We have been getting many requests from our trainee to help them decide what would be best for there career growth, Oracle Integration Cloud Service (OIC) or SOA Cloud Service (SOA CS). How it will enhance their skill-set by learning new technology.
In this blog post, I am going to show you what is the difference between OIC & SOA CS and what features and functionality they offer and how to choose between them.
If you are new to Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), then check out our blogs below as these contain all the key points that a beginner should know about Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), creating Oracle Integration Instance and Consoles walkthrough.
- Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) For Beginners Overview
- Create Oracle Integration Cloud Instance: Step-by-Step
- Console Walkthrough of Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Service
- Create Your First VBCS Instance in Oracle Cloud
Oracle Integration Cloud is mainly used for integrating SaaS applications(Cloud and On-Premise). It has a rich variety of connectors that they offer (currently 50) that includes connections to other cloud products like RightNow, Eloqua, SalesCloud and various social media like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and a lot more. It’s more pattern-driven with web-based UI.
Whereas SOA cloud Service is basically SOA Suite in the cloud and intended for hardcore developers who are used to working with SOA Suite and want to continue leveraging its multiple capabilities like MDS and the ability to achieve very complex integrations.
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Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Overview
Oracle Integration enables various applications, systems, repository, and IT environments to connect with one another. With a real-time exchange of data and processes, the data and integrated cloud services can be accessed on multiple devices in a network or through the internet.
It eliminates barriers between business applications through a mixture of machine learning, prebuilt integration, and process automation.
Note: If you are new to Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), then check out our blogs on Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) For Beginners Overview.
Oracle Integration is exclusive within the market by leveraging Oracle application expertise to create an extensive library of adapters to Oracle and 3rd party SaaS and On-Premises applications by utilizing the prebuilt adapters like RightNow, Eloqua, SalesCloud and various social media like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and a lot more to enable you to deliver faster business.
SOA Cloud Service Overview
SOA Cloud Service provides you integration platform as a service. The environment is built automatically and instantly in a few clicks, allowing more time to develop/deploy SOA Composite applications and Service Bus projects.
It also provides real-time analytics while you transition to Digital Business.
Oracle SOA Suite is used to build, deploy and manage integration following the concepts of service-oriented architecture (SOA).
SOA Suite includes the following core components:
- BPEL — (Business Process Execution Language) Orchestrates integration processes.
- Human Workflow — Creates interactions that require human input, like approvals or manual routing decisions.
- Business Rules — Defines flexible business rules to direct actions in an integration process, such as approval routing decisions.
- Mediator — Mediates messages and provides routing and the capability to transform simple message flows.
With competing technologies both have value, the challenge is to know how to choose between Oracle Integration cloud service and SOA Cloud Service (SOA CS).
Go through this Oracle Integration Cloud Service Blog to get a clear understanding of how to OIC Connectivity Agent Download
When To Choose OIC?
- The OIC is more suitable to implement the integration when you want to do the integration with services and APIs already in the cloud with the On-Premises system.
- If the Pre-existing integration is simple, data can be extracted from On-Premises service, legacy API and applications and can be utilized on OIC.
- If you have an existing SOA architecture On-Premises and working efficiently and the requirement is to only connect the already existing services with the cloud systems then OIC would be perfect for it.
- Using connectivity agents, the integration can be created with the already existing services.
- It is quicker and easier to develop atomic and simple integrations in OIC.
- It requires fewer investments as the license is cheaper then SOA CS.
When To Choose SOA CS?
- When large amounts of messages or the size of files are to be sent, then the SOA CS is the best option.
- If SOA CS the Integration can be shifted from Cloud to On-Premises effortlessly.
- If the logic of orchestrated transaction and service is complex then SOA CS would be preferred with all BPEL features.
- If the integration or requirement involves B2B, API Management or streaming monitoring then it will be necessary to apply SOA CS.
- In case of pure On-Premise integration, Go with SOA CS.
Conclusion
In this post, we have covered a differentiating overview between Oracle Integration Cloud Service (OIC) and SOA Cloud Service (SOA CS).
In my opinion, the main differentiating factor of OIC from other integration cloud products is the rich variety of connectors that they offer (currently 50) that includes connections to other cloud products like RightNow, Eloqua, SalesCloud and various social media like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and a lot more.
If you find this post interesting and have further questions about the topic then comment below.
Related Links/References:
- To apply for 1z0-1042-20 Oracle certification
- Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) For Beginners Overview
- [Free Masterclass] Oracle Integration Cloud Services
- 6 Docs Every Oracle Cloud Integrator Must Read
- Oracle SOA Cloud Service
- Oracle Cloud Documentation Links: OIC | SOA-CS | OCI
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Nitin Srivastava says
@Harshit
OIC – Does have B2B and Human Task(Process Cloud) , so technically except complex BPEL orchestration all we can achieve in OIC Gen2.
Harshit Yadav says
Hi Nitin
Yes BPEL is not available. Although if you use ML-Machine Learning and APIARY you can achieve complex scenarios.
Regards
Harshit Yadav
OICBeginner says
“Complex orchestration” is a very relative term – does not give clear direction to choose SOA CS as a product over OIC based on that factor.
Can you give couple of use case examples where OIC cannot be used to understand the statement better?
Harshit Yadav says
Hi Shilpa,
Few Use Cases were you will use SOA are:
1. High Transactional Flows where the large payload is coming.
2. Integration with B2B trading Partners,
3. Client Requires Integration Services secured under their VPN
As per Integration, we can achieve almost everything in both SOA or OIC but it all depends on Non-Functional Business requirements
Thanks & Regards
Harshit Yadav