WebCenter Interaction in the Press

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Peter Moskovits

Infoworld reports about Ajay Gandhi’s session discussing how WebCenter Interaction (fka: AquaLogic Interaction (fka: Plumtree)) fits into Oracle’s portal strategy.

Quotes from the article:

The big thing is it’s designed to work with Oracle’s Web 2.0-based WebCenter Services and Oracle’s Universal Content Management. [..] A “People Connections” capability in 11g is a Web 2.0 service offering such functionality as content recommendations.

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Competitors, FUD, and the Future

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Peter Moskovits

The other day, Vince Casarez, Vice President for Product Management, responsible for the portal products at Oracle, published a post on the official WebCenter blog, http://blogs.oracle.com/webcenter. In the note, titled You can tell how worried a competitor is by how much FUD they spread… Vince makes it clear what we mean by developing and supporting the acquired portal products for at least another 9 years. Then, he goes into details about the products in our Enterprise 2.0 family.

If you’re a WebLogic Portal, Aqualogic User Interaction (WebCenter Interaction), or Oracle Portal customer, this post is for you. Here’s an excerpt:

Let me start here. Oracle has clearly stated that Oracle Portal, Oracle WebLogic Portal, and Oracle WebCenter Interaction & Collaboration (formerly ALUI) will continue to be developed and supported for at the MINIMUM of 9 years. This means that there will be both major and minor releases of these products going forward. And when we get close to this 9 year time horizon, as we do for every product, we’ll survey the customers and extend the time if that’s their recommendation.

And again, if you’re fortunate enough and you’re coming to Oracle OpenWorld to San Francisco next week, you can talk to Vince as well as the experts of each of these products directly.

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Download WebCenter Suite and Services

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Peter Moskovits

If you ever wondered what is contained by WebCenter Suite 10g and WebCenter Services 10g, and more importantly where you can download the components from, you’re not alone. Here are the links pointing to the family members:

Oracle WebCenter Suite 10g Release 3 Downloads

  • Oracle WebCenter Services –Note: See below.
  • Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (10.1.8.x) [from WebCenter Downloads]
  • Oracle Communication and Mobility Server 10g [from WebCenter Downloads]–Note: New name is Oracle Presence.
  • Oracle BPEL Process Manager [from BPEL PM Downloads page]
  • Oracle WebCenter Interaction 6.5 [from BEA Downloads]
  • Oracle WebCenter Collaboration 4.5 [from BEA Downloads]
  • Oracle WebCenter Application Accelerator for .NET 1.1 [from BEA Downloads]
  • Oracle WSRP Consumer 1.1 [from BEA Downloads]
  • Oracle WebCenter Console for Microsoft SharePoint 1.1 MP1 [from BEA Downloads]
  • Oracle WebCenter Content Service for Windows Files 6.1 [from BEA Downloads]
  • Oracle WebCenter Content Service for Lotus Notes 6.1 [from BEA Downloads]
  • Oracle WebCenter Content Service for Microsoft Exchange 5.2 [from BEA Downloads]
  • AquaLogic Interaction Content Service – Documentum [from E-Delivery] —Note: New name is Oracle WebCenter Content Service – Documentum 5.5 MP1.
  • AquaLogic Interaction Identity Service – Active Directory 6.3 [from E-Delivery] —Note: New name is Oracle WebCenter Identity Service – Active Directory 6.3.
  • AquaLogic Interaction Identity Service – LDAP 2.2 MP2 [from E-Delivery] –Note: New name is Oracle WebCenter Identity Service – LDAP 2.2 MP2.

Oracle WebCenter Services 10g Release 3 Downloads

Quite a list, isn’t it?

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Product Roadmap For Enterprise 2.0 After BEA Acquisition

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Peter Moskovits

On July 1, 2008 Charles Phillips, President, and Thomas Kurian, SVP for Fusion Middleware, gave an online briefing about Oracle’s Middleware Strategy. Here are some highlights relevant to the Enterprise 2.0 and Portal space.

The level of future support is divided into three categories:

  • Strategic Products: Oracle Universal Content Management, Oracle WebCenter Framework, Oracle WebCenter Spaces, BEA Ensemble and Pathways
    • BEA Products being adopted immediately with limited re-design into Oracle Fusion Middleware
    • No corresponding Oracle Products exist in majority of cases
    • Corresponding Oracle Products converge with BEA Products with rapid integration over 12-18 months
  • Continue & Converge Products: Oracle Portal, BEA WebLogic Portal (aka: Oracle WebLogic Portal), BEA AquaLogic User Interaction (aka: Oracle WebCenter Interaction)
    • BEA Products being incrementally re-designed to integrate with Oracle Fusion Middleware
    • Gradual integration with existing Oracle Fusion Middleware Technology to broaden features with automated upgrades
    • Continued development & maintenance for at least 9 years
  • Maintenance Products: Commerce Services and Collabra
    • BEA had EOL’d due to limited adoption prior to Oracle M&A
    • Continued Maintenance with appropriate fixes for 5 years

One of the key areas our product teams are working on is to ensure the interoperability across these products. The key interoperability vehicle being WSRP 1.0 and 2.0, thus enabling WLP and Interaction to consume WebCenter services, such as the Document Library, Discussions, and Email task flows. On the flip side, it will allow WebCenter applications to consume portlets from WLP and Interaction as well.

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