Re: RE: Detailed Interview with Steve Miranda on Fusion Apps
First off, its my pleasure to share this space with some of you experienced and senior gurus in our field. Thank you for the several years of advice and expertise you have brought in this field.
At a high level, I am in agreement with the advice and direction that Oracle and some of the implementation vendors have provided. What is still not clear is how the technology set is changing, will change and specifically what is needed. From my understanding on the many readings, Fusion Middleware, or specifically Fusion Applications provide a much higher set of technology needs, from implementation to maintenance phases. With the inclusion of larger database size, network changes, web knowledge with xml developers and java programmers comes a need to also change an organization. A typical IT group in a small size company does not necessary have all those components. Because some companies have internal web development teams, and some companies have internal CNC teams, they could be considered lucky. Imagine progressive companies that are outsourcing data centers, jde development, cnc management, and turning IT into a LEAN structure. Those companies will look for ways to effectively bring the Fusion platform by pre-emptively understanding what is needed and implementing it prior to a Fusion discussion. On the other hand, for companies with in-house expertise, updating their general IBM mentality to moving up the technology stack, is not an activity that can be changed overnight.
I feel that these types of discussions are very few and far between on "what an organization needs to do" to prepare for the next generation toolset.
Personally I have seen the BPM and KPI mindset within Oracle suite of products, and that is a major selling point with the changing business needs. To bring in new things, requires money and most importantly competency.
Migration can be done with Oracle Integrator, or with functional knowledge straight copy of databases (if the JDE structure is kept somewhat intact). However Fusion is still not clear to the C Level or to the Business Analysts. How can we make it simple ?
Sincerely,
(asking the simple questions)
Nashaat Sayed