Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

Towards Common Operating Platform Environments | Douglas C. Schmidtblog.sei.cmu.edu SEI Principal Researcher Douglas C. Schmidt examines the need for "common operating platform environments that can help collapse today's stove-piped solutions to decrease costs, spur innovation, and increase acquisition and operational performance." Webcast: Oracle’s Business Analytics Strategyevent.on24.comMark Hurd and Balaji Yelamanchili unveil the latest advances in Oracle's strategy for...

Great minds and big ideas shape architectural decisions. By Bob Rhubart May/June 2012 The decisions that IT architects make are informed by a variety of factors and influences, including an up-to-date knowledge of available technologies, a thorough understanding of how best to apply those technologies to solve the problem at hand, and the input of project stakeholders. These factors are common to every IT architect—or at least they should be. But what other, perhaps...

The Top 20 most popular links for the week of 4/22-28/2012, as shared via my social networks.WebLogic Startup Mode: Development or Production? | Frank Munz Call for Nominations: Oracle Fusion Middleware Innovation Awards 2012 IT Architects gather in Metro D.C.; Virtualization Decisions; Oracle Architect Certification Register Now: Oracle Technology Network Architect Day Reston, VA - May 16. Free event. Northeast Ohio Oracle Users Group 2 Day Seminar - May 14-15 - Cleveland, OH Orac...

Fun at the Collaborate 2012 show floor | Fun at the Collaborate 2012 show floor | Mark Fontecchioitknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com Mark Fontecchio's post explains why all work and no play is a lousy rationale for attending a user conference. Scripting WebLogic Admin Server Startup | Antony Reynoldsblogs.oracle.com Antony Reynolds explains how to make starting Oracle SOA Suite- or Oracle WebLogic-based systems easier to start than an ancient Vauxhall Viva. WebCenter Portal...

IT Architects gather in Metro D.C.; Virtualization Decisions; Oracle Architect Certificationwww.oracle.com This week's features on the Oracle Technology Network Architect homepage. Oracle Cloud Conference: dates and locations worldwidewww.oracle.com Several dates remain in Germany, Finland, and the US. 2012 Real World Performance Tour Dates | Performance Tuning | Performance Engineeringwww.ioug.orgComing to your town: a full day of real world database performance with Tom Kyte,...

The Frustrated Architect | Simon Brownwww.infoq.com Simon Brown discusses the role of the software architect, challenging some of the current assumptions and trying to redefine it in the context of Agile development. IT Architects gather in Metro D.C.; Virtualization Decisions; Oracle Architect Certificationwww.oracle.com Featured this week on the OTN Architect homepage, along with the usual cornucopia of resources for solution architects. Oracle Technology Network Developer...

Architecture Without an End Statewww.infoq.com Michael Nygard outlines 8 rules for dealing with complex systems: Embrace Plurality, Contextualize Downstream, Beware Grandiosity, Decentralize, Isolate Failure Domains, Data Outlives Applications, Applications Outlive Integrations, Increase Discoverability. Northeast Ohio Oracle Users Group 2 Day Seminar - May 14-15 - Cleveland, OH Northeast Ohio Oracle Users Group 2 Day Seminar - May 14-15 - Cleveland, OHwww.neooug.orgMore than...

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...