Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12: Technology Direction and Highlights Santhosh GeorgeVice President, Application Technology

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Program

• Application Strategy • Application Technology Strategy• Investments and Innovations

• Technology Stack• User experience• Secured Enterprise Search• Integration• Life Cycle Management• Enterprise Management

• Q & A

More Value Less Complexity

More Flexibility Less Cost

More Choice Less Risk

Comprehensive Industry Portfolio

Standards-Based Architecture

Designed toWork Together

CompleteComplete OpenOpen IntegratedIntegrated

Oracle’s Application Strategy

Oracle ApplicationsUnique, customer-focused strategy

Customers continue to extend value in current products and choose when and if they move to Fusion.

Customer-Driven Innovation

Next Generation Technology

FUSION

Applications Technology Strategy

Technology Investment

Integration

OwnershipOffer superior ownership experience at lower cost through innovation in Lifecycle Management products

Offer superior ownership experience at lower cost through innovation in Lifecycle Management products

Deliver standards-based, adaptable application suite for integration

Deliver standards-based, adaptable application suite for integration

Continue investment in technology platforms and products to protect and extend the value of the existing suite

Continue investment in technology platforms and products to protect and extend the value of the existing suite

Path to Fusion

User Experience

Secure Enterprise Search

Integration

Security

Enterprise Management

Techstack

Investments and Innovations

Lifecycle Management

User Experience

Secure Enterprise Search

Integration

Security

Enterprise Management

Techstack

Investments and Innovations

Lifecycle Management

User Interface Application logic Database logic

Application

JSP

Forms

Reports

BC4J

OC4J

Web

Lis

tene

rUIX

Client

9i or 10g

Database

9iAS 1.0.2.2

10gR211g R1 (Optional)

R12 Technology Stack

Current Application Tier Certifications

E-Business Suite Release 11i• Developer6i Forms Patchset 19• Java (JDK) 1.4, 1.5, 6• Applications Management Pack 2.0.2

E-Business Suite Release 12• Java (JDK) 1.5, 6• Oracle Forms 10.1.2.2• Oracle Containers for Java (OC4J) 10.1.3.3• Applications Management Pack 2.0.2

External Fusion Middleware Certifications

10.1.3.3N/AWeb Center

Oracle Application Server 10g Module Release 11i Release 12Single Sign-On 10.1.2.3 / 10.1.4.2 10.1.2.2 / 10.1.4.2Oracle Internet Directory 10.1.2.3 / 10.1.4.2 10.1.2.2 / 10.1.4.2Access Manager 10.1.4.2 10.1.4.2Identity Manager 9.1.0.0 9.1.0.0

Portal 10.1.4.1 10.1.4.1Discoverer 10.1.2.2 10.1.2.2Business Intelligence (EE+) 10.1.3.4 10.1.3.4Web Cache 10.1.2.3 10.1.2.2

Oracle SOA Suite 10.1.3 10.1.3

Enterprise Manager 10g Grid Control Release 3 Release 3

User Experience

Secure Enterprise Search

Integration

Security

Enterprise Management

Techstack

Investments and Innovations

Lifecycle Management

OA Framework Investments in Technology platform

• Support for Java Big decimal data type to handle very large and small numbers

• BI Publisher integration• Record history• Support for middle tier table data sort• Business Service object infrastructure support• Extensive personalization capability• Support for the WSRP 1.0 / JSR-168 standard • Allows E-Business Suite content to be exposed in third-party

Portal server. Certified with Oracle Portal 10g• Allows integration of content from multiple vendors into portal

pages

Personalization Features

• Hide/show page items and regions

• Add new items• Change prompts,

titles, text• Reorder items or

regions• Make items

required

Business Layer ExtensibilityProvides Flexibility to Extend EBS Logic

• Extending the model (BC4J)• Extend server components to

add or modify data elements and business logic

• Substitutions• Withstand upgrades

Eg: Attribute level validation

Base Business ObjectDeclarative Definition

Extends

Custom Object

Implements business

logic extensions

oracle.apps.po.OrderBizObj = partner.oracle.apps.po.PartnerOrderBizObj

Substitution

WebCenter Integration Search driven role based dashboards

• Bring the power of WebCenter into the E-Business Suite

• Assemble mashups with E-Business Suite content• Secure Enterprise Search• Collaboration – chat, calendar, email• Content Management• Other Applications content

