Upgrading to Oracle SOA Suite 12c – What you need to know by Matt Brasier

December 11, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image002Matt Brasier, Head of Consulting at C2B2 and author of the ‘Oracle SOA Suite 11g Cookbook’, recently delivered a series of webinars giving an overview of Oracle SOA Suite 12c, and what viewers need to know about it.

Background

Matt is a Professional Services Consultant and has over 13 years experience in tuning enterprise Java applications. Having worked on jobs from small in-house solutions to large Government projects, Matt has experience of working across a broad range of industries.

As Head of Consulting at C2B2, Matt works alongside a number of certified SOA Suite Consultants. C2B2 are Oracle Gold partners and deliver expertise through a combination of consulting and remote support. The company have a lot of experience working with WebLogic, Oracle SOA Suite stack and Oracle integration stacks.

What’s new in Oracle SOA Suite 12c?

The improvements and new features in Oracle SOA Suite 12c have been split into 3 core areas;

1. Productivity improvements have been made across the whole range of SOA Suite components and services, with the biggest developments being around jumpstart templates, lightweight footprint and unified design tools.

2. Cloud integration has also been a big driver for change. Users now have the ability to not only integrate their own on premise applications, servers and components using SOA Suite, but can also bring in their Software as a Service providers (SaaS).

3. Another key area that Oracle have focused on in this release is mobile integration and mobile devices.

Productivity Improvements

Productivity improvements are the key reasons why Oracle SOA Suite 12c is important. These improvements allow users to do what they need to with Oracle SOA Suite, but quicker and more efficiently.

The biggest productivity improvement is the jumpstart distribution for developers. These are single bundle installations that contain Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Service Bus or Oracle BPM in a single archive, containing a tool that builds a WebLogic domain. All components are preconfigured and plugged into a database that’s already been created and has all of the data already. Users can simply get up and running and start developing applications without needing to do large amounts of deploying, patching or adding products on top of products.

Test build environments are also easier to get up and running. These are small, single server domains that aren’t designed for production use, but are a good way of getting developers started and getting people up-skilled in Oracle SOA Suite. These quick start distributions make a big difference to training purposes.

Unified design interface is another useful improvement in Oracle SOA Suite 12c – it’s about ensuring the user interface looks and behaves the same across the various tools available; web interfaces and the Oracle J Developer interface in particular.

There are also a number of enhancements to testing and debugging, making it easier to debug things going on in Oracle SOA Suite in case something’s not behaving as expected.

Cloud Integration

Cloud Integration brings a lot of crucial business benefits, making it one of the key areas for growth in Service Oriented Architecture, and integration in general. Read the complete article here.

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How to integrate and extend Oracle CX Cloud solutions? A special webinar for EMEA partners on Dec 17th 2015

December 10, 2015 Leave a comment

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Maximize the Value of Your CX Investments with Oracle Cloud Platform

With Oracle CX Cloud, companies not only get the most comprehensive CX offering, but also an innovative and powerful cloud platform to extend, analyze and integrate these applications with the rest of the enterprise resources, as well as to optimize them for every user. 

This session outlines the Cloud Platform (PaaS & IaaS) solutions that Oracle provides to streamline cloud development and empowers you to deliver enterprise-grade solutions rapidly and cost effectively. Join this event if you are interested in the most advanced way to extend, analyze and integrate the Oracle CX solutions. In subsequent webinars, we will drive you through further Integration Solutions’ details.

Agenda:

  • Oracle Cloud Platform Overview
  • Practical use case to extend, analyze and integrate Oracle CX Cloud
  • CX extension & integration demo
  • Partner resources
    Schedule:
    December 17th 2015 10:00 am CET

For details please visit our registration page here!

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Estafet Opinion on the new Integration Cloud Service from Oracle

December 9, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image001Integration Expert Phil McLaughlin takes a look at the new cloud solution from Oracle.

Last week Oracle announced its long awaited iPaaS Integration Cloud Service (ICS) and Process Cloud Service (PCS). As integration experts, Estafet looked at these exciting new products and assessed how they will affect the integration market.

If you are interested in finding out more, come along to our event on the 24th July at the Royal Exchange London. We will delve deeper into the technology, including a live demo of ICS

The iPaaS market has been dominated by providers such as Dell Boomi, Snaplogic and Mulesoft all taking slightly different approaches towards integrating SaaS applications in the cloud. Oracle has now entered this market providing a comprehensive set of solutions of its own.  In this blog we examine Integration Cloud service (ICS), in later blogs we will look at some of the others.

