0 Apex as Your Integration Platform: Is It Possible? Copyright 2012 Fujitsu America, Inc.

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Apex as Your Integration Platform: Is It Possible?

Copyright 2012 Fujitsu America, Inc.

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Company Website:http://www.fujitsu.com

Author’s Website:http://fourthmonth.wordpress.com/

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Topics discussed: Introduction

• What is integration?• What types of integration are there?

Why is integration such a big part of SOA?• Standards• Web Services

Challenges with SOA• Complexity• Skills• Coding

Benefits of APEXSummary

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Introduction

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What is Integration?

•Data•Process•Application

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Data Integration

• Bulk Data Integration and Transformation

• Export/Import• SQL*Loader• Materialized Views• Oracle Warehouse Builder• Oracle Data Integrator• Oracle Service Bus

• Real-Time Data Integration and Replication • Oracle GoldenGate

• Data Quality • MDM Suite

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Process / Application Integration

• Oracle SOA Suite• Complete, open, integrated, and best-in-class technology• Enhance developer productivity• Promote asset re-use• Foster business and IT developer collaboration• Foundation for Oracle Application Integration Architecture

• Business Process Management (BPM)

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Why is integration a big part of SOA?StandardsWeb Services

• “Black Box”• Platform independence• Language independence

Oracle Service Bus• Transformational logic

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SOA “challenges”

Where is the code?JSP?

EJB?Middleware app?Java library?Reporting tool?Web service?BPEL?OSB?PL/SQL?DB trigger?

Who has the skills?

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SOA “challenges”

ComplexityAIA

Lots of skills needed:JavaXML RESTXSL SOAPADF BPELJSF AIAWeb Services WebLogic Administration

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Oracle Application Express!

Fastest development environment Multiple security models

Can interface with OID / OAM Ability to export data in multiple formats

Easy reporting Reports based on a web service External tables Ad-hoc / customizable reports One layer between end user and data

One skill set for developers to learnYou already own it!

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Integration Methods:Data

Web Service consumer (NOT a provider!)External tablesFlat files (CSV)Google (Maps, search, etc.)Access to all features of the Oracle Database:

Materialized ViewsAdvanced QueueingAnalytical Functions

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Integration Methods:Process What can be exposed

as a web service:BPM ProcessesBPEL Process ManagerB2B ProcessesEDIWorkflowsAIA

Once exposed, they can be “consumed” by Apex

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Integration Methods:Application Web Service Consumer

Apex Plug-Ins

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But don’t I have to use Oracle JDeveloper/ADF if I’m serious about this?

From Oracle’s marketing materials:

Applications developed using Oracle Application Express and Oracle JDeveloper access the same data in an Oracle database and integrate with Oracle Application Server for services such as identity management and Oracle Portal. As a result, they complement each other perfectly.

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Fujitsu:http://www.fujitsu.com

Oracle documentation:http://docs.oracle.com

Author’s Website: http://fourthmonth.wordpress.com/

Author’s Email:[email protected]

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Contact Information


Phone: (303) 908-5115http://www.fujitsu.com

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