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1 Apex as Your Integration Platform: Is It Possible? Copyright 2012 Fujitsu America, Inc. Company Website: Author’s Website:

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

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

4 Apex as Your Integration Platform: Is It Possible? Copyright 2012 Fujitsu America, Inc. What is Integration? Data Process Application

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

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

7 Apex as Your Integration Platform: Is It Possible? Copyright 2012 Fujitsu America, Inc. Why is integration a big part of SOA? Standards Web Services “Black Box” Platform independence Language independence Oracle Service Bus Transformational logic

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

9 Apex as Your Integration Platform: Is It Possible? Copyright 2012 Fujitsu America, Inc. SOA “challenges” Complexity AIA Lots of skills needed: Java XMLREST XSLSOAP ADFBPEL JSFAIA Web ServicesWebLogic Administration

10 Apex as Your Integration Platform: Is It Possible? Copyright 2012 Fujitsu America, Inc. 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 learn You already own it!

11 Apex as Your Integration Platform: Is It Possible? Copyright 2012 Fujitsu America, Inc. Oracle Application Express! Integration Methods: Data Web Service consumer (NOT a provider!) External tables Flat files (CSV) Google (Maps, search, etc.) Access to all features of the Oracle Database: Materialized Views Advanced Queueing Analytical Functions

12 Apex as Your Integration Platform: Is It Possible? Copyright 2012 Fujitsu America, Inc. Oracle Application Express! Integration Methods: Process What can be exposed as a web service: BPM Processes BPEL Process Manager B2B Processes EDI Workflows AIA Once exposed, they can be “consumed” by Apex

13 Apex as Your Integration Platform: Is It Possible? Copyright 2012 Fujitsu America, Inc. Oracle Application Express! Integration Methods: Application Web Service Consumer Apex Plug-Ins

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