This chapter provides a holistic picture of Oracle information integration, data migration, and data consolidation products, technologies, and tools from the Oracle Database to Fusion Middleware to Oracle Applications. We could not possibly cover each Oracle product in detail, but that was not the intention of this chapter. The Oracle products, tools, and solutions covered in this chapter serve as the foundation for the detailed discussion of the key Oracle EII and EAI, data migration, and consolidation products covered in the rest of this book.
Oracle has come a long way since it was a database-centric data integration company. Many of the newest solutions were acquired. Oracle has not only moved more towards a middle tier model, but also to a heterogeneous offering. The cause for this move may have been the heterogeneous technologies Oracle acquired (GoldenGate, Collaxa/Oracle BPEL), COTS acquisitions (JDEdwards legacy version only runs on DB2 iSeries) or recognition by Oracle that...