• EBS content with WebCenter 10gR3• OA Framework-based portlets • EBS Search

Role-based Dashboard

Web ADIDesktop Integration

Data Input1 Data from GL Tables3

Data from Repository4 Excel Download / Upload5 6 View Reports

Upload Text files2

Integrator

1 Text

Fi

le 2

GLINTERFACE

EBS 3

MetadataRepository

EBS

4

5

6

WebADI

• Enhancements on Layout Definition – auto protect• Ability to personalize Style Sheets• Support for Graphs & Filters• Multiple worksheets• Ability to Restrict Viewers based on Integrator• Support for all E-Business Suite Certified Browsers• Additional Security (Support for Document ID)• Support for Custom Integrator Development(UI

Support) *

* Coming up in a future release

Report Manager

• Complex Content set & Multi worksheet support• Support for drill down in Seeded(Generic FSG)

templates• Significant performance enhancements• Advanced scheduling options*• Republishing reports from Monitor requests*• Support for parallel content sets*• Report bursting(e-mail & printers)*• Exposing reports as portlets*

User Experience

Secure Enterprise Search

Integration

Security

Enterprise Management

Techstack

Investments and Innovations

Lifecycle Management

Standard Search in the Application

EBS Secure Enterprise Search

EBS Secure Enterprise Search

EBS SES Integration

FederatedSES

E-Business Suite

HRMS

CRM

EAM

Email

Web

Siebel

UniversalSearch

Search Modeler

EBS

SES

EBS Secure Enterprise SearchFeatures

• Intuitive & universal search toolbar• Transparent search through

structured & unstructured data• Follows EBS Security Model• Search refinement with groups &

filters• Contextual Navigation • Administrator UI – view and

manage crawl schedules• Federation with other SES based

search engines• Internationalization support• Rapid development using Search

Modeler

Universal SearchStructured and Unstructured data

Embedded Search – ContractsStructured and Unstructured data

Developing Searchable Content SES Modeller

• Create and maintain Searchable Objects• Customize and extend• Manage Searchable Groups• Deploy into SES server• Target Users

• Data Modellers, Architects, Business Analysts, Application Developers

• Examples of out of the box search enabled objects• Items• Assets• Service Requests• SCM – Contracts• Irecruitment – Jobs, Candidates, Vacancies• Learning management -- Courses• Integration Repository • Workflow Notifications

• Additional objects can be developed by partners / customers through Modeller

EBS SES Objects

EBS SES - Benefits

• Improved user productivity by quick access to relevant information

• Low development costs • Search Modeler to rapidly design custom search objects

• Security based on underlying technology and applications• Seamless , fast search across multiple applications • Retrieval of relevant information for informed decision

making• Federated, Mix structured and unstructured data• Partners : Opportunity to create value added search

solutions focusing specific Industries, Markets, Customers or Products.

User Experience

Secure Enterprise Search

Integration

Security

Enterprise Management

Techstack

Investments and Innovations

Lifecycle Management

Service Oriented ArchitectureOracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway

SOA ProviderService Provider: An appropriate agent to implement a particular service

Integration RepositoryService Broker: Describe Service’s Location and Contract

Oracle E-Business Suite SOA

SOA Concept

IntegrationRepository

Service Consumer

SOA Provider

ServiceContract

ServiceClient

RegisterFind

Service Enablement• Capability to PROVIDE

services

• Ability to CONSUME services

• Abstracted coarse-grained services

• Standards-based business services

• Well-documented business services

Integration RepositorySingle source of truth

• Catalog of all E-Business Suite Public Integration Points

• It is your repository • Source of truth for all

integration projects for Customers, Consultants and Integrators

• Native services• PL/SQL APIs (1200+)• Concurrent Programs (214+)• XML Gateway (170+)• Business Events (1400+)• Business Service Object (25+)

Service EnablementSOA Simplified!!!

