partner webcast – modernizing oracle forms for the cloud era


http://twitter.com/oracleimc

https://www.facebook.com/oracleimc

https://plus.google.com/108612216492389783792

https://www.youtube.com/OracleIMCTeam

Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | Copyright © 2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |

Modernizing Oracle Forms for the Cloud Era Partner Webcast

Tshepo Madigage Fusion Middleware Specialist July 17, 2014

Presented by


Program Agenda

Oracle’s Strategy for the Future

Upgrade, Modernise or Migrate?

New Strategic Technology for the Cloud

The Future of Form and Partner ISV Options

Summary – Q & A

1

2

3

4

5

Oracle Confidential – Internal/Restricted/Highly Restricted 4


Oracle’s Strategy for the Future


Oracle’s Forms Statement of Direction

„Oracle has no plan to discontinue support of Oracle Forms. Furthermore, a new version of Forms, Oracle Forms 12c, is planned for delivery as a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c. In line with our product strategy, future development activities will be aimed at smoother version-to-version upgrade, integration with features of the platform/technology stack and product stability.“

Forms 3.0 (1992) Forms 6i (2000) Forms 4.x (1995)

Forms 10g (2005) Forms 11g (2009) Forms 12c

Oracle Open World : September 28 – October 2, 2014 | San Francisco


Oracle Forms & Oracle WebLogic What WebLogic does for Forms

• Java EE Standards based • Advanced performance

monitoring and diagnostics through web based console.

• Advanced administration through web based WLS Console and EM

• Simplified scalability and more…

Oracle Containers for Java (OC4J)

JServ WebLogic Server

• Limited administration using web based Enterprise Manager

• Improved logging compared with JServ

• Text based configuration management

• Limited logging features


Oracle Forms 11g: A First Class Citizen of FMW Family

Private Cloud on Engineered Systems

Deployment Choices

Traffic Director/Web Tier

WebLogic Server

Virtual Assembly Builder

Forms 11gR2

Private Cloud on Standard Systems


Upgrade, Modernise or Migrate?


There are many possible paths

• Upgrade

• Exploit new features

• Integrate with new technologies and services –Consume external services

–React to external events

• UI modernisation

• Complete migration/rewrite


Upgrade


Evolution: Update your Roadmap

• Capitalize your Invests • Modular Approach, Step-by-Step • New Functionalities (i.e. Webservices) • Integrate Old and New World • Minimized Risk

One commonToolset • JDeveloper • ADF • SOA Suite, BPM Suite, WebCenter Suite One common Platform • Oracle Weblogic Server • Oracle Database

Evolution: „Secure - Integrate - Expand“

New Technics

• Utilise SOA (Service enabling) • Integration of new Technologies (Java, Mobile, ...) • Resuse existing components (parts of)


Secure your Way: Forms Upgrade Path

Best Practise Forms Upgrade

• Fonts in Reports (Windows – Linux)

• Forms and local OS Calls (OCX, ...)

• Web Toolkit, if used

• Locked Files

Upgrade to newest Release


Modernise


Requirements offset TCO

Achieving these requirements needs a multi-tier platform

Forms Modernisation What is IT doing to embrace future Business needs?

• How do I do this safely?

• How can I keep my business running?

• How do I get the skills in my team?

Business future needs Cost of not embracing

• Multi-channel

• Mobile

• Business Optimization

• Regulatory Compliance

• Self-service & Cloud


Forms Modernisation Phases

Upgrade Forms apps to

Forms 11g R2

Upgrade Consolidate Extend Enhance Cloud

Consolidate Forms

environments through

OVAB

Integrate Forms with

new processes and

portals (SOA/BPM/WC)

Improve Forms app by

adding ADF & ADF

Mobile new features

Move Forms

environments to Oracle

Private Cloud (EM)

1 2 3 4 5

OC4J

Forms & Reports

Clo

ud

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

WebLogic

Forms & Reports

Assemblies (OVAB) Assemblies (OVAB)

WebLogic

Forms & Reports

WEB Center

SOA & BPM

WebLogic

ADF & ADF Mobile

WebLogic

Forms & Reports


Migrate


Reconstruction of Forms Platform Concepts – Address New Requirements

Self Service & Mobile

Business Process Optimization

Multi-channel

Compliance EM Cloud Control

Webcenter Suite

BPM Suite

SOA Suite


• Cloud Ready ✔

• Social Extensions ✔

• Mobile Capable ✔

• Supreme productivity ✔

• Enterprise proven ✔

• Future proof ✔

• Secure ✔

Features & Benefits

Application Development Framework (ADF)


Forms 11g app extended Integrated with ADF

Train Coordinators schedule Trains with Forms 11g application.

ADF Calendar can be opened direct from Forms-Menu Including User-Authentication

ADF Calendar enables drag & drop, update of key-data and allows the user to open any Forms-Module to get more details by querying the selected

ADF Calendar also accessible on Mobile Devices record

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

DTE Energy (Chicago) provides a lot of electricity from coal burning plants.

