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IT Strategies from Oracle® An Overview Release 3.0 E18336-03 September 2010 ITSO Overview, Release 3.0 E18336-03 Copyright © 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Primary Author: Bob Hensle Contributing Author: Cliff Booth, Dave Pearson, Dave Chappelle, Jeff McDaniels, Mark Wilkins, Steve Bennett Warranty Disclaimer THIS DOCUMENT AND ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN (THE "INFORMATION") IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS AND FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. ORACLE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. ORACLE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE INFORMATION IS ERROR-FREE, ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. ORACLE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES OR UPDATES AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. 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Contents Send Us Your Comments ....................................................................................................................... vii 1 Introduction 2 Oracle Reference Architecture 2.1 ORA Layers.................................................................................................................................. 2-2 2.1.1 Horizontal Layers ................................................................................................................ 2-2 2.1.1.1 Shared Infrastructure ................................................................................................... 2-2 2.1.1.2 Information Management ........................................................................................... 2-2 2.1.1.3 Information Assets ....................................................................................................... 2-2 2.1.1.4 Application Infrastructure .......................................................................................... 2-2 2.1.1.5 Business Services .......................................................................................................... 2-2 2.1.1.6 Business Processes........................................................................................................ 2-3 2.1.1.7 Interaction...................................................................................................................... 2-3 2.1.2 Vertical Layers...................................................................................................................... 2-3 2.1.2.1 Enterprise Development.............................................................................................. 2-3 2.1.2.2 Enterprise Security ....................................................................................................... 2-3 2.1.2.3 Enterprise Management .............................................................................................. 2-3 2.2 Perspectives ................................................................................................................................. 2-3 2.2.1 Technology Perspectives .................................................................................................... 2-3 2.2.2 Industry Perspectives.......................................................................................................... 2-4 2.3 Key Concepts............................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.3.1 Vendor Neutral and Product Agnostic............................................................................. 2-4 2.3.2 Views ..................................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.3.3 Principles............................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.3.4 Guidelines............................................................................................................................. 2-5 3 Enterprise Technology Strategy 3.1 ORA Technology Perspective ................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Practitioner Guides ..................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.3 Maturity Model ........................................................................................................................... 3-2 3.3.1 Domains ................................................................................................................................ 3-2 3.3.2 Maturity Levels .................................................................................................................... 3-3 3.3.3 Adoption Levels................................................................................................................... 3-3 iii 4 Enterprise Solution Design 4.1 Industry Reference Architectures............................................................................................. 4-1 4.2 Industry Solutions....................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.3 Technology Patterns ................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.4 Enterprise Software Framework............................................................................................... 4-2 5 Intended Use of ITSO Material 5.1 Oracle Enterprise Architecture Framework............................................................................ 5-1 5.2 Oracle Unified Method .............................................................................................................. 5-1 6 Summary A Further Reading iv v List of Figures 1–1 IT Strategies from Oracle ........................................................................................................... 1-1 2–1 Oracle Reference Architecture .................................................................................................. 2-1 3–1 Maturity Model Domains .......................................................................................................... 3-3 vi Send Us Your Comments ITSO Overview, Release 3.0 E18336-03 Oracle welcomes your comments and suggestions on the quality and usefulness of this publication. Your input is an important part of the information used for revision. ■ Did you find any errors? ■ Is the information clearly presented? ■ Do you need more information? If so, where? ■ Are the examples correct? Do you need more examples? ■ What features did you like most about this document? If you find any errors or have any other suggestions for improvement, please indicate the title and part number of the documentation and the chapter, section, and page number (if available). You can send comments to us at [email protected]. vii viii Preface For many years, Oracle has provided industry-leading documentation for product functionality. With the IT Strategies from Oracle (ITSO) series, Oracle is augmenting this documentation with guidance on how to deliver business solutions using information technology. This document provides an overview of the ITSO materials. Audience The primary audience for the IT Strategies from Oracle series of documents is Enterprise Architects and Solution Architects chartered with the technical evaluation and implementation of business solutions based on information technologies within their organization. The material may also be of interest to the larger “IT solutions” community including designers, developers, business owners, etc. How to Use This Document This document is an overview to the series of documents. It describes the types of materials that are available under the IT Strategies from Oracle banner and describes the structure used to organize the materials. It is expected that a reader of this document will then select and readother documents of interest from the ITSO series. The ITSO materials are available on the ITSO web site. Document Structure This document is organized in sections that describe the contents and structure of the ITSO materials. Specifically, ■ Chapter 1 provides a description of ITSO and the types of materials under