Posts Tagged ‘Middleware’
Oracle unveils Business Process Management Suite 11g
Oracle has unveiled Business Process Management Suite 11g, which includes a native implementation of BPMN 2.0 and supports all types of processes with a new unified process foundation, user-centric design approach and social BPM capabilities.
According to Oracle, the new unified process foundation simplifies process development, deployment, monitoring and execution. It includes components such as unified process engine that executes BPEL and BPMN 2.0 processes, human workflow and rules; universal content management for document-centric processes; and management and monitoring of business processes to extend problem management beyond the process boundary.
The company said that the new offering is integrated with Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Business Activity Monitoring and Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus.
The user-centric design approach in Business Process Management Suite 11g simplifies the process management lifecycle with tools that address user role requirements. Key components include, BPM Studio for role-based modeling and design, process composer for web-based process modeling, and deployment; and process analysis and reporting.
Finally, the social BPM capabilities in the new offering enables collaboration among users by incorporating social computing and Enterprise 2.0 technologies, including wikis and blogs.
Oracle said that the new offering includes features such as, customised team spaces for business and IT through all phases of the business process management lifecycle; business process guides that provide a milestone-centered view of processes that simplifies understanding and communication of process flow; and unstructured process support that helps users address unanticipated process changes by adding and delegating to additional process participants.
David Shaffer, vice president for product management at Oracle Fusion Middleware, said: “Built on a unified process foundation, Oracle Business Process Management Suite 11g enables organisations to engage both business and IT users more easily in the management of core business processes and simplify the complete business process lifecycle. Now, businesses can innovate more easily and improve the processes that are critical to their organisations.”
via CBR
Oracle unveils new version of EPM system
Adds ERP Integrator module to its Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management
Oracle has launched Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System Release 11.1.1.3, which combines performance management and Business Intelligence (BI) to support strategic, financial and operational management processes.
According to Oracle, the new release adds Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Integrator module for Oracle Hyperion Financial Data Quality Management that integrates the E-Business Suite General Ledger and PeopleSoft Enterprise General Ledger metadata directly into Hyperion Financial Management and Hyperion Planning applications, and supports bi-directional data integration for financial budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
The EPM System Release 11.1.1.3, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, delivers enhancements and integrations spanning simulations, data visualisation and enhanced calculation management capabilities, the company said.
Oracle said that the new offering also features enhanced integration between Oracle Essbase and Oracle Crystal Ball, a spreadsheet-based application for predictive modeling, forecasting, Monte Carlo simulation and optimisation. This integration enables inline simulation within the hyperion smart view for excel interface, which allows end users to view, import, manipulate, distribute and share hyperion application and Essbase data in Microsoft Excel.
Bill Guilmart, vice president of EPM product management at Oracle, said: “The introduction of the ERP Integrator module significantly strengthens the integration between the Oracle E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft Enterprise with Hyperion applications. With the module making metadata and data integration simpler, customers can extend their ERP investments while improving their reporting, analysis and planning cycles.”
Source: CBR