Business Process Orchestration

Enterprise IntegrationIn

tegr

atio

n R

epos

itory

Web Services

Process

Monitoring

ExternalWeb Service

EBS process

ABC IncXYZ Ltd

Service InvocationPlug and Play Services

PL/SQL

FORMS

OA FWK

Java

External Web service Provider

RequestResponse

BenefitsOracle E-Business Suite SOA Enablement

• Leverage your existing investment• Out of the box services enablement

• Real time Visibility into business processes • Activity monitoring through business events

• Open and Standard based services• Interoperability in heterogeneous environment

• Re-usable loosely coupled business services• Ability to react to ever-changing business requirements

• Closely knit with Fusion Middleware• Path to AIA and Fusion

Demo

What’s the Status of my SR?

Search Inventory

ReorderItem

Search SupplierLow Stock

PO

Updates SR

Updates SR

Ships Order

Items Received

SupplierCompany

Customer

Search SR for Details

Item #

PO

Update PO

Create Invoice

Invoice

SES

SES SES

SESSecureEnterpriseSearch

SOA

SI

SI ServiceInvocation

NS NativeServices

NS

User Experience

Secure Enterprise Search

Integration

Security

Enterprise Management

Techstack

Investments and Innovations

Lifecycle Management

EBS Security

SalesManager

Employee

Sales Rep Manager

Expenses

Employee HRSelf Service

Manager HRSelf Service

iProcurement

Sales Online

Role InheritanceRole

Function SecurityData Security

Role Based Access Control

Delegated AdministrationProvisioning Services

Self Service FeaturesRBAC

ClientJSP

FormsReports

BC4J

OC4J

Web

Lis

tene

r

UIX

9i or 10g

DB Tier

10gR2

JAAS for EBSJava Authentication and Authorisation Service

Web

Lis

tene

r

Mid-Tier

Ext J2EE Application

Server

E-BusinessLoginModule

ADFWeb-Services

EJB

1. Access

7 Allow if User in Role

3 Request Credentials

4 Send Credentials

6 Add Roles2 Delegate 5 VerifyCredentialsAdd Roles

• E-Biz light-weight LoginModule, compliant with JAAS specifications, works with JDK or J2EE environments.

• Implement JAAS Authentication using AOL security System

• Implement JAAS Authorization using UMX rolesBenefits

JAAS for e-Business Suite & Benefits

• Utilize standard Java development technologies like EJBs, Web Applications, ADF• Security using Java Standards• Java Authentication and Authorization Services

• Runs on any J2EE compliant Servers• Standards based development and deployment model

User Experience

Secure Enterprise Search

Integration

Security

Enterprise Management

Techstack

Investments and Innovations

Lifecycle Management

LCM Phases

Planning Upgrades

Installing Oracle E-Business Suite Pilot

Promote / Scale Pilot instance to Production

Go Live / Roll Out

Implementation

Ensure Regulatory / Service Level compliance

Centralize the management of entire IT investments

Management

LCMLCM

Rapid Install/ Clone

iSetup

Oracle Applications

Manager

Oracle Diagnostics

PatchWizard

DeploymentUtilities

Pack forChangeMgmt

ImplementImplement ManageManageApplication

Management Pack

UpgradeUpgrade

Lifecycle Management - Overview

iSetupSetup Migration

Target CRPTest

ProdDev

SourceCRPTest

ProdDev

Comparison Reporting

Setup Documentation

• Migrates functional configurations across EBS instances• Compares setup changes across instances and timelines• BR 100 styled reporting• Manages best practice setup repository for Partners and

Customer rollouts

• Deployment reports• Filtering enhancements• Enhanced API coverage• Cascaded transformations• Classified Templates as per implementation

projects*• Extended support for Custom interfaces and

templates*• BR100 styled reports*• GRC Integration for compliance and Auditing*

iSetupWhat’s New

iSetup Comparison ReportDownloadable Format

Deployment Reports Online View

Reporting Preferences BR 100 Styled Report

Strategic Direction - CCG and iSetupiSetupIT Operations Focus

• Lower total cost of application implementation & ownership (TCO)

