Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

This just in... Among the 3,260 people following @OTNArchBeat the following Tweets were the Top 10 most popular for the week of October 21-27, 2014. Video: 2 Minute Tech Tip from @gschwartzberg1 - Integrate #Essbase with #OBIEE @oracleace Oct 23, 2014 at 09:48 AM #Microservices vs #SOA: Coexistence over conflict, advise these experts. Oct 21, 2014 at 02:09 PM Creating Domains with WLST | Martin Heinz >> Sample chapter from "Advanced WebLogic Server Automation"Oct 24, 2014 at...

Do you approach PL/SQL performance tuning as an art or as a science? This 2 Minute Tech Tip from Oracle ACE and Oracle PL/SQL Performance Tuning Tips & Techniques co-author Michael Rosenblum addresses why the difference is important. Connect with Michael Rosenblum Want more 2 Minute Tech Tips? Click here. Do You Have A Tech Tip? If you work with Oracle technologies and have an idea for a 2 Minute Tech Tip, contact me by email, or leave a comment on this blog.

Are there androids among the 5,578 fans of the OTN ArchBeat Facebook Page? We may never know. But those fans made the following posts the Top 10 most popular for the past seven days (October 17-23, 2014). OTN Virtual Tech Summit Middleware/Mobile Track: By the NumbersWhat's up with the Middleware track in the upcoming OTN Virtual Technology Summit (Nov 18)? 2 sub-tracks, 8 sessions, including 2 hands-on labs -- all focused on Mobile Architectures and Application Development....

Want to learn how to integrate Oracle Essbase with Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition so you can pass Essbase security to OBIEE? Watch this 2 Minute Tech Tip from Oracle ACE Director Glenn Schwartzberg. Connect with Glenn Schwartzberg Want more 2 Minute Tech Tips? Click here. Do You Have A Tech Tip? If you work with Oracle technologies and have an idea for a 2 Minute Tech Tip, contact me by email, or leave a comment on this blog.

Sure, you've been busy, but hopefully not too busy to notice that... ...Application requirements have changed dramatically in recent years. Only a few years ago a large application had tens of servers, seconds of response time, hours of offline maintenance and gigabytes of data. Today applications are deployed on everything from mobile devices to cloud-based clusters running thousands of multi-core processors. Users expect millisecond response times and 100% uptime. Data is...

If the guys in the photo appear to be relaxed, it is undoubtedly because they follow @OTNArchBeat and are therefore confident in their knowledge about what's going on across the OTN architect community. Or maybe they've had several drinks. Either way, here are the Top 10 @OTNArchBeat tweets for th last seven days, October 14-20, 2014. RT @frankmunz: Uploaded my @OracleWebLogic #oow2014 presentation with @dave_cabelus to #slideshare Oct 15, 2014 at 12:07 PM #JavaSE8 (and...

Look who popped up. Oracle ACE Director Kevin McGinley, owner and co-founder of Red Pill Analytics, rises to the occasion in this tech tip focused on using the direct database request (DDR) feature in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition to empower super-users to query databases directly, bypassing the OBIEE metadata layer. That's a lot to cover in under two minutes. Can he do it? Kevin's tip is based on Direct Database Request - Part 1, a post on his Red Pill blog. Co...

No statistical evidence exists to suggest that any percentage of the 5,467 fans of the OTN ArchBeat Facebook Page wear flannel suits and fedoras. Is that significant? Who cares? Here's this week's list of Top 10 Facebook posts. Creating a Mobile-Optimized REST API Using Oracle Service Bus – Part 2 | Steven DavelaarPart 2 in Steven Davelaar's series focuses on the implementation of the “read” (GET) RESTful services in service bus by transforming ADF BC SDO SOAP service...

I thought I might have to perform CPR on Oracle ACE Luis Weir by the time he finished his 2 Minute Tech Tip. Luis is the Oracle Fusion Middleware Global Lead / Principal Architect at HCL Technologies, based in the UK, and he is the co-author, along with Andrew Bell, of Oracle SOA Governance 11g Implementation (2013, Packt Publishing). But Luis managed to get through his entire list of 20 SOA and API tools without the need for medical attention, finishing just as his two minutes...