UPDATED 20:37 EDT / OCTOBER 25 2015

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Using middleware to make life easier for developers | #oow15

Between the Big Data servers on premises and the remote computing out in the Cloud, there is a layer of development just as vital to a company’s success. This is where the tools live, the software and systems that developers use to make the company’s products. In this space is the realm of middleware, the glue that welds server, software and Cloud together into one whole.

To talk about middleware and where that segment of the industry is going, John Furrier and Brian Gracely, cohosts of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, spoke to Inderjeet Singh, executive VP, Fusion Middleware at Oracle, during the oracle Open World 2015 conference.

Integrated Clouds and future investment

The conversation started with a look at integrated Clouds from the perspective of middleware. Singh explained there were two dimensions to consider: the type of workload that needed to be done, as some are easier to set up than others, and the availability of the system on public or private Clouds.

Singh then took a moment to answer a question about the investors his company was trying to attract to these middleware projects. He mentioned they were bringing in two types; the next-generation crowd drawn toward innovation, along with the more traditional investor who would appreciate Oracle’s massive customer base.

Tools and systems to make development easier

Many companies prefer to leverage their existing software and hardware rather than make costly investments in new technology. Singh pointed out that Oracle’s middleware products provided tools to do just that, simplifying the complex task of development. Making tools that can handle a large share of a developer’s job is the direction that they’re heading, he said.

With new data sources appearing at the edge of the network, mostly from people and their personal devices, developers have had to scramble to keep up. Sing explained how Oracle planned to help developers parse this new torrent of Big Data. First, there’s the tool set produced for data scientists; second, the process of curating data, making it ready for action, and then, the vital step of bringing the data scientists and the curated data together to make sense of all that information. All these areas are targets for innovation.

Watch the full video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE’s coverage of Oracle OpenWorld 2015. And join in on the conversation by CrowdChatting with theCUBE hosts.

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