Oracle Legacy Content & Experience Cloud Classic (OCI-C) Services Statement of Direction and End of Service FAQ
(Doc ID 2981931.1)
Last updated on APRIL 16, 2024
Applies to:
Content and Experience Cloud Service - Version 20.1.2 and laterContent and Experience Cloud Classic - Version 19.3.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Dec 7th, 2023 Version [1.0]
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Statement of Direction
Oracle has been evaluating its strategic direction and has determined that we will no longer be providing Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Classic Services and are therefore announcing the end of life of our Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Classic Services offerings.
This notice is to inform your company that the below listed Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Classic Services offerings have been assigned “End of Life” status and the last date of service for these Cloud Services will be December 31, 2024 (the “last date of service”).
Also please note that beginning on May 1, 2024 the automated OCI-Classic virus scanning support for newly uploaded files will no longer be available with the OCE OCI-Classic service. Your OCE OCI-Classic based service will continue to be available until December 31, 2024 as mentioned above but will not have automated virus scanning. Please ensure that any virus scanning that is needed is done prior to uploading any new files.
Please ensure that all appropriate contacts in your company are made aware of this notice.
If your current contracted Services Period for any of the Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services offerings listed below extends beyond the last date of service, we will amend both your Services Period under your order for the Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services and the related invoicing to end on the last date of service (i.e., December 31, 2024).
Oracle does not have a direct replacement for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud service to offer you, however, as an alternative Oracle does continue to offer the Oracle WebCenter product family, which can be hosted as a customer managed solution in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure IaaS cloud. See the below Q&A for more information.
Thank you for being a valued customer. If you have any questions, please refer to the attached FAQ. If you have any questions that are not answered in these FAQ’s, please contact your Oracle sales representative.
List of End of Life Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services part numbers:
1. B87494 – Oracle Content & Experience Cloud - Standard - Classic
2. B87496 - Oracle Content & Experience Cloud - Enterprise- Classic
3. B87498 - Oracle Content & Experience Cloud - Visitor – Classic
4. B89710 - Oracle Content & Experience Cloud for Oracle SaaS
5. B89711 - Oracle Content & Experience Cloud for Oracle Saas - Visitor
6. B88834 - Oracle Content & Experience Cloud - Enterprise - Gov
7. B88835- Oracle Content & Experience Cloud - Visitor - Gov
FAQ
Q. When will Oracle Content & Experience Classic Cloud Services cease operation?
A. Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Classic Services will cease operation on December 31, 2024 at 11:50 p.m. Pacific Standard Time; this is the “last date of service”.
Q. What will happen after December 31, 2024 at 11:50 p.m. Pacific Standard Time?
A. After 11:50 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on December 31, 2024, Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services will no longer operate.
Q. Can I continue to use Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services until December 31, 2024?
A. Yes, as long as you have a current order for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services, you can continue to use Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services until 11:50 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on December 31, 2024.
Q. Can I still create a new Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Service instance?
A. No. You can no longer create new instances..
Q. What if I want to extend my usage of Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services to a period of time after 11:50 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on December 31, 2024?
A. The Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services will not be available for usage after the last date of service.
Q. Can I get support for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services between now and December 31, 2024?
A. Yes, Oracle will continue to operate and support the Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services as described in the applicable Oracle documents until the last date of service.
Q. Does the end of life announcement impact any of the data we are getting today?
A. No, there is no change in data we provide via the Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services until December 31, 2024.
Q. My subscription for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services is up for renewal in the next few months, what should I do?
A. You may choose to renew your subscription for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services through December 31, 2024. This will allow you time to select another vendor and start using their product without disrupting your business activities. If you do not wish to renew your subscription for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services through December 31, 2024, you should select another vendor before your current subscription expires. Alternatively, you may cancel your existing subscription for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services earlier than your current subscription expiry date; please see the question below for more on this subject.
Q. Will I be invoiced for the entire length of my current Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Service subscription?
A. .Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services will be available to all customers who have current orders for the service through the end of each customer’s Services Period, and we will continue to invoice customers until the applicable subscription for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services expires or until December 31, 2024 (whichever comes first).
Q. What if I my Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Service subscription extends past December 31, 2024?
A. If the Services Period on your order for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services extends beyond December 31, 2024, we will amend both the Services Period under your order for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services and the related invoicing to end on December 31, 2024.
Q. What if I want to cancel my subscription for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services earlier than my Services Period expiry date?
With 30 days advance notice to Oracle, You can request that your subscription for Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services be terminated by contacting your Oracle sales representative. Upon receipt of your notice, Oracle will then work to process the termination and any refund for any unused Cloud Services fees you may have prepaid for the Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services for the period of time following the effective date of termination.
Q. How long will I have to migrate my data/content?
A. In accordance with the Oracle Cloud Hosting and Delivery Policies, you will have 60 days from the termination of the Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services to retrieve your data/content.
Q. I am currently using Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Service. Are there alternative vendors or solutions I should consider?
A. Oracle does not have an Oracle managed replacement cloud service for the Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Service to offer you. However, as an alternative Oracle does continue to offer the Oracle WebCenter product family.
Oracle WebCenter is an enterprise class content management platform that can be hosted and managed in the Oracle Cloud. Oracle will make it easier to implement Oracle WebCenter in the Oracle Cloud by making available preconfigured deployments of OCI Market Place VM images of these products as BYOL and Universal Credit subscriptions. The WebCenter Content BYOL image is available now for download and free to use for 30 days for evaluation (note: you still be charged for any required OCI resources to host the BYOL image). The Universal Credit versions of the WebCenter Marketplace images will be available starting in April.
Additionally Oracle will also offer from Oracle consulting a managed WebCenter platform solution on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure which will simplify your content management experience . This offering will include the migration of your Oracle Content Management data to the platform in addition to managing the service.
For more information about the WebCenter Product Family Statement of direction please see: WebCenter Roadmap for On Premise and Cloud (Doc ID 3002707.1)
Q. What if I have more questions about the end of life announcement of Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Services?
A. If you have any questions that are not answered in these FAQ’s, please contact your Oracle sales representative.
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