Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

Markus Voelter: Fundamentals Of Software Architecture An informative if technical presentation that gets down to the basics. H/T to Markus Eisle for the link. (tags: softwarearchitecture enterprisearchitecture markusvoelter) SOA Means Coming Together A service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a busy place, a complex clockwork of interconnected, interdependent, and widely distributed moving parts, including those that enjoy a nice cup of coffee in the morning. As such, SOA demands...

Consumer Oriented Service Architecture (COSA) "While SOA concentrated on how to make the service architecture better, it left out on the consumer focus. The consumer focus becomes especially important when services are exposed to partners." - Vikas Jain William Vambenepe — There should be a word for this (Blog/Twitter edition) William Vambenepe offers a list of "blog/twitter situations for which 'there should be a word.'" (tags: oracle otn socialmedia blog twitter) Should...

One size doesn't fit all: My OOW presentations - part II Oracle ACE Director Chris Muir of SAGE Computing Services shares links to his presentations from Oracle OpenWorld 2009./ (tags: otn oracle soa oow09 openworld jdeveloper)

Arch2Arch Podcast: Architecture Visibility (Part 1) Now you see it. Now you don't. Sometimes Enterprise Architecture gets noticed only when it fails. A panel of enterprise architects -- including Oracle ACE Directors Lonneke Dikmans (Approach Alliance) and Mark Simpson (Griffiths Waite), along with Mans Bhuller and Pat Shepherd from Oracle's Enterprise Solutions Group -- discusses why this happens, and what you can do about it. (tags: oracle otn arch2arch podcast enterprisearchitec...

The latest OTN Arch2Arch Podcast grew out of a Tweet, posted not long ago by Oracle ACE Director Lonneke Dikmans from Approach Alliance:   "If you execute the architecture process well, other people don't notice your success. If you fail, they feel it's useless and slow... How can you make architectural success more visible in your organization?" As soon as I saw that message I knew this would make for a great discussion on an Arch2Arch podcast.  I asked Lonneke...

Neo, wake up! SOA has you... (about beauty of WOA :) (Web Oriented Architecture and Enterprise 2.0) Hey, Coppertop! Emiliano Pecis offers you the red pill, or the blue pill. (tags: otn, oracle, soa) The ORACLE-BASE Blog - The downside side of #oow09 Oracle ACE Director Tim Hall on why he is depressed by OOW09. (tags: oracle, otn, oracleace,)

The great thing for me about being here at Oracle OpenWorld is the opportunity to have actual face-to-face conversations with members of the OTN architect community. My contact with these folks is usually limited to email, Twitter, and the occasional phone call. But since arriving here on Sunday, I’ve been up to my ears in fascinating, free-ranging conversations with an ever-expanding cast of architects, covering all things architecture. The talk at the Oracle ACE Dinner on...

Todd Biske: An Intro to the Oracle Enterprise Architecture Framework #OOW09 SOA author/blogger Todd Biske offers his impressions of the OEAF presentation at Oracle OpenWorld, 10.12.09. (tags: oracle otn enterprisearchitecture)

Gartner: You want cloud? You need SOA first | Service-Oriented Architecture | ZDNet.com "SOA is evolving into the underlying enabler for private clouds, to the point where they almost can be considered one in the same. SOA has often been a tough sell. The good news is that the business readily grasps — and even likes — the idea of private and public clouds as a way to better organize and manage computing resources." - Joe McKendrick (tags: cloudcomputing soa gartner)