Electronic data transfer is nothing new. But still there is a significant amount of invoices sent traditionally via PDF or even paper. To solve this, there are several initiatives to increase the amount of digitally sent invoices. The European Union decided to leverage the use of electronic invoices starting from January 2025: The public sector…
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Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Disaster Recovery Solution
Disruption—whether through natural disasters or unexpected technical failures—is a reality every business faces. When your applications power key business operations, you can’t afford downtime. That’s why having a well-defined disaster recovery (DR) solution is no longer optional—it’s essential. The primary goal of any DR solution is simple but critical: minimize downtime and data loss. For…
Read MoreConfiguring OAuth for Secure API Integrations in Oracle Integration Cloud REST Adapter
Introduction With the increasing reliance on digital ecosystems, secure API communication has become an indispensable aspect of enterprise integrations. Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) plays a central role in facilitating seamless connectivity across diverse applications, services, and systems. Among its many features, the REST adapter excels as a versatile tool for managing interactions with both internal…
Read MoreProtecting Sensitive Data in OIC Integrations using OCI Vault
Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) is a middleware platform that integrates data from various applications. OIC provides strong connection-level security for credentials to end systems, protecting sensitive information during integrations. However, when connecting to a few third-party APIs, the API requests require credentials to be part of the message or payload, and hardcoding these values in…
Read MoreUnlocking the Full Potential of Oracle Visual Builder Studio: From CI/CD to Seamless Cloud Development
In today’s fast-paced development landscape, tools that streamline collaboration, automation, and deployment are crucial for success. Oracle’s Visual Builder Studio (VBS) offers a comprehensive solution that empowers developers to create, manage, and extend applications with ease. It provides seamless continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, along with an intuitive interface for building Oracle SaaS Visual…
Read MoreFour Ways to Use Bots to Increase Efficiency in Your Organization
Your business needs technology to run. The evolution of business means that repetitive processes like managing payroll or invoicing which were once done on paper can now be done by employees using applications. The next logical step is to automate those processes so that the employee can focus on more cognitive, meaningful tasks. At Apps…
Read MoreComposable Architecture vs API-Led Architecture: what’s the difference?
Working through an integration project, or through any technology project where you have more than one enterprise technology platform, you will likely need an API (application programming interface) solution. An API is simply a way for two or more programs or applications to communicate with each other. There are several different types of API that…
Read MoreOracle Integration Cloud Gen3 Projects: Features, Limitations, and Advantages
Introduction Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) GEN3 recently unveiled a new feature, Projects. Projects provide a new way to organize and manage integration artifacts, giving a greater level of design time control and access management to those artifacts. They provide a single unified workspace for all stakeholders to design, manage, and monitor integrations (Oracle Help Center)….
Read MoreSystems Integration – at the Crossroad of Life Science & Technology
The world is becoming a more connected place every day. Life Science business and technology are inextricably linked -from back-office operations to front office sales. Technology advancements are making businesses more efficient than ever – and at Apps Associates, we’re helping make that happen for our clients. Most Life Science companies need multiple systems to…
Read MoreCustomer story: Using Boomi to facilitate ERP migration
There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to migration and integration projects, and each one has its own unique roadmap that requires specialization. For more than twenty years, Apps has been helping customers achieve their business goals with technology solutions that help streamline and enhance their processes. In this customer story, we…
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