So dig a bit deeper. I do see that back on Sept 16 they released a patch for their Middleware well ahead of the Oct 18 update that was already scheduled and according to PCWORLD The U.S. Government's National Vulnerability Database has assigned a CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) rating of 7.8, "indicating a complete Operating System denial of service," So a bit more about how this new offering is different would have been helped to clear the air as Oracle, according to same article pushed back and said it was only a a CVSS Base Score of 5.0.
Some of the details about OFA that I did gleam!
- Built on —Oracle Fusion Middleware
- Complete role-based experience
- Options including on-premise, hosted, private cloud, or public cloud (hybrid)
Here is a quote that caught my attention when I did some searching.
“Oracle Fusion Applications are architected so you don’t have to do rip and replace,” says Jim Hayes, managing director of the consulting firm Accenture. “That’s very important for creating a business case that will get through the steering committee and be approved by the board."
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/fusion/fusion-changing-the-game-185230.pdf
So part of the package seems to be to get you to integrate the rest of the Oracle cluster
Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/fusion/index.html
Hence the not ripping and replacing part, So my question is why would a company move to this cloud if they're not already existing Oracle customer. And, is this really just a strategy to save off customers leaving for another Cloud Provider. I'm interested in hearing what and DEVOP's folks have to say about this offering and what their experience has been moving to it as a new customer.
