Market rumours are buzzing and there is widespread speculation. It looks like the news will be acknowledged at Oracle OpenWorld that Fusion Apps will be delayed in delivery through 2009 at the earliest. Oracle has stated publicly that the first Fusion Applications are planned for 2007 and a first phase of Fusion Application Suite is scheduled for 2008. As Vinnie Mirchandani correctly predicted Oracle’s timetable was more of a “moonshot” than a pinpoint-accurate launch window when it was announced in January 2006.

Recently I had a discussion with some participants of the OBUG on how to prepare for Fusion Applications. Their views were that it is still more technology driven and from an Applications perspective they should not be involved at the moment.

It’s true that momentarily the focus from Oracle is on the SOA suite and other more technical components. Still it’s my opinion that as a customer or a system integrator you already should start preparing for Fusion Applications.

Oracle announced the new version of the Oracle BPA Suite. With this version integration between the BPA Suite (BPM) and the SOA Suite (BPEL) is possible.

I’m planning to install this new version to see how the integration between the BPA Suite and the SOA suite is working. Check this blog for more information and my progress.

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