The most effective way to send coal to these plants is by train. DTE built a

Forms application that schedule & manage all the coal trains and extended it

with ADF

Customer modernized existing

Forms app by adding a Mobile

interface


Reconstruction of Forms Platform Toolset SOA / BPM Suite

Dynamic Approval Workflows Task Lists out-of-the-box Notifications by self-service Browser based Business Process Modelling Interfaces (Data/Logic)

Task List Application

Connectivity Diagram


New Strategic Technologies for the Cloud


Cloud Computing 36% Compound Annual Growth Rate

$19.5 Billion Market by 2016

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Cloud IaaS PaaS IT


Complete

Open

Integrated

Best in Class

User Engagement

Identity Management

Business Process

Management

Content Management

Business Intelligence

Service Integration Data Integration

Development Tools

Cloud Application Foundation Enterprise

Management

Web Social Mobile

Oracle Cloud Application Foundation Foundation for Oracle Fusion Middleware in the Cloud

Cloud Application Foundation

Traffic Director/Web Tier

WebLogic Server

Coherence Tuxedo

Virtual Assembly Builder

Oracle Cloud

Exalogic Elastic Cloud


Technology Strategies

Infrastructure Engineered Systems

Strategy Technology

EM Cloud Control,

Ops Center Management

WebLogic, CAF, DB 12c PaaS

OVM, Solaris Consolidation

ADF Agile Application

Development

ADF, MAF Mobile Applications


Technology Strategies

Make integration

sustainable

SOA and Business

Process Management

Strategy Technology

WebCenter Integrate social

computing

WebCenter & ADF Unify the user

experience

Business Intelligence

Applications

Deliver enterprise

intelligence

Identity Management Simplify application

security

Enterprise Management Centralize application lifecycle management


Forms in a Cloud

• Self Service Provisioning • Charge Back • Dynamic Capacitiy Management

Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Cloud Management Pack


The Future of Forms and Partner ISV options


Forms Modernisation What is Unique to Oracle?

•Oracle owns both Forms and FMW • Expertise, experience and product ownership

• Consolidation to reduce interim TCO

• Assist in skills growth to match migration

• OOTB Integration to assist in incremental migration

• Executive sponsorship across entire project

• Integration of forms at all levels of the project

•Complete visibility for start, end and mid-states

•Guidance and engagement for the change

•Oracle backed partners to assist in migration projects


Extending Forms Platform – why Oracle ?

- After Upgrade to 11g: Share / Re-Use Weblogic Basis Platform - no new license, profound, comfortable, secure, automated,...

- Extend Knowledge slowly, conveniently (not only Forms) Monitoring, Automation, Process and UI Modelling,...

- Increase Visibility in Your Company ! Successful Application Platform, wins against SAP and Co. Now with improved Technologies, new Possibilities

- Increasing Acceptance of the Platform: Attracting new Developers, Attracting new (internal) Customers


The new Level & the Benefits Secure your Way & Use the Chances on the Way

Forms Virtualisation with OVAB and OVM: “Templates & Assemblies” Forms Cloud: “Cloud Benefits” Forms Monitoring: “Operations Benefits” Forms Operations: “Datacenter Automation”

OVAB Cloud RUEI ATS DCA


Summary


Key Points to Take Away

• No plans to desupport Oracle Forms

• Many options to modernize your investment

• Allow the business to drive change

– Protect, extend, evolve

• ADF and MAF underpins our Fusion Applications and Middleware strategy



References & Links

• Oracle Open World (Oracle Forms Sneak Peek)

https://oracleus.activeevents.com/2014/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=2138

• Oracle Forms Modernisation:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/forms/forms-modernization-092149.html

• Evolution of Forms (External)

http://oracleformsinfo.wordpress.com/tag/modernization/

• Oracle Forms working with ADF

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jdev/dte-casestudy-1961637.pdf












http://oracleformsinfo.wordpress.com/tag/modernization/










Q & A


• Oracle.com Partner Hub oracle.com/partners/goto/hub-ecemea

• Migration Center Team Blog blogs.oracle.com/imc

feeds.feedburner.com/oracleIMC

• Partner Webcast Recordings youtube.com/OracleIMCteam

• Partner Webcast Presentations slideshare.net:/Oracle_IMC_team

• [email protected]

Oracle Partner Hub ISV Migration Center • twitter.com/OracleIMC

• plus.google.com/+OracleIMC

• facebook.com/OracleIMC

• linkedin.com/groups/Oracle-Partner-Hub-Migration-Center-4535240

http://oracle.com/partners/goto/hub-ecemea



http://blogs.oracle.com/imc



http://www.slideshare.net/oracle_imc_team





mailto:[email protected]





https://www.facebook.com/OPN.PartnerHub.Migration.Center

https://www.facebook.com/OPN.PartnerHub.Migration.Center

http://linkedin.com/groups/Oracle-Partner-Hub-Migration-Center-4535240











mailto:[email protected]


partner webcast – modernizing oracle forms for the cloud era

Technology

copyright

rights reserved

service amp

upgrade

forms

oracle

cloud

amp