REDWOOD SHORES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/22/10 -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL)

News Facts

• To help organizations more efficiently and effectively manage the SOA lifecycle, Oracle today announced Oracle SOA Governance 11g consisting of Oracle Enterprise Repository, Oracle Service Registry, SOA Management with Oracle Enterprise Manager, and Oracle Web Services Manager. Oracle SOA Governance 11g, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, enables organizations to manage their heterogeneous software project artifacts under a unified governance umbrella.
• Fully integrated with Oracle SOA Suite 11g, the new release helps organizations simplify governance of software development projects.
• Oracle SOA Goverance 11g is fully integrated with Oracle AmberPoint, a leader in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Management. The new solution provides organizations more continuity of closed-loop governance processes across both Oracle and third party applications.
• Oracle SOA Governance 11g supports Oracle Applications including Oracle E-Business Suite and Siebel along with Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA). These integrations provide organizations with unprecedented level of automation in the delivery and management of service-based applications.

Efficiently Delivering Next-Generation Business Applications

• Oracle SOA Governance 11g further enhances Oracle SOA Suite 11g and includes new releases of Oracle Enterprise Repository and Oracle Service Registry.
• Key new features within Oracle SOA Governance 11g include:
  
  • Unified Governance for SOA and Packaged Applications: A single set of lifecycle management processes and tools to simplify and automate management of services originating from packaged applications or other SOA based infrastructure. Packaged application content can be managed and re-used along with other services and composite applications.
  • Closed Loop Metrics from Oracle Enterprise Manager: Enables Oracle Enterprise Repository customers to access performance summary data at design time. Performance data can come from Oracle SOA Management or AmberPoint
  • Automatic, Closed Loop Artifact Harvesting throughout the SOA Lifecycle: Automated artifact harvesting at each stage of the lifecycle reduces risks associated with making decisions based on stale data by providing enhanced visibility into SOA dependencies.
  • Registry Repository support for Oracle SOA Suite11g, Oracle Service Bus and Oracle Business Process Analysis (BPA) Suite: Reduces tooling complexity and makes software delivery more efficient by enabling organizations to rely on a single vendor for all SOA governance and lifecycle management needs.
  • Business Transaction Management: Helps organizations diagnose and resolve issues in application performance and business transactions, such as insurance claims processing or account provisioning, where multiple applications need to work together.

Supporting Quotes

• "As organizations expand SOA deployments, managing the numerous software artifacts in both SOA and application integration projects can be a complex and expensive process," said Amlan Debnath, senior vice president, Oracle Product Development. "With the launch of Oracle SOA Governance 11g, Oracle becomes the only vendor to offer a unified management approach for both best-of-breed SOA and packaged applications within a single platform. This unified governance umbrella not only helps organizations to deliver new business capabilities more efficiency, but also helps ensure that they are closely aligned with key business objectives."

Supporting Resources

• Webcast on Oracle SOA Governance 11g
• Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g
• Oracle SOA Suite 11g
• Oracle SOA Governance
• Oracle SOA Governance 11g Launch Center
• Oracle Applications

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