Continued Oracle Investment for Years to Come

In June 2018, Oracle published the “Applications and Support—an Unbeatable Combination” announcement. This message re-affirmed Oracle’s commitment to the Applications Unlimited products with continuing development and support through at least 2030. The products covered by  Applications Unlimited are Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, and Siebel.

The June announcement committed Oracle E-Business Suite Development to move to the continuous innovation release model for the next major release (identified as 12.X), as explained in the Oracle E-Business Suite publication.

 

Continuous Innovation Release Announced

In the subsequent October 2018 announcement, Oracle E-Business Suite announced that we will implement continuous innovation on the current 12.2 release. 

 

Significance to Oracle E-Business Suite Customers

This is important to Oracle E-Business Suite customers because the announcement:

  • Restates Oracle’s commitment to Oracle E-Business Suite.
  • Clarifies that the inter-dependency of the applications and technology stack has been uncoupled, and it will be possible to perform “tools only” updates (affecting the application layer), without being forced to update the technology stack at the same time, or conversely, tech stack updates without updating the applications.
  • Means it will be easier for customers to remain current—on the continuous innovation release—and benefit from the latest developments.
  • Removes the justification for 12.1.3 users to delay upgrading, as once they have migrated to 12.2, they can remain on that release for at least through 2030.
  • Sets the record straight—responding to/countering some of the misinformation and rumors, which have been circulated, stating that Oracle E-Business Suite will not be developed or supported.

 

Oracle Applications Unlimited

With continuous innovation now available for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2, Oracle E-Business Suite joins the other Applications Unlimited products that also have pledged to provide continuous innovation and Oracle Premier Support through at least 2030 for their current continuous innovation releases.

 

 

Committed to Customers | Committed to Innovation | Committed to Products

 

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