Oracle Application Integration Architecture - IDS Scheer AG

ARIS ProcessDay 

Brazil 2008 

Beyond Process Modeling: 

Oracle Solutions 

MSc. Rafael d‘Ávila 

Oracle Solutions Architect Team Leader 

Latin America Enterprise Architecture Team 

www.ids-scheer.com/processsdays

Oracle in the World 

� Biggest enterprise software company in the world 

�FY07: USD$17.99 Bi 

�Growth in Brazil >42% FY07 

� More than 145 countries: 

�275,000 customers 

�71,000 employees 

�15,000 partners 

�7,500 ISVs 

�1,6M professionals 

© IDS Scheer AG www.ids-scheer.com/processdays

30 Years of Innovation 

1970’s 

Distributed SQL & Transaction Support 

Cluster and MPP Support 

Client/Server Support 

Platform Portability 

Commercial SQL Implementation 

© IDS Scheer AG www.ids-scheer.com/processdays 

Business Process Accelerators 

Application Integration Architecture 

Business Process Management 

Self-Managing Database 

Grid Computing 

Oracle Data Guard 

Real Application Clusters 

First Comprehensive CRM Suite 

1980’s 

First Internet Applications 

Built in Java VM 

Partitioning Support 

Full Applications Implementation Methodology 

Industry-Specific Business Applications 

Object Relational Support 

Multimedia Support 

Data Warehousing Optimizations 

First Unix-Based Applications 

Parallel Operations 

1990’s 

2000’s

Corporate Challenges 

� IT Flexibility and Resiliency 

�Adapt to changes 

� Fusions, merges, landscape changes 

� Governance 

� Security in information access 

� Audit capabilities 

� Non-structured content management 

� Intelligence 

� Real-time reaction 

� Process optimization 


BPM / SOA Needed 

Strategy 

Execution 


Adaptable business model 

Flexible IT

BPM / SOA Lifecycle 

Model 

Optimize 


Simulate 

BPM 

+ 

SOA 

Monitor 

Develop 

Execute

Changing the point of view 

� Better alignment between IT and 

business needs 

� Agile business processes 

� Process automation 

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� Improved visibility 

� Improved IT efficiency 

�More interoperability 

�More reuse 

� Less integration points and 

maintenance costs 

Islands of information Flexible Architecture 

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SOA 

SCOPE 

FLOW 

invoke 

receive 

PROCESS 

receive 

getSSN 

getRating 

select 

review 

end 

invoke 

receive

Oracle Fusion Middleware 


Business Processes & Integration 

Complete infrastructure to BPM/SOA 

Content Management 

Web Content, Digital Assets, 

Documents, Records, Images

BPM/SOA Solution Stack 

� Technology stack: 

�BPA, BPEL PM, BAM 

� Business Accelerators 

� Application Integration Architecture 


Oracle BPM/SOA Solution’s 


Business 

Activity 

Monitoring 

(BAM) 

Optimize 

Monitor 

Model 

BPM 

Lifecycle 

Deploy 

Execute 

Business Process 

Architect (BPA) 

Simulate 

Implement 


Execution (BPEL)

Oracle BPA Suite 

Business Process Architect 

SOA, BPEL PM Integration 


Business Process Simulator 

Business Process Publisher

Business and IT alignment 

Oracle BPA Suite (EPC, BPMN) 

Conceptual model 

Logical 

Model 

Executable 

Model 

Oracle Process Designer (BPEL) 


Business 

Modeling 

Shared 

Metadata 

Technical 

Modeling 


Blueprint

BPEL Process Manager (BPEL PM) 

Systems 

Documents 


People 

Monitor 

Model

Partial list of adapters 

Applications 

� Oracle Applications 

� SAP R/3 

� Peoplesoft 

� JD Edwards 

� Siebel 

� Clarify 

� Lotus Notes 

� Ariba 

� AXIOM mx/open 

� Baan 

� BroadVision 

� Clarify 

� Commerce One 

� Hogan Financials 

� i2 Technologies 

� Lawson 

� Livelink 

� Manugistics 

� Microsoft CRM 

� Vantive 

� Walker Interactive 

� Remedy 

� Salesforce.com 


Databases 

� Oracle 8i and above 

� IBM DB/2 UDB 

� Informix 

� Clarion 

� Clipper 

� Cloudscape 

� DBASE 

� Dialog 

� Essbase 

� FOCUS Data Access 

� Great Plains 

� Microsoft SQL Server 

� MUMPS (Digital Standard MUMPS) 

� Navision Financials (ODBC 3.x) 

