the path to fusion: a long and winding road doit fusion council review for fusion leads 16 jan 2008
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The Path to Fusion:A Long and Winding Road
DoIT Fusion Council
Review for Fusion Leads
16 Jan 2008
DoIT’s Fusion Council
• Who are we?
• What are we trying to do?
• Why?
• How?
DoIT’s Fusion Leads
• Who are we?
• Why us?
• What are we about?
• How? When? Where?
Agenda
• What Do We Know (Larry)
• Fusion Resources (Ozzyie)
• What Might be Ahead (Karen)
• How the Experts Suggest we Prepare (David)
• Additional questions and comments (All)
• Suggestions and next steps (All)
What Do We Know
(The Basics)
• Fusion Timeline
• Why Fusion?
• Fusion and Legacy Migration
• Support and “Applications Unlimited”
Fusion Timeline
February 1997, Oracle licenses Borland’s JBuilder (evolves into JDeveloper)
June 2001, Oracle licenses Orion Application Server
June 2004, Oracle buys Collaxa, makers of BPEL
January 2005, Oracle buys Peoplesoft
January 2005: Oracle announces “Project Fusion”, based on Java and open standards
Why Fusion?
Oracle develops E-Business Suite
2003, Peoplesoft purchases J. D. Edwards (as poison pill against Oracle takeover)
2004, Oracle purchases Retek
2005, Oracle purchases Peoplesoft
2005, Oracle purchases Siebel
Fusion Project? -Legacy Migration
Merge the legacy E-Business Suite, J.D. Edwards, Retek, Peoplesoft and Siebel systems into “Best of Breed”Migrate these applications to a modern, flexible technology (Java)Eliminate redundant functionalityCreate common dataCreate common interfaces
Legacy Migration - Wiki
DARWIN: On the Incremental Migration of Legacy Systems
DoD Legacy System Migration Guidelines
Legacy Migration -Resources
No Forced Migrations
Life-time Support
Premier Support (5 years) from GA
Extended Support (3 years), if available
Sustaining Support (life-time)
Premier Support
Major Product and Technology Releases
Technical Support
Updates, Fixes, Security Alerts, Critical Patches
Tax, Legal and Regulatory Updates
Update Scripts
Certification with Oracle and 3rd Party
Extended Support
Same as Premier except some certifications with 3rd Party products and versions may not be available
Sustaining Support
Same as Premier with these limitations:
Access patches, fixes, etc available during Premier Support
Upgrade Scripts from Premier Support
Sustaining SupportNot Include
No New patches, fixes, updates
No New Tax, Legal, Regulatory Updates
No Certification with Oracle or 3rd Party Products
DoIT Oracle Applications
Peoplesoft FMS/ESA/SCM Version 8.9 (SFS, “Program Release”)
Peoplesoft Campus Solutions 8.9 (ISIS)
Oracle E-Business Suite (CBS), Version 11i (11/10)
DoIT Applications Support
Questions?
Comments?
What Do We Know
Resources
(Places to find more information…)
Fusion Council Wiki
https://wiki.doit.wisc.edu
Look for “Fusion Council” in the list
Resources
• Wikipedia
Resources
• Wikipedia
• Steve Chang’s Blog
Resources
• Wikipedia
• Steve Chang’s Blog
• Oracle’s official sites
Resources
• Wikipedia
• Steve Chang’s Blog
• Oracle’s official sites
• White papers, presentations, and more
What Might Be Ahead
(What do we think is coming and why do we think that?)
• What we knew a year ago
• What have we learned this year?
• Latest Developments
Change is the Spice of Life
• What we knew a year ago
• What we know now
• We expect more spice in the next couple of years
What we knew a year ago
• Fusion was going to be a ‘Big Bang’
• Fusion was coming very soon
• We were going to have to make very big changes in a very short time
What Happened During the Past 12 Months?
• Acquisitions and more acquisitions
• Customers had reason to look at competitors (Kuali, etc.)
• Merging disparate systems was more complicated than anticipated
• Oracle announced ‘Apps Unlimited’
Latest Developments
• HEUG released white paper, ‘A Deliberate Approach for Leveraging Applications Unlimited’ on December 10, 2007
• The HEUG January, 2008 newsletter reiterated the major points of the white paper– Gradual move to Fusion– Longer life for existing applications/suites– Like-for-like exchange licensing– App Conversion tools are likely to be supplied
Whew!
