Oracle Fusion Architecture (OFA)

• A standards-based technology reference architecture or blueprint for building applications

• It is not a product, and can be used without paying Oracle a cent

• A unifying model of emerging trends in grid computing architecture, service oriented architecture, and enterprise information architecture

• Based on the following core principles:

• Model Driven: For applications, business processes and business information
• Service & Event- enabled: For extensible, modular, flexible applications and processes
• Information Centric: For complete and consistent, actionable, real-time intelligence
• Grid-Ready: Must be scalable, available, secure, manageable on low-cost hardware
• Standards-based: Must be open, pluggable in a heterogeneous environment