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• Video: Oracle Rackspace Cloud Computing
  Lew Moorman, Jim Curry, and Mark Collier of Rackspace discuss Cloud Computing in this YouTube video.
  (tags: otn oracle cloud soa grid applicationgrid)
• Business Intelligence – more observations from OpenWorld « The JD Edwards Advisor
  David Andrews explains -- in detail -- what he learned about Oracle Business Intelligence Applications at Oracle OpenWorld.
  (tags: oracle otn #oow09 BusinessIntelligence bi jdedwards)
• Java / Oracle SOA blog: Working with Apache Tuscany, The Java SCA based platform part 1
  Oracle ACE Edwin Biemond kicks off a new series of posts with an illustration of how to make a simple composite application.
  (tags: otn oracle sca soa tuscany java oracleace)
• Oracle Fusion Middleware Security: WebLogic Server (WLS) to Oracle Service Bus (OSB) to WebLogic Server using SAML Sender Vouches
  Josh Bregman illustrates a solution to a tricky security use case.
  (tags: oracle otn weblogic servicebus saml)

• Why Gaming is the Future of Everything : The AppsLab
  "Real innovation means you must say no to a lot of things that everyone will tell you are a must have, but if you want inspiration it’s the only way. Find that core of what your application is. The one reason it lives (eg. adding a task, tracking time, sharing a file, whatever). Find it. Honor it. Strip away the noise. And then work like hell to make it FUN." -- Paul Pedrazza
  (tags: softwaredevelopment gaming usability productivity innovation)
• Video: Oracle Rackspace Cloud Computing
  Lew Moorman, Jim Curry, and Mark Collier of Rackspace discuss Cloud Computing in this YouTube video.
  (tags: otn oracle cloud soa grid applicationgrid)
• Business Intelligence – more observations from OpenWorld « The JD Edwards Advisor
  David Andrews explains -- in detail -- what he learned about Oracle Business Intelligence Applications at Oracle OpenWorld.
  (tags: oracle otn #oow09 BusinessIntelligence bi jdedwards)
• Java / Oracle SOA blog: Working with Apache Tuscany, The Java SCA based platform part 1
  Oracle ACE Edwin Biemond kicks off a new series of posts with an illustration of how to make a simple composite application.
  (tags: otn oracle sca soa tuscany java oracleace)
• Oracle Fusion Middleware Security: WebLogic Server (WLS) to Oracle Service Bus (OSB) to WebLogic Server using SAML Sender Vouches
  Josh Bregman illustrates a solution to a tricky security use case.
  (tags: oracle otn weblogic servicebus saml)

What happens when you lock a busload of SOA vendors, analysts, practitioners, and journalists in a room in Rotterdam for three days?  You get the SOA Manifesto. But not without a little sturm und drang

In the latest OTN Arch2Arch podcast, two of the Manifesto’s authors --  Oracle VP and chief SOA technologist David Chappell and Oracle senior product manager and SOA architect Clemens Utschig-Utschig --  offer an inside look at what went on in that room. Listen to Part 1 (mp3). (Part 2 will be available next week.)

Note: Most of the questions asked during this interview were submitted in advance by Tweeters, or simply suggested by some of the rhetoric generated on Twitter by the SOA Manifesto. 

If you have your own questions for David or Clemens, you can connect with them through various social networks:

• David Chappell: Blog / Twitter / Oracle Mix / LinkedIn
• Clemens Utschig-Utschig: Blog / Oracle Mix / LinkedIn
  

Also of Interest

David, Clemens, and SOA author Thomas Erl discussed Erl’s SOA Patterns project in an Arch2Arch program in  May 2009.

Coming Soon

Upcoming OTN Arch2Arch podcasts will focus on the Oracle ACE Program, and on the Masons of SOA, a collaborative group of architects representing four different companies.

