Oracle SOA Suite Reviews

I think adapting different protocols easily with no coding is the best feature of the middleware SOA Suite.

We have created an offering for our customers, leveraging industry standards in order to utilize the delivery for that.

It should provide better log management and an easier tool for configuration.

There are still some problems that are not covered. The login mechanism still creates issues when it is not configured properly. The monitoring in general is complex. I think that there are some integrations with the cloud and mobile that need to be taken care of.

I have found version 12c to be stable.

The organization by logical domains based on WebLogic is definitely a key factor for the scalability of the solutions.

Technical support is quite a stable process but sometimes there are not responsive, especially for the more urgent and critical cases. In that case, we usually escalate it with our partner.

I'm a system integrator, not a customer. We usually use it in order to provide middleware solutions to our customers. Basically, also based on analyst reports, SOA Suite is at the edge of the technology, so we invested in it.

Initial setup was really complex.

We also have looked at TIBCO, which is very strong as well, and WebSphere, but I think that is a niche player, especially in financials. At the moment, I think TIBCO is the most realistic competitor for Oracle, apart from all of the open-source solutions.

When I’m looking at a vendor such as Oracle to work with, the most important criteria are scalability, reliability, maturity and also support.

Ask for Accenture support. We have tons of experience at the moment in the team and in the regions, in Europe, especially. I think that the best solutions start with the configuration, in terms of high availability that is similar to production, in order to test all the configurations sent in from development.

During the last five years, the product has improved a lot. At the moment, it's a very natural product; a lot of very good features at the high end of the market.

As middleware, SOA Suite helps us to perform a lot of EDA transactions. We connect and deliver B2B data to SOA Suite through Silverlight. We're going to upgrade our version soon as we're very happy with it.

The modules of SOA Suite are hot-pluggable, so we can make changes to our IT infrastructure and architecture without having to replace existing or to buy new components.

There are a lot of features that we aren't using, though we're already using the management tools to help us manage our transactions. But, there are some features that aren't available to us, and we're hoping that when we upgrade, there will be additional management features to help us more.

We have been using it for the last seven to eight years.

We've had no issues with deployment.

The stability is good. We've had no issues with instability.

We don't need to scale it as we haven't needed to yet.

In our experience, the technical support has been excellent.

My advice is to buy it and use it. It's a great product.

The integration possibilities with other Oracle Fusion middleware products is the most valuable feature of the SOA Suite solution.

I'm a contractor, so my client organizations are the ones who benefit from SOA Suite. With it, it's quite visible the number of both internal and external processes that are more integrated. Another organizational benefit is that less human intervention is required when running the suite of products in SOA.

Although the SOA Suite solutions integrate well with Oracle Fusion middleware products, it lacks similar integration with Enterprise Manager. This is something that, in my experience working with clients, is needed for SOA Suite to be a better product.

Including its predecessors, we've been using SOA Suite since 2004.

There were no issues with the deployment.

There were regular issues with the stability of SOA Suite, but they were fixed with help from Oracle technical support.

There have been no issues scaling it.

8/10

I work exclusively with Oracle software.

Until version 10, the initial setup was cumbersome. Over the years and subsequent upgrades, with 11g setup became easier and, now, setting up with 12c is a walk in the park.

I implement SOA Suite for my clients.

You need to make a good estimate of the licensing costs for the first year.

Developing middleware with an EC platform, which enables our Product Manager to post products to different outside EC platforms with only one interface and one process.

With Oracle SOA, middleware jobs developing for the EC, ERP, and shipping systems become easier.

• Oracle Cloud Adapter for Oracle ERP Cloud
• Oracle Cloud Adapter for Salesforce
• Oracle Managed File Transfer

The installation and adjustment process seems too complex. Would it be possible for the software to be installed in a short click?

The new product has come out with SOA Cloud Service and Integration Analytics as well, which gives more options for clients to pick their point of requirements.

Real time transactions became easy and I feel the difference in experience.

SOA, OSB, SOA Cloud Service.

Seven years.

Yes, this product is not that stable.

Yes, cloud backups have issues.

