OPENWORLD - Oracle touts Fusion, other apps lines

25.10.2006
Oracle will deliver its first Fusion applications in 2007 and plans to make its Fusion applications suite available in 2008, according to Oracle's John Wookey, senior vice president of Applications Development.

Wookey laid out a comprehensive battle plan for Oracle's applications business during the Oracle OpenWorld conference on Wednesday. Fusion will feature best-of-breed functionality from the various Oracle product sets.

"We've done a tremendous amount of work around the user experience," Wookey said. "We're moving to model pattern-based development in this next generation."

Web 2.0 and SOA also play into Oracle's Fusion applications strategy, with an planned architecture that understands business services are discrete events performed in the enterprise.

In the meantime, Oracle remains committed to enabling its acquired technologies such as PeopleSoft, Siebel, and JD Edwards, to work with application servers and databases from multiple vendors, Wookey said. "We have future releases planned across all these product lines," Wookey said.

Oracle E-Business Suite release 12 was previewed on Wednesday. It features a streamlined user interface and cross-industry capabilities spanning ERP, CRM, and supply chain management. Users of the suite can manage compliance globally with a centralized business rules repository. Integration with third-party applications also is featured. Capabilities are planned for profit analysis, network optimization, and projects portfolio analysis.