Oracle has been a trusted business partner for over 40 years. They help enable customers to confidently maximize and expand their existing Oracle Application investments, with ample time for future planning, based on Oracle’s commitment to support its existing applications via a stable and predictable long-term support policy, designed to meet the needs of our customers.
Oracle announced a “Continuous Innovation” release model for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2, delivering ongoing applications and underlying technology stack updates without a major upgrade. At the same time, we are announcing Premier Support for Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 through at least 2030.
This means that Oracle E-Business Suite customers already running on 12.2 can continue to access new applications functionality and separately uptake later versions of underlying technology for years to come, without the time and expense of a major release upgrade.
Oracle E-Business Suite customers historically have adopted new versions of the technology stack together with a new applications code level via a major release upgrade. This involved using Oracle’s Rapid Install tool to deliver new versions of Oracle Fusion Middleware platform technologies, a new applications code level, and upgrade scripts to move the schema, PL/SQL, and data in place to the new Oracle E-Business Suite release level.
It has been Oracle’s plan to move to a Continuous Innovation release model that separates technology stack updates from applications code updates, allowing E-Business Suite customers to consume later technology while retaining their current applications code level. We previously announced that we would start Continuous Innovation with the next major 12.X release, after the existing 12.2 release. We have since determined that we can implement Continuous Innovation on the existing 12.2 release, removing the need for a new 12.X release.
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Applications Unlimited is Oracle's commitment to continuous innovation while also providing a commitment to offer Oracle Premier Support through at least 2030.
http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/applications-unlimited-1970561.pdf
Oracle Applications Unlimited and Oracle Premier Support Oracle.com—Features and Benefits page
https://www.oracle.com/applications/applications-unlimited/features.html
