Oracle E-Business Suite Technology

Critical Rollup Update for E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway Release 12.1.1

By Rekha Ayothi on September 2, 2009 9:45 AM

A critical Rollup Update for Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway Release 12.1.1 was released on August 21, 2009. It is a consolidated one-off fix to address some open issues in Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway Release 12.1.1. Patch 8459663 for Integrated SOA Gateway R12.1.1 is now available for download.

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Update: Using EBS 12 Portlets in Third-Party Portals

By Steven Chan on January 15, 2009 10:58 AM

I've been puzzled by a resurgence in questions about the compatibility of E-Business Suite Release 12 portlets with third-party portals.  I thought that I'd already covered this FAQ a few times on this blog, but searching through our archives, I see that I haven't revisited this topic formally since R12 was released.  It's time for a quick refresher and update on what's supported in this release.

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Java Authentication + Authorization Services (JAAS) for E-Business Suite (OpenWorld 2008 Recap)

By Steven Chan on October 29, 2008 10:37 AM

I'm 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:

• OpenWorld 2008 Session Catalog: E-Business Suite Applications Technology Track

Our Applications Technology Group announced an important set of new authentication capabilities for Java-based E-Business Suite extensions and custom programs at OpenWorld this year.  Veshaal Singh, Director in our Applications Technology Group, discusses the new capabilities and how they relate to the E-Business Suite's existing security model in this presentation:

• Java Authentication and Authorization Services for E-Business Suite (PDF, 574K)

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In-Depth: Using Third-Party Identity Managers with E-Business Suite Release 12

By Steven Chan on August 6, 2008 10:04 AM

This article is an updated R12 version of an earlier one written for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i.

Like most of our customers, you probably already have a corporate identity management system in place. And, you've probably not been enjoying the experience of redundantly administering the same user in your corporate identity management system as well as the E-Business Suite. If this describes your environment, this in-depth article about integrating Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12, Oracle Single Sign-On and Oracle Internet Directory with third-party identity management systems will show you a better way of managing your EBS users.

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E-Business Suite + Fusion Middleware Best Practices Center Launched

By Steven Chan on May 6, 2008 12:45 PM

If you've been watching Oracle's ERP strategy, you'll notice that there's been a profound shift in emphasis over the last few years.  The E-Business Suite is now acknowledged to be only one part of your organization's overall software environment, and...

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Integrating Apps 12 Portlets with Third-Party Portals

By Steven Chan on October 25, 2007 9:42 AM

Here's the latest update on the ever-popular subject of integrating the E-Business Suite Release 12 with third-party portals.  What's Possible in Release 11i TodayYou already know that the E-Business Suite Release 11i portlets are written to work exclusively with Oracle...

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Process Management in Release 12

By Steven Chan on May 26, 2006 2:29 PM

Oracle executives have been justifiably devoting a lot of slides in recent customer briefings to Oracle BPEL Process Manager: it's the cornerstone for our corporate integration strategy.  This begs the obvious question: what's going to be included in Release 12?Workflow...

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Release 12 and Third-Party Portals

By Steven Chan on May 24, 2006 8:32 PM

Apr 3, 2007 Update:  Release 12.0 includes WSRP 1.0-compliant versions of the following E-Business Suite portlets:  Applications Navigator, Applications Favorites, Applications Worklist. I've briefly alluded to our Release 12 plans for portlets, but your feedback suggests that it's worth discussing...

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Certification and Support for Third-Party Products

By Steven Chan on May 18, 2006 2:01 PM

One of the most frequently asked questions I answer daily is this:  "Is my third-party product __________ certified with the E-Business Suite?"

The short answer is, "No, it's not."  But wait...don't leave just yet!  That doesn't mean that you can't use these products with the E-Business Suite, it just means that we haven't certified them ourselves.

To understand how this affects you, we need to make a distinction between certification and support for third-party products in E-Business Suite environments.

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Integration Repository for the E-Business Suite

By Steven Chan on May 16, 2006 3:16 PM

There are many ways of getting information into and out of the E-Business Suite.  Until recently, however, these have been documented in a wild assortment of different places, including product-specific Apps manuals, the Electronic Technical Reference Manual (eTRM), and other...

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In-Depth: Using Third-Party Identity Managers with the E-Business Suite Release 11i

By Steven Chan on May 3, 2006 5:49 PM

Like most of our customers, you probably already have a corporate identity management system in place.  And, you've probably not been enjoying the experience of redundantly administering the same user in your corporate identity management system as well as the...

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