Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

ODI User Functions: A Case Study (Data Integration and Management) Christpohe Dupupet's post presents examples of how and where user functions can be used in Oracle Data Integrator. (tags: oracle otn BusinessIntelligence dataintegration) OWB 11gR2 – Architecture Overview (Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB) Weblog) David Allan offers an overview of the OWB 11gR2 code template framework and runtime infrastructure. "The code template, David explains, "is a framework is a key component in...

Going beyond the hype: Identifying Enterprise 2.0 best practices | Enterprise Web 2.0 | ZDNet.com "As businesses go about their daily activities, they aren’t looking for either Enterprise 2.0 or a social tool like a wiki for its own sake. Instead, they are looking to solve problems and meet their deadlines in easier, cheaper, and better ways. To the extent that social computing can help do this, it will remain a topical subject in business and IT. To the extent that it’s a...

Scaling Infrastructure and Databases on the Cloud (Enterprise Architecture at Oracle) Enterprise Architecture blogger Mans Bhuller shares his thoughts on the new Exadata Database Machine. (tags: otn oracle enterprisearchitecture exadata) Java / Oracle SOA blog: WSM in Fusion Middleware 11G Oracle ACE Edwin Biemond show you how to setup Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g on Weblogic, define security on a BPEL service, and call this service with an ADF Web Service Datacontol and a Java...

Oracle OpenWorld Guide: Focus On Architects and Architecture #oow09 Download this handy guide to Oracle OpenWorld 2009 sessions, forums, and other events by and for software architects. (tags: oracle otn openworld oow09 architects architecture) Uncle Sam in the Cloud U.S CIO Vivek Kundra announces the launch of Apps.gov, "an online storefront for federal agencies to quickly browse and purchase cloud-based IT services, for productivity, collaboration, and efficiency. " (tags: usgovernmen...

Over the years I’ve found a number of occasions to refer to Gerard O’Neil’s book 2081: A Hopeful View of the Human Future. Yet another of those occasions popped up just moments ago, after reading Making the CXO Connection Work for BPM, by Gartner blogger Jim Sinur. Mr. Sinur’s post deals with the “communication gap between BPM professionals and top management.” Saying “that processes make you more efficient” or “processes save money” just doesn’t cut it any more...

Recently launched on OTN, The Enterprise Solution Cookbook features a series of articles, written by members of the OTN architect community, that offer an in-the-trenches view of the design and creation of real-world solutions to real-world problems, using products from the Oracle Fusion Middleware Suite. The latest OTN Arch2Arch podcast features an interview with Markus Zirn and Harish Gaur, the Cookbook’s organizers, and the guys who managed to get all those...

Oracle BI Meetup at Oracle Open World – Monday, 12th October, 7pm, Thirsty Bear Oracle ACE Director Mark Rittman extends in invitation to an Oracle BI meetup he's organizing for Open World attendees, on Monday 12th October at 7pm at the Thirsty Bear Bar and Restaurant, San Francisco. (tags: otn oracle openworld #oow09 BusinessIntelligence meetup) Excited for Oracle Open World #oow09 Oracle ACE Director Bradley D. Brown engages in a little prognostication on possible big announcements...

The BPM Environment Explained BPM Architect Mariano Benitez offers a functional description of the applications and services that are part of an Oracle BPM Environment, and describes how they can be installed and configured in different topologies to handle different scenarios and support different usage patterns. (tags: oracle otn entarch bpm Middleware) Recipe for Success: The Enterprise Solution Cookbook Arch2Arch talks to the organizers behind the Enterprise Solution Cookbook,...

Business Rules in Oracle Fusion 11g Oracle ACE Director Andrejus Baranovskis delivers the fourth post in his Oracle SOA series, this time covering Business Rules functionality. (tags: otn oracle businessrules oracleace ofm11g) The Secret is Out: The Business is Building Processes and Applications "There is a movement that is out there that is about to break loose and it involves business professionals building their own processes and applications because they can. IT is in a...