Every year I provide an OpenWorld update on the various ways that E-Business Suite users can use different Oracle Application Server 10g components. This presentation covers many of the topics that I visit regularly on this blog, neatly summarizing them in a single package with the latest Fusion Middleware certified versions (and desupport notices) in one place: * Using Oracle Application Server 10g with E-Business Suite (Session S307958, PDF, 1.3 MB)
I'll be highlighting OpenWorld 2008 presentations that cover some of the most popular E-Business Suite technology stack topics. A catalog of all of the Applications Technology track sessions with links to the presentations is available here:
To kick things off with some shameless self-promotion, here's a spotlight on one of my own OpenWorld sessions:
Another airport stopover, another eagerly-awaited certification announcement. Nice to do something productive while I'm sitting here waiting for my flight to be called. I'm pleased to announce that Oracle Application Server 10g 10.1.2.3 is now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12. Specifically, the following OracleAS 10.1.2.3 components are now certified for external integration with Apps 12 environments:
I'm still on vacation but can't resist posting about new certifications from my team. Michael Armstrong-Smith has been diligently (and correctly, of course) reminding EBS users that they should hold off on upgrading to Discoverer 10.1.2.3 until it's certified with the E-Business Suite Release 11i.
The wait is over: Discoverer 10.1.2.3 is now certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i 11.5.10.2 and higher.
The run-up to our annual OpenWorld conference consists of frenzied activities to ensure that all of our planned certifications wrap up in time to be announced at the conference. The follow-up from OpenWorld consists of handling questions, bug reports, and escalations from our sessions, panels, and private customer meetings. Given that this is all on top of our regular day jobs, one day I'm going to print up some t-shirts that say, "I survived another Oracle OpenWorld."
So, back in the blogging saddle again. I'll address one of the architectural questions that seems to pop perennially:
How do I handle heavy reporting overhead without disrupting my E-Business Suite instance's transactional users? Can I offload this to a separate reporting instance?
We wrapped up a new certification over the long weekend, but it's a bit of a strange one. We had originally not planned to do this certification at all, for reasons that might be clearer by the end of this article.
However, a suitably large number of you have requested it explicitly, so we revisited that decision. This is an object lesson in the principle that it never hurts to ask. On to the actual certification announcement:
Oracle Application Server and Oracle Developer Suite 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) Patch Set 2 (10.1.2.2.0) (Patchset 4960210) is now certified for use with E-Business Suite Release 11i and 12 environments. This certification covers all platforms for which this OracleAS patchset is available.
Now for the odd part...
If you're using Oracle Discoverer to analyze your E-Business Suite data, you know that we have always taken a very selective approach to the certification of Discoverer patches. Our historical strategy has been to specify the smallest number of essential...
[Oct 11 Update: Added MS Win2k to list of certified platforms]The eagerly-awaited certification of Discoverer 10g 10.1.2.2 with E-Business Suite Release 11i and 12 was just released today.Certified with E-Business Suite Release 11iDiscoverer 10g 10.1.2.2 is certified with E-Business Suite...
[May 9, 2007 Update: Corrected legend typo from OCSM to OCMS. "OCMS" represents Oracle Communication & Mobility Server. Elaborated on certification stance to remind readers that although OracleAS 10g 10.1.3 is part of Release 12's techstack, it can't be upgraded...
The wait is over, at least for Linux platforms: Oracle Application Server 10g 10.1.2.2 has been certified with the E-Business Suite Release 11i. Just to ensure that there's no confusion about what's been certified, the full name of this patchset...
[Oct 9, 2007 Update: As it turns out, there were some challenges identified that held up Discoverer 10.1.2.2 certification for a large number of operating system platforms. The rest of the supported platforms have now been certified; see this latest...
Editor Jan. 12, 2007 Update: Oracle Identity Management 10g 10.1.4.0.1 is now certified with the E-Business Suite. No matter how hard I try to avoid it, my inbox always seem to pay for any time spent away, regardless of whether...
Reminder: the official desupport date for Discoverer 4i for E-Business Suite Release 11i users is at the end of next month -- October, 2006.If you haven't already upgraded to Discoverer 10g by now, you should do so immediately. See the...
Given its utility, I'm highlighting a recent blog comment from Steve Fitzgerald, one of our Oracle BI specialists. This was in response to our In-Depth: Cloning OracleAS 10g + E-Business Suite Environments article. For the Discoverer users of the E-Business...
[Editor Aug 31 Update: References to Linux-specific patches 4241292 and 4576754 replaced with generic references]When I was younger, I thought I could change this world. Now I no longer think so but for emotional reasons I must keep on fighting...
There are so many useful Metalink Notes published, even battle-scarred types like I miss some. The following is a handy summary of all Discoverer releases -- ranging from 3i to 10g -- and their minimum required and recommended patch levels,...
As much as I'd prefer to avoid the subject, it's time to turn to address a subject of much ongoing controversy, namely cloning. Cloning an E-Business Suite environment is easy. Cloning an E-Business Suite environment that's been integrated with Oracle...
[Oct 9, 2007: Discoverer 10g 10.1.2.2 is the latest version certified for both E-Business Suite Release 11i and 12. See this certification announcement for full details.]Oracle Discoverer is one of our most popular Oracle Business Intelligence tools for the E-Business...
Editor Jan. 12, 2007 Update: Oracle Identity Management 10g 10.1.4.0.1 is now certified with the E-Business Suite. As promised earlier, this post represents the first of a series of in-depth discussions on using OracleAS 10g with the E-Business Suite Release...
Oracle Application Server 10g can be integrated with existing E-Business Suite Release 11i environments, for the use of Single Sign-On, Oracle Internet Directory, Portal, Discoverer, Web Cache and Oracle Integration. I plan to dive into each one of these topics...
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