The Triora Group

We just returned from a great week in Denver where the Collaborate 2008 was held. This annual gathering of the IOUG, OAUG and Quest user groups was a great opportunity for learning and networking.

I chose to attend a lot of sessions on E-Business Suite R12 upgrades and integration. There was a lot of discussion about problems with R12 upgrades and issues with the Payables application. Oracle has upgraded internally and said it took them 3 days to upgrade their 12-13TB database. We also heard that about 200 organizations have upgraded to R12 since it was released 16 months ago.

Big announcement was that Premier Support for E-Business Suite 11i (R10.5.2) will be extended from November 2009 to November 2010. This announcement will take pressure off of many organizations and give them more time to plan their upgrade to R12. Find out more at HERE.

On the integration side there was lots of emphasis on the Application Integration Architecture (AIA) and its value to both R11 and R12 customers. No new announcements were made on that topic but it is clear that Oracle believes AIA and the associated Foundation Pack will help many customers kick-start their use of the Fusion SOA Suite using these new tools.

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