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How Oracle Fusion Agentic Applications Reshape ERP Execution

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Listen to article For decades, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have recorded transactions and surfaced reports, relying on people to apply context and move work forward. Even with Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants, execution remained manual. Oracle Fusion Agentic Applications represent a significant shift. AI now operates within the system of record, understanding business context, applying domain expertise, and supporting action toward defined outcomes. The result is not fewer people, but greater capacity. Routine execution can move faster, allowing teams to focus on decisions that require judgment and experience. This reflects an important evolution in how ERP supports business operations. Key Takeaways Agentic applications move ERP from insight to execution. Oracle Fusion Agentic Applications do more than analyze data. They can take action to help advance business out...
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Large Payload Handling in OIC: Avoid Timeouts and Memory Issues

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Listen to article When working with Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), handling large payloads is one of the most common reasons integrations become slow, unstable, or fail unexpectedly. What starts as a simple integration can quickly lead to timeout errors, memory pressure, longer execution times, and more complex troubleshooting as payload sizes grow. In many cases, the problem is not OIC itself. The real issue is the integration pattern. Large-payload processing requires a different design approach. Instead of treating it like a standard request-response flow, architects should focus on controlled data movement, staged processing, chunking, and reducing in-memory transformations. This is where selecting the right pattern can have a significant impact. Key Takeaways For large payload handling in OIC, the most effective practices are straightforward but impactful: Use pagination for larg...
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How Oracle Fusion AI Helps Build a Modern Intelligent Enterprise

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Listen to article How Oracle Fusion AI Supports Smarter Enterprise Operations Organizations that successfully migrated to Oracle Fusion Cloud modernized their ERP landscape, standardized operations, and improved enterprise visibility. Today, many are looking beyond cloud adoption and asking a new question: How can enterprise systems provide better insights, support decision-making, and help employees work more effectively? Oracle Fusion AI is helping answer that question by embedding intelligence directly into enterprise workflows. At SMACT Works, we see organizations using AI to improve productivity, simplify operations, and create more connected experiences across Finance, Procurement, HR, Supply Chain, and Customer Operations. Key Takeaways Oracle Fusion AI helps organizations move beyond automation and improve operational effectiveness. AI capabilities are increasingly embedd...
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Northwest Oracle Summit 2026 Recap: Cloud Insights and Trends

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Listen to article Northwest Oracle Summit 2026 Recap: Cloud Insights and Trends Northwest Oracle Summit 2026 reinforced a shift that has been building across the Oracle community for several years: organizations are no longer asking whether modernization matters. They are asking what the most practical next step looks like. This year's conversations centered less on long-term vision and more on execution. Attendees focused on cloud migration strategy, operational efficiency, PeopleSoft modernization, and on improving existing investments without creating unnecessary complexity. Key Takeaways Public sector organizations continue accelerating cloud evaluation and migration planning. Cloud conversations are becoming more operational and less theoretical. PeopleSoft remains a critical platform, but expectations for modernization are increasing. Adoption and organizational al...
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ODTUG Kscope26 Preview: Oracle Technology Leaders' Focus Areas

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Listen to article ODTUG Kscope26 Preview: What Oracle Technology Leaders Should Focus on ODTUG Kscope26 is one of the most established Oracle technology conferences for developers, architects, analytics leaders, and enterprise IT teams. Taking place June 14-18, 2026, at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado, near Denver, the event brings together Oracle practitioners from more than 50 countries for technical education, peer-led sessions, and hands-on learning. If you are planning to attend or evaluating whether the conference is worth the investment, this preview outlines where the real value comes from and how to approach the week strategically. Key Takeaways Kscope26 is execution-focused, with technical depth across Oracle platforms and tools. The strongest sessions center on practical implementation lessons, not product marketing. Analytics...
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How to Manage EPM Automation with Groovy

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Listen to article Embedding Operational Automation Directly into Oracle EPM Cloud with Groovy and EPM Automate Oracle EPM Cloud environments increasingly depend on automation to support planning, integrations, metadata management, and financial close activities. Traditionally, organizations managed these processes through separate EPM Automate installations combined with external schedulers, batch scripts, or middleware platforms operating outside the application workflow. Oracle's recent enhancements introduce a more integrated approach. Groovy can now execute EPM Automate commands within Oracle EPM Cloud business rules, enabling organizations to embed operational automation into planning workflows without maintaining a separate EPM Automate server. This shift helps organizations simplify architecture, reduce operational overhead, and align automation more closely with business-driven events ha...
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Event-Driven Integration: Asynchronous vs. Synchronous

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Listen to article Choosing the Right Integration Pattern in OIC When designing integrations in Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), the choice between synchronous and asynchronous patterns directly affect performance, scalability, and reliability. There is no single right answer. The right approach depends on what the business needs from the interaction. At a high level, synchronous integrations require the client to wait for a response before moving forward. Asynchronous integrations allow the sender to continue processing after handing off the request, often with an immediate acknowledgment that the request has been received but is not yet completed. We work with clients to make this decision based on outcomes, not just technical preference. What This Means in Practice Synchronous integrations follow a blocking model. The system sends a request and waits for a response. This works well when t...
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