So how does Oracle ICS fare against the competition?

Oracle ICS makes most sense if you already have Oracle SaaS applications that need point-to-point integrations in the cloud, or integrations to on-premise solutions (ideally using OSB) to form a hybrid cloud solution.

Many companies have one or two SaaS applications that require linking either to each other, or to existing service bus-based backend systems, and ICS is ideal for this. The Oracle SaaS endpoints that belong to the company are made available in the development environment, meaning the development of the integrations are quick and simple. Read the complete article here.

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Integration Cloud Service Campaign by IPT

December 8, 2015 Leave a comment

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Thanks to our Swiss partner IPT for the excellent Cloud Integration Campaign. Great blog articles in German:

Cloud Integration CH

Oracle sagt dem Silo-as-a-Service den Kampf an – Teil 1

Oracle sagt dem Silo-as-a-Service den Kampf an – Teil 2

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Integration Success Workshop updated Cloud material – generate additional consulting business!

December 8, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image002The Integration Success Workshops are technical workshops you can run with your customers. You can generate additional consulting business with existing customers e.g. SOA Suite customers with MFT, API Catalog & Manager or Stream explorer. Or You can use the excellent content to win new customers. We highly encourage you to make use of the ISW content at our SOA Community Workspace (SOA Community membership required).

We just updated the ISW content with industry specific value propositions with focus on B2B and Stream Explorer:

New Cloud: all content here

Module  Business Benefits  Presentation  Viewlets  Labs/Demos 
Integration with Salesforce
  • FASTER TIME TO MARKET for enterprise business processes (e.g. Lead to Order) via rich design time features – intuitive object/service discovery wizards, credential management, and SOQL support for integration developers
  • IMPROVE SALES PRODUCTIVITY — by enabling integration between standard/custom Salesforce objects and other cloud/enterprise systems
  • IMPROVE TCO with Intelligent Salesforce session management, support for multiple SFDC versions, and certification with multiple SOA components
 Prospecting and Positioning Sales Deck
Integration with Salesforce		 EBS SFDC Integration
Runtime – Click-through Demo (Play the HTML)
Design-time Click-through Demo (EXE)
SAP – Salesforce Integration (Videos)
Account Sync Opp to Order		 SFDC JDeveloper Design-time Demo Script
EBix SFDC Runtime Demo script
Integration with RightNow
  • STREAMLINE DEVELOPMENT with rich design time features – intuitive object/service discovery wizards, Bulk/Batch/Chain operation support , and credential management for integration developers
  • FASTER TIME TO MARKET for enterprise business processes (e.g. Agent to Field Service ), and thus improved Customer Service productivity by enabling integration with standard/custom RightNow objects with other cloud/on-premise systems
  • IMPROVE TCO with Intelligent RightNow session management, support for multiple RightNow versions, and certification with multiple SOA components
 Integration with RightNow RightNow Adapter DesignTime Viewlet
Win Mac
Integration with Oracle Sales Cloud
  • FASTER TIME TO MARKET for enterprise business processes (e.g. Lead to Order) via rich design time features – intuitive object/service discovery wizards, credential management, and extensive mapping support for integration developers
  • IMPROVE SALES PRODUCTIVITY — by enabling integration between standard/custom Oracle Sales Cloud objects and other cloud/enterprise systems
  • IMPROVE TCO with rich bi-directional integration for Sales Cloud and certification with multiple SOA components
 Integration with Oracle Sales Cloud Sales Cloud Adapter DesignTime Viewlet (coming soon)
Integration with Eloqua
  • FASTER TIME TO MARKET for “Integrated Marketing Lead Flow” via rich design time features – intuitive object/service discovery wizards, credential management, and bulk API support for integration developers
  • IMPROVE Marketing Reach — by enabling integration between standard/custom Eloqua objects and other cloud/enterprise systems
  • IMPROVE TCO by syncing large data sets with Eloqua, and certification with multiple SOA components
 Integration with Eloqua Eloqua Adapter DesignTime Viewlet
Win Mac
Integration in the Cloud (iPaas)
  • Simplified and AcceleratedSaaS to SaaS and SaaS to On-Premise Integration in the Cloud
  • Highly Intuitive Browser based designer for modeling your Integrations
  • Pre-built integration flows to kick-start your SaaS Integrations
  • Intelligent Mapping Recommendations to accelerate and bring down costs of building transformation maps
 Integration Cloud Service(OOW Presentation)
Cloud Adapter Roadmap		 Click-though Demo for RN to EBS Field Service Integratiom via ICS
Order Management System for Li-Ning – based on Cloud Integration
  • Effectively integrate resources and enhance competitiveness
  • Reduce decline in revenues and increase in deficits
  • Satisfy customer specific requirements
 Presentation Viewlet Demo Assets

