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Listen to article For two years, most enterprise AI has helped people work faster. Oracle Fusion Claw, announced on September 29, 2026, is designed to let AI complete more of that work itself, within rules your organization sets. For leaders running Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, it is worth understanding now, before 2027 budgets are finalized. Key Takeaways Oracle Fusion Claw is a governed runtime in which an AI model plans the work and deterministic, rules-based computation carries it out. Every Fusion Claw run follows the policies, and approval rules your organization defines and ends with an auditable Outcome Receipt. Fusion Claw carries no separate charge, but it requires the Oracle Fusion Agentic Applications subscription and consumes Oracle AI Units as work is completed. Organizations with standardized processes, reliable master data, and mature controls are best positio...

Listen to article This Marks Our Fifth Consecutive Year on the List. We're proud to share that SMACT Works has been named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 list , ranking No. 2,700 among America's fastest-growing companies. It's our fifth consecutive year on the list, a milestone we credit to the clients who trust us with their Oracle environments and the team that shows up for them every day across Cloud Advisory, Technology Consulting, and Managed Services. Key Takeaways SMACT Works ranks No. 2,700 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies. This marks the company's fifth consecutive year of Inc. 5000 recognition, up from No. 4,651 in 2022 to No. 2,700 in 2026. Growth is fueled by SMACT Works' Oracle-focused Cloud Advisory, Technology Consulting, and Managed Services offerings . CEO Ranjith Yengoti credits the milestone to cli...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Listen to article Transform quarterly updates into a disciplined, low-risk operating rhythm. Key Takeaways Oracle's patch and release cadence is predictable; successful organizations plan around it, not react to it. A unified release operating model across cloud, platform, and security domains reduces risk and operational friction. Segmenting systems by business impact enables the right balance of care and agility. Partnering with Oracle Consulting can help organizations effectively design and implement these strategies. Standardized testing and integration validation are critical to repeatable, low-drama updates. Mature organizations treat patching as an ongoing business process , not a recurring emergency. Why Oracle Patching Feels Harder Than It Should Be For many IT organizations, Oracl...

Listen to article Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Technology today is an accumulation of advances that culminate in a technological revolution, shaping the way we work, communicate, and live our lives. A technological revolution can be defined as a period in which one or more technologies are replaced by newer technologies in a short time. It is usually characterized by the acceleration of technological innovation and the rapid application and spread of these technologies, which bring about drastic changes in society. This innovation typically sees increases in productivity and efficiency across all sectors through the introduction of new devices and systems. Some argue that the best-known examples of technological revolutions include the Neolithic Revolution, which led to the birth of agriculture; the Industrial Revolution of the 19...