Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

TGIF13 Simplifying OIM 11g Series (Chapter One) | Alex LopezThis post by Fusion Middleware A-Team blogger Alex Lopez is the first in a series covering "the design of tools that have the common goal of simplifying or enhancing the functionality provided by OIM 11g." This article this focuses on the design of "a framework that allows business users to define provisioning processes that include approvals, sophisticated approval request routing and advanced user interface...

The first IT Architecture Certification from Oracle University: Oracle IT Architecture Release 3 Essentials The first Oracle IT Architecture certification, Oracle IT Architecture Release 3 Essentials, is now in general availability from Oracle University. The certification covers the Oracle Reference Architecture material published under the IT Strategies from Oracle library and includes Oracle Reference Architecture Overview, Application Infrastructure, Security, Software...

Oracle IT Architecture Release 3 Essentials, the first Oracle IT Architecture certification available from Oracle University, (and the subject of an OTN Archbeat Podcast back in April) is now generally available. The certification is based on material included in the IT Strategies from Oracle library, including the Oracle Reference Architecture Overview, Application Infrastructure, Security, Software Engineering, Service-Oriented Integration, Management and Monitoring,...

Is the future of retail showrooming? | GigaOm "The digital shopper isn’t just digital and she expects to be served seamlessly across all channels, physical and digital," reports GigaOm. Twenty years into the Internet era and the changes just keep coming. Solution architects take note... Agile Bureaucracy: When Practices become Principles | Jim Highsmith.com"Principles and values are a critical part of keeping individuals in organizations aligned and engaged," says Agile guru...

Free Event Today: Virtual Developer Day: Oracle Fusion Development This free event—another in the ongoing series of OTN Virtual Developer Days—focuses on Oracle Fusion development, and features three session tracks plus hands-on labs. Agenda and session abstracts are available now so you can be ready for the live event when it kicks off today, July 10, 9am to 1pm PST / 12pm to 4pm EST / 1pm to 5pm BRT. Podcast: The Role of the Cloud Architect - Part 1/3In part one of this...

Ron Batra James Baty If you want to understand what a cloud architect does, what better way than to talk to people in that role? In this program that’s exactly what we’ll do. Joining me for this conversation are cloud architects Ron Batra and Dr. James Baty. Ron is an Oracle ACE Director and product director for cloud computing at AT&T , and Jim is Vice President of Oracle’s Global Enterprise Architecture Program . This interview was recorded on June 12, 2012. The Conversation Lis...

The top 10 most popular items as shared via my social networks for the week of June 23 - July 1 2012. Software Architecture for High Availability in the Cloud | Brian Jimerson How to Setup JDeveloper workspace for ADF Fusion Applications to run Business Component Tester? | Jack Desai Podcast: Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds | OTN ArchBeat Podcast Read the latest news on the global user group community - June 2012 | IOUC Embrace 'big data' now or fall behind the competition,...

Mobile computing presents challenges and opportunities for architects. By Bob Rhubart July/August 2012 If mobile computing isn’t already on your architect radar, it will be. Apple has sold 55 million iPads since 2010. Gartner expects a 98 percent increase in tablet sales in 2012, to 118 million. Nielsen reports that smartphones now account for nearly half of all mobile phones in the U.S., a 38 percent increase over 2011. And the mobile juggernaut is just getting started. Karina...

Backward-compatible vs. forward-compatible: a tale of two clouds | William Vambenepe "There is the Cloud that provides value by requiring as few changes as possible. And there is the Cloud that provides value by raising the abstraction and operation level," says William Vambenepe. "The backward-compatible Cloud versus the forward-compatible Cloud." Vambenepe was a panelist on the recent ArchBeat podcast Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds. Andrejus Baranovskis's Blog: ADF 11g...