Applications Technology and Integration

IBM Consultants - See you in SFO April 29 (AIA)

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:41:29 -0800

OK IBM consultants - strap in for an accelerated introduction to the Oracle Application Integration (AIA) Architecture Foundation Pack. Those of you that will be in the SFO briefing next week - we'll begin after lunch on Wednesday and wrap it up just before lunch on Friday.

Bring your laptops and be ready to hear how you can considerably jumpstart your clients' SOA initiatives while using the best practice methodologies and technologies we are using to develop the future Fusion Applications set of products.

Chuck Speaks

http://twitter.com/ChuckAtOracle

Oracle Modernization Book Available

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:36:38 -0800

Colleagues and legacy modernization experts Tom Laszewski and Jason Williamson have released a new book detailing the SOA enablement and re-architecting of legacy systems (think mainframes!)

I've gotten my hands on a copy of this much anticipated guide and will be reading it over. I'll be posting some reviews here but I encourage anyone interested in bringing their "legacy" systems into a SOA architecture to check this book out. Reading the description, it seems not only does this book go into the theory of modernization, but also provides hands-on examples. You won't find many people more knowledeable on the topic than Tom and Jason.

Congrats, guys! I look forward to reading the book.

Packt Publishing

Oracle Modernization Solutions

Chuck Speaks

Oracle Service Bus 10gR3 is PRODUCTION

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:33:31 -0800

Oracle Service Bus 10gR3 (the first post-acquisition release of the former BEA ALSB Service Bus) is released in production. You can download the product on OTN. Below is a snippet of the announcement from Deb Ayers, our OSB product manager.

Download and enjoy!

Oracle Service Bus 10gR3 is now available on OTN for download: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/osb/index.html
The official GA is scheduled for November as part of the monthly eDelivery media pack.

Important note: If you want to use the OSB Samples, please select Custom Install (vs. Typical) and select the check box OSB Samples.

Chuck Speaks

Oracle Service Bus 2-Day Training

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:15:43 -0800

PTS is rolling out 2-day training classes for our partners on Oracle Service Bus (formerly BEA Aqualogic Service Bus), BPEL on WebLogic, and BPM. Starting next week, I will be delivering OSB training with former BEA'er and product expert Steve Waterhouse and long-time PTS integration expert Lawrence Kikuchi.

This class will walk you through the product and its features. OSB brings a lot to the Oracle Fusion Middleware stack and leverages our new strategic application server, WebLogic.

I invite all Oracle Partner Network (OPN) members that are interested in attending OSB training - or any of the other classes I mentioned - to reach out to your OPN representative. If you don't know who to contact, drop me a comment and we can get you pointed in the right direction.

Have a great weekend.

Chuck Speaks

AIA Foundation Pack 2.1 and SOA Clustering

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:55:24 -0800

Steps/guidelines to install AIA Foundation Pack 2.1 on a SOA Cluster are now available on Metalink. Note: 731120.1

For those of you unfamiliar with how to go about getting the AIA media, simply go to E-Delivery and choose the appropriate software pack and operating system for your environment.

Chuck Speaks

Oracle AS and FMW High Availability

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:57:40 -0800

Here are some high availability documents for the Denver AIA Foundation Pack class. Enjoy!

Fusion Middleware HA Presentation

Oracle MAA - Database and AS

Collaborate 08 Was Great!

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:13:23 -0800

I must say, Collab08 went really well. Since I was teaching and/or helping with the hands-on labs, I can't say I got to see much outside our bit, but the people I did see expressed genuine interest and a high degree of understanding of our Fusion Middleware for Apps initiative.

Additionally, I'd like to thank OAUG Fusion-council co-chair and blogger Floyd Teter for his evaluation of the E-Biz session in his ORCLville blog.

Each time we do these mini-sessions in a conference or in our full-blown 4 day boot camps, more people get excited about the apps integration story of the Fusion Middleware products.

For those of you that missed out - we hope to see you down the road. If you are a member of the Oracle Partner Network and either would like to attend one of our PTS bootcamps or even need help with a client project, drop me a line and I'll get you in touch with the appropriate people.

Thanks, Denver for a good time and even a little snow!

Collaborate08

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:00:42 -0800

PTS Members to Present Fusion Middleware with Apps

I, along with several other members of PTS, will be in Denver this April at the Collaborate 2008 conference. We will be presenting 9 sessions on how to utilize Oracle Fusion Middleware products such as BPEL PM, JDeveloper, and Enterprise Service Bus with various Oracle Applications. Learn the basics and concepts to the creation of your client's or organization's SOA strategy.

These nine sessions will be broken up into separate classes focusing on either Oracle's E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and JD Edwards.

