales opportunities, and unified customer data management.

These all new cloud adapters for SaaS applications – Oracle Sales Cloud Adapter and Oracle Eloqua Cloud Adapter provide rich and intuitive design time capabilities as well as run time efficiency.   Oracle is extending its Cloud to on-premise integration solution portfolio by releasing these cloud adapters on its premier integration platform Oracle SOA Suite 12c.

The Sales organizations will also benefit from their investment in the Oracle Sales Cloud application in various other integrated business processes by leveraging the Oracle Sales Cloud Adapter, such as:

  • Closed Loop Analysis for Marketing campaigns:  The integrated marketing with Eloqua for progression of leads can be extended to analysis of marketing campaigns and responses.
  • Sales and Service co-ordination:  The customer information can shared across with service teams, as well as visibility to the service requests can be provided to the sales teams for better account management.
  • Lead to Order:  The leads/opportunities can be progressed to orders in the back office order management systems (viz. E-Business Suite, SAP).

You can access the datasheets, documentation, and more information on this website.

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Provisioning Oracle Service Bus on Oracle Java Cloud Service – free online training

October 31, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image002Creating an Oracle Java Cloud Service instance and extending the Oracle WebLogic Server domain with Oracle Service Bus. To get information about licensing, see Leveraging On-Premises Licenses in the Oracle Public Cloud. To Learn more about Java Cloud Service, see the documentation. Get the free online trainings here.

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Integration Cloud Service (ICS) Preview” by The SOA mythbusters

October 29, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image001INTRODUCTION.

So, do you really like SOA? That’s great because so do we, and we’ve been working with it every single day since a long time ago. As Oracle professionals, we’ve seen the SOA stack grow, change, incorporating new products and technology with each version, from 10g to 12c.

We’re Rolando Carrasco and Arturo Viveros, the SOA Myth Busters from Mexico, and as we go with this series we will put to the test a number of questions, myths and urban legends regarding integration, SOA & the Oracle FMW Platform in seek of finding out which myths are true and which are not.

ABOUT THIS EPISODE

In this short episode, we will preview the imminent (and much awaited) launch of Oracle Integration Cloud Service (ICS).

In this era of digital disruption, Cloud Integration is and will keep being one of the hottest and most relevant topics in the SOA / Middleware realms.

So, as we usually do, let’s identify a bunch of questions which we will attempt to clarify throughout this article:

  • Why is Oracle bringing to the table an iPaaS offering of its own?
  • What is the difference between ICS and SOA Suite in the Cloud?
  • Where does this leave my on premise SOA Suite implementation?
  • What is running underneath the curtains and how does Oracle ICS stack up against its main competitors?
  • Which business scenarios would be better suited for the implementation of such a tool?
  • What benefits can organizations expect to achieve by leveraging this kind of offering?
  • What about common concerns such as performance, security, ease of adoption / use, portability, standardization, etc.?
  • Are there any clear guidelines for ICS’s implementation / adoption from an architectural standpoint?
  • Can I do SOA with ICS?
  • Is ICS suitable for on premise integrations?

Let’s get started

Since the product has yet to hit the market, this time around we don’t have a de-facto myth revolving around it; but don’t worry, the myths will surely come swiftly and we will be there to tackle them whenever they arise.

For now, let’s focus on the questions at hand. It seems to us that a good way to get started in the matter is by going over some elemental definitions and concepts:

First things first

Oracle ICS is an integration product in the cloud. Let’s first nail this.

ICS stands for Integration Cloud Services. Oracle has addressed a strong Cloud need: the integration among Cloud based Applications. Oracle has been very active to become a Cloud type of monster. If we go back five years ago, maybe Oracle was not perceived as a strong Cloud player, but those days are very far away now. Oracle has a very clear cloud offering in the different recognized flavors: PaaS, SaaS and IaaS.

A set of Cloud based applications, such as: Taleo, Right Now, Big Machines (Oracle CPQ) are very well-known in the market. A very large set of customer around the globe use them.

