Oracle Fusion Middleware

Oracle Fusion Middleware is a portfolio of standards-based software products, produced by Oracle, that spans multiple services, including J2EE and developer tools, integration services, business intelligence, collaboration, and content management. Many of the products included under the Oracle Fusion Middleware banner are not themselves middleware products, Fusion Middleware essentially being a rebranding of many of Oracle's products outside of their core database and applications software offerings. According to Oracle, 30,000 organizations are current Fusion Middleware customers.

Oracle Fusion Middleware is designed to support development, deployment, and management of Service-Oriented Architecture. It includes what Oracle calls "Hot-Pluggable" architecture, which allows users to leverage existing investments in applications and systems from other software vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, and SAP AG. Oracle will also leverage what is called configurable network computing, (CNC) techology that it got from its combined PeopleSoft and JDEdwards acquisition in 2005.

Oracle Fusion Middleware Components

* Enterprise Application Server
o Oracle Application Server
* Integration & Process Management
o BPEL Process Manager
o Business Activity Monitoring
o Business Rules
o Enterprise Connectivity (Adapters)
o Enterprise Messaging Service
o Enterprise Service Bus
o Integration B2B
o Service Registry
o Web Services Manager
* Development Tools
o Application Development Framework
o JDeveloper
o SOA Suite
o TopLink
o Forms Services
o Developer Suite
* Business Intelligence
o Business Intelligence 10g
o Business Activity Monitoring
o Discoverer
o Data Hubs
o BI Publisher
o Reports Services
* Systems Management
o Enterprise Manager 10g
o Web Services Manager
* User Interaction
o Collaboration Suite
o Portal
o Oracle Webcenter
o Real-Time Collaboration
o Unified Messaging
o Workspaces
* Identity management
o Identity Management
o Enterprise Single sign-on
o Identity Manager
o Access Manager
* Grid Infrastructure
o Services Registry
o Application Server Security