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These tools allow developers to easily build high-quality, standard J2EE components,
including applets, JavaBeans, JavaServer pages, servlets, and Enterprise JavaBeans.
Portal and Wireless Tier
The Portal and Wireless tier is a middle tier that is built over a base of Oracle HTTP
server and OC4J components. The unique components for this tier include:
Oracle Portal – Unlike the average portal building toolset, Oracle Application Server
does not require extensive programming or complicated maintenance routines. In fact,
Oracle Instant Portal allows those new to this field to build simple portals with little to no
programming. Oracle Instant Portal also provides a framework for self-service content
management and publishing, as well as deploying, publishing, and consuming Web
services.
Oracle Application Server Wireless (Oracle Wireless) – Oracle Wireless allows
corporations to develop and deploy wireless applications that can deliver content to any
device on any wireless network, regardless of the protocol. Oracle Wireless provides
e-mail and location-based services, as well as full support for XML and J2EE standards.
This enables developers to build enterprise-class wireless applications that can be
seamlessly deployed across the corporation.
Business Intelligence and Forms Tier
Oracle Business Intelligence Suite is a comprehensive suite of enterprise business
intelligence (BI) products that provide a rich set of tools for analyzing corporate data.
Like the Portal and Wireless tier, the Business Intelligence and Forms tier is a middle tier
that is built over a base of Oracle HTTP server and OC4J components. The components
for this tier include:
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer – OracleBI Discoverer is a business
intelligence tool that allows non-technical users to analyze corporate data through
intuitive interfaces. This integrated business intelligence solution includes capabilities
for ad-hoc queries, reporting, analysis, and Web-publishing. OracleBI Discoverer can be
used to access a wide variety of data sources, including multidimensional OLAP
databases, data marts, data warehouses, or online transaction processing systems.
Oracle Application Server Personalization – OracleAS Personalization provides web
users with a customized experience by offering recommendations based on real-time
analysis of user history and user profiles. OracleAS Personalization is beneficial to Web
stores, application hosting environments, business call centers, and any business with a
web-based customer interface.
Oracle Application Server Reports Services –
OracleAS Reports Services provides
tools to develop and deploy high-quality, dynamically generated reports, while
supporting large user communities. Any data source can be used to build reports, and
any format is supported. It also includes Oracle Reports Developer, which uses servlets
and JSP to support complex data models and diverse deployment environments.