Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

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...

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...