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Oracle® Application Server Forms Services Deployment Guide 10g Release 2 (10.1.2) B14032-03 |
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# 1.1 The Oracle Internet Platform

With Oracle10g Database to manage data, Oracle Developer Suite to build applications, and Oracle Application Server to run them, the Oracle Internet platform is a complete solution for building any type of application and deploying it to the Web. These Oracle tools provide a scalable and highly available infrastructure that enables customers to easily accommodate growing user populations.

Oracle offers a simple, complete, and integrated Internet platform composed of three core products:

- Section 1.1.1, "Oracle Application Server"

- Section 1.1.2, "Oracle Developer Suite"

- Section 1.1.3, "Oracle Database 10g"

## 1.1.1 Oracle Application Server

Oracle Application Server is a scalable, secure, middle-tier application server. It enables you to deliver Web content, host Web applications, and connect to back-office applications. Forms Services are an integral part of the Oracle Application Server bundle, which provides the technology to fully realize the benefits of Internet computing.

## 1.1.2 Oracle Developer Suite

Oracle Developer Suite combines the power of Oracle Application Development tools, Oracle Business Intelligence tools, the award-winning Oracle XML Developer's Kit (XDK) and the Oracle Application Server Portal Developer Kit (PDK) in one product.

Oracle Developer Suite is based on Internet standards including J2EE, XML, SOAP, UDDI, and UML, and provides a highly productive environment to build applications for Oracle Application Server and Oracle Database 10g.

## 1.1.3 Oracle Database 10g

Oracle Database 10g is the latest generation of the world's most popular RDBMS. Among the numerous new capabilities are unlimited scalability and industry-leading reliability with Oracle10g Real Application Clusters; new high availability technology including advancements in standby database technology (Oracle Data Guard); and built-in OLAP, data mining and ETL functions.

Oracle Application Server is the best application server for the Oracle Database 10g and applications built with Oracle development tools. By leveraging a common technology stack, Oracle Application Server can transparently scale an Oracle Database by caching data and application logic on the middle tier.