<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Middleware	I-Application
(	O
FMW	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Fusion	O
Middleware	B-General_Concept
)	O
consists	O
of	O
several	O
software	O
products	O
from	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FMW	O
spans	O
multiple	O
services	O
,	O
including	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
and	O
developer	O
tools	O
,	O
integration	O
services	O
,	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
,	O
collaboration	B-Application
,	O
and	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
FMW	O
depends	O
on	O
open	O
standards	O
such	O
as	O
BPEL	O
,	O
SOAP	B-Application
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
JMS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Middleware	I-Application
provides	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
,	O
deployment	O
,	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
service-oriented	O
architecture	O
(	O
SOA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
what	O
Oracle	B-Application
calls	O
"	O
hot-pluggable	O
"	O
architecture	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
designed	O
to	O
facilitate	O
integration	O
with	O
existing	O
applications	O
and	O
systems	O
from	O
other	O
software	O
vendors	O
such	O
as	O
IBM	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
SAP	B-Application
AG	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
products	O
included	O
under	O
the	O
FMW	O
banner	O
do	O
not	O
themselves	O
qualify	O
as	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
products	O
:	O
"	O
Fusion	O
Middleware	B-General_Concept
"	O
essentially	O
represents	O
a	O
re-branding	O
of	O
many	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
products	O
outside	O
of	O
Oracle	B-Application
's	O
core	O
database	O
and	O
applications-software	O
offerings	O
—	O
compare	O
Oracle	B-Application
Fusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
acquired	O
many	O
of	O
its	O
FMW	O
products	O
via	O
acquisitions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
leveraged	O
its	O
Configurable	B-Application
Network	I-Application
Computing	I-Application
(	O
CNC	O
)	O
technology	O
acquired	O
from	O
its	O
PeopleSoft/JD	O
Edwards	O
2005	O
purchase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Applications	I-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
Oracle	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Middleware	I-Application
,	O
were	O
finally	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Oracle	B-Application
,	O
as	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
over	O
120,000	O
customers	O
were	O
using	O
Fusion	O
Middleware	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
Oracle	B-Application
WebCenter	I-Application
Content	I-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Universal	B-Application
Content	I-Application
Management	I-Application
)	O
won	O
InfoWorld	O
's	O
"	O
Technology	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Enterprise	O
Content	B-Protocol
Manager	I-Protocol
"	O
,	O
with	O
Oracle	B-Application
SOA	I-Application
Suite	I-Application
winning	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Enterprise	O
Service	O
Bus	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Gartner	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
Oracle	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
Middleware	I-Application
has	O
reached	O
a	O
degree	O
of	O
completeness	O
that	O
puts	O
it	O
on	O
par	O
with	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
ahead	O
of	O
,	O
competing	O
software	O
stacks	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
reported	O
revenue	O
from	O
the	O
suite	O
of	O
over	O
US$1	O
billion	O
during	O
FY06	O
,	O
estimating	O
the	O
revenue	O
from	O
the	O
genuinely	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
aspects	O
at	O
US$740	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
