Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

Oracle BI Blog - EPM, Business Intelligence, and OBIEE: Working with the Master-Detail Report Feature of OBI 11g (pt. 1) "One of the new features included in OBI 11g is the Master-Detail linking feature. The Master-Detail linking allows you to establish a relationship between 2 or more views; one view is called the Master and will drive changes in 1 or more views called detail views." - Marty Mersinger (tags: oracle businessintelligence obiee) Book Review: Getting Started...

On Yum support for Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) (Oracle's Linux Blog) "Recently, the ULN team added Yum support. This means that anyone running Oracle Linux 5 registered with ULN can now use yum instead of up2date to download and install packages." (tags: oracle linux Yum) Debra's thoughts on Oracle and User Groups: Fusion UX Advocates Oracle ACE Director Debra Lilley's update on the Fusion Applications-focused collaboration between the Oracle User Experience team and members of...

William Vambenepe: The REST bubble "Just yesterday I was writing about how Cloud APIs are like military parades. To some extent, their REST rigor is a way to enforce implementation discipline. But a large part of it is mostly bling aimed at showing how strong (for an army) or smart (for an API) the people in charge are." - William Vambenepe. (tags: oracle REST cloud)

Registration open for Oracle Technology Network Virtual Developer Day: Oracle WebLogic Server "Learn how Oracle WebLogic Server enables a whole new level of productivity for enterprise developers. Also hear the latest on Java EE 6 and the programming tenets that have made it a true platform breakthrough." Tuesday, Feb 1, 2011. (tags: OTNVDD oracle otn weblogic) Oracle Applications Virtual Tradeshow - Feb 3 February 3, 2011. 11:00am - 4:00pm ET | 8:00am - 1:00pm PT. (tags: oracle fusion...

Paul Done: Exalogic Software Optimizations "For version 1.0 of Exalogic there is a number of Exalogic-specific enhancements and optimisations that have been made to the Oracle Application Grid middleware products." - Paul Done (tags: oracle otn exalogic) James McGovern: Enterprise Architecture: Leadership and Emotional Vampires "The biggest difference between a great organization and a mediocre one is the fact that leadership recognizes the emotional vampires amongst its ranks and...

You can talk about enterprise architecture, and talk, and talk. Or you can get down in the trenches, roll up your sleeves, and take an active role in transforming the enterprise. Even the world’s largest white board and an unlimited budget for dry erase markers isn’t going to turn that lumbering behemoth of an enterprise into the sleek, agile business powerhouse it must become. If you’re interested in moving enterprise architecture off of the white board and into action,...

‎@FusionSecExpert: Oracle Identity Federation (OIF) now supports OpenID 2.0. "In addition, OIF now supports “custom actions” by which you can create custom site specific operations that are executed during federated authentication at the service provider (consumer) and identity provider (producer)." - Brian Eidelman (tags: oracle otn security OIF) ‎@myfear: WebLogic 10.3.4.0 + OEPE + Maven + Primefaces 2.2RC "If you are willing to give the existing RC a test drive you can follow...

Forrester's Enterprise Architecture Forum 2011, February 17-18, 2011, San Francisco, CA - Forrester Research "Forrester’s Enterprise Architecture Forum 2011, through keynotes and four tracks of sessions, will provide an integrated understanding of business, information, and technology architecture – and the benefits possible when these domains are harnessed together. " (tags: entarch enterprisearchitecture forrester oracle) Call for Papers | JAX - The Premier Java, Architecture &...

Daniel Templeton: Full Speed Ahead (DanT's GridBlog) Dan says: "Last week I had the opportunity to do a webcast with Moe Fardoost, our marketing director, on the future direction for the Oracle Grid Engine product. If you're curious about where Grid Engine is headed, take a look." (tags: oracle sun gridengine) @LoraineLawson: Exploring SOA as Your Key to the Cloud Loraine says: "SOA and cloud services (meaning, SaaS) were never far apart. The fact of the matter is, in many cases,...