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'''Oracle WebCenter''' is [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]]'s portfolio of [[user engagement]] [[software]] products built on top of the [[JavaServer Faces|JSF]]-based [[Oracle Application Development Framework]]. There are three main products that make up the WebCenter portfolio, and they can be purchased together as a suite or individually:

* '''Oracle WebCenter Content''' (includes WebCenter Imaging)

* '''Oracle WebCenter Sites'''

* '''Oracle WebCenter Portal'''

Each of these products are in separate but connected markets. WebCenter Content competes in the [[Enterprise Content Management]] market., WebCenter Sites competes in the Web Experience Management market, and WebCenter Portal competes in the self-service portal and content delivery market space.<nowiki><ref name="Gartner2011">{{cite report |title=Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals |publisher=Gartner |date=2011-09-20 |url=https://www.gartner.com/en/documents/1821416 |access-date=19 August 2025}}</ref></nowiki> Different combinations of these products are frequently used together, so Oracle has bundled them together within the same WebCenter product family.<nowiki><ref name="OracleDocs">{{cite web |title=Oracle WebCenter Suite Overview |url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E29542_01/doc.1111/e26695/toc.htm |publisher=Oracle Corporation |access-date=19 August 2025}}</ref></nowiki>

Oracle WebCenter contains a set of components for building rich web applications, [[web portal|portal]]sportals, and team collaboration and social sites. Oracle WebCenterIt is targeted at enterprise and largerlarge accounts that have significant content management requirements and the need to deliver that information with internal or external portals, customer-facing websites, or within integrated business applications.<nowiki><ref name="OracleDocs" /></nowiki> Oracle has made a particular effort to integrateintegrated WebCenter into its leading business applications such as [[Oracle E-Business Suite|E-Business Suite]], [[PeopleSoft]], and [[JD Edwards]] so that content can be centrally managed in one ___location and shared across multiple applications.<nowiki><ref name="OracleIntegration">{{cite web |title=Oracle WebCenter Integration with Business Applications |url=https://www.oracle.com/middleware/technologies/webcenter.html |publisher=Oracle Corporation |access-date=19 August 2025}}</ref></nowiki> For the development community and advanced business users, WebCenter provides a development environment that includes WebCenter Framework and WebCenter Services, along with an out-of-the-box application for team collaboration and [[enterprise social networking]]. According to Oracle,<ref>[http://www.oracle.com/products/middleware/user-interaction/index.html Oracle Fusion Middleware Update, Enterprise 2.0: User Interaction and Portals]</ref> this is the strategic portal product, eventually replacing [[Oracle Portal]] as well as the portal products acquired from BEA.<nowiki><ref name="OracleStrategic">{{cite web |title=Oracle WebCenter – The Strategic Portal Platform |url=https://blogs.oracle.com/portal/post/oracle-webcenter-the-strategic-portal-platform |publisher=Oracle Blogs |date=2012-04-16 |access-date=19 August 2025}}</ref></nowiki>

=== Cost ===

The product costs '''US$70,000 per CPU''' for the WebCenter Services, and '''US$125,000 per CPU''' for WebCenter Suite.<nowiki><ref name="Pricing2007">[http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Oracle+WebCenter{{cite news |last=Elliott |first=Jay |title=Oracle WebCenter] {{ArchivePrices and Packaging |work=Network World |date=2007-02-20 url|url=https://webwww.archivenetworkworld.orgcom/webarticle/200802170118112306900/http://wiki.oracle-prices-webcenter-suite.com/page/Oracle+WebCenterhtml |access-date=2008-02-1719 August 2025}}</ref></nowiki> In a production installation, users can expect to deploy at least 4four CPUs as a base system, with likely additional CPUs for development and testing.<nowiki><ref name="Pricing2007" /></nowiki> WebCenter includes embedded USU.S. licenses of Oracle Secure Enterprise Search, Oracle [[Universal Content Management]], and [[Oracle BPEL Process Manager]].<nowiki><ref name="OracleDocs" /></nowiki> In addition, WebCenter needsrequires a [[database]] to store information:; any supported and licensed database such as [[Oracle database]]Database, [[MSMicrosoft SQL Server]], or [[IBM Db2]] will work.<nowiki><ref name="OracleReqs">{{cite web |title=Oracle WebCenter System Requirements |url=https://www.oracle.com/middleware/technologies/webcenter/system-requirements.html |publisher=Oracle Corporation |access-date=19 August 2025}}</ref></nowiki>

The product costs $70,000 per CPU for the WebCenter Services, and $125,000 per CPU for WebCenter Suite.<ref>[http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Oracle+WebCenter Oracle WebCenter] {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080217011811/http://wiki.oracle.com/page/Oracle+WebCenter|date=2008-02-17}}</ref> In a production installation, users can expect to deploy at least 4 CPUs as a base system, with likely additional CPUs for development and testing. WebCenter includes embedded US licenses of Oracle Secure Enterprise Search, Oracle [[Universal Content Management]], and [[Oracle BPEL Process Manager]]. In addition, WebCenter needs a [[database]] to store information: any supported and licensed database such as [[Oracle database]], [[MS SQL Server]] or [[IBM Db2]] will work.

==WebCenter product stack==