• Our current applications will be supported for a longer time
• We may be able to take gradual steps to get to Fusion
• We have time to become familiar with Fusion features
• But, we still need to move forward
What FUSION-Like Functions are Available Now?
• BI Publisher (formerly XML Publisher)
• BPEL
What New Functions are Coming Soon?
• Merger of Oracle, PS and Seibel support, with more proactive tools
• More middleware
• Service Definitions – coming in PS 9.1 and E-Business Release 12
• AIA (Application Integration Architecture)
What about the coming year?
• Continue to monitor Fusion
• Expect things to change
What Might Be Ahead
Questions?
Comments?
Getting Ready
(What do the experts say we should be doing right now and in the future?)
• HEUG TAG Whitepapers• Webinars – CIBER, Solution Beacon• Open World Updates• HEUG announcement
What might these things mean for DoIT?
First HEUG TAG Whitepaper recommendations
• Stop working in SQR– Move to BI Publisher (if you can)
• Learn about and start to use PS Integration Tech– IB, CIs, XML, etc.
• Move to services (if you can)• Move to Java (if you can)
– Not clear what best way to do this is– At least, start developer training…
• Move to Oracle Middleware (if you can)
Most Recent TAG Whitepaper
• Move to Fusion will be gradual
• Still really need to move to services, prep for SOA
CIBER Recommendations
• Coming from PS side…• Tech Platforms:
– DB 11g, OAS 10g R3, Fusion Middleware 10.1.2– PS Enterprise 9.1, EBS 12
• Just Say NO to SQRs• Start using BI Publisher for Reports• Budget• Training, training, training
Solution Beacon Recommendations
• Coming from EBS side…
• Same general Tech pieces as CIBER
• First indication that Fusion will be delivered in small(er) pieces
Open World Updates
• EBS – V11 can be converted to Fusion, but better to
go to v12; Forms will be phased out
• PS– Have PT 8.49, 8.5, App 9.1, 9.2 in the works– Even point releases are new functionality– Adding in Web 2.0 functionality (?!)
More Open World
• SOA:– New tool/product: AIA
• Application Integration Architecture
– SOA functionality will fall under AIA– Not much focus on Higher Ed
– Integration delivered as PIP (Prod Integ Pack)– Will sell for CS 9.1
• Includes connects to Data Hubs and IdM
HEUG Announcement
• January 2008
• Tom Scott, HEUG President:
“…[I]f we stay up with the versions and upgrades Oracle is making available we’ll wake one morning to discover we’ve arrived at Fusion.”
Oracle appears to be trying to deliver the opposite of a Big Bang…!
What does this boil down to?
• Stay current with Oracle tools/tech– Middleware is biggest muddle– Adopt new tools where it makes sense
• Learn the new technology
What might this mean for DoIT?
• Find replacements for existing tools– App Engine/PCode instead of SQR
• New Tools– BI Publisher (where appropriate)– Middleware
• Looking at IdM, Data Hubs• Discussions of using BPEL, ESB?• Rest is dependent on resources…
What might this mean for DoIT?
• New Skills:– General skills: Java, XML, XSLT
• XML is not rocket science, XSLT is a bit different…• But shifting to Object Oriented Programming is NOT
a simple thing!
– Specific Tools: • SOA - BPEL, ESB• Dev Tools – JDeveloper (w/lots of plug ins!),
ADF/Faces
Common Recommendations - Software
• Keep applications current
• Review customizations, drop if at all possible
• Limit customizations
• Find R&D projects for Fusion Middleware
Common Recommendations - Hardware
• Equipment, license upgrades– Server, infrastructure needs for SOA=??
• Want Oracle DB running 10g (at least)
Where do we go from here?
• It looks we have an extended period of time– HEUG TAG suggests 10 year window– Options/priorities may change once Fusion apps arrive
(q.v. discussions of PS Upgrades)
• Complete change in apps/tools when done– Lots of tech pieces are still in flux
• Many twists and turns in the road ahead…
Getting Ready
Questions?
Comments?
Summary
• What Do We Know
• Fusion Resources
• What Might be Ahead
• Getting Ready
Conclusion
• Questions and Comments?
• Suggestions for next steps? Topics?
• For Additional Info:– Contact us at [email protected]– Feedback – team, Karen, or myself
Thank you!!