Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

Focus on Fusion Middleware at Oracle OpenWorld 2011 | Dain Hansen Hansen offers highlights of some of the more than 400 sessions in the middleware and develop streams at OOW11. Oracle Fusion Middleware Security: Using the nsstools to manage SSL stores for curl | Chris Johnson Chris Johnson shows how he created the certificate database and imported the CA's certificate. SOA Configuration Management Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control (SOA Governance@work)Part 2 of Jyothi...

Oracle OpenWorld for 50 Bucks - Really? | OTN Garage That's right, $50. Half a hundie. And you're waiting for what, exactly? Hitchhiker's Guide to Software Architecture and Everything Else: Apples and Oranges | Michael Stal Stal examines the "huge gap between traditional engineering disciplines and software engineering." Texas Style BBQ and Cloud Value Propositions | Ron Batra Finding the Right Mix for Your Needs. OWSM Concepts - 11g (Oracle Web Service Manager)A discussion of...

Web Experience Management: Labor Day Luddite | Michael Snow "Bringing a lot more courtesy to our online interactions with content that is not only contextual but intelligently delivered." The Latest Research from the SEI | Douglas C. Schmidt Links to new SEI reports on architecting service-oriented systems, operational resilience, more... The Art of Good Code Design | David Strom What software developers can learn from German design genius Dieter Rams. Marc Andreessen on Why...

Over the last three years a small army of community members has shared their invaluable insight and expertise by participating as panelists on the ArchBeat Podcast and as interview subjects for the Architect Community column in Oracle Magazine.  These contributors include several members of the Oracle ACE/ACE Director program, a number of authors, a few analysts, and other experts. Several people within that number have been so generous with their time and insight over the...

Using the EJB adapter in SOA Suite 11g | Edwin Biemond Edwin Biemond shows you how to "use the EJB adapter as a reference service." Using Single Client Access Name (SCAN) Listeners with Oracle E-Business Suite The benefit of the SCAN Listener is that the client's connection data does not need to changed if you add or delete a node from a cluster. When will we dump server side web frameworks? | Andrej Koelewijn"Javascript frameworks to support single page webapps have matured a...

Podcast Show Notes: A for Architecture - Oracle's Fusion Middleware A-Team This A-Team doesn't have a van or cool nicknames, but if Oracle Fusion Middleware were an M-16, they could field strip it and reassemble it in seconds while blindfolded. Why Your IT Project May Be Riskier Than You Think | Bent Flyvbjerg & Alexander Budzier - HBR Avoiding "black swan" projects. ORACLENERD: APEX + BI Publisher + Customer Calendar | Hasam KhalafHasam Khalaf shows how to automate running a...

Education, training, and experience are stepping stones to a career as a software architect. By Bob Rhubart September/October 2011 There is more to being a successful software architect than learning the secret handshake and showing up at the meetings. You need education. You need training and experience. The specifics of the education, training, and experience depend on which branch of the profession you plan to enter. And given the variety of roles under the software...

I pity the fool that doesn’t listen to this week's OTN ArchBeat podcast. This program begins a three-part conversation about the A-Team. No, not the hit 80s TV show, nor the 2010 Hollywood blockbuster. My guests for this program are Pete Farkas , Deepak Arora , and Derek Sharpe , members of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Architect Team. Listen to Part 1 The panel talks about the mission and focus of Oracle’s Fusion Middeware A-Team Listen to Part 2A discussion about the most...

The Permanence (or Not) of Software Architecture | Christine Miyachi "What in a building or software architecture project actually lasts or does not change?" asks Christine Miyachi Post Rationalization is an Innovator's Best Friend | Adam Richardson The logical, deductive approach to problem solving that we are all taught is not always the best for trying to create breakthrough ideas. InfoQ: Agile and Architecture Conflict | Vikas HazratiThere is a constant tussle between...