These sessions will include a Fusion Middleware overview, demo, and hands on labs. If you are planning to attend the Collaborate08 conference I highly recommend these sessions.

If you were not planning to attend the conference, now you have a reason!

See you in Denver.

Chuck Speaks

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Tech Preview

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:56:54 -0800

OFMW 11g Tech Preview Released within JDeveloper 11g
The SOA Product team has just released the SOA Suite 11g Technology Preview completely integrated within the JDeveloper 11g preview. That's right....one install. <This is me clapping. OK. I'm good now>

Right now your asking "How, Chuck? How do I get my hands on this software?" I'm glad you asked. Read on, my friends.

First of all, yes it is available for Windows AND Linux clients. You can download the software

HERE

You can't have software without

Documentation and Collateral

And you certainly would not expect any bit of enterprise software to work without

Prerequisite Software

Download. Install. DO THE DEMOS. And report back. This is what technology previews are all about. You get to see the new features in advance of a release for education and planning purposes and YOU get to tell Oracle what works and what doesn't.

Have fun. And I hope all of you had a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

Chuck Speaks

OpenWorld - AppsTech Track

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:30:50 -0800

E-Business Suite AppsTech Track for OpenWorld 2007

Nadia Bendjedou, Director of Product Strategy in Applications Development sent the latest E-Business Suite Applications Technology track for Oracle OpenWorld 2007.

If you are going to OpenWorld this year, these sessions would be worth your while and quite informative.

Links:
Focus On E-Business Suite AppsTech

Meet the E-Business Suite Experts

Meet the Applications Unlimited Experts (PSFT, SBL, etc)

Random shameless plug. I'll be helping in the Embedded Database Demo Pod. More information on that to follow soon.

AppsLab takes Social Networking Corporate

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:12:27 -0800

Social Networking Goes Corporate

The guys at AppsLab have taken the social networking craze inside the Oracle firewall.
As Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn have competed to make us more social
by putting us in front of our computers more, a new opportunity has
presented itself within corporate communications.

Corporate
relationships are much the same as social relationships. Several
companies have already started their own networking sites connecting
current and past employees. A very distributed organization like
Oracle stands to benefit greatly by leveraging the SN business model as
an internal collaboration tool. I can see this tied in with Webcenter
or any other portal product already.

As this is an internal product, I must apologize to the vast majority of you. Oracle employees - get logged in.

- Ferris Bueller highly recommends "Connect"
"If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up"

So.... what is PTS?

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 17:06:49 -0800

What is PTS ?

I can't describe it any better than this: (thanks to whoever originally penned this description on our internal site)

Platform Technology Solutions is part of Oracle's Server Technologies Product Development Division, and provides the shortest link between our Partners and key Customers and Oracle R&D.

Platform Technology Solutions focuses on three major initiatives

Independent Software Vendors
System Integrators
Legacy Modernization

Platform Technology Solutions ensures that members of the Oracle Partner Network are proficient in Oracle technology. Whether you are selling Oracle technology, building business solutions, including hosted Internet solutions, or providing system integration and implementation services for Oracle technology, Platform Technology Solutions can help you succeed.

What are we going to discuss in this blog?

Well my background is with the E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft. Almost exclusively in applications technology - think Apps DBA, etc. Since coming to Oracle, I've been given the opportunity to grow that expertise and become versed in application integration using Fusion Middleware products and SOA technologies.

In this blog we'll mostly focus on the technology associated with our apps products (EBiz, PSFT, SEBL) and the integration thereof. Truly a wide-ranging category but it should be fun and hopefully educational.

If you have any topics you want to discuss specifically, drop me a comment or email and we'll get it out there.

Chuck

Breaking News: Hole in Blogosphere is Causing Global Warming.

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:45:46 -0800

After careful consideration and some very (un)scientific research, I have come up with a theory that this whole global warming thing is probably related to the blogosphere. Both terms seemed to hit our collective vernacular at approximately the same time.

Coincidence?........ I think NOT.

Since I have not been a part of this so-called blogoshphere since its inception, my lack of contribution may be partially responsible for a hole that has been causing climate change.

My bad.

I hope to rectify the situation. And while my theory may be way off, I want to do my part. Check back often. I hope to post some things of interest. Well...."interesting" is a relative term.

Next Blog: Blog topics (see blog title) and "What is PTS?"

Chuck Speaks is an aspiring meteorologist that likes to watch storms as they roll in. He doesn't chase storms, however, as he'd probably run the first time a tornado dropped a cow in his general vicinity. He is currently using his crazy weather skills to keep a storm system away from IAD so he can jet back home.