Six out of 10.

I have been using the same solution.

Quick Install is quick and easy. It takes less time to install and there is no complexity while navigating through the setup screens.

Oracle pricing is expensive. Support is based on your license. AWS is much better than Oracle in this regard.

No.

No.

The ease of use, service virtualization capabilities, support for integrations with multiple communication protocols and applications, seamless integration with other Oracle products, mobile enablement, and cloud enablement are all features of SOA suite that provide us a lot of value. Also, starting in

Oracle SOA Suite has allowed for more productive development, allowing not only quicker release cycles, but also integration between systems and vendors that was previously done point-to-point.

The monitoring capabilities granted the business transactions more visibility over to the business users and proved useful for tracking KPIs as well as for managing SLA alerts when need be.

An area with some room for improvement is the development tool used (JDeveloper) with regard to stability.

Also, there are three administration consoles available with some overlapping functionality, which should be better segregated.

I have been using Oracle SOA Suite for around six years.

Deployment is very straightforward. The application server (Weblogic) provided mechanisms for remote deployment, which makes it possible to create provisioning scripts, greatly reducing deployment effort and

Overall the platform is stable. We haven't had any issues with instability.

Scaling is a breeze. It's very quick to add extra application servers without even having to make the system unavailable.

6/10 - Some interactions take too much time and end up forcing us to resort to workarounds to avoid impact on project milestones.

I have used a few other integration suites, such as JCAPS (formerly a Sun product) and TIBCO Business Works. SOA Suite is a much more complete solution and quicker evolving to fulfill the market's emerging needs. Oracle is putting a lot of effort in developing this product and bringing out new features and improvements on a regular basis.

There are two kinds of setups possible. The "Quick Start" and the "Regular" one. The first is targeted at individuals trying to get a glance at the product without too much time invested on installation and configuration. It comes with a development environment ready to use (including an integrated application server and a database) and is installed in a few minutes. The "Regular" setup is intended for production use (or other environments) and takes longer due to custom configurations that might be needed, but is well documented.

I have implemented and consulted on several implementation projects using Oracle SOA Suite. My main recommendation is to be trained and willing to learn, because there is so much that can be done with this product and the projects are always looking for long-term usage. Having more knowledge will result in implementing better architectures and problem-free solutions.

The most important for a quick ROI is to license according to your needs over the next one to three years. Don't get more products if there is no plan to use them immediately, or there is no skilled personnel to get value from them. Starting smart with licensing will be a big factor for determining the necessary time to get a ROI.

Try it out and explore the existing features and how they would positively impact your business. Identify the use cases for the several products/components in the suite and see what makes sense for you to license and then build on it.

• Monitoring
• WebLogic performance
• Open standards.

It enables communication between different systems -- some old, some new -- by using middleware.

• More Maven support
• Improved file-transfer adapter
• Large payloads need to be made easier to use

I've used it for eight years.

We've had no issues with the deployment.

There have been no stability issues.

We have had no issues scaling it to our needs.

In our experience, technical support is really bad and needs a lot of work.

The initial setup is complex. There are many things involved and if you don't know it very well, you can damage the installation.

I have always been an independent consultant, and I always say there has to be an in-house responsible person/department for SOA.

I don't have specific information, but in most of my projects there is substantial savings when we implement a good SOA strategy.

In other projects, I evaluated/used Netweaver for SAP integration and it was really difficult to use. I used the IBM SOA Solution also, but it is not mature enough for the real world. Oracle offered by far a better SOA solution.

You need to have a good leader/manager take this project and lay down a good strategy/plan before jumping into implementation.

Integrations.

It simplifies integration.

Cost and scalability.

I think it's quite stable.

Scalability is medium, mainly because of cost.

Technical support has been good.

The setup was not really straightforward. I think it was medium complex.

Oracle, Dell Boomi, Software AG.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor are cost and scalability.

I rate this solution at seven out of 10 because there are better options out there, but it also depends on cost.

Compare and make sure it fits your requirements, because there's no perfect solution. Make sure that you understand what you need and go for that.