Fusion Applications are the next generation enterprise and industry applications that run customers' businesses, automate business processes and support better decision making. They were designed from the ground up, using the latest technology advances and incorporating best practices gathered from thousands of customers. Built on a foundation of 100 percent standards-based middleware, using a service-oriented-architecture approach and a common data model, Oracle Fusion Applications set a new standard for the way organizations innovate, work, and adopt technology. Delivered as a complete suite of modular applications that run on premise or in a cloud, Oracle Fusion Applications work together with existing application investments, improving performance, lowering IT costs, and getting better results.