As Oracle continues to promote their 10g and 11g environments and to migrate their own applications to Java, many organizations are contemplating utilizing the new Web capabilities that are being provided. While past versions of Oracle Forms have enabled companies to access the Web, 10g is providing the most robust environment thus far. Some companies have business reasons to migrate immediately to the Java environment. This may be driven by the requirement to use JDBC connectivity between applications presently in use, or because there is a specific business reason within the company that requires an application to run in Java. As well, companies are trying to determine whether to stay with Oracle Forms as a development environment or whether they should migrate to Java.

Forms to Java / ADF Migration:

Oracle Fusion Middleware is the most comprehensive family of pre-integrated, industry-leading middleware. Oracle's middleware products embrace a hot-pluggable architecture, for greater flexibility and investment protection. Only Oracle delivers the middleware portfolio that drives your business to:

• Increase its capacity for growth and change


• Improve insight into business operations


• Mitigate risk and drive compliance


• Increase productivity and process efficiency

Streamlining the Forms to Java / ADF Migration:

By streamlining the process of conversion, Xplore Software Consulting Inc Ltd-ADF significantly reduces the costs associated with manually converting legacy software, the migration of Oracle Forms to Oracle ADF, including Oracle Menus, Libraries, Triggers and all semantic content. The converted application keeps its original look-and-feel, is fully maintainable, portable and contains no wrappers -- providing fast deployment with very little impact on business operations.

Role of J2EE in Forms to Java / ADF Migration:

Oracle customers can quickly and efficiently migrate their Oracle Forms applications to Oracle’s 11g Fusion Middleware environments to take advantage of its extensive capabilities for enterprise applications and utilize Oracle’s WebCenter technology immediately after conversion. For those comfortable in the Forms world, Oracle JDeveloper and ADF becomes the natural choice for J2EE development. Oracle's ADF and JDeveloper simplifies J2EE development by minimizing the need to write and maintain code that implements design patterns and application infrastructure. Oracle ADF is based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. Oracle's Fusion Middleware provides:

• Unparalleled performance, scale and manageability in Oracle WebLogic Suite


• Oracle Tuxedo is #1 in distributed transaction processing monitors


• Leading solution for SOA governance


• Oracle is the #1 Preferred BI Vendor


• A comprehensive and integrated suite of BPM products


• Only vendor with application-centric approach to identity management