Elastic Cloud: Is Your DataManagement Solution Ready?

Presenters: Ganesan Rathinam & Austin Davis

Flexible Computing• Hardware Utilization• Sharing Computing Resources• Optimization

Virtualization• What it is?• Virtualization vs Hosting

Cloud (Private and Public)

• Virtualization vs Cloud Computing• Application Hosting• Oracle E-Business Suite on Demand

Traditional EBS Data Load Process

• Development and Deployment• Error Handling

• Typical Effort Estimate

Traditional EBS Data InterfaceProcess

• Batch vs Realtime• SOA, BPEL, AIA, PIPs• Oracle iRepository of APIs (irep.oracle.com)

Impact of EBS in Cloud Environmenton Data Management

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Evolution of ERP ApplicationsEvolution of IT Infrastructure and NetworkingHas the way Data is marshalled in EBS evolved?Build vs Buy

Data Load, Interface Tools for EBSData Management

• Two kinds:• Front end based tools• Conversion programs

• Time it takes• Operational Difficulties faced with Front end based tools

EBS Data Load Tools in the CloudEnvironment

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Hub and Spoke ModelFit into Service Oriented ArchitectureScalability of the ToolUser experienceEnterprise Quality

Characteristics of right datamanagement tool for EBS in Cloud orotherwise

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Connect and load capabilityProgram MaintenanceScalabilityRobust Error HandlingNot to violate EBS Security

Characteristics of right datamanagement tool for EBS in Cloud orotherwise … continued

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Audit TrailData ExtractionData Cleansing, Transformation and Pre-validationsTemplates based loading and interfacingNot to be front end based

Characteristics of right datamanagement tool for EBS in Cloud orotherwise … continued

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Not driven by Excel MacrosDrag and drop Data mappingEase of Maintenance or Zero MaintenanceFlexible deployment (on premise or on cloud)Future proof … Support for Oracle Fusion Applications

Conclusion

• Paradigm Shift in Data Loading/Interfacing• Best ROI

• Productivity