Stay tuned: RSS

• Video: Oracle Rackspace Cloud Computing
  Lew Moorman, Jim Curry, and Mark Collier of Rackspace discuss Cloud Computing in this YouTube video.
  (tags: otn oracle cloud soa grid applicationgrid)
• Business Intelligence – more observations from OpenWorld « The JD Edwards Advisor
  David Andrews explains -- in detail -- what he learned about Oracle Business Intelligence Applications at Oracle OpenWorld.
  (tags: oracle otn #oow09 BusinessIntelligence bi jdedwards)
• Java / Oracle SOA blog: Working with Apache Tuscany, The Java SCA based platform part 1
  Oracle ACE Edwin Biemond kicks off a new series of posts with an illustration of how to make a simple composite application.
  (tags: otn oracle sca soa tuscany java oracleace)
• Oracle Fusion Middleware Security: WebLogic Server (WLS) to Oracle Service Bus (OSB) to WebLogic Server using SAML Sender Vouches
  Josh Bregman illustrates a solution to a tricky security use case.
  (tags: oracle otn weblogic servicebus saml)

• SOA Today: SOA Manifesto Value Statement Critique
  "I commend the community for coming together to vet through definitions, principles, and value statements. . .However, I feel a few key points were missed. . .I truly found the value statement to be confusing, not accurate, and a few that are a lot broader than just SOA." -Oracle ACE Jordan Braunstein
  (tags: otn oracle soa soamanifesto oracleace)
• Jumpstart for Oracle Service Bus Development
  Oracle ACE Ronald van Luttikhuizen teams up with Eric Elzinga to provide three detailed tutorials that illustrate the differences between Oracle Service Bus and Oracle Enterprise Service Bus to help you get a jump on OSB development.
  (tags: oracle otn oracleace soa servicebus fusionmiddleware)

• Oracle EPM 11.1.1.3 – Essbase Clustering for High Availability
  Venkatakrishnan Janakiraman looks at clustering in this first post in a promised series on the High Availability features in the Oracle Enterprise Performance Management 11g stack.
  (tags: oracle otn hyperion essbase clustering highavailability architecture)

• Riding the “Enterprise Information Bus” (Enterprise Architecture at Oracle)
  Adam Boczkowski's detailed recap of the recent EA Roundtable series in the UK includes a concise yet thorough explanation of the Enterprise Informaction Bus concept.
  (tags: oracle otn enterprisearchitecture informationarchitecture)
• SOA and Java using Oracle technology: Easy binding of Oracle Fusion Middleware B2B 11g with a SCA composite using the B2B adapter
  Tom Hofte shows how to use the new B2B adapter part of SOA Suite 11g to easily send out XML orders from a SCA composite.
  (tags: oracle otn fusionmiddleware soasuite sca)
• EA is not dead … Long live the EA (Enterprise Architecture at Oracle)
  "Let’s not start to get excited about the demise of EA, " writes Adam Boczkowski. "The Business will always require IT to meet its business goals and they will always require a visionary in IT that would help them to succeed in the most efficient use of IT."
  (tags: oracle otn enterprisearchitecture richardveryard)

• Podcast: Enterprise Architecture Visibility (Conclusion)
  Oracle ACE Directors Lonneke Dikmans (Approach Alliance) and Mark Simpson (Griffiths Waite) join Oracle Enterprise Architects Mans Bhuller and Pat Shepherd to conclude their discussion of why architecture success is sometimes invisible, and how to put it in the spotlight.
  (tags: oracle oth enterprisearchitecture podcast arch2arch oracleace soa)
• Oracle VM Template for PeopleSoft (Oracle's Virtualization Blog)
  Honglin Su shares links to resources for the newly released Oracle VM template for Oracle PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 and PeopleTools 8.50.02.
  (tags: oracle otn virtualization oraclevm peoplesoft)
• SOA Today: Flying in the Clouds requires many levels of TRUST
  "Do you TRUST your spouse? Yes, of course! This same level of TRUST must exist for your Cloud provider; otherwise you could be doomed for an early divorce. " Oracle ACE Jordan Braunstein
  (tags: oracle otn oracleace soa cloudcomputing security)
• Mastering SOA: The Future of IT
  "According to Gartner, we're climbing away from the 'Trough of Disillusionment', meaning SOA is rapidly becoming more mature and mainstream. I agree. Already we see SOA being used with EDA and CEP, which is a good thing too. A logical next step would be Cloud Computing. I see Cloud Computing as the logical next step for 'location transparancy'. It's a combination of location transparancy and SaaS, I guess. There will come a time when a consumer of a service doesn't care where the service is hosted. He will care about who will host it. Companies will look for best-of-breed service producers." -- Oracle ACE Director Mike van Alst
  (tags: oracle otn soa cloud saas)

All three parts of the Arch2Arch Podcast covering Enterprise Architecture visibility are now available.

