Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Launch – London

Inatech today attended what is probably the largest Oracle event to have taken place in the UK for some time - the launch of the exciting new Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g suite of products. There were over 400 people at the event, at London Paddington Hilton, with a good mix of Oracle staff, Oracle Partners and Customers.

The launch marks the start of the Oracle “Innovation Roadshow”, the first in a series of events counting down 100 days to Oracle Open World in the autumn. Oracle see this as the most important and strategic product launch in recent years, as Fusion Middleware 11g underpins the complete development and deployment framework for next-generation applications – including Oracle’s own Fusion Application suite.

The event kicked off with an introduction from David Callaghan (SVP, Oracle UK, Ireland & Israel), followed by a keynote speech from Charles Phillips (President, Oracle) which included a discussion of the past and current Information Technology landscape, and some of the key problems users of I.T. face (many vendors, disparate systems, no real cohesive approach to integration and deployment).

This introduction led him into the benefits of the new Fusion Middleware suite of products, and how they can help organisations reduce costs and increase efficiency by simplifying the development process by making use of more declarative techniques and tools, improve operating performance by utilising activity monitoring and management tools, and help reduce security risks using Identity Management tools.

Charles then introduced Thomas Kurian, Oracle Senior Vice President who heads the Oracle Development group, and has spearheaded the Fusion Middleware 11g development. Thomas gave an overview of each of the areas within the suite, and there was a demonstration and customer testimony within each of the areas, where senior members from key clients such as O2 and BT were invited to the stage to discuss how they see 11g benefiting their own organisation.
Thomas Kurian & Duncan Mills demonstrate Fusion Middleware 11g capabilities.

The in-depth descriptions and demonstrations given by Thomas and his team were very informative and covered all aspects of the new product, including:

• WebLogic Suite 11g (the foundation for Application Grid Architecture)
• SOA Suite 11g (the framework for agile, adaptable and reusable process development)
• Identity Management 11g (secure enterprise identity model – streamlines compliance and automates administrative tasks)
• WebCenter Suite 11g (portal platform for deploying feature rich content and processes)

Doug Toop, UK Oracle & Open Source Technology Lead, Inatech Solutions

Oracle Core Technology Briefing, 1st July 2009, Oracle Thames Valley Park

The keynote speakers for this event were Dermot O’Kelly (VP, Oracle) and James Anthony (Technology Director, Oracle). Dermot opened with an upbeat presentation focusing on how the current economic climate is affecting IT budgets and how certain areas are being ring-fenced. This was particularly noted for data security, especially given the high-profile data leaks and security issues that have hit the press over the last 12 months.

Dermot and James both explained how organisations are keen to ensure they give maximum attention to this area, even if it means cutting back elsewhere. Above all they don’t want to appear on the front page of the national press for the wrong reasons!

The other area that companies are focusing on is server utilisation (or rather, server under-utilisation). Typically, servers are utilised for only around 8-15% of the time as they are sized to cope with peaks in demand. Options in Oracle 11g, can address these issues. Dermot and James provided an example of how a betting company uses 11g features to manage peaks and troughs in demand.

Case study: Grand National
Making use of the Handling Options to shift processing power to the front-end applications before and during the race will handle the large volume of betting transactions. Once the race is over, processing power is re-deployed to back-office functions to process payments. Using clustered resources in this way removes a large amount of processor redundancy from the system.

James covered the complete set of Database Options available with Oracle 11g, with the key message on Maximising ROI.

A summary of the Oracle 11g Database Options is below, if you would like any further information or would like to discuss a specific requirement contact Inatech at sales@inatech.com or call us on +44 (0)20 8819 7119

· Security Options

• Advanced Security
• Database Vault
• Label Security

· Handling Options

• Active Data Guard
• Content Database Suite
• Management Packs
• Warehouse Builder

· Performance Options

• Advanced Compression
• In-Memory Database Cache
• OLAP & Data Mining
• Partitioning
• Real Application Clusters
• Real Application Testing
• Total Recall

Doug Toop
UK Oracle Technology & Open Source Lead, Inatech

Inatech Running with P4U in the 4.20 at Ascot

Today we're at Ascot Racecourse. The wonderful weather is going to make this event a truly special day as we are proud to announce that we are hosting a presentation with long-time partner and customer, Steve Johnson from Phones4U.

