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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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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Cloud Integration Workshop for Partners France and UK

October 11, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image002The Oracle team is pleased to invite your integration developers and consultants to a 3-days hands-on workshop on how to integrate applications with Oracle Cloud platform. Oracle will organize several 3-days Workshops between October 2015 – June 2016. We invite you to join the workshop InClass or Remotely (avoid travel time and travel costs by joining remotely). These Invite-Only hands-on workshops will be delivered by Oracle Development at No-Fee to Partners. A workshop consists of live presentations, live demos, and hands-on laboratory exercises.

IMPORTANT: These workshops are available to selected Oracle Partners with a current OPN Gold Level or higher membership. A fully executed Oracle Cloud Services Training Addendum is required for this workshop

Agenda

Oracle Integration Cloud Service

– Integration Basics
– Integration Patterns – cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-on-premise

– Application Adapters
– Pre-built integration Flows
– Cloud SDK and APIs
– Administration.

Schedules

Workshop dates:

12th – 14th October, 2015 (Mon-Wed). Location: France, Colombes. Remote participation is possible.

9th – 11th November, 2015 (Mon-Wed). Location: UK, TVP. Remote participation is possible.

Target Audience

Integration Developers, Solution Architects, Technology Consultants.

Registration

Provide your submission to your local Alliances & Channels Manager. Alternatively, provide your submission to your local Alliances & Channels Enablement Manager. Provide the following information: Workshop, Workshop region, Workshop date, InClass or Remote, Partner Company, Participant’s name, Participant’s Corporate Email Address, Resident Country, Participant’s Manager’s Corporate Email Address.

France: jean-jacques.panissie@oracle.com and UK, Israel: kate.lynskey@oracle.com

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Integration Cloud Service – Launch Webcast August 12th 2015

August 10, 2015 Leave a comment

 

clip_image002Join this webcast, with Q & A, to hear how Land O’ Lakes, JDSU, Global Foundries, Calix, and PWC have discovered ways to break barriers between IT and lines of business with one of the most revolutionary new PaaS offerings: Oracle Integration Cloud Service.

Have you heard of Oracle Recommends? Pre-built integration? Auto-association?  Learn about these cool new integration features and more:

  • Simplify your integration between cloud and on-premises SaaS applications while maintaining security and reliability
  • Get started with the Integration Cloud Service and take advantage of the easy-to-use design interface and complete integrated solution to Oracle Cloud Platform

For details please visit the registration page here.

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PaaS Cloud Services: Integration Cloud Service and Process Cloud Services

August 4, 2015 Leave a comment

 

At the SOA Community Workspace (SOA Community membership required) we posted the latest Platform as a Service (PaaS) documents for Process Cloud Service and Integration Cloud Service. Including click trough demos from GSE Demo Systems PaaS .

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Introducing Oracle Integration Cloud Service_v7(1).pptx

Oracle Integration Cloud Service DS-2015-03-04.pdf

ICS GSE

Process Cloud Service

PCS Datasheet.pdf

PCS GSE

For more information visit the cloud tag here.

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Partner Webcast: Integration Cloud Service July 8th 2015

July 7, 2015 Leave a comment

image Webcast July 8th 2014 18.00 CET (9:00 am PDT)

Guest Speakers – Vikas Anand and Ram Menon

Oracle Integration Cloud Service (ICS) is a simple and powerful integration platform in the cloud to maximize the value of customer’s investments in SaaS and on-premise applications.

Oracle Integration Cloud Service is Oracle’s integration platform as a service (iPaas) and includes an intuitive web based integration designer for point and click integration between applications, a rich monitoring dashboard that provides real-time insight into the transactions, all of it running on a mature runtime platform on Oracle Cloud. ICS will help customers accelerate their integration projects through its portfolio of pre-built integrations built by Oracle and its partner ecosystem, its broad and rich connectivity to several SaaS and On-premise Applications, its intelligent data mapping capabilities and several more value added capabilities.

This session will provide a unique opportunity to understand how you can position the Oracle Integration Cloud Service to help customers simplify and accelerate their SaaS and On-premise Integrations today.

This Webcast is the fourth in a monthly series of Oracle PaaS Webcasts, specifically for Partners – upcoming topics include:

  • Mobile Cloud Service – August
  • Java Cloud Service – September

For all the details and to register for the upcoming PaaS Partner Webcast Series click here.

