Fusion - The CIO's Guide to Oracle Products and Solutions - page 240

Oracle Fusion
Middleware

Oracle Fusion Architecture

Oracle Fusion
Applications

FIGURE 8.1
Oracle Fusion.

MIDDLEWARE

Oracle Fusion Middleware (OFM, also known as Fusion Middleware) con-
sists of several software products from Oracle Corporation. OFM spans
multiple services, including Java EE and developer tools, integration ser-
vices, business intelligence, and business process management, as shown
in Figure 8.2. OFM depends on open standards such as BPEL (Business
Process Execution Language), SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol),
XML (Extensible Markup Language), and JMS (Java Message Service).
OFM provides software for the development, deployment, and manage-
ment of service-oriented architecture (SOA). It includes what Oracle calls
“hot-pluggable” architecture, designed to facilitate integration with exist-
ing applications and systems from other software vendors such as IBM,
Microsoft, and SAP AG.
Some of these products have been discussed in previous chapters, so you
will hopefully get the sense of Oracle's overlapping product lines. Table 8.1
provides more descriptive details on each of the Oracle Fusion components.