Steltix recently announced that its Version Workbench 3.6 has successfully integrated with Oracle’s (News - Alert) JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.2 and meets Oracle Validated Integration (OVI) standards.
Based in Utrecht, The Netherlands, Steltix provides IT solutions and is an Oracle Platinum Partner dealing in JD Edwards systems like EnterpriseOne or WorldSoftware. EnterpriseOne is a suite of enterprise resource planning tools including financial, project, asset lifecycle, order, and manufacturing management.
Achieving OVI is not an easy task. In the first place, it is only available to Gold, Platinum or Diamond Level partners. Integrations must pass validation testing with the current release of Oracle Application or Oracle Fusion Middleware, and also Oracle Technology, such as the Oracle Database or WebLogic Server. Such validation testing determines whether or not the integration meets data integrity and security standards. Complete documentation of the solution must also be provided.
According to a company source, Version Workbench 3.6 deals with customer-specific configuration data used by EnterpriseOne applications that are known as ‘versions’ in JD Edwards-speak. Without a tool like Version Workbench, it is more difficult to maintain and manage these configurations.
The benefits of achieving OVI are pretty much win-win for all concerned parties. Partners like Steltix get exposure through press releases, mention on Oracle’s website, exhibitor marketing at Oracle events, and access to lead generation channels. These are huge, especially considering Oracle’s influence over several technology industries.
Oracle gets its solutions out to more companies with the assurance that its partners are compliant with how it wants to operate.
From the customers’ point of view, they know that they will be adding a solution that will behave well with their existing Oracle installations, which are a significant financial investment, and that they are not taking a vendor’s word for it, but also have Oracle’s blessing as well.
This is significant, because in spite of all the talk about platform independence, many enterprises still commit to a particular platform when they go with companies like Oracle or Microsoft (News - Alert). Switching platforms is a huge undertaking that they cannot afford to do on a regular basis. These businesses will not be willing to commit to using a new tool with a given platform if it does not function or integrate well.