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Oracle APEX.", "hero_eyebrow": "Orphaned Oracle Stack Rescue (Discoverer, Workflow & EBS CEMLI) \u00b7 VNA-SB-048 \u00b7 Designed by Viscosity.AI", "hero_headline": "On-Premises Oracle WebLogic Server J2EE Monoliths to OCI Kubernetes (OKE), Helidon & APEX", "hero_lead": "Transition from Expensive On-Premises WebLogic Server 12c/14c Clusters, EAR/WAR Monoliths & EJB 2.x/3.x to Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) + WebLogic Kubernetes Operator / Helidon + APEX UI with automated binary/AST metadata profiling, deterministic cost-control levers, auto-generated BRD and test documentation, and a fixed-fee 4-phase delivery roadmap.", "source_stack": "Expensive On-Premises WebLogic Server 12c/14c Clusters, EAR/WAR Monoliths & EJB 2.x/3.x", "target_stack": "Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) + WebLogic Kubernetes Operator / Helidon + APEX UI", "search_keywords": [ "oracle weblogic to oci oke kubernetes migration", "weblogic kubernetes operator deployment", "refactor java ee ejb to helidon ords", "reduce weblogic enterprise license cores" ], "metrics": [ { "label": "WebLogic License Cut", "value": "50% - 80%" }, { "label": "Deployment Time", "value": "Minutes (GitOps)" }, { "label": "Container Platform", "value": "OCI OKE Managed" }, { "label": "Legacy JSP/Struts UI", "value": "Uplifted to APEX" } ], "problem_space": [ "Critical business operations remain trapped in Expensive On-Premises WebLogic Server 12c/14c Clusters, EAR/WAR Monoliths & EJB 2.x/3.x, creating audit risk, manual reconciliation overhead, and rising support costs.", "Duplicate queries, cloned reports, and undocumented triggers make impact analysis slow and expensive across ejb / servlet classes & jdbc data sources.", "Lack of automated binary-to-database metadata mapping causes traditional consulting shops to pad estimates with 40% manual discovery buffers.", "Leadership needs a predictable, fixed-fee phased timeline with verifiable test specifications and zero-downtime cutover guarantees." ], "solution_architecture": [ "Automated Phase 0 AST & binary scan mapping Expensive On-Premises WebLogic Server 12c/14c Clusters, EAR/WAR Monoliths & EJB 2.x/3.x artifacts directly to live Oracle dictionary metadata and profiling production data.", "Target architecture built on Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) + WebLogic Kubernetes Operator / Helidon + APEX UI, consolidating cloned queries into governed core SQL views with runtime Smart Filters.", "Automated generation of full Business Requirements Documents (BRD), Technical Approach Docs, Testing Specifications, and Verified Test Results.", "Zero-trust SSO/MFA (Entra ID / Okta) paired with database-enforced row-level security (VPD / RAS) and SQLcl Liquibase CI/CD pipelines." ], "conversion_matrix": [ { "legacy_artifact": "Source Tier: Expensive On-Premises WebLogic Server 12c/14c Clusters, EAR/WAR Monoliths & EJB 2.x/3.x", "oracle_target": "Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) + WebLogic Kubernetes 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