Oracle 'Fusion' Sounds Good, but Will It Happen?

"Fusion is a smart move. It is a response to the issue of how to get value (both to Oracle as well as its customers) from synergy from multiple code bases," Andrew White, senior analyst, Gartner, told CRM Buyer. The first product will be a Fusion middleware, which will eventually underlie all its applications. Due out in limited release at the end of the year, it will be Java-based and have a service-oriented architecture so its components can be easily broken out.

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