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Oracle Announces Cumulative CPU Patches for E-Business Suite 11i

With the release of the Critcal Patch Update for January 1020 Oracle has made E-Business Suite 11i patches cumulative. While Release 12 customers have had this capability, this is a welcome relief for 11i customers, making it much easier for them to stay patched current.

The prerequisites are minimal. You need to be at least at version 11.5.10 CU2 ATG RUP 6, but this is no more strict a requirement than previous (non-cumulative) CPU's.

There are also potentially a few prerequisite and post installation patches depending on the products you have enabled but these are also limited in number.

Overall, we are very pleased with this announcement. The only folks this is not sure to please are those that were using this as their last lame excuse for not applying E-Business Suite CPUs. 

30 Minute Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Security

Securing the Oracle E-Business Suite can be a complex and daunting task. However, there are many simple steps you can take to improve the security posture of your E-Business Suite environment in as little as 30 minutes.This presentation, which Randy Giefer and myself presented at OAUG, should help get you started.