Getting Started with Fusion Applications - Oracle Fusion Applications Administration Essentials - page 7

The uniqueness of Oracle Fusion

Applications

The Oracle Fusion Middleware product suite has integration and process orchestra-
tion features required for this new generation of ERP applications. It provides the plat-
form for integration and process orchestration that is vital to a flexible ERP.

Oracle has leveraged its Fusion Middleware capability to build Oracle Fusion Applica-
tions. However, Oracle Fusion Applications are different in the following unique ways:

• Leading practices : Oracle Fusion Applications is built on leading practices

from Oracle's stable of existing ERP products. It has those features that were
considered the most meaningful and commonly used from these existing ERP
product lines.

• Oracle Fusion Middleware : Oracle Fusion Middleware does provide compre-

hensive SOA-based integration. It is an industry leading middleware platform.
Oracle Fusion Applications is built on this platform, and hence, inherits the
value that technology stacks brings. Oracle Fusion Middleware brings some
additional benefits to Oracle Fusion Applications, which are as follows:

• Standards based on the J2EE platform : This is important as using

Java (as opposed to a proprietary language) opens up a vast commu-
nity of people who are familiar with the technology platform.

• Web-based frontend : The UI is completely web-based. There is no

thick client that needs to be deployed on client desktops.

• BPEL-based workflow : Prebuilt business process flows are built us-

ing BPEL workflows using the BPMN notification. This replaces the im-
plicit workflow technology that used to be highly proprietary to the ap-
plication vendor.

• Deployment : Oracle Fusion Applications has multiple deployment options.

These include the following:

• On-premise : This provides a bare metal install on in-house hardware.

This involves a full install of the technology's platform and the entire
application.

• Cloud model : This is similar to the on-premise model except that the

application is installed on the infrastructure that is on the cloud.