Oracle Groundbreaker Team Community Manager Bob Rhubart is the host/engineer/producer of the Oracle Groundbreaker Podcast, producer of the 2 Minute Tech Tip video series, hosts Groundbreaker Live interviews with technology experts recorded at Oracle Code, Oracle OpenWorld, and other events, writes a regular column for Oracle Magazine, and manages the ACES in Action blog.
ComputerworldUK: Morrison boosts IT investment by £200 million "[I]mproving efficiencies in areas such as manufacturing and distribution...helped the company make total savings of £526 million, surpassing its expected cost savings of £460 million. A total £43 million in cost savings was due to the IT investment." -- Anh Nguyen, ComputerworldUK (h/t to Brian Dayton for the link) (tags: oracle investment informationtechnology soasuite fusionmiddleware)
ComputerworldUK: Morrison boosts IT investment by £200 million "[I]mproving efficiencies in areas such as manufacturing and distribution...helped the company make total savings of £526 million,...
Roddy Rodstein: Oracle VM 2.2 SAN, iSCSI and NFS Back-end Storage Configurations The latest chapter in Roddy Rodstein's "Underground Oracle VM Manual." (tags: oraclevm virtualiztion oracle otn)
Andy Mulholland: (Information Technology) + (Business Technology) ÷ Clouds = Infostructure "Internal information technology with its dedicated users, applications, licenses, client-server, data-centric and close coupled integration architecture cannot support externally oriented business technology where almost every condition is different. Internet connectivity and the emergence of people centric services in the web 2.0 world has led business and user expectations to shift...
Andy Mulholland: (Information Technology) + (Business Technology) ÷ Clouds = Infostructure "Internal information technology with its dedicated users, applications, licenses, client-server,...
ClemensUtschig: SOA for the Java Developer, Masons of SOA founding member Clemens Utschig-Utschig shares some tips for Java developers using Patchset 2 for Oracle SOA Suite 11g. (tags: otn oracle soa soasuite java masonsofsoa) InfoQ: SOA Manifesto - 4 Months After David Chappell, Clemens Utschig, and other SOA Manifesto authors respond to questions from InfoQ writer Dilip Krishnan. (h/t to @thesoanetwork) (tags: oracle otn soa soamanifesto thomaserl)
ClemensUtschig: SOA for the Java Developer, Masons of SOA founding member Clemens Utschig-Utschig shares some tips for Java developers using Patchset 2 for Oracle SOA Suite 11g. (tags: otn oracle soa soasu...
Architecting the Social Enterprise (tags: oracle otn enterprise architecture social computing) FeuerThoughts: What has Toyota actually proven here? "I must admit that as a programmer, it scares me to think that my safety (and the safety of my family members) when driving is so dependent on software." -- Steven Feuerstein (tags: oracle otn toyota software) @vambenepe: There should be a word for this (Blog/Twitter edition) part 2 "Back in October (see “there should be a word for this”...
Architecting the Social Enterprise (tags: oracle otn enterprise architecture social computing) FeuerThoughts: What has Toyota actually proven here? "I must admit that as a programmer, it scares me to think...
Interesting stuff from Dion Hinchliffe on the impact of social computing on enterprise architecture: "The premise is that as we begin to organize our business processes and the way we collaborate in a fundamentally social manner, we need to manage this activity in a new way that reflects its unique nature. For example, classical hierarchical management structures often don't work effectively when directing the activities of a loosely-coupled social network of people....
Interesting stuff from Dion Hinchliffe on the impact of social computing on enterprise architecture: "The premise is that as we begin to organize our business processes and the way we collaborate in a...
Helen Pitts: Leveraging Enterprise Communications to Transform the Business "This lack of centralized, strategic thinking about communications results in multiple and inefficient ways to communicate, and leads to a siloed approach to technology. Point solutions abound in the typical insurance company; it is not uncommon to find more than 20 document automation systems spread across the enterprise, often doing very similar work." -- Helen Pitts (tags: oracle otn entarch enterprise c...
Helen Pitts: Leveraging Enterprise Communications to Transform the Business "This lack of centralized, strategic thinking about communications results in multiple and inefficient ways to communicate,...
@fteter: There’s No Pop Left In Big Bang "[The] ERP big bang is dead. And the strength of the ERP implementation market has gone with it. It’s not the lousy economy as much as it as that the market as matured – and there ain’t no coming back from that. If you make your living with big bang ERP implementations, stop hanging onto a shriveled market…long past time to find a new gig! Like an old firecracker, there’s no pop left in big bang." Oracle ACE Director Floyd (@fteter)...
@fteter: There’s No Pop Left In Big Bang "[The] ERP big bang is dead. And the strength of the ERP implementation market has gone with it. It’s not the lousy economy as much as it as that the market as...
Event:" Oracle at OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) International Sonoma Workshop Oracle Session: "Infiniband- Enabling Massively Scalable Database" by Tim Shelter (VP Oracle Product Management), Monday March 15, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. (tags: oracle otn hardware infiniband database) @oraclenerd: XML File as Data Source Oracle ACE Chet (@oraclenerd) Justice offers a quick tip. (tags: oracle otn oracleace obiee businessintelligence) @myfear: Basic Thoughts on Architecture and Design Reviews Oracle ACE Markus (@myfear) Eisele shares his thoughts and recommendations for what he calls a "thankless job." (tags: oracle otn oracleace architecture design)
