Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

The top 20 most-clicked links as shared via my social networks for the week of April 15-21, 2012. Split profiles with AD and OID for Fusion Apps IDM | Uday Sambhara Best job of 2012: software engineer (again!) | Joe McKendrick New York City gets a Software Engineering High School | Joel Spolsky Register Now: Oracle Technology Network Architect Day Reston, VA - May 16. Free event. Oracle Business Analytics Strategy | Mariska Bulten Oracle Cloud Conference: dates and locations...

4 Ways IT's Role Changing Faster Than Expected | Shvetank Shahwww.informationweek.com A series of radical shifts around IT's value, ownership, and role are happening sooner than envisioned, according to Shvetank Shah, and that holds implications for IT pros looking at their honing skills and advancing their careers. Pocast: Oracle IT Architect Certificationblogs.oracle.comA conversation with three members of the team behind this new certification program that encompasses...

In your role as an architect you are called on to make many, many decisions — decisions with significant consequences. You make those decisions based on your education, training, experience, and expertise. But do other factors also influence your architectural decisions? When pondering important architectural choices, is there another voice in your head? If so, who's in there? I'm not talking about crazy schizo stuff. I'm talking about role models. In the latest edition of the...

The Conversation Listen to Part 1 Listen to Part 2 Listen to Part 3 Read a transcript of the entire interview. In October 2011 Oracle University launched a beta version of the Oracle IT Architecture Release 3 Essentials exam, the first component in what will be an expanding IT Architecture specialization and certification program. The beta process for that exam is nearing completion, and the final certification exam is scheduled to debut very soon. The latest OTN ArchBeat...

Oracle Business Rules Testercode.google.com Created by Olivier Lediouris, this utility "allows you to 'run' the Oracle Business Rules to be used from an SOA Composite without having to deploy anything." Community Bulletin: The Magic of Virtualizationwww.oracle.com Oracle Technology Network embraces all things virtual. Justin Kestelyn explains in the latest Community Bulletin column from Oracle Magazine. Roles Models for IT Architectswww.oracle.comDoes the benevolent specter of...

Oracle Technology Network Developer Day: MySQL - New Yorkwww.oracle.com Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM Grand Hyatt New York 109 East 42nd Street, Grand Central Terminal New York, NY 10017 New York City gets a Software Engineering High School - Joel on Softwarewww.joelonsoftware.com Joel Spolsky shares some excellent insight on this very worthwhile and much needed effort by the NYC public school system. Descending on D.C.; IaaS in the Enterprise; Talking about...

Best job of 2012: software engineer (again!) | @JoeMcKendrickwww.zdnet.com And yet "Lumberjack," which comes in at the bottom of list at #200, has its own song. All the trends are to de-centralization; what does that mean for governance? | Andy Mulhollandwww.capgemini.com"The one common feature that unites the various reported trends is that they all represent some form of de-centralization," says Andy Mulholland, "and since the core reason for adopting the current Enterprise...

The top 20 most popular links as shared via my social networks for the week of April 8-14, 2012. Webcast Series: Data Warehousing Best Practices Oracle Cloud Conference: dates and locations worldwide Why My Slime Mold is Better than Your Hadoop Cluster | Todd Hoff Seven Secrets Every Architect Should Know | Frank Buschmann OTN: There's an App for That In the cloud era, let's start calling IT what it is: 'Innovation Team' | @JoeMcKendrick Five Best Practices for Going Mobile |...

TGIF! Mobile Commerce and Engagement Stats | @digbymobilewww.digby.com Solution architects take note: mobile is shaping your future. OTN Architect Day - Reston, VA - May 16www.oracle.com The live one-day event in Reston, VA brings together architects from a broad range of disciplines and domains to share insights and expertise in the use of Oracle technologies to meet the challenges today’s solution architects regularly face. Registration is free, but seating is limited. BPEL...