Speakers Bio:

Vikas Anand is Senior Director, Integration Products at Oracle. He leads overall product management & strategy for Oracle SOA Suite and Integration Cloud Service. Mr. Anand leads a team of seasoned Product Managers in charge of Oracle Fusion Middleware integration products:Integration Cloud Service, SOA Suite, BPEL, Service Bus, B2B, Stream Explorer, MFT, API Management, Oracle SOA Suite for Healthcare, Adapters for Cloud and Applications integration etc.

Since joining Oracle in 2003, Mr. Anand has held various positions in product development, product management and strategy positions in different geographies. Prior to Oracle, Mr. Anand has worked in product & project development, and IT in Fortune 100 firms. In these roles he worked across diverse domains like Supply Chain Integration, Sales & Marketing Automation, Global Marketplaces & Industry verticals. He also developed software products as a part of a startup.

Ramkumar Menon has over 15 years of experience with Oracle in various roles in Engineering, Consulting and Product Management for Oracle’s integration products including Oracle SOA Suite. Ram is currently the Product Manager for Oracle’s integration platform in the cloud – Integration Cloud Service, and the connectivity adapters for SaaS and On-premise Applications

For details please visit the registration page here

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Oracle Cloud Integration Event – 24th July 2015 London UK

July 2, 2015 Leave a comment

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Oracle has now launched its new Cloud Integration Solution. As integration experts, we want to know whether this will help customers avoid the frankencloud.

At Estafet we strive to provide the best integration solutions. We have been trying the with new Oracle technology and it looks good:  it addresses the issues of data security and focuses on bringing cloud applications back into the fold of the IT infrastructure.

To delve into the detail and provide you with best practice cloud integration advice, we are holding a free event on Friday 24th July at the Arrow ECS Auditorium, The Royal Exchange, London, EC3V 3LN.

For details please visit the registration page here.

 

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Pre-Sales: Integration Success Workshops and Oracle Demo Systems GSE

July 1, 2015 Leave a comment

 

Inimagetegration Success Workshops

• Goal: discover new opportunities at your customers

• Call to Action: Run at all your existing customers

•  Available today http://tinyurl.com/soaISW at the SOA Community Workspace (SOA Community membership required)

GSE Demo System

Oracle Demonstration Services provides demonstration environments to qualified Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) members, allowing partners to leverage the competitive advantages of Oracle’s technology and applications products. Environments are offered for the purpose of delivering demonstrations and training on Oracle’s technology, applications, and cloud products. Get a demo account here.

Additional GSE demo material is available at our SOA & BPM Workspace: Platform & Integration Cloud Service & Process Cloud Service

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ICS & PCS pre-view events and Integration Success Workshops

June 26, 2015 Leave a comment

image We would like to encourage you to run Integration Success Workshop for all your existing SOA Suite customers to upsell more services  http://tinyurl.com/soaisw

Marketing Services: Promote your events, services and solutions! Events.Oracle.com & Solutions Catalog & Cloud Marketplace

SOA & BPM marketing: ACTon marketing campaign: Overview presentation & Campaign kit & Pre-Sales kit and additional SOA Campaigns & BPM Campaigns

WebLogic & ADF marketing: ACTon marketing campaign Overview presentation & Campaign kit and additional Campaigns iAs to WebLogic campaign kit & WebLogic 12.1.2 workshop

If you are a SOA Specialized and committed to invite your customers please contact:

• PCS pre-view events please contact christophe.claude.peytier@oracle.com and visit our PCS blog post here

• ICS pre-view events please contact yogesh.sontakke@oracle.com visit our ICS blog post here

• Integration Success Workshop: all material here http://tinyurl.com/soaisw

Note for many of the above links you need to the a SOA & BPM Partner Community member!

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Debra Lilley talking about PaaS for SaaS Cloud Services

June 22, 2015 Leave a comment

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Debra Lilley talking about PaaS for SaaS Cloud Services and tips how to sell more middleware, watch the video here

For additional Middleware Updates please visit out YouTube Channel here.

To learn more about Integration Cloud Service please visit our blog here.

To learn more about Process Cloud Service please visit our blog here.

To learn more about Java Cloud Service please visit our blog here.

Cloud Partners: Looking for a SOA & BPM & WebLogic Specialized Partner which can support you with your ICS implementation? Visit the solutions catalog here, and search for your local SOA Specialized partner have trained & certified consultants and implemented successful SOA customer projects. Across EMEA more than 1000 companies are Specialized in SOA! Find local Specialized partners by product www.oracle.com/specialized & learn more about ICS here

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