Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

This week the OTN ArchBeat Podcast kicks off a wide-ranging, three-part conversation with members of the product team behind Oracle WebLogic Server 12c. Topics covered include community involvment in the development of WebLogic 12c, an exploration of the relationship between Weblogic 12c and Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder, plus a look at WebLogic 12c’s role in the evolution of Oracle Fusion Middleware. Listen to Part 1 Listen to Part 2 Listen to Part 3 Representing the...

The following OTN Architect Day Phoenix presentations are now available on Slideshare. Engineered Systems: Oracle's Vision for the Future | Ralf DossmannOracle's Exadata and Exalogic are impressive products in their own right. But working in combination they deliver unparalleled transaction processing performance with up to a 30x increase over existing legacy systems, with the lowest cost of ownership over a 3 or 5 year basis than any other hardware. In this session...

New WebCenter Portal Releases Now Available | Kellsey Ruppelblogs.oracle.com Oracle WebCenter Interaction 10.3.3 is a full feature-bearing release of WebCenter Interaction that contains significant enhancements to social networking, tagging and other social and collaboration features. WCI 10.3.3 further expands the list of supported platforms and 3rd party software to include both 32bit and 64bit Intel platforms and latest releases of Oracle and Microsoft databases. SOA paves...

Architects? We Don't Need No Stinkin’ Architects! | Michael Stiefelwww.infoq.com Michael Stiefel attempts to clear up some misunderstandings regarding the role played by the software architect. Is GoldenGate the golden gate? | Michael S. Abbeywww.pythian.com "Only time will tell," says Abbey. "I for one would look forward to the opportunity to get my hands dirty with this technology..." Oracle JRockit Mission Control 4.1 released | Markus Eiseleblog.eisele.net"The 4.1 version...

How capacity management changes in the cloud | David Linthicumwww.infoworld.com Resources have different availability and costs in the cloud, and the models don't yet reflect that variation. Exalogic: The Optimal Platform for Oracle ATG Web Commerce | Michael Hylton blogs.oracle.com Increasing conversion rates in an ever-more competitive e-commerce environment is critical to ensuring success in a fragmented and global e-commerce landscape. Webcast: Zero-Downtime Migration to...

The Rise of Engineered Systems | Constantin Gonzalez "Engineered Systems are often compared to cars," says Gonzalez. "And the analogy is striking: When was the last time you ran RFPs for tires, engines, transmission, seats, dashboards, chassis and bodywork?" Q&A: Andy MacMillan on Oracle WebCenter Strategy and Roadmap MacMillan sheds light on the future strategy and product roadmap for Oracle WebCenter. WebCenter 11g 11.1.1.5 Certified with E-Business Suite Release 12 | Elke...

How to Keep Good People From Doing Bad Things When Building Private Clouds Join Oracle and BeyondTrust to learn how virtualization is enabling the cloud and how to keep your company - and its assets - secure amidst both hidden and blatant dangers. Wednesday, December 7, 2011 11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET. For IT Architects and Planners: new reference documents available at the IT Strategies from Oracle LibraryThe IT Strategies from Oracle library offers two types of best practice...

Webcast: Enterprise Clouds with Oracle VM Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 Time: 9:00 AM PST Speakers:Adam Hawley, Senior Director of Product Management, Oracle Dan Herrup, Principal Systems Engineer, Oracle Corporate Citizenship Oracle Coherence High Availability Monitoring using Standalone Agents Providing high availability for Coherence Monitoring using Enterprise Manager Command Line Interface (emcli). Defect Driven Design Reignited | Geertjan WielengaGeertjan Wielenga shares...

Oracle Announces Availability of Oracle WebLogic Server 12c - first experiences! | Markus Eisele "After long years we finally have the full Java EE 6 profile up and running on WebLogic server," says Oracle ACE Director Markus Eisele. "Beside the Java EE 6 specs, you already know, you also get a complete Java SE 7 certified Java EE runtime." WebLogic: Oracle updates for cloud usage | Scott D. Rosenberg"This will make for an easier cloud deployment for all you Oracle kiddies out...