Oracle has released an adapter that allows organizations to copy data between their Salesforce.com accounts and Oracle software. The Oracle Cloud Adapter for Salesforce is an extension of the Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle's software for integrating enterprise applications through the use of Web services standards. It will be the first in a number of connectors that the company plans to offer that connect cloud services with on-premises Oracle applications.

The company already offers over 300 adapters for connecting different Oracle and non-Oracle enterprise software packages and now the company will extend this catalog to include adapters for cloud services. Although Oracle and Salesforce.com are fierce competitors in the enterprise software market, the two companies agreed to a partnership last June to facilitate greater interoperability between both company's products and services. The adapter is not the result of that partnership, however, but rather part of Oracle's ongoing efforts to help its customers integrate Oracle software with third-party products and services.