Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

The Top 10 most popular items shared via the OTN ArchBeat Facebook page for the month of August 2012. Now Available: Oracle SQL Developer 3.2 (3.2.09.23) New features include APEX listener, UI enhancements, and 12c database support. The Role of Oracle VM Server for SPARC in a Virtualization StrategyIn this article, Matthias Pfutzner discusses hardware, desktop, and operating system virtualization, along with various Oracle virtualization technologies, including Oracle VM Server...

The art, science, and politics of technology selection By Bob Rhubart September/October 2012 When the time comes for a solution architect to make the final decision about the technologies, standards, and other elements that are to be incorporated into a particular project, what factors weigh most heavily on that decision? It comes as no surprise that among the architects I contacted, business needs top the list. Philip Wik, a senior consultant at MSS Technologies, stresses the...

SOA Suite 11g Asynchronous Testing with soapUI | Greg Mally Greg Mally walks you through testing asynchronous web services with the free edition of soapUI. The Role of Oracle VM Server for SPARC in a Virtualization Strategy | Matthias Pfutzner Matthias Pfutzner's overview of hardware and software virtualization basics, and the role that Oracle VM Server for SPARC plays in a virtualization strategy. Cloud Computing: Oracle RDS on AWS - Connecting with DB tools | Tom LaszewskiClou...

Next Generation Mobile Clients for Oracle Applications & the role of Oracle Fusion Middleware | Manish Palaparthy Manish Palaparthy examines some of Oracle's mobile applications, and takes a look at the underlying technology. Master Data Management: A Foundation for Big Data Analysis | Manouj Tahiliani"Businesses that have embraced MDM to get a single, enriched and unified view of Master data by resolving semantic discrepancies and augmenting the explicit master data...

ORCLville: OOW 2012 - Crystal Ball Oracle ACE Director Floyd Teter cooks up some tongue-in-cheek predictions for news and announcements that might come out of Oracle OpenWorld 2012. What's your prediction? Oracle Optimized Solutions at Oracle OpenWorld 2012 | Oracle HardwareHardware matters, too! The people behind the Oracle Hardware blog have put together a list of Oracle Openworld 2012 sessions focused Oracle Optimized Solutions, "designed, pre-tested, tuned and...

You may be tempted by IaaS, but you should PaaS on that or your database cloud journey will be a short one"The better option [to IaaS] is to rationalize the deployment stack so that VMs are needed only for exceptional cases," says B. R. Clouse. "By settling on a standard operating system and patch level, you create an infrastructure that potentially all of your databases can share. Now, the building block will be database instances or possibly schemas within databases. These...

The Top 10 most popular items shared via the OTN ArchBeat Facebook page for the week of August 19-26, 2012. Now Available: Oracle SQL Developer 3.2 (3.2.09.23) The latest release of Oracle SQl Developer includes UI enhancements, 12c database support, and bug fixes. ADF Tutorial Chapter 3: Creating a Master-Detail taskflow | Yannick OngenaOracle ACE Yannick Ongena continues his ADF tutorial with a chapter devoted to view layer and using the data control to build pages that allow...

Icing on the Cake: Oracle ACE sessions at Oracle OpenWorld As you're finalizing your Oracle OpenWorld travel plans and taking advantage of schedule builder to plan your week in San Francisco, make sure you add some Oracle ACE sessions to your schedule. "What's an Oracle ACE?" you ask. Members of the Oracle ACE Program are the most active members of the Oracle community, frequently sharing their substantial insight and real-world expertise with Oracle technologies through...

GlassFish Community Event at JavaOne 2012 Don't miss out on this exclusive GlassFish Community Event on Sunday, September 30th from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in Moscone South. Register Now! Part of JavaOne 2012. Comparing OBIEE Administration Tool Options – 10g vs 11g | Art of Business IntelligenceThe Oracle BI Repository Options have changed in the OBIEE 11g release. In his latest post Oracle ACE Christian Screen highlights the differences between the Administration Tool's...