Oracle BI Foundation Suite 11.1.1.6 is now GA

Today Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite 11.1.1.6.0 on Oracle Software Delivery Cloud ( eDelivery) and OTN.

The purpose of this blog is to provide the extracts from the announcement and also some helpful links to start with.

OTN Download Location

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/downloads/bus-intelligence-11g-165436.html

OBIEE 11.1.1.6.0 (Client Tools)

Microsoft Windows x86 32 bit /64 bit  

OBIEE 11.1.1.6.0 Available Binaries for Operating Systems (Server Tools)

Binaries are available for Windows – 32 bit /64 bit, Linux x86 32 bit / 64 bit, Sun Solaris 64 bit SPARC and X86 and AIX – 64 bit.

RCU – Repository Creation Utility – (Windows 32 bit / Linux 32 bit)

Documentation URL Location

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bi-enterprise-edition/documentation/index.html

Certification Matrix now published for OBIEE 11.1.1.6.0

The certification matrix for all oracle fusion middleware anlong with OBIEE 11.1.1.6.0

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/ias/downloads/fusion-certification-100350.html

High Level Features

·         80 + New Features and Enhancements with BI Foundation Suite 11.1.1.6

·         OBI and Essbase optimized for in-memory analytics with Exalytics.

·         Speed-of-thought interactive analysis, “go-less” prompts, and contextual actions

·         Increased Essbase parallelism for calculation, load, restructure and export

·         New visualizations, including the innovative Contribution Wheel

·         Scorecard mobile and interactivity improvements

·         BI Publisher end user, developer, and administrator enhancements

·         New browser, data source and platform certifications

Oracle Exalytics

With this release of OBIEE 11.1.1.6.0, all components of Oracle Exalytics are now available.

·    OBI Foundation Suite 11.1.1.6 is the required version for Exalytics  It includes Essbase 11.1.2.2.000 and Oracle BI 11.1.1.6

·    Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine X2-4 and Oracle Times Ten for Exalytics 11.1.2.2.2 are already GA

The Exalytics – an engineered system for in-memory decision support, online analytical processing, forecasting and planning opens number of possibilities to achieve ultimate BI solution.  I am planning to cover features/ new enhancements in details in future blogs entries going forward.