• Reduce risk in IT operations:• Automate migration, Compare

configurations across instances or timelines

• Reduce time required for application roll-outs

• New functionality for:• Improved filtering and transformation

capabilities• Integration into Enterprise Manager

Configuration Controls Governor• Governance, Risk, and Compliance focus• Reduce Loss / Risk by

• Controlling changes with significant financial or regulatory impact

• Finding setups that violate financial or regulatory policy

• Accelerating documentation and analysis of setups

• New functionality for:• Authoring Policies• Analyzing & Remediation Conflicts• Enforcing Controls

Integration of CCG and Isetup is in the planning for future release

Diagnostics: Key Messages

• New Diagnostic framework• Versatile execution engine• High fidelity reporting with BI publisher• Test grouping taxonomy• EBS-wide diagnostics RUP• Customizable security layer implemented using Role-

Based Access Control (RBAC)• Batch execution• Enriched Look and Feel UI

Application Management Pack

• Manual Process• Requires User Interaction• Note 406982.1

• Automated Process• Provides Data Scrambling• Allows Image Creation• Note 394448.1

Rapid Clone

Cloning Techniques

DatabaseDatabase

SOA and MiddlewareSOA and Middleware

Extended InfrastructureExtended Infrastructure

Top-Down Application ManagementApplicationApplication

ServicesServicesPackagedPackaged

ApplicationsApplicationsCustomCustom

ApplicationsApplications

End-to-End CoverageFunctionally Complete

Path to Fusion

Enterprise Manager

Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10g

CloningMonitoringDiscovery

Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite

Application Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite

Application Management

Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite

AMPCentralized ManagementManage single / multiple Oracle E-Business Suite systems from a single console

Proactive MonitoringProactively monitor Infrastructure and End User experience through Service Level Management

Automated CloningAutomatically Clone Oracle E-Business Suite systems through Clone Dashboard

Service Level ManagementAnalyze and measure End User experience of Business Services utilizing Service Level Management

Configuration ManagementSearch, compare and view change history of OracleE-Business Suite configuration such as patches, Autoconfig

Data ScramblingScramble / Purge sensitive production data while you clone Oracle E-Business Suite system

Hot Clone – AMP*Key Features

• Zero down-time cloning• Allows Source-to-Image• Deploy Image to Different Targets• Automated process. • Schedule Clones• Customizable – Refresh, Clone individual components

viz., DB, Techstack etc.• Supports Data-scrambling• Certified on RAC for EBS R12

• RAC duplication using ASM, OCFS2, NFS with NetApp forms of shared storage on source or target

AMP: Customers…

240+ … and growing

AMP @ GE Infrastructure

• AMP Version: 2.0.1• EM Grid Control: 10gR3• Oracle E-Business Suite: 11.5.10• EBS Production Managed: 10• Live since: July 2008• Features Used: Centralized monitoring

and Cloning

Summary

Implementation of AMP has allowed GE Infrastructure to realize •$200K annual savings, •84% reduction in clone cycle time, and •75% reduction in resources

Benjamin Cabanas. Program Manager GE Infrastructure

Customer Quote

Session Id: S298395Session Name: Customer Case Study: Centrally Managing Your Oracle E-Business Suite,

Using Oracle Application Management PackDate: 23rd September 2008 (Tuesday)Time: 09.00 to 10.00 a.mVenue: Moscone West, Room: 2007

Related Session

Demo

iSetup

EBS Home Page

IndustryBest

PracticesExtractSetups

LoadSetups

CompareSetups

Application Management Pack

EM Grid Control

Home Page

EBS System

Home PageClone

DashboardPerformance

Pages

ViewEBS

Patches

ServiceLevelMgmt

Life Cycle Management Roadmap

Application Management

Pack

Centralized ManagementManage single / multiple Oracle E-Business Suite systems from a single console

Proactive MonitoringProactively monitor Infrastructure and End User experience through Service Level Management

Automated HOT CloningAutomatically Clone Oracle E-Business Suite systems through Clone Dashboard in HOT Mode

Customization ManagementAutomate packaging, deployment, migration ofcustomizations across Oracle E-Business Suite instances