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The Top Five Roadblocks to Cloud Integration by Carol Hildebrand

December 5, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image002In the digital economy, integration is no longer a technology term—it’s a business imperative. After all, when your business strategy depends on how quickly you can analyze and act upon data, building a clear and consistent flow of information is more than just a lifestyle choice.

But it’s not simple. Information must move across myriad applications from mobile and cloud-based apps to on-premises systems. Add in factors like the explosive growth of the Internet of Things (Gartner predicts 30 billion devices by 2020), and it’s pretty safe to assume that integration requirements are only going to get more complex.

“As companies respond to demanding customer expectations and unprecedented changes in the competitive landscape, integration has become a priority on the business side as well as IT,” says Amit Zavery, Oracle’s senior vice president of development, integration products. “In fact, nearly 80 percent of respondents to a recent Computerworld survey rated ease of integration with external data and apps as a top priority.” Read the complete article here

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SOA Suite 12c Specialization available

December 4, 2015 1 Comment

 

clip_image002Who passed the SOA Suite 12c PreSales Specialist Assessment and SOA Suite 12c Implementation Specialist? Let us know via twitter @soaCommunity. Who will be the first partner that achieved SOA Suite 12c Specialization? Let us know if you apply for SOA 12c Specialization! To apply for SOA Suite 12c Specialization, please visit the knowledge zone here. To support you with your SOA Suite 12c Specialization effort here are the top community resources:

SOA Suite 12c resource (Community membership required)

Resources

Sales

Pre-Sales

Implementation

Online-training

SOA Suite 12c Sales Specialist – free

SOA Suite 12c PreSales Specialist – free

SOA Suite 11c free on-demand Bootcamp – free
SOA Suite 12c & free training material

Certification

SOA Suite 12c Sales Specialist Assessment – free

SOA Suite 12c PreSales Specialist Assessment – free

SOA Suite 12c Implementation Specialist – $245

Tips

Sales kits for SOA Suite 12c (including ppt & cheat sheets)

Demo Systems hosted at Oracle – free

SOA Blackbelt cheat sheets

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Hybrid Integration and Hybrid Process Sales Kits – Discover new consulting service opportunities in the cloud

November 30, 2015 Leave a comment

 

With cloud computing and PaaS in specific, partners become even more important. To discover new consulting opportunities we made our sales kits available for you as a partner!

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  • Sales play presentation
  • Ppt customer presentation
  • Cheat sheet
  • Solution video
  • Demo accounts
  • Marketing kits

To get the sales kits please SOA Sales page and the BPM Sales page.

Call to action

  • Get the sales kits and forward them to your sales team
  • Develop a consulting service offerings for Oracle PaaS
  • Print the 1 page sales cheat sheets (from the sales play presentation) and put them in the valet of your sales people (add your consulting service offering)
  • Get a free demo instance of our PaaS Services

To access the above links SOA Community membership is required.

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SOA & BPM Community Newsletter November 2015

November 27, 2015 Leave a comment

This month the top news is the availability of Fusion Middleware 12.2.1. Make sure you get the latest presentations at our community workspace and you try out the new release. The new release was also a key topic in many Oracle Open World presentations. The second major OpenWorld topic was Cloud computing. With the availability of many PaaS services and more to come, European partners are leading the cloud adoption. Thanks for the nice OpenWorld summaries by Danilo OpenWorld 2015 Highlights and Robbrecht OpenWorld 2015: Finally a real Vision and Mission. A pleasant surprise. One of my personal OpenWorld highlights was the HCL Samsung PaaS showcase for predictive maintenance. In case you missed OpenWorld the product management team will run multiple webcasts to update you in November.

