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Middleware Software
Oracle Fusion Middleware software is a broad family of application infrastructure software products that is
designed to form a reliable and scalable foundation on which customers can build, deploy, secure, access and
integrate business applications and automate their business processes. Built on the Java technology platform,
Oracle Fusion Middleware suites and products can be used as a foundation for custom, packaged and composite
applications.
Oracle Fusion Middleware software is designed to protect customers’ IT investments and work with both Oracle
and non-Oracle database, middleware and applications software through its “hot-pluggable” architecture (which
enables customers to easily install and use Oracle Fusion Middleware software within their existing IT
environments) and adherence to industry standards such as Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) and Business
Process Execution Language (BPEL), among others.
By using Oracle Fusion Middleware software, we believe our customers can better adapt to business changes
rapidly, reduce their risks related to security and compliance, increase user productivity and drive better business
decisions. Specifically, Oracle Fusion Middleware software is designed to enable customers to integrate
heterogeneous business applications, automate business processes, scale applications to meet customer demand,
simplify security and compliance, manage lifecycles of documents and get actionable, targeted business
intelligence; all while continuing to utilize their existing IT systems. In addition, Oracle Fusion Middleware
software supports multiple development languages and tools, which enables developers to build and deploy web
services, websites, portals and web-based applications. Oracle Fusion Middleware software is used to support
Oracle Applications, other enterprise applications, ISVs that build their own applications and business processes
that span multiple application environments.
Oracle Fusion Middleware software is available in various software products and suites, including the following
functional areas:
• Application Server and Application Grid;
• Service-Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management;
• Business Intelligence;
• Identity and Access Management;
• Data Integration;
• Content Management;
• Portals and User Interaction; and
• Development Tools.
Application Server and Application Grid
The foundation of Oracle Fusion Middleware software is Oracle WebLogic Server—an application server that is
compliant with the Java Enterprise Edition specification. Oracle WebLogic Server incorporates clustering and
caching technology, which increases application reliability, performance, security and scalability. Oracle JRockit
is a high performance Java Virtual Machine designed to run Java applications on multi-core processors with
higher and more predictable performance. Oracle Coherence is an in-memory data grid solution designed to
reduce latency and improve performance and scalability of business applications by allowing applications to
access data in-memory.
In addition, we offer Oracle Tuxedo, which runs legacy, mainframe, and non-Java applications written in the C,
C++, and COBOL languages that have transaction reliability, scalability and performance requirements. Oracle
GlassFish Server enhances the value of Oracle Fusion Middleware software for developers by accelerating
development practices and decreasing application time-to-market.
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