Patch AutomationUI based impact analysis and deployment of patchacross EBS instance from a single console

Functional Setup ManagementManage, transport and document changes in functional setups across Oracle E-Business Suite instances

Pack for ChangeManagement

User Experience

Secure Enterprise Search

Integration

Security

Enterprise Management

Techstack

Investments and Innovations

Lifecycle Management

Key Takeaways

• Standards based Service Integration• Productivity with Secured Enterprise Search and Search

Modeller• Centralised and Proactive EBS system management with

AMP• Managing customization and automated Patching with

Pack for change Management• Accelerated implementations through Isetup• Versatile Diagnostic framework• Efficiency through desktop integration

Related Sessions: ATGMonday

September 22, 2008

16.00 Integration SimplifiedNative Service-Oriented Architecture in Oracle E-Business SuiteNeeraj Chauhan and Veshaal Singh, OracleMoscone West 2007

TuesdaySeptember 23, 2008

09.00 Customer Case Study: GE InfrastructureCentrally Managing your Oracle E-Business Suite, Using Oracle Application Mgmt PackBenjamin Cabanas, GE Infrastructure & Biju Mohan, OracleMoscone West 2007

11.30 Change ManagementChange Management in the Lifecycle of Oracle E-Business SuiteKenneth Baxter and Uma Prabhala, OracleMoscone West 2007

17.00 Install and Cloning Techniques Deep DiveOracle E-Business Suite Release 12Max Arderius and Biju Mohan, OracleMoscone West 2007

Related Sessions: ATGWednesdaySeptember 24, 2008

13.00 Customer Case Study: General ElectricAccelerating Oracle E-Business Suite Implementations with Oracle iSetupJudy Warfield, General Electric and Uma Prabhala, OracleMoscone West 2007

17.00 Java Authentication and Authorization Service for Oracle E-Business SuiteVeshaal Singh, OracleMoscone West 2007

ThursdaySeptember 25, 2008

09.00 Centralize your Oracle E-Business Suite SearchPowered by Oracle Secure Enterprise SearchRajesh Singh and Veshaal Singh, OracleMoscone West 2007

10.30 Customer Case Study: Forsythe Technologies IncOracle E-Business Suite SOA ImplementationSamuel Tong, Forsythe Technologies Inc and Neeraj Chauhan, OracleMoscone West 2007

Related Sessions: ATG

ThursdaySeptember 25, 2008

12.00 Managing Oracle E-Business Suite Customizations and Patches, using Oracle Enterprise ManagerUma Prabhala, OracleMoscone West 2005

13.30 Opening Up Oracle Application Framework Applications through Web Services and Portlets Ramkumar Sekar, OracleMoscone West 2005

13.30 Understanding the Oracle Diagnostics Security Model and Support for Custom Responsibility Angelo Rosado, OracleMoscone West 2007

Demogrounds

• Oracle Applications Management Pack for Oracle E-Business Suite

• Oracle iSetup and Oracle Diagnostics Framework

• Oracle E-Business Suite Cloning Techniques

• Native Service Enablement of Oracle E-Business Suite

• Integration Repository and E-Business Suite Adapter

• Oracle SOA Suite for Oracle E-Business Suite

• The Next-Generation Semantic Search Experience

• Design and Develop New Searchable Objects, Using the Search Modeler

• Powered by Oracle Enterprise Search

• Extract Portlets from Oracle OAF Applications

• Generate, Test, Deploy, and Integrate Web Services

• Desktop Integrators Using Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator

Oracle Secure Enterprise SearchPod K26

E-Business Suite Lifecycle Management

Web Services / Portlets in Oracle OAFPod K25

SOA Enablement of E-Business SuitePod K24Pod K30

Application Lounges @ Oracle OpenWorld 2008

E-Business Suite – Tools and TechnologyWednesday, 09:00 – 11:00 (Section 1)

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Upgrade (Technical Upgrade) Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Advanced ConfigurationManaging and Maintaining the Oracle E-Business Suite SOA-Enablement of E-Business Suite

Wednesday, 12:00 - 2:00 (Section 2)Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher for Oracle Applications

Moscone West - 2nd Floor (Lobby)

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