Mark Smith on Oracle Fusion Application strategy

Date: Sep 24, 2010

Oracle showed off its long awaited Fusion Applications at OpenWorld this year, its suite of applications that blend together the best functionality of its acquisitions of Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards and others. While Fusion Applications won't be generally available until 2011, customers need to start making plans for how and if they want to move to the new suite. In this video, Mark Smith, CEO of Ventana Research, offers some advice on the highlights of Fusion Apps, the upgrade path and how business needs to remain engaged in the process.

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