Transcript OpenWorld Conference Fall 2008

OpenWorld Conference
Fall 2008
Update
Overview
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September 21st – 26th, 2008
Moscone Center, San Fransisco
Approx 40,000 participants
Approx 400 vendors in the exhibition hall
Sunny every day……
Overview
• Larry Ellison in key note: HP Oracle’s alliance producing
Oracle Exadata Storage (server that run a dw 10x faster)
• HP server is the building block for the: Oracle Database
Machine
• Theme of conference: GREEN (reduce, reuse and
recycle everything – smart energy, paper, food
containers, etc)
• Demo grounds, exhibition hall, SIG sessions, hands on
session, regular seminar sessions, specific ‘Green’
sessions, free certification exam write and the
‘Unconference’ Lounge
Overview
• Oracle’s direction: focus on Fusion Middleware
Technology
• Interconnecting acquired vendors such as BEA,
Hyperion, Realtek and expanding products out to
existing user base of Oracle EBS, JDE & PSoft
• Communication and learning: UPK (User Productivity
Kit) and Oracle Mix (interactive blog site for users)
• Oracle EBS tracks focused on upgrading to R12, how
EBS can accommodate IFRS (International Financial
Reporting Standards) and announcement of 9 new EBS
CRM related products
9 New EBS Products
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Demand Signal Repository – sales retail repository
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Advanced Planning Command Center – built on top of Advanced
Planning and does for Supply Chain what Hyperion does for Financials
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Service Parts Planning – marketing service
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Manufacturing Operations Center – for shop floor equipment monitoring
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Deal Management – for price negotiation in contracts
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Site Hub – manages locations independent from asset
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Landed Cost Management – tracks import shipment costs
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Supplier Ship & Debit – product revenue management for distributors to
respond to market conditions
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Price Protection – handles changing discounts between distributors and
manufacturers in contractual agreements
R12 Considerations
• Oracle EBS sessions focused on R12: pain points but
incredible value / new functionality
• Consideration for upgrades:
– Must be on minimum 10g database
– Expect at least 10% growth in server requirements; one
company went from 13 terrabyte DB to 14.3 terrabyte with
upgrade
– Mandatory New functionality:
• EBTax – separate tax engine – no longer in AP / AR
• SLA – subledger accounting / intercompany accounting –
completely separate tables
• Separate Payment module – bank model
• Engage banks early because payment format is XML or nothing
R12 Considerations
• Test ALL reports; table structure has changed so reconciliation
reports especially need to be tested. All reports XML.
• Modified PL/SQL technical reports are not supported in R12
• Multi-org access for purchasing
• Separate tables for suppliers (data must be extremely clean)
• Project accounting data must be ‘upgraded’ as post upgrade step
for existing transactions to be adjusted for SLA
• Strongly recommend volume testing
• Archive and migrate only required data if possible
• In many cases, business process changes arose
• Training is paramount!
• Live on R12: Scottish Govt, LG, Cisco, San Diego State University,
Facebook, HiSoft, American Transmission Company……
Upcoming Conferences
• Collaborate 2009 – May 2009: Orlando,
Florida
• OpenWorld 2009 – Oct 2009: San
Francisco, CA