Thomas Kurian also presented what the Oracle Fusion Middleware will look like.
The good news is that this technology stack will be based on Java EE, we can expect the whole Oracle/PeopleSoft suite of applications going step by step into that direction.

He named this Fusion middleware a Dynamic SOA. It is composed of Java EE technologies (JSF, EJB3), BPEL, a n ESB and a Metadata repository. The innovative stuff in there is the Common Metadata Repository.

Today, when we add a new attribute to a database table and want to see that attribute on the screen, we have to change all the layers between the screen and the database. An Oracle product manager at the booth told me that this repository was about to manage that case by minimizing as much as possible redundant changes in the different layers.

It looks like Oracle is leveraging its experience in the applications area to J2EE infrastructure and that is really exciting.

But Oracle is also considered today as weaker than other vendors like BEA or IBM on the pure middleware connectivity level. Thomas Kurian has drafted what the future will be, Oracle will integrate a JBI compliant Enterprise Service Bus in this Fusion stack. No details were disclosed about this. Maybe Hugo will give us more info when available.