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Oracle WebCenter
Oracle WebCenter is Oracle's "next-generation user interaction environment". It contains some “Web 2.0” functionality like Blogs, Wikis and discussion forums and (like Oracle Portal), a portal framework with development tools, a number of portlets (some in common with Oracle Portal), and a content management solution.
Even though the product functionally overlaps Oracle Portal somewhat, it has been re-engineered from the ground up as a “pure” Java product, supporting the available standards (JSR-168 for portlets, JSR-170 for content). Through the JSF-Portlet Bridge, you can “portletize” a JSF application (subject to some limitations, of course). It does not depend on PL/SQL (like Oracle Portal does) and does not support PL/SQL portlets natively (only through the Federated Portlet Adapter).
Oracle has announced that WebCenter will be at the center of Oracle Fusion Applications, meaning that every Oracle Fusions Applications user will be using Oracle WebCenter as their starting point.
Pro
With the WebCenter Extension for JDeveloper, you can easily build portlets taking full advantage of the many sophisticated components in JSF Faces.
WebCenter comes with a high-end content management solution (Oracle Web Content Management – from the Stellent acquisition) as well as a bundled Secure Enterprise Search license.
Release 11g will come with very useful pre-built application called WebCenter Spaces that allows you to set up a collaborative workspace.
Con
WebCenter is intended for enterprise level customers. You can license the core WebCenter functionality as WebCenter Services ($80,000 per CPU) or the WebCenter Suite (which includes Web Content Management, Content DB, AquaLogic Interaction and WebLogic Portal) for $125,000 per CPU. If you do not have this budget, you should look at Oracle Portal instead.
Versions
Current production version is 10.1.3.2.0.
WebCenter 11g Tech Preview 4 (with lots of interesting new things) is available for download on the OTN WebCenter page.
More Info
There is more information, downloads, webcasts etc. in the Web 2.0 Resource Library and on the Official WebCenter page on OTN. Oracle presented the product at Web 2.0 Expo 2008 in San Francisco, April 22-25.
Even though the product functionally overlaps Oracle Portal somewhat, it has been re-engineered from the ground up as a “pure” Java product, supporting the available standards (JSR-168 for portlets, JSR-170 for content). Through the JSF-Portlet Bridge, you can “portletize” a JSF application (subject to some limitations, of course). It does not depend on PL/SQL (like Oracle Portal does) and does not support PL/SQL portlets natively (only through the Federated Portlet Adapter).
Oracle has announced that WebCenter will be at the center of Oracle Fusion Applications, meaning that every Oracle Fusions Applications user will be using Oracle WebCenter as their starting point.
Pro
With the WebCenter Extension for JDeveloper, you can easily build portlets taking full advantage of the many sophisticated components in JSF Faces.
WebCenter comes with a high-end content management solution (Oracle Web Content Management – from the Stellent acquisition) as well as a bundled Secure Enterprise Search license.
Release 11g will come with very useful pre-built application called WebCenter Spaces that allows you to set up a collaborative workspace.
Con
WebCenter is intended for enterprise level customers. You can license the core WebCenter functionality as WebCenter Services ($80,000 per CPU) or the WebCenter Suite (which includes Web Content Management, Content DB, AquaLogic Interaction and WebLogic Portal) for $125,000 per CPU. If you do not have this budget, you should look at Oracle Portal instead.
Versions
Current production version is 10.1.3.2.0.
WebCenter 11g Tech Preview 4 (with lots of interesting new things) is available for download on the OTN WebCenter page.
More Info
- Peter Moskovits' WebCenter Blog
- The WebCenter team has a blog at http://blogs.oracle.com/webcenter.
- Page on how to build an iPhone application with WebCenter
There is more information, downloads, webcasts etc. in the Web 2.0 Resource Library and on the Official WebCenter page on OTN. Oracle presented the product at Web 2.0 Expo 2008 in San Francisco, April 22-25.
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| mmalmstr | WebCenter 11g vs 10g | 4 | Jun 5 2009, 3:27 AM EDT by imranmirza | ||
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Thread started: Sep 30 2008, 7:11 PM EDT
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We're starting a fairly large WebCenter project this month. The first release will be on 31/3/2009 and final release on 31/10/2009. The customer could need 11g features, for instance Spaces etc.
Would they be a good candidate for the 11g release? I think I've understood that 11g wouldn't be released until Q2 2009, which would speak against the 31/3 release. Any comments? |
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| nathawat.priyanka | Blog and socail networking in webcenter | 1 | Jun 5 2009, 3:21 AM EDT by imranmirza | ||
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Thread started: May 29 2009, 4:20 AM EDT
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oracle webcenter does not provide with the functionality of BLOG and social networking directly as i provides for WIKI and Forums And search within the webcenter pages.
we need to build blogs and socuial networking for our client how will we do it ?? if with web 2.0 but how?? |
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| aelias@healthe.com | Does Web Center has the functionalities like SSO, Session Management? | 4 | Jun 5 2009, 3:17 AM EDT by imranmirza | ||
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Thread started: Jun 4 2008, 4:49 AM EDT
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Hello,
Does Web Center has the functionalities like SSO, Session Management, LDAP support? If we replace Oracle Portal with Web Center then we assume that we would have all the backend funationalities? Any help is highly appreciated. Regards |
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