Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

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...

Daniel Isenberg's HBR Blog post, Everything You Know About Silicon Valley Might Be Wrong, raises interesting questions about whether it is possible to effectively recreate a complex system that evolved without a central plan. I couldn't help but wonder if the same idea applies to the realm of IT architecture. Isenberg says: So many people refer to the Silicon Valley model, but there is no Silicon Valley model any more than there is a Yosemite Park model. I have referred to this...

Q&A with Wim Coekaerts: Linux Turns Twenty! Zeynep Koch interviews Wim Coekaerts, Senior Vice President, Linux and Virtualization at Oracle. ">Updated Oracle SOA Suite Quick Start Guide The latest version is based on SOA Suite 11.1.1.5 and includes the installation and configuration of Oracle Service Bus. Oracle Enterprise Gateway Business and Technical Seminar Free 2 day OPN seminar, Sept 20-21, 2011, Reading, UK. OBIEE Repository Modelling Articles | Paul McGarrickMcGarrick...

The following list includes the slide decks for the presentations given at Oracle Technology Network Architect Day at Oracle HQ in Redwood Shores, CA on Tuesday August 30, 2011. Engineered Systems: Oracle's Vision for the Future as presented by Mohamad Afshar Diagnosability vs. The Cloud as presented by Oracle ACE Director Cary Millsap Cloud Computing - Making IT Simple as presented by Scott Mattoon Innovations in Grid Computing with Oracle Coherenceas presented by Mike...

User-centric working – the PC is dead and personal computing thrives | Andy Mulholland "Today’s power users will have [smartphones, tablets, and PCs] with personal ownership mixed with enterprise ownership," says Mulholland. Book review: Oracle 11g R1/R2 Real Application Clusters Essentials | Marcin Przepiorowski Przepiorowski reviews Oracle 11g R1/R2 Real Application Clusters Essentials by Ben Prusinski and Syed Jaffer Hussain. Who are you designing for ... next? | jen's placeW...

The Platform Evolution: Analyzing Point Solution vs. Platform Approach | Naresh Persaud In Identity Management, security is a question of how quickly we can adapt and change. The Chicken or the Egg: AKA the Content Management System or the Portal? | Troy Allen In years past, there was a clear process for implementing the strategy: approach it from either the CMS first or Portal first position. 7 Tips for using Microsoft Word 2007 with OUM TemplatesNot six. Not eight. Seven tips...

Everything to Everyone is the New Black | The AppsLab And now, here's Jake with the tech news... Beaten Again | Martin Fowler Fowler's perspective on not winning this year's Jolt award. Managing your application landscape: engineered or emergent | Johan den Haan "To build closer alignment between IT and the business," says Johan, "IT first needs to deal with its own inhibitors to change." NVL versus Coalesce | Lewis CunninghamOracle ACE Director Lewis Cunningham shares insight...

Sun Ray Primer - Part 1 | Herding Desktops The first of a series of articles dealing with the fundamentals of VDI architecture. Book Review: "Middleware and Cloud Computing" | Chris Muir Oracle ACE Director Chris Muir reviews Frank Munz's book. Back to school - GlassFish tabsweep (Grizzly, Homebrew, Jelastic, EclipseLink, ...) | The Aquarium News for those returning from long summer vacations. Mainframe Cloud? | Tom Laszewski"The mainframe really was Cloud 1.0," says Laszewski....

Do SAML with OWSM | Edwin Biemond Biemond explains the different SAML options and configurations available with the SAML client and server policies of Oracle Web Service Manager. Moving Address | Antony Reynolds Reynolds reveals "how easy it is to have node manager take care of all moving address requirements for your managed WebLogic servers." Fault Management Framework by Example | Greg Mally - A-Team SOA Fault Management Framework by Example | Greg Mally"The purpose of the...