Siebel UKOUG conference, part of a marathon of conferences held in June gives directors a chance to discover more about new opportunities available as the requirement for Siebel increases.

We decided we would discuss our Multi Channel Siebel Order Management implementation and what better way to present the subject than with a real case study. Thus, we have persuaded Steve Johnson, IT Director Phones4U to join us to explain the implementation process and what these means for large organisations. The presentation will cover Siebel CRM, Siebel Configurator and Siebel Pricer with Oracle eBusiness Suite across multiple channels for providing a seamless experience for their customers.

For those of you lucky to attend, Siebel OUG will give the most relevant content for your business and technology needs, identify product directions Oracle/Siebel is following with direct engagement from Oracle representatives and by members of the community.

We will give you more details on how the event went and the new trends in Siebel in the Real world later in this blog.

Chris Baker
Global Sales & Marketing Director

Siebel UKOUG conference 2009

Tuesday, 30th June 2009, 4.20pm, Ascot Racecourse.

Steve Johnson, IT Director Phones4U will join Inatech to discuss our Multi Channel Siebel Order Management implementation at Phones4U.

Find out directly from an end-user the implementation process, requirement for project management and how specialists hand-picked from over 1000 expert consultants helped achieve the objectives for Phones4U.

This event is a must attend for members of the Siebel community:

	To find the most relevant content for your business and technology needs
	To hear about the product directions Oracle/Siebel is following
	Learn about product development information from Oracle representatives and by members of the community
	Hear about innovative ideas that have made for successful implementation and use of Siebel in the real world
	Network with peers from around the world
	Meet with Siebel partners at the Exhibition

This presentation will give you the full insider guide to Siebel CRM, Siebel Configurator and Siebel Pricer with Oracle eBusiness Suite across multiple channels for providing a seamless experience for your customers.

Oracle is no longer just a player

This week Intel, Oracle, BT and a number of other high-profile IT companies announced their backing of the Kantara Initiative, which aims to bring greater harmony to identity management.

The Initiative assesses ways of improving interoperability between different identity technologies and standards also addressing areas like privacy.

“Oracle’s acquisition of Sun has positioned Oracle in the identify management arena big time. Through the inclusion of Sun’s Identity Management products to Oracle’s existing IDM portfolio, Oracle now has to be seen as the market leader in this space. As such new partnerships and market dynamics are coming into play. Whereas before BT and Intel would not have partnered with Oracle, the acquisition strategy undertaken by Oracle over the past few years now sees them being the partner of choice in this space. Oracle is no longer a player with a bit of software – but a thought and market leader in the IDM space.” Simon Ellis, CTO, Inatech

Photos from BI/Hyperion Twickenham 2009

OUG at Twickenham

Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th June 2009 . The fourth OUG conference for 2009.

This week's main event focuses on a two day showcase of Hyperion and BI Products and Applications hosted at the “live Room” at Twickenham Stadium.

Like many of these events the interesting location transpires to be a large room with no windows and good air conditioning. So despite soaring temperatures and the hottest day of the summer so far..... the BI enthusiast got stuck in. The event kicked of with an inspirational Keynote speech from Oracle Senior Vice President, EPM Global Business Unit, John Kopcke. The event then the broke into a number of key streams focused on Consolidation & Reporting, Planning & Analytics, Integration & Infrastructure, General Business & education, and Business Intelligence & Essbase.

Inatech’s key offering at the event has been the broader awareness and education of the Oracle and Hyperion community on Oracle (ex Siebel) reporting tool of choice, OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition).

Inatech has been successfully running hands on training sessions on a monthly basis for OBIEE at a number of locations over the past few months. The sessions aim to allow users to evaluate OBIEE in far greater detail and make a informed choice on the road ahead. Inatech will continue providing free OBIEE overview training sessions for the rest of 2009. If you would like to reserve a place email Sales@inatech.com

As for Twickenham Stadium, the weather looks fantastic but someone has taken the
Grass!


Regards,
Chris Baker
Global Sales & Marketing Director