Oracle replaces OC4J with WebLogic in Fusion Middleware

Oracle has announced its' middleware strategy this week.

As expected Oracle has designated BEA WebLogic server as their key and strategic application server. WebLogic application server will be the center of Oracle middleware strategy. Oracle also suggested that it will continue to support their OC4J app server to protect their customer's investment in Oracle applications. In addition of WebLogic server JRockit JVM also ended up in Oracle strategic category mainly due to lack of JVM technology in existing Oracle's product portfolio.
BEA's other main stream products like WebLogic integration, WebLogic Portal, AqualLogic Service Bus will be converged with Oracle peer products like Oracle BPEL engine, Oracle Web Center and Oracle Service Bus.

What it means to WebLogic deployments?

Applications deployed on core WebLogic servers are not only least impacted, It will also benefit from it's integration with key oracle technologies, i.e. Oracle Coherence (In-memory cache), Oracle Toplink(O-R mapping) and other database access components.

WebLogic being Oracle's core J2EE engine, it will evolve as platform of the choice for Oracle's other middleware offerings (BPM, SOA service bus, Portal etc.) and Oracle applications. As WebLogic's integration improves with rest of the Oracle products it is expected that OC4J deployments will be migrated to WebLogic server. With this developments it will result greater growth in WebLogic deployments. It is also obvious that WebLogic Portal and Integration applications are expected to see a major upgrades in near future as these product will converge to peer oracle products, however it will continue to benefit from the solid WebLogic server underneath.