Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Launch – London

Inatech today attended what is probably the largest Oracle event to have taken place in the UK for some time - the launch of the exciting new Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g suite of products. There were over 400 people at the event, at London Paddington Hilton, with a good mix of Oracle staff, Oracle Partners and Customers.

The launch marks the start of the Oracle “Innovation Roadshow”, the first in a series of events counting down 100 days to Oracle Open World in the autumn. Oracle see this as the most important and strategic product launch in recent years, as Fusion Middleware 11g underpins the complete development and deployment framework for next-generation applications – including Oracle’s own Fusion Application suite.

The event kicked off with an introduction from David Callaghan (SVP, Oracle UK, Ireland & Israel), followed by a keynote speech from Charles Phillips (President, Oracle) which included a discussion of the past and current Information Technology landscape, and some of the key problems users of I.T. face (many vendors, disparate systems, no real cohesive approach to integration and deployment).

This introduction led him into the benefits of the new Fusion Middleware suite of products, and how they can help organisations reduce costs and increase efficiency by simplifying the development process by making use of more declarative techniques and tools, improve operating performance by utilising activity monitoring and management tools, and help reduce security risks using Identity Management tools.

Charles then introduced Thomas Kurian, Oracle Senior Vice President who heads the Oracle Development group, and has spearheaded the Fusion Middleware 11g development. Thomas gave an overview of each of the areas within the suite, and there was a demonstration and customer testimony within each of the areas, where senior members from key clients such as O2 and BT were invited to the stage to discuss how they see 11g benefiting their own organisation.
Thomas Kurian & Duncan Mills demonstrate Fusion Middleware 11g capabilities.

The in-depth descriptions and demonstrations given by Thomas and his team were very informative and covered all aspects of the new product, including:

• WebLogic Suite 11g (the foundation for Application Grid Architecture)
• SOA Suite 11g (the framework for agile, adaptable and reusable process development)
• Identity Management 11g (secure enterprise identity model – streamlines compliance and automates administrative tasks)
• WebCenter Suite 11g (portal platform for deploying feature rich content and processes)

Doug Toop, UK Oracle & Open Source Technology Lead, Inatech Solutions