Applications & Apps Technology

[Editor: This article from Nick Quarmby presents an introductory-level survey of of the general areas that you should consider when sizing an E-Business Suite environment.  Please remember that this blog's mandate is to provide conceptual guidance; we cannot assist directly with specific sizing inquiries for your requirements.  If you have specific questions about sizing for [...]

I know that many of you are actively planning your Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 upgrades right now.  The following webcast isn’t directly techstack-related but may be of general interest. Our Customer Programs team has arranged a live webcast with AT&T, who will share their experience with their Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1 upgrade: Friday, [...]

[Editor: This article was originally published in January 2010.  Reposting this article in its entirety.] Premier Support for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i ends in November 2010.  Extended Support begins when Premier Support ends.  Extended Support comes at an additional cost, but these are waived for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i through November 2011. I’m [...]

I saw this on a Theresa’s excellent Fin Apps blog, which I always read and you should too.  It’s a video for a new Oracle Peoplesoft iPhone  App called Oracle iReceipts, the product is cool, but I think the animation is worth watching for it’s own sake – very funny. iPhone Apps are all the [...]

I’m very pleased to announce that Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 is now available for download: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 Release Update Pack (Patch 9239090) For installation instructions for EBS 12.1.3, see: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 Readme (Note 1080973.1) This release update pack (RUP) combines error corrections, statutory/regulatory updates, and functionality enhancements into [...]

The Kindle edition of my PeopleTools Tips and Techniques book is now available. Download a copy from Amazon’s site here.

We have discussed how to use USER_DEFINED activity in OWB Process Flow in the past. In this topic, we will talk about another option for this property – “SCHEDULER”. With this setting, we can run the external job as a configured OS user. Enable execution of User Defined activity Presume we are using the UNIX [...]

Sometimes we talk about the details of Warehouse Builder functionality so much that it’s easy to forget to raise our heads from time to time, and look at the broader questions of data warehousing and business intelligence. But recently I was asked by a few different customers, who are already using Oracle and OWB, “Wait… [...]

Oracle E-Business Suite comes with native user authentication and management capabilities out-of-the-box. If you need more-advanced features, it’s also possible to integrate it with Oracle Internet Directory and Oracle Single Sign-On or Oracle Access Manager, which allows you to link the E-Business Suite with third-party tools like Microsoft Active Directory, Windows Kerberos, and CA Netegrity [...]

By Kathy Miedema, Oracle Applications User Experience Oracle CRM On Demand Offline Client for Life Sciences Offers Remedy for Unwieldy Paperwork No detail is too small in Oracle’s quest to deliver an efficient, productive user experience in its new application for pharmaceutical salespeople. Oracle CRM On Demand Offline Client for Life Sciences, the first mobile [...]