Cloud Integration & API Management For Dummies , Oracle 4th Special Edition

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Table of Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Foolish Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Icons Used in This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Beyond the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Where to Go from Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CHAPTER 1: New Opportunities for Cloud Integration and APIs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Simplification of Cloud Integration . . . . . . . . . 6 How Integration Ties in with the Rest of PaaS . . . . 7 Ability to Monetize with API Management . . . . . . . 9 CHAPTER 2: Exploring Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Lead-to-Invoice Integration with E-Business Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Real-Time and Batch Data Integration to Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Automating Business Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Monetizing Software Application Services with API Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Blockchain Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 CHAPTER 3: Getting Started with OCI Integration and API Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Understanding Application and Data Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 These materials are 2022 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.

Oracle Application Integration Solutions . . . . . . . 33 Oracle Integration Cloud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Oracle SOA on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure . . . 39 OCI Data Integration Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 OCI API Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 CHAPTER 4: Five Things You Need to Know about Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Get Automated with API-Led Integration . . . . . . . 50 Leverage Prebuilt Integrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Stop Configuring, Start Connecting . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Enable Real-Time Visibility for Innovative Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Build Once, Deploy Anywhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 These materials are 2022 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited.

Introduction W ith the surge of software as a service (SaaS) apps, the multiplication of mobile devices, and the deluge of data created by the Internet of Things (IoT), the promise of the connected digital enterprise is greater than ever — yet even more difficult to achieve. Before businesses can respond to customer demands in real time with innovative offerings, every piece of the technology puzzle must be able to communicate with every other piece — an undertaking that has become increasingly complex as the number of IoT devices, data sources, and SaaS applications continues to grow. All your business systems must be able to communicate seamlessly and in real time — it’s as simple as that. It doesn’t matter whether they’re on-premises, spread across cloud providers, or if it’s high-velocity data unleashed by the IoT. Clearly, the time for manually creating each new application integrati

Oracle Application Integration Solutions 33. Oracle Integration Cloud 34. Oracle SOA on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 39. OCI Data Integration Services 42. OCI API Gateway 45. CHAPTER 4: Five Things You Need to Know about Integration 49. Get Automated with API-Led Integration 50. Leverage Prebuilt Integrations 51. Stop Configuring, Start .