Your company performs third-party payroll and benefits administration for more than 10 clients
across the globe. You are planning to move your administration platform from a legacy application
to Oracle Fusion. You also want to create some custom applications to be integrated with Oracle
Fusion. Your company has a service center, where application management and background jobs are
centrally processed for all clients. As a Functional Consultant, which deployment model would you
suggest?
A.
SaaS; Single tenant Deployment
B.
SaaS; Multitenant Deployment
C.
On-Premise; Multitenant Deployment
D.
Hosted; Multitenant Deployment
E.
Hosted; Single Tenant Deployment
F.
On-Premise; Single Tenant Deployment
Explanation:
We need an On-Premise deployment model to be able to create custom applications.
We need Multitenant deployment as there is 10 clients across the globe.
Note: Multitenancy refers to a principle in software architecture where a single instance of the
software runs on a server, serving multiple client organizations (tenants).
With a multitenant architecture, a software application is designed to virtually partition its data and
configuration so that each client organization works with a customized virtual application instance.
The distinction between the customers is achieved during application design, so that customers do
not share or see each other’s data.
Incorrect answers:
A, B, C, F: The custom applications rules out SaaS and hosted models.
Note 2: Oracle Fusion HCM Software Pricing & Deployment Options
One of the more unique features of the Oracle Fusion HCM software is that the solution is
architected on a single code base for both SaaS and on-premise deployment models—essentially
meaning that depending on business needs, organizations have the ability to move from SaaS to onpremise and vice versa if desired. Hence, Oracle Fusion HCM software can be deployed in a
multitude of ways, including:* Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)—Oracle retains the product licenses and is responsible for software
and infrastructure delivery and management. Customers subscribe to the services and support plans
they want.
* Hosted—With this option, the customer purchases the product licenses, but Oracle (or an Oracle
Partner) is responsible for the software and infrastructure installation, configuration, and
management at a remote datacenter. With this option, customers get high scalability without having
to invest in additional infrastructure; however, it should be noted that hosting partners must have
an Oracle database and platform stack.
* On-premise—With this deployment option, the customer purchases the product licenses and is
responsible for HR software and infrastructure installation, configuration, and management—
offering the most control for customers (along with the highest initial price).
In addition to the above mentioned software deployment models, multi-tenant and single-tenant
options are also available. For instance, the “standard” single-tenant deployment offering is hosted
on a (virtualized and) dedicated server with maintenance and upgrades being administered by
Oracle (on Oracle’s schedule), but customers can also opt (for an additional fee) to be provisioned on
the “Enterprise” single-tenant solution; which provides an isolated application instance, dedicated
database, application server, and analytics server—allowing the customer to choose when patches
or upgrades should be implemented (in much the same way that on-premise control is delivered).
However, it should be noted that user-minimums are in place for the isolated tenancy option, so
organizations should be sure to discuss alternative offerings with a dedicated Oracle representative
if less than 350 users are present.
Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator’s Guide for Oracle Adaptive Access Manager,
Multitenancy
C