Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

This week in the Oracle Technology Network Architect Center... Virtual Developer Day: SOA - This series of virtual events includes live Oracle SOA Suite presentations and demonstrations delivered by Oracle product and technology experts, along with a moderated hands-on lab where you can get in on the act -- without having to get through airport security. Events in this series are scheduled to suit your time zone and location. Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise...

Here's what you'll find in this week's update of the Oracle Technology Network Architect Center... Architects are busy people! Even with preparation for last week's Kscope 2011 in Long Beach, CA, Oracle ACE Director Guido Schmutz managed to crank out a new article, Event-Driven SOA: Events Meet Services. It's Guido's first for OTN, and he's already at work with fellow ACE Director Ronald van Luttikhuizen on a new series of articles. In this week's update you'll also find...

Powering the Cloud with Oracle WebLogic | Lucas Jellema A Kscope 2011 presentation by Oracle ACE Director Lucas Jellema. Kscope 11 Fusion Middleware presentations | Peter Paul van de Beek Peter Paul van de Beek shares "some of the highlights and summaries" of selected Kscope11 presentations. Chrome breaks 20 percent global browser market share | Simon Mackie - GigaOm Mackie reports that "Chrome is now used by a fifth of Internet users worldwide." Fighting Cancer With Knowledge...

Things are going to be quiet around here next week. I'll be on vacation beginning Monday July 4, then jumping back in the saddle on Monday July 11.    If you need me, I'll be on the patio with an iPad full of magazines and books, a cool drink, and maybe a nice cigar.    Have a safe and happy Fourth of July weekend! 

Your success as a software architect depends on your relationships with stakeholders. By Bob Rhubart July/August 2011 Being a software architect is all about relationships. No, forgetting your anniversary or not getting along with your mother-in-law won’t necessarily have any impact on your success as a software architect. But unless an architect’s relationships with project stakeholders are based on clear communication and a thorough understanding of expectations, the project...

James Gosling Says He Doesn't Care About Java But here's the rest of the story: "What I really care about is the Java Virtual Machine as a concept," says Gosling, "because that is the thing that ties it all together; it's the thing that makes Java the language possible; it's the thing that makes things work on all kinds of different platforms; and it makes all kinds of languages able to coexist." Virtual Developer Day: SOAAccelerate Your Development with Oracle SOA Suite....

Event-Driven SOA: Events meet Services | Guido Schmutz Oracle ACE Director Guido Schmutz shows you how to achieve extreme loose coupling within a Service-Oriented Architecture by using event-driven interactions. Misconceptions About Software Architecture | Sanjeev Kumar A concise, to-the-point, and informative article by Sanjeev Kumar. Good Leaders Acknowledge What Can't Be Done - Jeffrey Pfeffer - Harvard Business Review"None of us likes to admit to bad decisions," says...

Connecting People, Processes, and Content: An Online Event | Brian Dirking Dirking shares information on an Oracle Online Forum coming up on July 19. Social Relationships don't count until they count | Steve Jones "It's actually the interactions that matter to back up the social experience rather than the existence of a social link," says Jones. ORACLENERD: KScope 11: Cary MillsapCommenting on Cary Millsap's KScope presentation on Agile, Oracle ACE Chet Justice says, "I fight...

2011 Entrepreneurs of the Year, Northern California Region Drake Martinet reports on the new batch of entrepreneurs joining the ranks of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz and eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar as the Norther California Region winners of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneurs of the Year awards. Technical Article: Caching Strategies for Oracle Service Bus 11gWilliam Markito Oliveira illustrates how the right caching strategy can make a big difference in...