Solutions

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Oracle Fusion Middleware (OFM) is the way towards SOA for customers running applications on the Oracle or PeopleSoft solution stack. Many of our PeopleSoft customers have already expressed interest or have started adopting the latest capabilities offered from Oracle. However, others are curious why is this so important for their ERP investment?

Reason 1. Oracle Fusion Middleware allows you to easily configure interfaces, reports and business processes in line with new technical tools that enforce standards and deliver immediate ROI – this is the first step towards SOA at either no or low cost to you.
Reason 2. Oracle Fusion Middleware will allow corporations to extract superior value from the “business applications” from Oracle and position their organization to make a smoother transition to FUSION and experience a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Our OFM Roadmap Service has been developed a solution offering that allows PeopleSoft Enterprise customers to build their SOA Roadmap utilizing the Oracle Fusion Middleware process as a springboard. We help customers examine where they are today and where they want to be strategically over the next 3-5 years. We help analyze a myriad of issues including functionality surrounding PeopleTools and PeopleSoft Application releases, organizational readiness, future vendor development, etc. We place this roadmap exercise in the context of what makes sense to your company – should I take on a Customer Data Hub project before an XML Publisher project? How do we ensure BPEL is adopted beyond just a few super-users? When should my team take Java training and are their any Performance Monitoring tools we can use today? Should we rewrite our invoices or other reports in XML Publisher? Click here to see our Fusion Middleware Roadmap for PeopleTools starting with version 8.48.

XML Publisher. Conceptually, Oracle Fusion Middleware recognizes that the business user plays a major role in the new era of computing. SOA is based on this premise that the business processes are king and users need greater access and simplification to drive value through the corporation. XML Publisher applied to PeopleSoft Enterprise accomplishes just this. It is a tool embedded within the PeopleTools v8.48 or higher release that allows users to separate the presentation layer of reporting from the data\processing logic. It does this while also using standards like XML which act as the data vehicle. Users can output the information to their favorite formats: Pdf, Word, Excel and manipulate presentation without impacting the processing logic.

Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Process Manager. This is an important cornerstone of the Oracle Fusion Middleware offering that is completely standards based (see OASIS). The BPEL Process Manager is a drag & drop modeler, workflow creator and integration manager allowing users to create composite applications with greater ease. For PeopleSoft Enterprise customers, it is an important part of working with Web Services. Click here to view the BPEL Process Manager in more detail.

Composite Applications

Applications that glue together chunks of functionality from disparate systems can benefit your organization by providing:

Streamlined business processes
Integrated data access
Increased user productivity
The potential for decreased software license costs

For example, BTRG has developed a method to create composite applications using Microsoft SharePoint as a dashboard for other enterprise applications such as PeopleSoft, Deltek and Salesforce. Instead of logging onto multiple systems, we can show you how easy it can be to present ‘chunks’ of functionality from various enterprise applications in one integrated SharePoint dashboard, and enable cross-application workflow and communication. Contact us for a demonstration!

Integration Engine

We have found that many of our clients are hesitant to take on a large-scale middleware implementation without a ‘proof of concept’. BTRG’s Integration Engine is a great solution for companies seeking to achieve quick wins using a lightweight, economical middleware solution with a defined migration path to more robust enterprise solutions such as Oracle Fusion Middleware.

For example, on-boarding, transfers and off-boarding are all significant Human Capital Management events that require workflow orchestration and event logging for audit purposes. BTRG’s Integration Engine makes it easy to gain control over these events without a huge IT investment.

There are numerous concrete benefits to deploying our Integration Engine such as:

Reduction of manual processes and administrative costs
Creation of a consistent employee experience, facilitating corporate internal branding
Easy implementation
Designed for ‘quick wins’ and middleware proof of concept
Automatic event logging for audit purposes

It’s easy to get started with our low-risk approach to middleware workflow automation.

Other Components. To see additional Oracle Fusion Middleware components based on PeopleTools release, click here.

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