In early 2010, when you went to the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) website, it had just one link called Information Integration. This link led you to a simple web page that had information on Oracle-to-Oracle database-centric migration and integration tools such as SQL Loader, Data Pump, Oracle Streams, and Oracle Data Guard. The OTN website has been updated, but still lacks comprehensive coverage of the Oracle Information Integration stack. In this chapter, we will provide you with the relevant information, so that you can use the right Oracle Enterprise Information Integration (EII) or data migration product for your data migration, consolidation, and information integration projects.
Oracle has always had a robust set of database-centric data integration tools. The products include Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) and Oracle Gateways to access other relational databases. Oracle has also offered middle tier products such as an enterprise service bus...