This series of programs grew out of this Tweet, posted by Oracle ACE Director Lonneke Dikmans a few weeks ago:

"If you execute the architecture process well, other people don't notice your success. If you fail, they feel it's useless and slow... How can you make architectural success more visible in your organization?"

I contacted Lonneke right away to see if she would be interested in elaborating on her frustrations. Lonneke suggested fellow Oracle ACE Director Mark Simpson as a panelist, and I asked Oracle Enterprise Architects Mans Bhuller and Pat Shepherd to join the discussion – which would connect five people in three countries spanning four time zones.

Describing this three-part program as an interview would be a bit of an exaggeration. After introducing the panelists and asking Lonneke to describe the situation that inspired her Twitter message,  I had very little to do. The panelists did all of the talking, and would have gone on well beyond the scheduled time had other commitments not brought the discussion to an end.

This is a great discussion by four panelists who have been there, done that, and experienced the challenges first-hand. Listen for yourself:

• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3

You can learn more about the panelists and engage them in your own discussion via the links below:

• Lonneke Dikmans
  Oracle Mix / Twitter / LinkedIn / Blog
• Mark Simpson
  Oracle Mix / LinkedIn / Blog
• Mans Bhuller
  Oracle Mix / LinkedIn / Blog
• Pat Shepherd
  Oracle Mix / LinkedIn / Blog

Upcoming Programs

Arch2Arch podcasts now in the works will cover:

• The SOA Manifesto
• Communicating Enterprise Architecture up and down the food chain
• The Oracle ACE Program

Stay tuned: RSS

• Approach Alliance: Presentations Oracle OpenWorld 2009 -- #oow09
  Oracle ACE Ronald van Luttikhuizen shares links to "Approach to Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g" and "Portals: The Way to Realize User Experience in a Service-Oriented Architecture? (IOUG/ODTUG)," presentations he and colleague Lonneke Dikmans offered at #OOW09.
  (tags: oracle otn fusionmiddleware soa oracleace #oow09)
• deltalounge » SOA Symposium – Closing business IT gaps
  "Since architects, software engineers, and the like, are seen as techies (at least from a business perspective) Jaap Schekkerman argues that there is a gap between how these two populations actually use there brain. This is considered at least one of the reasons why IT projects fail." -- Peter Paul van de Beek
  (tags: oracle otn soa businessalignment)
• What I learnt About Clustering (Antony Reynolds' Blog)
  "Setting up a cluster has a lot of steps and a few gotchas that can come back to bite you. Just got off the phone with a customer who was having problems with a cluster install, nothing too serious but irritating and slowing him down. Unless the HA & EDG are followed very carefully it is easy to make mistakes." -- Antony Reynolds
  (tags: oracle otn clustering soa bpel)
• The Reason Enterprise Architects Should Study Economics « The Tech Evangelist
  "Unfortunately, you cannot demonstrate the value of Enterprise Architecture if you cannot monetize or enumerate the value of all possible choices relative to the choices that are being recommended or those that have been made. Moreover, it's critical that these analyses are carried out over enough time that short-term wins don't supersede long-term potential gains. Thus, it is here that Enterprise Architects, especially those we call Chief Architects, truly show their mettle. It is their experience, coupled with the ability to focus on the right set of variables, understanding the impact of change of those variables and being able to communicate that in a way that allows the business to make effective business decisions, which sets top notch practioners apart from Sr. Software Engineers that the organization placated with a title to keep them happy so they wouldn't leave." -- J. P. Morgenthal
  (tags: enterprisearchitecture freakonomics economics)
• SOA needs Services and Resources :: Andrej Koelewijn
  "I value methods that are reuseable and technology independent (increases the chance of reuse). I also value easy access of data with the power of a good generic query language like SQL provides." -- Andrej Koelewijn
  (tags: soa sql webservices oracle otn soamanifesto)