Oracle on Monday in the US launched PeopleTools 8.48, an upgrade designed to offer Web services functionality and serve as an entry point into Oracle's Fusion Middleware.
Web services will become a major trend in business IT management, according to Gartner, as analyst Dion Wiggins warns enterprises that disregard the "evolutionary advance in technology" do so at their own peril.
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Oracle's acquisition of BEA will boost the latter's presence in Asia Pacific, as well as strengthening Oracle's foothold in the telecommunications space, but there will be no serious ramifications on the local market, according to analysts.
Oracle plans to acquire middleware maker BEA Systems for US$8.5 billion in cash, the company announced on Wednesday. The move means Oracle will leapfrog IBM as the number one middleware player.
Henning Kagermann, chief of SAP, says new competition, fast-moving tech are driving the company to rethink how it builds its software and how to sell it.
Experts say the time has come for SOA design approaches, which revamp business processes and could change the economics of delivering software.
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