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Is Your File Management a Stone Age System?
Shamim KhanOracle Technical Consultant
Xerox Document Company
Session id: 36367
Files are loosely integrated
Duplicate files floating around the enterprise
Prone to data loss, integrity – hacker, virus attack
Difficult to back-up and Recover
Escalating administrative costs
Traditional file system is Stone Age?
“When information isn’t found, employees don’t necessarily do
without. Ratherthey re-invent – an astounding 70% of content is re-created rather than
reused.”
“When information isn’t found, employees don’t necessarily do
without. Ratherthey re-invent – an astounding 70% of content is re-created rather than
reused.”
- Ibid
“An enterprise with 1,000 knowledge workers: Loses a minimum of $6 million a
year in time spent searching and not finding the information needed to pursue their jobs and wastes an average of $12
million per year from employees spending too much time duplicating information
that already exists within the enterprise.”
“An enterprise with 1,000 knowledge workers: Loses a minimum of $6 million a
year in time spent searching and not finding the information needed to pursue their jobs and wastes an average of $12
million per year from employees spending too much time duplicating information
that already exists within the enterprise.”
- IDC, The High Cost ofNot Finding Information, Apr 2003
It is part of Oracle Collaboration suite
It is designed as an enterprise file server
Enable users to manage and collaborate content
All content stored in an Oracle database
What is Oracle Files?
Oracle 9idatabase
Oracle 9iAS
Collaborationsuite
eBusinessSuite
Oracle Technology Architecture
Collaboration Suite Architecture
Infrastructure
Application
Access
Data Store
Application Engine
Calendar
Voicemail email
FilesSearch
Voice Access
Web AccessOutlook FAX
Wireless Access
Oracle Files Deployment Architecture
Browsers
Desktop
Mac Client
SharedDisk
Oracle Files Software Architecture
Browsers
Desktop
Mac Client
SharedDisk
Oracle9Oracle9iiASAS
Oracle Internet Directory
HTTP
FTP
NTFS
WebDAV
NFS AFP
OC
4JO
C4J
WebDAV ServletWebDAV Servlet
Admin ServletAdmin Servlet
App ServletApp Servlet
Portlet ServletPortlet ServletH
TT
P S
erverH
TT
P S
erver
Content area Read-only Read/Write
Workspace permissions
Private area Viewers Admins
Participants
Public area Everyone Admins
Participants
Personal area permissions
Private area Individual Individual
Public area Everyone Individual
Content area Read-only Read/Write
Workspace permissions
Private area Viewers Admins
Participants
Public area Everyone Admins
Participants
Personal area permissions
Private area Individual Individual
Public area Everyone Individual
Oracle Files Access Matrix?
Oracle Files Structure
Integration with eBusiness Suite
Oracle Workflow
Leverages Oracle Files features in eBusiness suite, such as standard APIs and web services
Enables rich set of functionality in a collaborative application development
Provides an integrated smart enterprise application
Integration Key Features
Integration Benefits
Single-source data across the enterprise File integrity is maintained Delivers web services and Standard APIs Integrates the eBusiness application with file
system. Leverage companies to utilize the rich
eBusiness functionality
Ability to consolidate files globally
Broad access via standard web browsers
Drive down TCO
Improved searching
What is the Bottom line?
Improve Productivity
Spend less time looking for information Access from anywhere using Web UI Single, consolidated site makes easy to maintain Filesync - Disconnected users Oracle DB and iAS RAS - 24x7 availability
Locking– Control access to a file– Protect from losing content due to over-write– Audit trail on who’s working on a file
Versioning– Track changes to a document– Advanced search capability– Never lose revisions
Locking and Versioning
Group related documents in workspaces Create a URL to any document or folder Security is automatically enforced
Folders
Next Steps
• Similar topic sessions in Collaboration Suite• Tue - 8:30 AM • Wed - 11:00 AM • Wed - 1:00 PM
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