{"id":11028,"date":"2018-03-27T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/?p=11028"},"modified":"2018-03-27T11:00:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:00:17","slug":"oracle-forms-11gr2-extended-support-expiration-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/2018\/03\/27\/oracle-forms-11gr2-extended-support-expiration-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Forms 11gR2 Extended Support Expiration Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.51&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||50px|&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.51&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||30px|&#8221;]Although premier support has ended over a year ago for Forms 11gR2, extended support for it ends at the end of this year. As Forms 12c will be supported for quite a while, it might be a good way to promote 12c and for current 11g customers to upgrade to 12c or perhaps modernize to something other than Forms.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#e2e2e2&#8243; show_divider=&#8221;on&#8221; divider_position=&#8221;center&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Divider&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.51&#8243; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;margin-bottom:30px !important;&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.51&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||30px|&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What you&#8217;ll learn in this article:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 16px; padding-right: 5px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #abd25e;\">\u2713<\/strong>\u00a0Which support items will end at the end of the year<br \/> <strong style=\"font-size: 16px; padding-right: 5px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #abd25e;\">\u2713<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">What you can get with sustaining support from Oracle<br \/> <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 16px; padding-right: 5px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #abd25e;\">\u2713<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">How to prevent future vulnerabilities<br \/> <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 16px; padding-right: 5px; background-color: #ffffff; color: #abd25e;\">\u2713<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0Your Oracle Forms upgrade options<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding=&#8221;40px|40px|30px|40px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#006bb3&#8243; background_position_1=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat_1=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.51&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][et_pb_text background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#006bb3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 30px! important;\"><strong>Fill out the form below to access this blog post.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Code&#8221; module_class=&#8221;white-text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243;][ninja_form id=32][\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although premier support has ended over a year ago for Forms 11gR2, extended support for it ends at the end of this year. As Forms 12c will be supported for quite a while, it might be a good way to promote 12c and for current 11g customers to upgrade to 12c or perhaps modernize to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Although premier support for Oracle Forms and Reports 11gR2 (11.1.2.x) has already ended back in December 2016, extended support for this release of Oracle Forms and Reports is currently scheduled to end in <strong>December 2018<\/strong>. Once extended support ends for Oracle Forms 11gR2, customers currently paying for extended support will no longer have access to the following support:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>No new updates, security alerts, or critical patch updates<\/li>\r\n \t<li>No new tax, legal, and regulatory updates<\/li>\r\n \t<li>No upgrade scripts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>No certification with any Oracle or third-party products<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nFor an extra fee, Oracle also provides sustaining support for Oracle Forms 11gR2 for an indefinite time frame. This will include services such as technical support; access to the knowledge base in My Oracle Support (formerly called Metalink); major product and technology releases; and pre-existing updates, security alerts, fixes, patches, and upgrade scripts. However, sustaining support will not provide the following services:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>New security patches and updates<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Certification with any Oracle or third-party products<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAs there continues to be new security vulnerabilities being found every day, it is imperative for organizations to ensure that they continue to receive the latest patches. Now is the perfect time to consider upgrading to the latest version of Oracle Forms and Reports, version 12c, or perhaps even a complete modernization and transformation of your Oracle Forms application. Oracle Forms 12c is currently covered under premier support through August 2022 (as of March 2018) which contains full support benefits. With Oracle Forms 12c, you will gain the following benefits not available in 11g:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Support for using Java Web Start with Oracle Forms<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Certified with Windows Server 2016<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Certification with Java Development Kit (JDK) 8<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Certification with Oracle Access Manager and Oracle Internet Directory 12c<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Includes an optional feature, Forms Application Deployment Services (FADS), which allows you to package, deploy, and configure application deployments as well as check the status of each deployment and make changes to it.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>More information is provided in <a href=\"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/2017\/09\/14\/oracle-forms-reports-12-2-1-3-0-information\/\">https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/2017\/09\/14\/oracle-forms-reports-12-2-1-3-0-information\/<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nIn regards to upgrading your Forms application from 11g to 12c, a recompilation of your application may be all that is required. In order to see if recompiling is all that is required to upgrade your application to 12c, PITSS can perform a full analysis of your application using <a href=\"https:\/\/pitss.org\/products\/pitss-con\/\">PITSS.CON<\/a> to determine the amount of time and effort it will take to get your application to 12c. In addition, PITSS can also assist with the modernization or even a full digital transformation of your legacy application. <a href=\"https:\/\/pitss.org\/solutions\/digital-transformation-strategy\/\">Contact PITSS<\/a> today to see how we can help with the digital transformation of your legacy application.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[16,89,23,90,37,20],"class_list":["post-11028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forms","tag-11gr2","tag-12c","tag-forms","tag-java-web-start","tag-reports","tag-upgrade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11028"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11071,"href":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11028\/revisions\/11071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitss.org\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}