OK, I should have seen it coming, but I was too naive, kept my head down and was keeping my clients happy. When My Oracle Support was announced I was curious to see what was used behind the scenes for this to work so well. Did a little more research and was stunned.

There were signs all over the place.  I guess it started with this announcement from Oracle in 2006. More significant is this news item. Results of that announcement and the appointment of this ex CEO of adobe to Oracle’s board started showing up. The new social CRM applications are the evidence, if you do not believe what I am talking about. Take a look at these blog posts in ZDnet and Oracle. These applications are stunning and extremely interactive which makes sales people more “social” even when they are using applications (against the popular complaint I keep hearing from them saying they are spending more time in data entry rather than selling). In fact they are so seamless users may not even feel that they are using Oracle applications when interacting with their leads, prospects or customers. Yes, with these applications will let them do what they are supposed to do : sell more, connect with customers quickly but leaving capturing of data to application.

Also Tim Dexter, who needs no introduction and who chided me gently for aggregating Oracle blogs that prompted me to stop, also has these two posts on tree maps and more on tree maps.

The Adobe product in focus here is Adobe Flex. I am no expert in building these applications, but these examples are dazzling. Take a look at this sample application on configurator, which we all can correlate very easily with Oracle applications. If this concept is adapted into our Configurator product, imagine the user experience and satisfaction in using the application.  You can launch that application in that same page to see the results for yourself. You can also see more examples on calendar,  organization chart and custom gantt charts for planning purposes and many more in the same page. All these examples are extremely relevant from business applications perspective that can be part of Oracle eBusiness suite or any other application of Oracle.

I do not know when these apps are going to be available, but what does this mean for all of us who play different roles in implementing these applications for clients? If I am a developer, should I embrace these adobe technologies now to be ready for these Fusion applications? Let me know your experience and share any information that you have.

A kind friend (Vaishnav) created a custom google search for information on R12. Here is the link. Also found one for documentation specifically here.

I wanted to share with you this great initiative started by Shivmohan Purohit. He is offering training in Oracle eBusiness suite for absolutely free! Just in case you do not know, check the link here.

We struggle to make up some time to answer questions on forums and have our blogs going. But I must say that this move initiated by Shiv needs a sincere applause.

Good Job Shiv! Keep it up!

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