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{{About|middleware technology side of Oracle Fusion which consists of two parts - Oracle Fusion Applications and Oracle Fusion Middleware, both running on an open architecture ecosystem - Oracle Fusion Architecture. For the fusion applications, see [[Oracle Fusion Applications]]|the open architecture ecosystem|Oracle Fusion Architecture}}

'''Oracle Fusion Middleware''' ('''OFMFMW''', also known as '''Fusion Middleware''') consists of several [[software]] products from [[Oracle Corporation]]. OFMFMW spans multiple services, including [[Java EE]] and [[Software development|developer]] tools, [[Systems integration|integration]] services, [[business intelligence]], [[collaborative software|collaboration]], and [[content management]]. OFMFMW depends on [[open standard]]s such as [[BPEL]], [[SOAP]], [[XML]] and [[Java Message Service|JMS]].<ref>

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== Evolution ==

Many of the products included under the OFMFMW 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&mdash;compare Oracle Fusion.

According to Oracle, by 2006 over 30,000 organizations had become Fusion Middleware customers, including over 35 of the world's 50 largest companies and more than 750 of the ''[[BusinessWeek]]'' Global 1000, with OFMFMW also supported by 7,500 [[business partner|partner]]s.<ref>[http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-25-2006/0004346680 "Oracle Marks Key Milestone With Siebel Certification Roadmap for Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware", prnewswire, 2006]</ref>

In order to provide standards-based software to assist with [[business process automation]], [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] has incorporated OFMFMW 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>

Apart from selling licenses to run OFMFMW components,<ref>{{cite web

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In January 2008 Oracle 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://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/811621 "Oracle Fusion Middleware Wins Two InfoWorld Technology of the Year Awards"]</ref>

In 2007 [[Gartner| Gartner, Inc.]] wrote that "OFMFMW 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>

Pezzini, Massimo; Barnes, Michael; Cantara, Michele; Iijima, Kimihiko (2007) "Oracle Fusion Middleware: On the Road to Service-Oriented Architecture (and Beyond)", Gartner RAS Core Research Note G00145119, Gartner, Inc.

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