SOA Suite 12.2.1 is available for download thanks for the excellent partner quotes. The community published already the first blog posts Quick overview of SOA Suite 12.2.1 new features & SOA Suite 12.2.1: A first look at end-to-end JSON and JavaScript support in SOA Composites from Maarten, SOA Suite 12.2.1: Resiliency updates on the operations side of life from Robert, SOA Suite 12.2.1: Failure resiliency from Marcel New Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c (12.2.1.0.0) Released from Bruno, SOA 12.2.1 – Awesome features! from Rama and SOA 12.2.1 New Feature – End to End JSON and Javascript Example from Krishna – super thanks!

The joint cloud computing journey continues as Digital Innovation Demands Hybrid Integration. More adapters to SaaS applications like NetSure become available, or HCM Atom Feed Subscriber using SOA Cloud Service. And the deployment to SOA Cloud Service becomes easy with Flexagon.

Thanks to the community for sharing all the SOA articles: Automated Unittesting of XQueries in Oracle OSB & Apply SOA/BPM Bundle Patch 3 to JDeveloper 12c & OSB 12c – Database Polling using DB adapter & The SOAMythBusters discuss SOA Cloud Service & Monitoring Performance Issues with Integrated Workload Statistics & Integrate Oracle SOA Healthcare and Oracle SOA Suite back-end composites & API Management Implementation Case Study & FlexDeploy 3.0 to be Unveiled at Oracle OpenWorld

Also BPM Suite Version 12.2.1 became available. BPM Suite is now a solid release and Cesare Rotundo gives some insights into same new features including Alta UI. To upsell your SOA Suite customers we published a Process Success Workshop with the goal to generate new consulting business for you. With Process Cloud Service you want build a complete Business Travel Application in 40 minutes which runs no both the Cloud and on-premises. Thanks to the community for sharing all the BPM articles: Running Business Processes in the Cloud & Case for case management & BPM 12c Subprocesses (Part 2 of 3): Embedded Subprocess

In our last section Architecture & AppAdvantage updates from OpenWorld include new PaaS4SaaS tools like the Rapid Development Kit or Mobile UX or the eBook on Simplified User Experience Design Patterns for Oracle Applications Cloud Service and Visualizations are far more than a pretty face on the cloud – highlights from Oracle OpenWorld 2015.

Yes this newsletter is again long – make sure you read it! For a short summery of our key monthly information watch the Fusion Middleware Partner Updates on YouTube. The November edition of the Middleware Partner Update includes tips for free PaaS trail accounts and an OpenWorld wrap-up. For details about SOA Suite 12.2.1 join our Community Webcast November 24th 2015.

Jürgen Kress

Fusion Middleware Partner Adoption
Oracle EMEA

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SOA Suite 12.2.1 Community Webcast with Yogesh Sontakke – November 24th 16:00 CET

November 23, 2015 Leave a comment

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Join our Community Webcast November 24th 16:00 CET here.

This month we invite Yogesh Sontakke, Oracle Senior Principal Product Manager to share with us the latest updates on SOA Suite 12.2.1. Attend the community webcast to learn all about the latest new features including:

· JavaScript in SOA Composites

· JavaScript in Service Bus

· Supporting Representational State Transfer (REST

· SOA Suite: Cloud & other Adapters Roadmap

· Integration Debugger& XSLT Debugger

· Integration Workload Statistics (IWS)

· Resiliency: Circuit Breaker

· Composite Instance Patching

· and more!

Make sure you are signed up and tuned in to hear the latest and to be prepared for SOA Suite 12.2.1.!

Yogesh Sontakke is a Principal Product Manager at Oracle Corporation in the PaaS and Fusion Middleware group, leading Oracle’s Integration portfolio –  Integration Cloud Service, SOA Suite, API Management, Stream Explorer and MFT – in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region. Prior to joining the Integration Product Management team, Yogesh worked in various roles in Development, Post-Sales and Pre-Sales where he gained his experience architecting, developing, integrating and enabling technology as a key driver to businesses. Yogesh is based in the UK, and tweets at @yogesh_sontakke .

 

clip_image001Attend our November edition of the SOA & BPM Partner Community Webcast live on November 24th 2015 16:00 CET. Yogesh Sontakke will give an update on the brand new SOA Suite 12.2.1 version.

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