Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

This bit from a recent post by InfoWorld blogger David Linthicum needs no additional editorial comment. Organizations deploying clouds are doing so by standing up many APIs, or services. They use services to form and re-form business solutions. The solutions are inherently changeable, which places volatility into a configurable domain. That's SOA, folks. But few people actually understand SOA, so they're not getting the advantages they should be from their cloud efforts. The...

Sebastian Lik Kueng Ma, Software Applications Development Manager at Sembcorp Marine Limited in Singapore, recently published his first article for Oracle Technology Network, A Real-World Guide to Invoking OSB and EDN using C++ and Web Services. In this video Sebastian discusses how his day-to-day experience and the technical environment in which he works provided the basis for the article, and shares his perspective on working with events and biometrics.

The Top 10 tweets from @OTNArchBeat for the last seven days, as determined by community engagement (clicks, retweets). Podcast: Taking Charge: Meeting #SOA Governance Challenges - Part 2 w/ @manelrosa @luisw19 et al Feb 06, 2014 at 08:22 AM RT @stewartbryson: Check out my new OTN article: "Making the Move from #OWB to #ODI12c" Feb 04, 2014 at 09:19 AM The OTNArchBeat Daily is out! Stories via @soacommunity @PSchooff @gokhanatil Feb 07, 2014 at 12:49 PM Free, clothing-optional...

What you're watching... As you can see, the list of Top 5 videos from the OTN ArchBeat YouTube channel for the past 30 days is dominated by video sessions from the Oracle Technology Network Virtual Developer Day event Oracle ADF Development: Web, Mobile and Beyond. The sole exception is the video in the #4 position, an interview with Oracle ACE Director Lonneke Dikmans. Whatever your preference, thanks for watching! Improve Your Oracle ADF App Response Time by as Much as 70% |...

I track hundreds of blogs and other publications looking for content that will be of interest to the OTN architect community. Most of that content is created by members of that community. I then share what I find through my social media channels. The list below is comprised of the Top 10 most popular items shared via the OTN ArchBeat Facebook Page over the last seven days. Fast Data in Action | Corina TodeaCorina Todea shares "a demonstration of how Fusion Middleware can be...

Oracle ACE Director Lonneke Dikmans shares the details on a Dutch government agency's transition from an Oracle Forms-based environment to a service-oriented environment using Oracle SOA Suite in this interview recorded at Oracle OpenWorld 2013.

Every day I track activity on hundreds of blogs looking for interesting content created by those with expertise in Oracle technologies. I then share what I find through the OTN ArchBeat social channels. The list below represents the Top 10 most popular tweets from @OTNArchBeat for the last seven days (January 28 - February 3, 2014). RT @oracleace: See #ACEDs and Java Champions in action at the OTN Yathra Tour kicking off 18th Feb in Jalandhar… Jan 30, 2014 at 07:16 AM Podcast:...

There are easier ways to extract insight and expertise from the brains of experts in Oracle technologies. For instance, when asked, many will happily convert that expertise into OTN technical articles. Here's list of OTN articles for architects published in the last 30 days. Making the Move from Oracle Warehouse Builder to Oracle Data Integrator 12c by Stewart BrysonOracle ACE Stewart Bryson's detailed guide to a phased migration to Oracle Data Integrator 12c that makes use...

The Top 10 most popular updates from the OTN ArchBeat Facebook Page from the last seven days. WildFly 8 vs. GlassFish 4: Which Application Server to Choose | Markus Eisele Oracle ACE Director Markus Eisele shares his insight and expertise in this comparison of two popular OSS application servers. The Question Lingers: Who Gets to Be an Architect?Does someone become an IT architect simply by the assignment of a title? Who decides? Who defines that role? Listen to this...