Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

All day, all architecture. Oracle Technology Network Architect Day - Phoenix, AZ - Dec 14. Free registration. Spend the day with your peers learning from Oracle experts in Cloud Computing, Engineered Systems, Oracle WebLogic, Oracle Coherence, Application-Driven Virtualization, and more. Registration is free, but seating is limited. Register now! Data Integration - Bad data is really the monster | Bikram Sinha"Bad data can cause huge operational failure and cost millions...

TechCast Live: Ksplice and Oracle VM 3.0 OTN's Todd Trichler interviews Wim Coekaerts, SVP of Oracle Linux and Virtualization. The Collections Cache Ben Stopford shares "a very simple pattern that can be used to solve a variety of problems." PodFodder: Wim Coekaerts on Engineered Systems With Linux"LinuxCon Europe 2011 videos have been published by the Free Electrons team," reports Dalibor Topic, "and among them is Wim's talk on Engineered Systems With Linux, in full HD...

OTN Architect Day - Phoenix, AZ. Dec 14. Registration is open (and free) Registration is now open for a full day of sessions and peer networking, specifically created by and for IT architects. When: Wednesday December 14, 2011 8:30am - 5:00pm Location The Ritz-Carlton, Phoenix 2401 East Camelback Road Phoenix, AZ 85016. Stress Testing Oracle ADF BC Applications - Passivation and ActivationOracle ACE Director Andrejus Baranovskis presents the first post in a series to address...

Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse, OEPE 11.1.1.8 This certified set of Eclipse plug-ins is designed to help develop, deploy and debug applications for Oracle WebLogic Server. It installs as a plug-in to your existing Eclipse, or will install Eclipse for you, and supports your favorite server or servlet engine. Giving Kick-Ass Presentations In The Age Of Social Media | Drew Neisser"It was painful to watch. Jon Bond, the former ad giant turned social media honcho, was actually...

Introducing Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c | William Vambenepe The underlying framework has been drastically improved, from the modeling capabilities, to extensibility, scalability, incident management and, most visibly, UI. Webcast: Maximum Availability on Private Clouds November 10, 2011 at 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET. Speakers: Margaret Hamburger and Joe Meeks. ArchBeat Podcast: Information IntegrationThe latest ArchBeat Pocast features a three-part conversation with three...

The latest ArchBeat Pocast features a three-part conversation with three people behind the recently published book Oracle Information Integration, Migration, and Consolidation: author Jason Williamson, co-author Tom Laszewksi, and book contributor Marc Herbert. Listen to Part 1 Listen to Part 2 Listen to Part 3 Read an excerpt from Oracle Information Integration, Migration, and Consolidation Get Connected Strike up your own conversation with Jason, Tom, and Marc:Jason...

White Paper: MySQL Enterprise Edition Product Guide This white paper describes how you can leverage MySQL Enterprise Edition to reduce the risk, cost, and complexity in developing, deploying, and managing your business-critical MySQL applications. (Requires MySQL Developer Zone login/registration.) Article Series: Migrating Spring to Java EE 6 | Arun Gupta Arun Gupta highlights some advantages of the Java EE 6 platform. Welcome to the (System) Developer's Edge | Darryl GovePrevi...

Gartner, Inc. places Oracle SOA Governance in Magic Quadrant for SOA Governance Technologies "Oracle SOA Governance 11g is a key component of the Oracle Public Cloud." Oracle Career Fair in Santa Clara, CA (Martin's Weblog) Open positions include "Architecture Performance Engineers." youtube.com/java (The Aquarium) "There is now an official Java channel on YouTube with some 30+ videos..." Upcoming events : UKOUG 2011 | Maria Colgan"This year there will be 15 different streams...

Overcoming resentment toward architects and architecture By Bob Rhubart November/December 2011 If you walk into project meetings and are greeted with welcome smiles, hearty handshakes, and appreciative nods, the chances are pretty good that (a) you’re not an IT architect, and (b) the room isn’t full of developers. IT architects face many challenges, not the least of which is that among developers, architects are often seen as ineffectual and disconnected impediments to meeting...