Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

“Service orientation is a paradigm that frames what you do. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a type of architecture that results from applying service orientation. We have been applying service orientation to help organizations consistently deliver sustainable business value, with increased agility and cost effectiveness, in line with changing business needs.” So begins the SOA Manifesto, the result of a meeting of leading SOA thinkers at last week’s SOA Symposium inRotte...

Thoughts on the SOA Manifesto (Inside scoop on Oracle SOA Suite, BPM and EDA) "It was an experience, a lot of heated up discussions, extremely strong & powerful arguments. . .and what was most impressive, an immediate common understanding of what service orientation and SOA is about - the business, everything else is second." -- Clemens Utschig-Utschig (tags: soa soamanifesto oracle otn) The SOA Manifesto: Business Value and Architecture First « Adventures in SOA and BPM "It is...

Podcast: Enterprise Architecture Visibility (Part 2) Oracle ACE Directors Lonneke Dikmans (Approach Alliance) and Mark Simpson (Griffiths Waite) join Oracle Enterprise Architects Mans Bhuller and Pat Shepherd to discuss bridging silos and the difficulty in dealing with the people issues inherent in enterprise architecture. (tags: oracle otn arch2arch podcast enterprisearchitecture soa)

Getting started with Oracle SOA Suite 11g - a review.. (Inside scoop on Oracle SOA Suite, BPM and EDA) "Heidi and her team have done a tremendous job to structure the labs and hands-on exercises in a didactic, explanatory way - with solutions all the way through. This way the book serves not just as a tutorial, but also as a reference bible when it comes to implementation of specific features and concepts. " - Clemens Utschig-Utschig (tags: soa books soasuite bpm eda oracle) deltalou...

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...