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'''Oracle Applications''' comprise the [[applications software]] or [[business software]] of the [[Oracle Corporation]] both in the cloud and on-premises. The term refers to the non-database and non-middleware parts. The suite of applications includes enterprise resource planning, enterprise performance management, supply chain & manufacturing, human capital management, and advertising and customer experience.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moorhead|first=Patrick|title=Oracle Has Quietly Become An Essential Cloud Applications Company|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2020/09/29/oracle-has-quietly-become-an-essential-cloud-applications-company/|access-date=2021-09-10|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref>

==History==

[[Oracle initiallyCorporation]] launchedbegan itssellling applicationapplications—software suiterunning withon its [[accounting|financialsOracle Database]] software in—in the late 1980s. By 2007 they had helped Oracle become the world's largest [[enterprise software]] vendor.<ref name="rdbmsoracle20070612">{{Cite interview |interviewer=Luanne Johnson |title=RDBMS Workshop: Oracle |type=PDF |url=https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102746581 |access-date=2025-06-01 |publisher=Computer History Museum |date=2007-06-12}}</ref> By 2009, theOracle offeringapplications extended to [[supply chain management]], [[Human resource management system|human-resource management]], [[Warehouse management system|warehouse-management]], [[customer relationship management|customer-relationship management]], [[call center|call-center]] services, [[product lifecycle management|product-lifecycle management]], and many other areas. Both in-house expansion and the acquisition of other companies have vastly expanded Oracle's application software business.

In February 20172007, Oracle released Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS/e-BS) Release 12 (R12){{snd}}a bundling of several Oracle Applications. The release date coincided with new releases of other Oracle-owned products: [[JD Edwards|JD Edwards]] EnterpriseOne]], [[Siebel Systems]] and [[PeopleSoft]].

Oracle also has a portfolio of enterprise applications for the cloud ([[Software as a service|SaaS]]) known as [[Oracle Fusion Applications|Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications]]. These cloud applications include [[Oracle ERPEnterprise Resource Planning Cloud|Oracle Cloud ERP]], Oracle EPM Cloud EPM, [[Oracle HCM Cloud|Oracle Cloud HCM]], Oracle SCM Cloud SCM, and [[Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX)|Oracle Advertising and CX]].

== ProductsCloud applications ==

Oracle provides SaaS applications also known as Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. The following enterprise cloud applications are available on Oracle Cloud.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oracle Applications|url=https://www.oracle.com/cloud/applications/|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Oracle}}</ref>

=== Cloud applications ===

Oracle provides SaaS applications also known as Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications. The following enterprise cloud applications are available on Oracle Cloud.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oracle Applications|url=https://www.oracle.com/cloud/applications/|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Oracle}}</ref>

* [[Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud|Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud]]

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* Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) Cloud

* [[Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX)|Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX) Cloud]]

**Oracle CX (with Oracle Sales, Oracle Service, Oracle Marketing, Oracle Commerce)

**Oracle Advertising (with Oracle Activation and Oracle MOAT Measurement)

=== Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) ===

=== Industry vertical applications ===

[[Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud|Oracle Cloud ERP]] is a cloud-based [[ERP software]] application suite that manages enterprise functions including accounting, financial management, project management, and procurement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oracle ERP Cloud is tailored for businesses of all sizes and verticals |url=http://searchmanufacturingerp.techtarget.com/feature/Oracle-ERP-Cloud-is-tailored-for-businesses-of-all-sizes-and-verticals |website=TechTarget |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>

=== Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) ===

Oracle Cloud EPM is a cloud-based [[Enterprise performance management|EPM software]] application suite that manages enterprise operational processes including planning, budgeting, and reporting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oracle updates ERP and EPM with machine learning, finance reporting, AI risk management, unified projects |url=https://itbrief.co.nz/story/oracle-updates-erp-and-epm-with-machine-learning-finance-reporting-ai-risk-management-unified-projects |website=ITBrief |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>

=== Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) ===

[[Oracle HCM Cloud|Oracle Cloud HCM]] is a cloud-based [[Human Capital Management|HCM software]] application suite that manages global HR, talent, and workforce management. Oracle Cloud HCM was released in 2011 as a part of [[Oracle Fusion Applications]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Oracle Fusion apps go on general release |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-fusion-apps-go-on-general-release/ |publisher=ZDNet |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>

=== <span class="anchor" id="Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Management (SCM)"></span> Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) ===

Oracle Cloud SCM, also known as Oracle Supply Chain & Manufacturing, is a cloud-based [[Supply-chain-management software|SCM software]] application suite used by companies to build and manage intelligent [[supply chain]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Oracle folds data warehouse, analytics into Fusion supply chain management |url=https://siliconangle.com/2021/11/02/oracle-folds-data-warehouse-analytics-fusion-supply-chain-management/ |access-date=4 February 2022 |publisher=Silicon Angle |date=2 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Oracle SaaS Offerings Get Major Upgrade as Flight to Cloud Continues |url=https://techgenix.com/oracle-cloud-applications-release-13/ |website=TechGenix |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Oracle Updates Fusion Supply Chain And Discloses 750 New Customer Rollouts In Six Months |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2021/04/12/oracle-updates-fusion-supply-chain-and-discloses-750-new-customer-rollouts-in-six-months/ |access-date=4 February 2022 |work=Forbes |date=12 April 2021}}</ref> This includes support for [[procurement]], [[Order management system|order management]], [[manufacturing]], [[product lifecycle management]], maintenance, [[logistics]], and [[Supply chain management|supply chain planning and execution]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dalmia |first1=Sanjay |title=Financial supply chain |date=2008 |publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill |isbn=9780070656666}}</ref>

=== Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX) ===

[[Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience (CX)]] is a cloud-based application suite that includes tools for advertising, marketing, sales, e-commerce, and customer service.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oracle enhances customer experience platform with a B2B refresh |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/oracle-enhances-customer-experience-platform-with-a-b2b-refresh/ |website=TechRepublic |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref> The suite also includes:

**Oracle CX (with Oracle Sales, Oracle Service, Oracle Marketing, Oracle Commerce)

**Oracle Advertising (with Oracle Activation and Oracle MOAT Measurement)

=== CloudIndustry vertical applications ===

* [[Art Technology Group|ATG]] / [[Endeca Technologies Inc.|Endeca]]—also branded as on-premises "Oracle Commerce"

* Oracle Retail

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=== NetSuite ===

Acquired by Oracle in 2016, [[NetSuite]] wasis a cloud-based computing[[enterprise software]] company acquiredthat byprovides Oracleproducts inand 2016services tailored for [[Small and medium-sized enterprises|small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dignan|first=Larry|title=Oracle closes NetSuite deal: Can it expand into midmarket, small enterprise?|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-closes-netsuite-deal-can-it-expand-into-midmarket-small-enterprise/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-10|website=ZDNet|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Inweb 2019,|last=Hardy |first=Quentin |date=2014-05-13 |title=NetSuite: movedEnterprise ontoSoftware OracleStill CloudFollows a Manufacturing Model |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/13/netsuite-enterprise-software-still-follows-a-manufacturing-model/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=NY Times |language=en}}</ref> This includes support for [[accounting]] and [[financial management]], [[customer relationship management]], [[Field inventory management|inventory management]], [[human capital management]], [[payroll]], procurement, [[project management]] and [[e-commerce]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=CondonHardy |first=StephanieQuentin |date=2012-05-15 |title=NetSuite movesMoves to Oracle'Commerce Cloudas a Service' Infrastructure|url=https://wwwarchive.zdnetnytimes.com/articlebits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/15/netsuite-moves-to-oracleecommerce-cloudas-infrastructurea-service/ |access-date=20212023-0905-1017 |website=ZDNetNY Times |language=en}}</ref> NetSuiteIn is2019, aNetSuite cloudmoved businessonto softwareOracle platformCloud.<ref>{{Cite web |datelast=2018-10-18Condon |titlefirst=The new, newStephanie |title=NetSuite -moves it'sto allOracle aboutCloud your growth atInfrastructure SuiteConnect|url=https://diginomicawww.zdnet.com/newarticle/netsuite-newmoves-netsuiteto-growthoracle-suiteconnectcloud-infrastructure/ |access-date=2021-09-10 |website=diginomicaZDNet |language=en}}</ref>

=== On-premises applications ===

* Oracle E-Business Suite

* [[PeopleSoft|Oracle PeopleSoft]]

* [[Siebel Systems|Oracle Siebel CRM]]

* [[JD Edwards|Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne]]

* Oracle JD Edwards World

* Endeca

*Inquira

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*Campus Solutions

Oracle's E-Business Suite (also known as Applications/Apps, EB-Suite/EBS, eBus or "E-Biz"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oraclehrms.com/Intro|title=Intro to Oracle E-Biz|publisher=Oracle HRMS|access-date=2018-06-25}}</ref>) consists of a collection of [[enterprise resource planning]] (ERP), [[customer relationship management]] (CRM), andhuman [[supply chaincapital management| (HCM), and supply-chain management]] (SCM) [[Application software|computer applications]] either developed or acquired by Oracle. The software utilizes Oracle's core [[Oracle RDBMS|Oracle relational database management system]] technology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B53825_08/current/acrobat/121isgig.pdf|title=Oracle® E-Business Suite|date=June 2010|work=Integrated SOA Gateway Implementation Guide|publisher=Oracle|access-date=2013-10-07}}</ref> The E-Business Suite contains several [[product line]]s often known by short acronyms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/036047.htm|title=Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1|publisher=Oracle|access-date=2013-10-07}}</ref>

Significant technologies incorporated into the applications include the Oracle database technologies, (engines for RDBMS, [[PL/SQL]], Java, .NET, HTML and XML), the "technology stack" ([[Oracle Forms|Oracle Forms Server]], [[Oracle Reports|Oracle Reports Server]], [[Apache Web Server]], [[Oracle Discoverer]], [[Jinitiator]] and [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]]'s [[Java (programming language)|Java]]).

It makes the following enterprise applications available as part of Oracle eBusiness Suite:

* Asset Lifecycle Management

* [[Oracle CRM|Customer Relationship Management]] (CRM)

* [[Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud|Enterprise Resource Planning]] (ERP)

* [[Oracle HCM Cloud|Human Capital Management]] (HCM)

* Procurement

* Product Life-cycle Management

* Supply Chain Management<ref>

{{cite book

| last = Siddiqui

| first = Muneeb A.

| title = Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Supply Chain Management

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dF8L_qtyB4AC

| access-date = 2013-09-29

| series = IT Pro

| year = 2010

| publisher = Packt Publishing Ltd

| isbn = 9781849680653

}}

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* Manufacturing

== See also ==

* [[CEMLI]]

* [[List of acquisitions by Oracle|List of acquisitions by Oracle (includes acquisitions which extended Applications portfolio)]]

*[[Oracle Fusion Applications]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Project management software]]

[[Category:Supply chain management]]

[[Category:Supply chain software companies]]