� Nucleus 

� Paradox 

� Pointbase 

� PROGRESS 

� Red Brick 

� RMS 

� SAS Transport Format 

� Sybase 

� Teradata 

� Unisys DMS 1100/2200 

� UniVerse 

Technology 

� SOAP 

� HTTP, HTTP-S 

� Email – POP3, SMTP, IMAP 

� FTP, FTP-S 

� Flat File 

� LDAP 

� JMS 

� Oracle AQ 

� IBM MQSeries 

� TIBCO Rendezvous 

� Socket 

Legacy 

� CICS 

� IMS/DB 

� IMS/TM 

� VSAM 

� ADABAS 

� Natural 

� Tuxedo 

� CA-Datacom 

� Screen Scraping 

� CA-IDMS 

� C-ISAM,D-ISAM,K-SAM, 

QSAM

Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) 

� Monitor 

�Key Performance Indicators (KPI) 

�Service-level agreements (SLA) 

� Analyze 

� Act 

�Correlate events 

�Identify trends 

�Alert users to bottlenecks, 

exceptions and solutions to 

business problems 

�Event-driven alerts 

�Real-time dashboards 

�BPEL Processes and Services 

integration 








Oracle Business Accelerators for E-Business Suite 

� Rapid implementation methodology for new installs 

� Maintains 100% of the E-Business Suite for supportability and 

expandability. 

�New implementations, Prototypes 

�Any project that requires a fast starting place 

�Based on relevant Industry specific business transactions and 

functionality 

� Industry-specific versions are available for over 20 industries 

�Government, High Tech, Communications, etc. 

� Examples (Government): 

�Plan to Project Approval 

�Citizen Request to Dispatch 

�Budgets to Analysis 

�... 


Create and Approve Budget - Accelerator 








Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) 

� Connecting People, Process and Information across the enterprise 

eStore 

People 

ERP 

CRM 

Legacy 

Front Office Applications � Faster, cheaper, easier 

integration of core processes 

Portals 

Supply 

Chain 

Custom Hosted 

Business 

Processes 

Analytics 


Self Service Other 

B2B 

Service 

Providers 

Back Office Applications 

Information 

Custom 

� Reduced integration risk 

� Improved adaptability of 

business processes

Maximum Business Process Flexibility 

� Focus on solving business 

problems, not the technology 

� Utilize existing applications of 

your choice 

� Create processes that evolve 

with your future needs 

� http://www.oracle.com/applications/aia.html 


Application Integration Architecture: key concepts 

� Best Practice Processes 

� Optimize business performance 

leveraging Oracle’s extensive 

experience and best practices 

� Process Process Integration Packs 

� Pre-built, out of the box, integrated 

Oracle Applications for quick 

implementation of business 

processes, without the risk. (i.e. 

Siebel CRM to Oracle E-Business 

Suite) 

� Foundation Packs 

� Create custom business processes 

across any of your applications 

utilizing predefined, application 

independent object and service 

definitions 

� Powered by Oracle Fusion Middleware 

� Hot pluggable, open standards 

based platform 


The AIA difference 

SOA Reference Architecture 

�Predefined best practice design patterns 

A B 

�Best practices for security & auditing 

�Guidelines for transaction processing 

�Model evolving services 

Enterprise Business Services 

�Standardized across industry standards 

(technical and content) 

C D 

�Defined right-sized business interface 

�Rationalized standards across Oracle Apps 

�Model for extensibility & verticalization 


SOA Programming Model 

�Design templates & Code samples 

�Delivery of utility services 

�Developer guidelines 

�Guidelines for performance, scalabilty and 

reliability 

SOA Governance 

�Predefined governance policies & 

guidelines 

�Infrastructure for SOA visibility, quality and 

control

Oracle SOA Assessment 

� SOA Maturity Model 

� Roadmap to SOA 

� SOA Assessment Analysis 


Oracle SOA Maturity Model 


Oracle SOA Maturity Model 

� Dimensions of analysis: 

� Infrastructure 

� Architecture 

� Information 

� Operations 

� Execution 

� Finance & Portfolios 

� People & Organization 

� Governance 


Roadmap to SOA 

� Roadmap to SOA 

� Phases of evolution 

� Duration 

� Resources 

� Reference Architecture 

� Project Analysis 

� ROI 

� Risks 

� Benefits 

� Complexity 

� Savings/Incomings 

� Reuse Perspective 


Nível de Maturidade 

5 

4,5 

4 

3,5 

3 

2,5 

2 

1,5 

1 

0,5 

0 

1,3 

2,3 

Roadmap to SOA 

3,1 

Atual Fase 1 (18 meses) Fase 2 (9 meses) Fase 3 (6 meses) Fase 4 (12 meses) 

Linha do tempo (Duração mínima) 

3,9 

4,8

SOA Assessment Analysis 


SOA Assessment Analysis

Oracle Application Integration Architecture - IDS Scheer AG

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