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1. Introduction
2. Oracle Collaboration Suite
3. What is Oracle Beehive?
4. Collaboration Suite vs. Beehive
5. Beehive Services & Clients
6. Microsoft Outlook Integration
7. Demo
8. Collaboration & Real-World Scenarios
9. Migration from Oracle Collaboration Suite
10. Summary
Agenda
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Oracle Collaboration Suite 10g
Last updated in 2005
Premiere Support ended August 2010
Collaboration Suite “failed to put a dent in the universe”
http://pbokelly.blogspot.com/2008/09/oracle-collaboration-suite-10g-product.html
Old School Technologies
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Document & Content Management
Discussions
Instant Messaging
Calendaring
Web/Voice Conferencing
Mobile Access
Voice Mail
Wiki
What is Oracle Beehive?
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A single, unified platform for all your collaboration
needs such as email, instant messaging, conferencing,
document management, and more
Data is centralized, easily manageable, and secure
Provides a true Service Oriented Architecture and
enables true process-centric collaboration
3-year project written from scratch
Oracle Beehive Server Release 2 (2.0.1)
What is Oracle Beehive?
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OCS Beehive
Team Wiki, RSS Feed
Workspaces
Desktop Integration
Administration
Security
Directory Integration
Document Sharing, Discussions
Email, Calendar, Task
Web Conferencing
Instant Messaging
Mobile Support
Standards-based Protocols
Functionally… little difference
Collaboration Suite vs. Beehive
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Technically…
– OCS consisted of multiple disparate applications:
Content Services, Files, Email Server, Calendar, etc.
– OCS consisted of Multiple Data Stores
– OCS had limited APIs
– OCS had an “all or nothing” approach
Beehive is none of the above
Collaboration Suite vs. Beehive
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Open Standards
Single Unified Platform
Single Coherent Data Model
Single Data Store
Beehive Services
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Beehive Services Clients Instant Messaging
Gaim/Pidgin, iChat, Oracle Messenger, Trillian Pro
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Beehive Services Clients Calendaring
Apple iCal, Mozilla Lightning, Mozilla Sunbird
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Beehive Services Clients Email
Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Zimbra
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Beehive Services Clients Others
FTP/FTPS
– CuteFTP, WS_FTP, SmartFTP
WebDAV
– Microsoft Windows WebFolders, Internet Explorer
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Through the Beehive Plugin
Microsoft Outlook Integration
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Microsoft Outlook Integration
Workspaces exposed as
Outlook accounts
Document Management
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Individual Productivity Features
– Calendar/Scheduling
– Tasks
– Contacts
– Notes
– Address Book/Directory
Team Productivity Features
– Beehive concepts map to Outlook
– Personal/Team workspaces exposed as Outlook accounts
– Documents Access/Management/Sharing
– Notifications
Microsoft Outlook Integration
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Workspaces
Basic Team Workspace Template
Community of Practice Workspace Template
Project Workspace Template
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Do you want teams or teamwork?
– 80% of an enterprise’s “information” is unstructured
– 70% of the average employee’s day is spent in tactical
collaboration
It is becoming more important for geographically diverse
teams and organizations to work together effectively
The bottom line…
– Collaboration works towards virtual integration
– Collaboration improves information organization and access
– Collaboration improves communication flow and knowledge
exchange
The Importance of Collaboration
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Most Beehive features are exposed as services
– This enables Rapid Application Development and building of
packaged composite applications
The Beehive platform can generate events
– Beehive is built on an Event Driven Architecture.
– Can trigger various business process (e.g., approvals or
notifications)
The Beehive platform packages BPEL Process Manager
– With BPEL, it is possible to integrate collaborative processes
across the across the enterprise
– BPEL processes can also leverage Beehive Services for true
collaboration and task management
A Process-Centric Collaboration Platform
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Custom Java application
Leverages Beehive Document Management for storing
timecards
Leverages Beehive Business Process Integration using
business events to email timecards and acquire
approvals
Real-World Scenario – Timecard Application
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MIGRATING FROM ORACLE COLLABORATION SUITE
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A big effort
Must engage Oracle Support
Alternative is “Beehive On Demand”
$0 in license transfer in most cases
Look into the Oracle Beehive Migration Tool (BMT)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/beehive/overview/
oracle-collaboration-suite-email-mi-131922.pdf
Migrating from Oracle Collaboration Suite
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Beehive is a complete out-of-the-box collaboration
infrastructure
– Beehive can leverage existing enterprise business processes
Central security, audit, and policy management
Supports a long list of standards-based clients
– Users can use their preferred tools and clients
Mobile support; BlackBerry, iPhone, Microsoft SmartPhone
Based on scalable Oracle technology
How Oracle Beehive Can Help
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Oracle’s 4th attempt to crack the collaboration market
The Oracle sales pitch is “security” and “performance”
– Is Oracle plainly behind the game?
– Are new features really that earth shattering?
– Has Oracle addressed reasons why OCS failed?
Beehive Disadvantages
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Oracle at a market share disadvantage
Customers mostly from their current install base*
Definitely not targeted to small or mid-sized companies
No push from Oracle after OpenWorld 2008
Being rolled into WebCenter
Lack of faith from the industry:
“After two unsuccessful forays into the collaboration market,
Oracle is back with the next generation of Oracle Collaboration
Suite. Gartner believes Beehive is unlikely to be any more
successful than past efforts.”
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/09/not_getting_stu.html;jsessionid=1VY215KQFZAJNQE1
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Beehive Disadvantages
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“Users should wait until Oracle can produce detailed
documentation on deployment scenarios and large-
scale references before committing to strategic
deployments of Beehive.”
“Consider Beehive for tactical deployments where
security, compliance, process integration or
multiplatform support are critical.”
“Oracle customers should carefully evaluate what
Beehive offers vs. Oracle WebCenter. OCS customers
should evaluate Beehive’s new facilities, although
upgrade requirements will not be transparent.”
http://www.gartner.com/it/content/761600/761613/oowatcpresentation.pdf
Gartner Assessment
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Think Exchange, SharePoint, and BizTalk all in one
Technically, it is a great product
Open standards; centralized, unified architecture
Compared to other competitors, licensing terms are
extremely attractive
Administratively, don’t have to learn a new technology
set, as it is based on core Oracle infrastructure
Would I recommend it? Yes, if you are an Oracle-centric
operation
– But be prepared to invest in a product that may
potentially have a shelf life of 5 years
Final Thoughts
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Contact Information
Ahmed Aboulnaga
Technical Director
ahmed.aboulnaga@raastech.com
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