Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

SOA and MDM: Chocolate and Peanut Butter or Burnt Cookie? (Data Integration and Management) "Regardless of your architectural recipe, SOA and MDM do have a place together," writes Dain Hansen. "Provided that you undergo a bit of political wrestling to ensure its effectiveness..." (tags: soa mdm dataintegration) Advanced Software Architecture Blog: SOA Funding Models "One of the primary reasons SOA efforts fail in many companies is simply due to inadequate or inappropriate funding...

Computerbooks for PRO: Pro Oracle Application Express "In Pro Oracle Application Express, authors John Scott and Scott Spendolini open the hood of APEX and expose the full power behind its easy–to–use GUI interface." (tags: apex books oracle) Agile SOA Governance in SMEs | SOA World Magazine "The job of governance is to help identify opportunities for increasing efficiency in the development of software across the enterprise. While the enterprise needs governance to help...

Loraine Lawson: New Views on Integrating Legacy Systems "Whatever shall we do with legacy systems?" asks IT Business Edge writer Loraine Lawson. In searching for answer she references Oracle's Shailender Kumar. (tags: oracle legacy transformation Middleware ofm middle) Léon Smiers Blog: Oracle Coherence experiences from the field Léon Smiers shares the details of two projects that he describes as "excellent [cases] for the usage of a grid database based on the middle tier." (tags: ora...

Video: Interview with Thomas Erl A short interview with noted SOA author Thomas Erl, recorded at OTN Architect Day in Toronto. (tags: soa otn oracle thomaserl youtube) Techtarget Survey: SOA Still on the Rise (David Chappell Blog) "Governance ranks high as a challenge as well as organizational buy-in," says David Chappell, " and according to Gartner's Massimo Pezzini who was quoted in the article, those not adopting SOA say it is due to lack of skills." (tags: soagovernance gartner)

I caught up with SOA author Thomas Erl after his keynote presentation at OTN Architect Day in Toronto, and recorded this interview:     All  but one of the day's presentations have been posted to the OTN Architect Day group on Oracle Mix.  I'll update that list after I chase down the remaining presenter.   Technorati Tags: oracle,otn,soa,service-orientation,software architect,otn architect day

Garfield: 'Chaos Scenario' Has Arrived for Media, Marketing - Advertising Age - News According to AdAge's Bob Garfield, "Any hope for a seamless transition -- or any transition at all -- from mass media and marketing to micro media and marketing are absurd." (tags: recession internet economy marketing TV) Virtual Neighborhoods (Fusion ECM) "[The] difference between community and market segment is important, writes Billy Cripe. "Community is active. It's individuals acting, thinking,...

MIT professor wins Turing Award - The Boston Globe As reported by the BG's Robert Weisman, "Barbara Liskov, a veteran Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who created building blocks for software programming languages that were key to personal computers and the Internet, today will be named the winner of the 2008 A.M. Turing Award, the most prestigious prize in computer science." (tags: technology computing turingaward MIT) Enterprise Architecture webinar on March 27 »...

Point to Point = SOA, Huh? Dave Berry explores "the many benefits and challenges of adopting SOA and a shared-services reuse strategy," and the role of the enterprise repository in SOA governance. (tags: soa oracle otn soagovernance) Enterprise Architecture: From Incite comes Insight...: Enterprise Architecture and Gardening "Some folks are savage in the pursuit of structure while others thrive in chaos," writes James McGovern. "Enterprise architecture should stimulate, inspire and...

It's too early to draw any solid conclusions from the results of my Architect Community survey, but an interesting -- if shifting -- picture is developing. A slim majority (35%) identify themselves as Solution Architects. Enterprise Architects are in 2nd place. Those on the job 1-3 years are tied with those on the job 5 years or more. Only 8% have earned architect certification. TOGAF represents 50% of those certifications. Data integration has a slight lead over SOA as the...