I'm finding out more about how the Cloud will work for customers. I've heard many concerns about the perceived limitations of using SaaS because customers won't be able to 'customise' their applications. I'm not a great supporter of this idea, because SaaS is a Service you are buying, not an application you install yourself and then can do what you like with it. After all, if you buy a car on a contract hire basis you wouldn't expect to be allowed to add custom components because you don't own the car it's just provided to you as a service - so why should software be any different?
But, Oracle have come up with an intriguing idea - 'Java in the Cloud' or 'Platform as a Service'. Here you can create your own 'custom' applications in Java which you can then integrate with Fusion Apps which is also in the same cloud.
Mobility
Mobility is a big theme here this week. Fusion Tap is now available from the Apple iStore. Download it and be surprised by the functionality and user experience. It's really good, and is going to be extended as new functionality comes on stream in Fusion Apps.
Oracle's approach to mobility is to use ADF and to write 'native' apps, using HTML 5 and consuming iPad device side components like GPS, FaceTime etc. to enhance the user experience. Anything available in the desktop version of the application, will be inherited by the Cloud app. So, if you make a change using the Page Composer in the application, your iPad app will inherit it.
Oracle's approach to mobility is to use ADF and to write 'native' apps, using HTML 5 and consuming iPad device side components like GPS, FaceTime etc. to enhance the user experience. Anything available in the desktop version of the application, will be inherited by the Cloud app. So, if you make a change using the Page Composer in the application, your iPad app will inherit it.
The 4 composers will all affect the cloud based apps:
The Application Composer: To add objects, fields, filters
The Reports Composer: To add or amend seeded BI
The Process Composer: To tailor the seeded process to reflect your own versions
The Page Composer: To change the way your screen looks
UI Changes
There are also signigficant user interface changes being made to Fusion HCM to make the 'casual user' have abetter and simplifed self service experience. Cleaner, neater, simpler screens with 'just enough' information for the user to do the ad-hoc transaction.
There are also signigficant user interface changes being made to Fusion HCM to make the 'casual user' have abetter and simplifed self service experience. Cleaner, neater, simpler screens with 'just enough' information for the user to do the ad-hoc transaction.
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