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Oracle Video Whiteboard sessions on SOA and Application Grid: Improve response times for customer facing applications, reduce load on backend systems, and build apps that scale with predictable latency

By david.chappell on July 24, 2009 11:01 AM

Hi all, I recently took a cue from Mike Piech, who has been doing some video white board sessions, and decided to do some of my own that discuss how customers are using SOA and Application Grid together to increase...

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Cost-Benefit Analysis: Using SOA and Application Grid to both enhance performance and availability of customer facing applications and reduce mainframe usage charges

By david.chappell on July 24, 2009 10:12 AM

I have been working with Carl Dumont, the CTO of Wellpoint, for some time now on integrating Application Grid into Wellpoint’s SOA projects. Next week, at Burton Group’s Catalyst Conference in San Diego, I will co-present with Carl on two exciting projects that both involve using Oracle Application Grid in a SOA environment to cache results from service calls to dramatically reduce load on backend systems.

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Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Launched!

By david.chappell on July 1, 2009 10:56 AM

Today is the day we officially launch Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g. http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=150299&s=1&k=409AAB2E4D0C341FD02DC012B04173EB&userreg=n&partnerref=3 Fusion Middleware 11gR1 is the result of a herculean effort that is 3+ years in the making.

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Oracle Excellence Awards for most innovative use of Application Grid

By david.chappell on June 24, 2009 2:14 PM

Oracle is announcing the call for submissions for the 2009 Oracle Excellence Awards for application grid solutions. This award is designed to recognize organizations using Oracle Fusion Middleware technologies to create an application grid foundation. Does your company use Oracle...

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New SOA Design Patterns book by Thomas Erl

By david.chappell on January 16, 2009 2:21 PM

A new book on SOA Design Patterns by Thomas Erl, which I helped contribute to, has just been published by Prentice Hall. This has been an industry wide effort which included contributors and reviewers from many leaders in technology. The...

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