Oracle today unveiled new components in its Fusion middleware range, including the latest version of its service-oriented architecture (SOA) 10g suite and Developer Depot, a free Java tool for building SOA applications.
Oracle said that SOA Suite 10g Release 3 features a one-click install, designed to speed up SOA deployments; an improved enterprise service bus (ESB) to reduce the application programming burden; and new workflow capabilities and web services security. A new framework for automated testing and service simulation of SOA applications has also been added.
Meanwhile, Developer Depot uses Web 2.0 technologies like asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) to simplify the development of new applications by re-using code and making it available on the Oracle Technology Network.
Elsewhere at the OpenWorld user conference in San Francisco, Oracle announced plans to integrate Adobe Flash technology with its Fusion line, letting developers create graphical user interfaces for enterprise applications.
Oracle Accelerate, a program designed to push SOA technology into vertical market sectors and small and medium-sized firms, was also launched. The tool builds customised solutions tailored to specific industry sectors, and offers a partner community and automated user training programs to simplify implementation.
“The solutions come pre-configured with the requirements firms need to run their business and use a wizard to create a live version of the software based on inputted business information,” said Tony Kender, a senior vice-president at Oracle. “You can have a new live implementation in a matter of hours, and what used to take months now takes weeks.”
Oracle plans to offer more customised products. “There is a huge world beyond enterprise resource planning for [offering] customised applications [to] smaller enterprises, and we’re getting into that,” said Oracle president Charles Philips. “We’re building industry business units around communications and retail, for example, and we’ll get more industry orientated over time.”
Upgrades to the middleware line will boost ID management, BI and SOA capabilities 02 Aug 2006
Enterprise software giant Oracle is edging PeopleSoft users towards a Fusion future 29 Jun 2006
First three offerings will be available as SaaS 15 Nov 2007Fusion Middleware 11g will contain support for "Enterprise 2.0" technologies 14 Nov 2007
Oracle wants to help firms link up their applications 13 Nov 2007
Beats Dell to the virtualisation Flash finishing line 06 Sep 2007
Government confirms carbon regulations will not be caught up in attempt to cut red tape 07 Aug 2008
Officials set out plans for more robust "additionality" rules 07 Aug 2008
Wave turbine hopes to provide prototype for 4MW project 07 Aug 2008
More news
The fast food industry is seeing growing demand for environmental sustainability. But how can investors and consumers know which restaurants are truly embracing sustainable development and which are greenwashing? Anne Moore Odell investigates 07 Aug 2008
Cynics are asking how long firms will continue with sustainability policies if the financial downturn bites harder. But, as BT's Dinah McLeod argues, a slowdown means green policies become more, not less important 05 Aug 2008
From fair trade to organic, forestry to maritime certificates, there have never been more food labels for businesses to choose from. BusinessGreen.com attempts to navigate the labelling maze 04 Aug 2008 More in-depth
Post your comment
Send an email to the Business Green editor at feedback@businessgreen.com
