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Estafet Opinion on the new Integration Cloud Service from Oracle

December 9, 2015 Leave a comment

Integration 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

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

The 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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Middleware Update December 2015

December 7, 2015 Leave a comment

The December edition of the Middleware Partner Update contains three key topics:

Fusion Middleware Partner Community Forum
PaaS Industry Showcases
SOA & BPM Partner Community Webcast

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My private Corner – last OpenWorld 2015 with friends

December 6, 2015 Leave a comment

Thanks for the great time during OpenWorld 2015. To spend time with the community always feels like being at home with friends. Last OpenWorld was excellent enjoyed the workshops with the partners and also our bike ride and networking during the reception. Want to see some impression? Visit our Facebook page here. For 2016 all is booked #jkwc

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The Top Five Roadblocks to Cloud Integration by Carol Hildebrand

December 5, 2015 Leave a comment

In 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

Who 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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Alternative Cloud Models for Partners

December 3, 2015 Leave a comment

Summary: Did you know that Oracle actually offers four different application cloud models? Use your cloud model choice to differentiate from your competition by providing a unique value proposition your competitors are not selling.
Take Action: Watch this short video then schedule a cloud model choice workshop and learn how to optimize model features and deliver a solution with greater value.

Oracle has cloud model options where partners can market end of term perpetual license rights, products not on the Oracle Cloud price list, hybrid op-ex/cap-ex structures, a “bring your own license” solution, or spread the partners upfront services costs over the solution term even while the partner recovers these fees upfront. Take advantage of these features now to win more business.

Watch the video: Alternative and Hybrid Cloud Model Choice for Partners

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Finance private cloud solutions at your customers

December 2, 2015 Leave a comment

Create Competitive Advantage with Financing

Summary: Midsize accounts are often the most price sensitive customers, and software financing is the best sales tool for increasing solution affordability and removing closing obstacles related to budgetary, accounting treatment or internal approval issues.
Take Action: Create competitive advantage with software financing and leasing by selling a pricing and payment structure that differentiates your solution. As a best practice, proactively offer a financing proposal and create a competitive trap.

Partner can use financing to:

match solution cost to project deployment and ROI stream
create an operating expense solution
change an account’s internal approval path
spread the partner’s implementation fees

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Oracle PaaS, a racecar placed at pole position by Leon Smiers

December 1, 2015 Leave a comment

With the announcement on June 22^nd of Larry Ellison around Oracle SaaS, PaaS and IaaS we are left with the question, where are we now in Oracle PaaS and what can we expect the coming year(s)?
Oracle is moving at a rapid pace from an ‘on-premise’ software/hardware provider to everything-contained-in-the-cloud; and is now embracing the Cloud. There is some humor in it since not so long ago back in 2009, Larry was still bashing the cloud, as being water vapor. "All it is, is a computer attached to a network…”. Up until 2013, the large yearly conference, Oracle Open World was dominated with Larry’s hobby, covering Oracle hardware EXA machines, and making them run faster with every release. But last year we began to see the first outlines of what Oracle really planned to do in the cloud. And, as always, if Oracle has set their mind on something, every means available are set in place to reach that goal. In my direct contacts with the Process Cloud team, 70% of that specific team was dedicated to put BPM in the cloud.
All middleware and database related software, that we are accustomed to run ‘on-premise’ at our customers, will now be made available in the cloud. This, of course, is not an overnight job. The first releases of the PaaS Cloud will contain base functionality, as Larry phrased it ‘I’m not saying we have no things to be improved. The beauty of the Cloud is that, since Oracle is responsible for the environments, releases with new / improved functionality will be made available at a faster pace. One outstanding feature compared to the on-premise software is the simplicity of using the product. The product development team has moved a lot of complexity to the background, enabling speed for development and deployment. Another advantage for partners and customers is that flaws in the software are now also obvious to Oracle themselves in a much faster manner than we were used to with the on-premise stack. So apart from the movement towards the cloud, Oracle is now also dedicating their time to improving quality of the software. Read the complete article here.