3月23日，Oracle公司宣布发布适用于开发工具Eclipse的企业包，为加强这一免费的开发工具对Oracle融合中间件组件的访问和使用能力。
对开发基于Oracle数据库或者中间件的Java开发者而言，可以极大地提高其工作效率和生产力，这无疑是一个利好消息。
根据oracle官方网站介绍，这款免费的Oracle融合中间件插件被设计用来帮助开发者加强基于Eclipse开发平台访问和使用OFM的能力，比如，比较关键的
增强包括ORM，Spring 支持以及 Web Service tools，为基于Oracle平台的java和数据库开发者降低开发复杂度。
除了核心的Oracle WebLogic Server插件外，Oracle 11g Eclipse企业包增加的新特性包括：
The ability for Eclipse developers to configure, develop and test JAX-WS and JAXB services in Java and experience improved EJB3 and XML integration;
Tools that make it easy for developers to work with relational data in Java, including Oracle Database tools and an ORM Workbench for the Java Persistence API (JPA). With the ORM Workbench, developers can easily generate and edit JPA entities, annotate existing classes, work with relationships and map datatypes. The ORM Workbench also supports EclipseLink, in addition to other JPA providers;
Spring IDE Project and Spring code generation wizards, allow developers to easily work with Spring Beans and generate Spring DAO from existing JPA entities;
Editors and Wizards for common WebLogic Server descriptors, help to decrease the amount of time developers spend looking up documentation and making configuration changes;
Support for multiple versions of Oracle WebLogic Server (8.1, 9.x, 10.x); and,
Continued support for Kodo/OpenJPA applications.
做为一个重要开发者和Eclipse组织的的成员，oracle一直积极参与Eclipse社区的建设，目前Oracle参与或领导的项目有：
JavaServer Faces (JSF) Tools;
Dali Java Persistence Architecture (JPA) Tooling;
BPEL Tools;
Eclipse Data Tools Platform; and
Eclipse Persistence Services (EclipseLink)