Oracle Fusion Middleware: Difference between revisions

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Many of the products included under the FMW banner do not themselves qualify as [[middleware]] products: "Fusion Middleware" essentially represents a re-branding of many of Oracle products outside of Oracle's core [[database]] and applications-software offerings—compare Oracle Fusion.

Oracle acquired many of its FMW products via acquisitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oracle.com/corporate/acquisitions/index|title=Strategic Acquisitions - Oracle|website=www.htmloracle.com}}</ref> This includes products from [[BEA Systems]] and [[Stellent]].

In order to provide standards-based software to assist with [[business process automation]], [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] has incorporated FMW into its "[[service-oriented architecture]] (SOA) portfolio".<ref>{{cite web

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[[Oracle Fusion Applications]], based on Oracle Fusion Middleware,<ref name=ORCL-F-00>{{cite web | url=http://www.oracleappshub.com/fusion/oracle-fusion-and-oracle-fusion-applications-overview/|title=Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Fusion Applications : Overview |publisher=oracleappshub.com|accessdate=10 March 2012}}</ref><ref name=ORCL-F-02>{{cite web | url=http://www.middleware.org/mom/esb.html|title=Enterprise Service Bus/Service Oriented Architecture|publisher=middleware.org|accessdate=10 March 2012}}</ref> were finally released in September 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-20016932-92.html |title=Oracle officially launches its Fusion apps | date=20 September 2010 | accessdate=22 September 2010}}</ref>

According to Oracle, as of 2013, over 120,000 customers were using Fusion Middleware.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/fmw-customer-references-1946233.pdf|title = Oracle Fusion Middleware Customer Reference Booklet|date = |publisher = Oracle|last = |first = }}</ref> This includes over 35 of the world's 50 largest companies and more than 750 of the ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' Global 1000, with FMW also supported by 7,500 [[business partner|partner]]s.<ref>[{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/016622_EN |title="Oracle Marks Key Milestone With Siebel Certification Roadmap for Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware", Oracle, 2006]|publisher=}}</ref>

== Assessments ==

In January 2008, [[Oracle WebCenter|Oracle WebCenter Content]] (formerly Universal Content Management) won ''[[InfoWorld]]'''s "Technology of the Year" award for "Best Enterprise Content Manager", with [[Oracle SOA Suite]] winning the award for "Best Enterprise Service Bus".<ref>[http{{cite web|url=https://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/811621 "|title=Oracle® Fusion Middleware Wins Two InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards"]|website=news.thomasnet.com}}</ref>

In 2007, [[Gartner]] wrote that "Oracle Fusion Middleware has reached a degree of completeness that puts it on par with, and in some cases ahead of, competing software stacks", and reported revenue from the suite of over US$1 billion during FY06, estimating the revenue from the genuinely middleware aspects at US$740 million.<ref>

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** [[business rule]]s

** [[Business Process Analysis]] Suite

** Oracle BPM<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/bpm/overview/index.html|title=BPM - Business Process Management Software - Oracle|website=www.oracle.com}}</ref> – [[Business process management]]

** [[Oracle Data Integrator]] (ODI) – an application using the database for set-based data integration<ref>

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** [[Oracle Enterprise Service Bus]]

** [[Oracle Application server B2B]]

** Oracle Web Services Manager<ref>http{{cite web|url=https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/webservices-manager/index.html|title=Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM)|website=www.oracle.com}}</ref> (OWSM) - a security and monitoring product for [[web services]]<ref>{{

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* [[Business intelligence]]

** [[Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition|Oracle Business Intelligence]] (OBIEE)

** Oracle Crystal Ball<ref>http{{cite web|url=https://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/crystalball/overview/index|title=Crystal Ball - Applications - Oracle|website=www.htmloracle.com}}</ref> – enables stochastic forecasting and simulation using spreadsheet models

** [[Oracle Discoverer]]

** Data hubs