OpenWorld Conference Fall 2008

Update

Overview

• September 21st – 26th, 2008

• Moscone Center, San Fransisco

• Approx 40,000 participants

• Approx 400 vendors in the exhibition hall

• Sunny every day……

Overview

• Larry Ellison in key note: HP Oracle’s alliance producing Oracle Exadata Storage (server that run a dw 10x faster)

• HP server is the building block for the: Oracle Database Machine

• Theme of conference: GREEN (reduce, reuse and recycle everything – smart energy, paper, food containers, etc)

• Demo grounds, exhibition hall, SIG sessions, hands on session, regular seminar sessions, specific ‘Green’ sessions, free certification exam write and the ‘Unconference’ Lounge

Overview

• Oracle’s direction: focus on Fusion Middleware Technology

• Interconnecting acquired vendors such as BEA, Hyperion, Realtek and expanding products out to existing user base of Oracle EBS, JDE & PSoft

• Communication and learning: UPK (User Productivity Kit) and Oracle Mix (interactive blog site for users)

• Oracle EBS tracks focused on upgrading to R12, how EBS can accommodate IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) and announcement of 9 new EBS CRM related products

9 New EBS Products• Demand Signal Repository – sales retail repository

• Advanced Planning Command Center – built on top of Advanced Planning and does for Supply Chain what Hyperion does for Financials

• Service Parts Planning – marketing service

• Manufacturing Operations Center – for shop floor equipment monitoring

• Deal Management – for price negotiation in contracts

• Site Hub – manages locations independent from asset

• Landed Cost Management – tracks import shipment costs

• Supplier Ship & Debit – product revenue management for distributors to respond to market conditions

• Price Protection – handles changing discounts between distributors and manufacturers in contractual agreements

R12 Considerations

• Oracle EBS sessions focused on R12: pain points but incredible value / new functionality

• Consideration for upgrades:– Must be on minimum 10g database– Expect at least 10% growth in server requirements; one

company went from 13 terrabyte DB to 14.3 terrabyte with upgrade

– Mandatory New functionality: • EBTax – separate tax engine – no longer in AP / AR• SLA – subledger accounting / intercompany accounting –

completely separate tables• Separate Payment module – bank model• Engage banks early because payment format is XML or nothing

R12 Considerations• Test ALL reports; table structure has changed so reconciliation

reports especially need to be tested. All reports XML.• Modified PL/SQL technical reports are not supported in R12• Multi-org access for purchasing • Separate tables for suppliers (data must be extremely clean)• Project accounting data must be ‘upgraded’ as post upgrade step

for existing transactions to be adjusted for SLA• Strongly recommend volume testing• Archive and migrate only required data if possible• In many cases, business process changes arose• Training is paramount!

• Live on R12: Scottish Govt, LG, Cisco, San Diego State University, Facebook, HiSoft, American Transmission Company……

Upcoming Conferences

• Collaborate 2009 – May 2009: Orlando, Florida

• OpenWorld 2009 – Oct 2009: San Francisco, CA