Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

Understanding Innovation (Virtual Identity Dialogue) This fascinating post by Mark Wilcox weaves TinyUrl, coffee, the Bacon and Cheese McGriddle, and badger-hunting dacshunds into a concise, coherent explanation of how imitation breeds innovation. (tags: innovation) Using Oracle Enterprise Linux with SOA Suite 10.1.3 (Antony Reynolds' Blog) Antony Reynolds to the rescue with a quick but useful tip for those who may have hit a snag while installing Oracle SOA Suite. (tags: soa linux...

Just got word that Oracle ACE Director Mike Van Alst (an architect with IT-Eye in the Netherlands) and Dave Berry (a Redwood Shores-based senior manager on Oracle’s SOA Governance team) are collaborating on an article on SOA governance that should see the light of day this summer.  That collaboration is interesting in itself, but the best part is that Mike and Dave are using their respective blogs as a collaboration space, so readers will be able to follow along as...

The Underground Oracle VM Manual | ITNewsCast Everything you ever wanted to know about Oracle VM, but were afraid to ask. Roddy Rodstein covers it all, from an introductory overview to details on Dom0, DomU, and more. (tags: virtualization oraclevm linux roddyrodstein) Book Review: Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL (Olaf Heimburger's Blog) "Compared to the UML books on my book-shelf, " says Olaf Heimburger, "this one is a refreshingly small [and easy to...

The next meeting of the Bay Area Coherence Special Interest Group (BACSIG) is set for Tuesday June 9th, 2009.     Date: Tuesday - June 9, 2009   Time: 5:30pm PT for 5:45pm startWhere: Oracle Conference Center                350 Oracle Parkway                Room 203                Redwood Shores, CA               Google Map Presentations for this event Coherence*Web - Integration with WebLogic Server & WebLogic Portal by Rob Misek,  Senior Product Manager, Oracle Get Insight...

The Transformational Potential of Software Standards (Trond's Opening Standard) "The benefits of open standards are often spoken of in the abstract, that is, without quoting the $ impact and the € impact,"writes Trond-Arne Undheim. "Well, let's do that for a minute. But this time, with a structure. In fact, the benefits depend on who adopts them. Let me take an example, if the public sector adopts open standards, it makes public sector more effective, private sector more...

Tangible Benefits of E2.0 - Part 3: Real Examples (Fusion ECM) The third installment in Billy Cripe's Entreprise 2.0 series brings the good news in the form of "four brief anecdotes of where Oracle Enterprise 2.0 technology played a big role in achieving real results for real people doing real tasks." (tags: enterprise2.0 ecm)

Oracle and Virtual Iron "On May 13, 2009, Oracle announced it has agreed to acquire Virtual Iron Software, Inc. (Virtual Iron), a provider of server virtualization management software. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close this summer. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently." (tags: virtualization oracle virtualiron)

This week’s OTN Arch2Arch Podcast features SOA author Thomas Erl and Oracle's David Chappell and Clemens Utschig-Utschig in a discussion of the participation of members of the Oracle community in the collaborative effort behind the book SOA Design Patterns. (Listen) During the discussion Thomas Erl mentions two articles that were published in The SOA Magazine. Those articles are: SOA - Ready for Primetime: The Next-Generation, Grid-Enabled Service-Oriented Architectureby David...

Tech Spectator: The Gift of Slack Picking up on an idea that started with Seth Godin and passed through Tom Kyte, Jeff Erickson adds this: "If you find yourself suddenly with extra time on your hands (read laid off), offer your talents and your leadership to an Oracle user group." (tags: sethgodin tomkyte slack oracle usergroups) Mastering SOA: My Take on Governance: People, Process and Tools Oracle ACE Director Mike Van Alst comments on a post by Oracle's Dave Berry...