But what about having to integrate those different Clouds? Or even more, what about integrating an Oracle Cloud with a different vendor Cloud? (e.g. Salesforce.com or Success Factors).

There is where we meet with our first question: Read the complete article here.

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Europe leads in Oracle PaaS adaption driven by Oracle Partners!

October 28, 2015 1 Comment

imageIt’s a pleasure to work with the Oracle EMEA SOA & BPM and WebLogic & Developer Partner Community and see the success in our cloud adoption. The latest press release proves that our EMEA partners lead adoption. Oracle provides the same technology in the cloud as on-premises. This enables partners to secure their investment in knowledge and skills and rapidly build cloud applications for our joint customers.

Partners who can support your cloud adoption

Looking for a Middleware Specialized Partner which can support you with your cloud adoption? Visit the solutions catalog here, and search for your local Middleware Specialized partner have trained & certified consultants and implemented successful Middleware customer projects. Across EMEA we have thousands of Middleware Specialized partners! Find local Specialized partners by product www.oracle.com/specialized here.

In case you are not yet a member in the EMEA Middleware Partner Communities feel free to register at www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa

 

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IoT PaaS showcase for Predictive Maintenance by HCL at Oracle OpenWorld2015

October 26, 2015 Leave a comment

imageWant to see a showcase of the brand new Oracle Internet of Things (IoT cloud service consuming Mobile & Process and Integration Cloud Service? Make sure you visit the Samsung & HCL Demo center at Moscone Center South Exhibition Hall – Booth 1221.

The use case includes the complete flow from fault recognition, gather and diagnose information, repair and settle and schedule preventive maintenance. The whole show case was build on the Oracle PaaS Platform. For more information or in case you can not make it to San Francisco please contact Luis Weir here.

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Introducing the Integration Cloud Service by Robert van Molken

October 25, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image002Oracle released some more Cloud offerings and in this article we introduce the Integration Cloud Service. This cloud service lets your organization create integrations between cloud application, but also between cloud and on-premise applications. Create connections to well known and less known SaaS applications using a bunch of cloud adapters, publish or subscribe to the Messaging Cloud Service, or use industry standards like SOAP & REST. The available set of cloud adapters will certainly grow in the future when the marketplace is fully up-and-running.

Why should organizations consider the Cloud?
Let’s get started with the key benefits and features before diving into them more detailed. Why should organizations consider the Cloud?
In this day and age more and more software is going into the cloud, maybe they’re even developed with a cloud-first strategy. Thinks of your CRM, ERP of your HCM application. These applications do not do standalone business they communicate with each other, they exchange information. The Integration Cloud (fno ICS) provides this integrations and does it simplified.

The Cloud has a lot advantages, it is probably the most cost efficient method to use, maintain and upgrade an enterprise service bus.  It is available at much cheaper rates and hence, can significantly lower the company’s IT expenses. Besides, there are many pay-as-you-go and other scalable options available, which makes it very reasonable for your organization. Since all your data is stored in the cloud, backing it up and restoring the same is relatively much easier than storing the same on a physical device. Once you register yourself in the cloud, you can access the information from anywhere, where there is an Internet connection.

So what has the Integration Cloud Service to offer to meet these demands?

Simplified UI
ICS gives a web-based, point & click integration experience where you can easily create integrations between Cloud applications, public web services and on-premise applications.

Rich Connectivity
ICS has a standard library of Cloud & On-premise connectors which includes Oracle SaaS applications, but also connectors for the Messaging Cloud Service and industry standards like SOAP and REST.

Recommendations
The mapping builder to create the necessary mappings between the adapter connections has a build-in recommendation engine for guidance how to best map source to target fields.

Visibility & Error Detections
ICS as build-in a rich monitoring and error management. With advanced tracking you can easily spot inconsistencies and monitoring the usage and performance of integrations. It generates alerts, and even emails them, when connections fail to work. With the guided error handling the errors are easy to repair.

Overview of the Integration Cloud Service
Because it is fully web-based you only need to open a browser and go to the URL you received after creating your ICS instance. After signing in to the Integration Cloud Service you are welcomed by the home page. Read the complete article here.

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