Oracle Fusion Applications (OFA) are a suite of applications built on

Oracle Cloud Oracle Cloud is a cloud computing service offered by Oracle Corporation providing servers, storage, network, applications and services through a global network of Oracle Corporation managed data centers. The company allows the ...

that include cloud-based applications for

enterprise resource planning Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the integrated management of main business processes, often in real time and mediated by software and technology. ERP is usually referred to as a category of Business management tools, business management ...

(ERP),

enterprise performance management Enterprise performance management (EPM) is a field of business performance management which considers the visibility of operations in a closed-loop model across all facets of the enterprise. Specific to financial activities in the office of the c ...

(EPM), supply chain management and manufacturing (SCM),

human capital management Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, an ...

(HCM), and

customer experience Customer experience (CX) is a totality of cognitive, affective, sensory, and behavioral consumer responses during all stages of the consumption process including pre-purchase, consumption, and post-purchase stages. Pine and Gilmore described the ...

(CX). Oracle Fusion Applications were launched in September 2010 and released one year later at OpenWorld 2011. The name refers to the fact that each application runs in the cloud and shares one underlying platform, which means that data can be shared between them. This is different from many cloud applications that exist in isolation and are not interoperable. Oracle also developed "coexistence" processes that extend across all

Oracle Applications Oracle Applications comprise the applications software or business software of the Oracle Corporation both in the cloud and on-premises. The term refers to the non-database and non-middleware parts. The suite of applications includes enterprise re ...

so that users could adopt what they needed from Fusion while still using existing on-premise applications. Oracle Fusion Applications were originally envisioned and pitched as an

suite—a combination of features and functionalities taken from the

Oracle E-Business Suite Oracle Applications comprise the applications software or business software of the Oracle Corporation both in the cloud and on-premises. The term refers to the non-database and non-middleware parts. The suite of applications includes enterprise res ...

, JD Edwards,

PeopleSoft PeopleSoft, Inc. is a company that provides human resource management systems (HRMS), Financial Management Solutions (FMS), supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise performance management (EPM) softwar ...

, and Siebel product lines. The suite was built on top of the

Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMW, also known as Fusion Middleware) consists of several software products from Oracle Corporation. FMW spans multiple services, including Java EE and developer tools, integration services, business intelligence, col ...

technology stack; both layers implement the

Oracle Fusion Architecture Oracle Fusion Architecture is a technology reference architecture or blueprint from Oracle Corporation for building applications. Oracle Fusion Applications is built on top of the Oracle Fusion Middleware technology stack using Oracle's Fusion Ar ...

, which leverages the capabilities of

service-oriented architecture In software engineering, service-oriented architecture (SOA) is an architectural style that focuses on discrete services instead of a monolithic design. By consequence, it is also applied in the field of software design where services are provide ...

. Companies can deploy Fusion cloud applications in a private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud, or a private cloud built and managed by Oracle Cloud Services. In September 2021, Oracle launched Fusion Marketing as part of Oracle Advertising and CX. The system uses artificial intelligence to automate digital marketing campaigns and identify qualified leads.

References

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External links

*https://www.oracle.com/applications/

Fusion Fusion, or synthesis, is the process of combining two or more distinct entities into a new whole. Fusion may also refer to: Science and technology Physics *Nuclear fusion, multiple atomic nuclei combining to form one or more different atomic nucl ...

Middleware Service-oriented architecture-related products ERP software ru:Oracle Fusion Applications

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