Oracle Integration Cloud Service Makes Integration Simple
January 25, 2019
Oracle Integration Cloud Service Makes Integration Simple
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Overall Satisfaction with Oracle Integration Cloud Service
Oracle Integration Cloud is now known as Oracle Integration Cloud Service (OICS). The journey began in 2016 with Integration Cloud Service (ICS) and after 2 years Oracle changed its name to Oracle Integration Cloud. Almost Immediately they again renamed as Autonomous Integration Cloud and now it is back to Oracle Integration Cloud Service (OICS). I was part of this journey since inception and have seen all ups and down of this product. If I would have written this review 1 year or 1.5 years back, my rating would have been lower. OICS has matured and added lots of new functionality which reduces overall implementation time to a great extent. I implement OICS for other customers and I can confidently write that this tool is perfect for an integration requirement whether you want to integrate Oracle to Oracle or non-Oracle to Oracle or non-Oracle to non-Oracle products.
- New enhanced activities that are targeted to reduce the integration pain. For example, file stage activity reduces the pain of chunking the input file while sending and mapping the data to the target application. Stage activity takes care of it automatically for the customer. Similarly, recommendation on the mapper is a huge plus for people looking for common integration.
- There are around 50 adapters available including dedicated out of the box application adapters and generic technologies adapters on OICS. The best part of these application adapters is that they are designed considering LOB users. Most of the time integration implementor does not require, application knowledge to perform the integration. OICS has some of Oracle Cloud applications adapters which make integration much easier may not be available in other integration platforms.
- Inbuilt diagnostic dashboard and error hospital makes this product lucrative. OICS also comes with integrated Process Cloud and Visual Builder at the same cost. the customer can have seamless integration with Apiary and SSI on demand.
- OICS does not support EDI integration yet. That customer could buy a SOACS subscription, which is quite expensive. But this feature is in the roadmap and may show in the near future.
- This is not for the super complex integration or huge volume transactions
- We run big integration practices and that practice is pretty successful. We have seen the customer getting quick ROI as the initial investment is not much. The customer can also get a free 1-month trial instance of OICS to try out. All of our customers are happy with this investment so far.
Oracle Integration (OIC) Feature Ratings
Oracle Integration Cloud Service Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Problems get solved Kept well informed Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
Yes - Yes, most of the time
Oracle came onto the call to understand the issue and thought it was sort of an enhancement, but still, they took this and released that feature within 2 weeks.