Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

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...

Oracle IT Architecture Essentials; Lightweight Composite Service Development with SCA and Spring; Cloud Migration This week on the OTN Architect Home Page. iPhone Web Application Development With ADF Mobile Browser | Andrejus Baranovskis Sample code for the complete use case for mobile and to simplify the initial development of an ADF mobile browser application. Experimenting with ADF BC Application Module Pool Tuning | Andrejus Baranovskis Baranovskis shares lessons learned. Ora...

Oracle Certification Program: Oracle IT Architecture Essentials Now available through Oracle University Playing with ADF Task Flows in OEPE 11.1.1.8 | Edwin Biemond Biemond illustrates how to make your own ADF Web application in OEPE. OEPE 11gR1 first roll out of Oracle's Public Cloud Tools - an early test drive | Markus Eisele Oracle ACE Director Markus Eisele gets behind the wheel. Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse extends support for Oracle ADF, Oracle Coherence and Oracle...

3 Nov 2011 - Coherence Special Interest Group (BACSIG) - Redwood Shores, CA 5:30pm. Oracle Conference Center, 350 Oracle Parkway, Room 203, Redwood Shores, CA. gotoAarhus2011 | Martin Fowler Advice and analysis from Martin Fowler. Random tidbits – Oracle | FourthMonth A selection of recent resources that will be of interest to those using Oracle technologies. Oracle Tuxedo... A renewed acquaintance | Michel SchildmeijerSchildmeijer discusses the past and present of Oracle...

Top 3 Ways to Leverage Oracle GoldenGate with MySQL Databases | Irem Radzik "The most common ways Oracle GoldenGate is used with MySQL are real-time data warehousing, real-time reporting, and query offloading." Java Spotlight Episode 53: Mark Reinhold, Chief Architect of the Java Platform Group Interview with Mark Reinhold, Chief Architect of the Java Platform Group on Java 7 and the future of Java SE. Ten Interview Questions for Enterprise Architects | James McGovernMcGovern...

Oracle Warehouse Builder to go into retirement. What to do? | Uli Bethke "As per Director of Software Development for Oracle Data Integrator, Robert Costin Velisar, OWB 11gR2 will be the final release of Oracle Warehouse Builder." Engineered and General Purpose Systems | Jeff Savit "Engineered systems are designed to be optimal for a particular workload class," says Savit. Oracle Java Cloud Service - A Public Cloud for Real World Enterprise Applications, Part II - Integrated |...