Recent Posts by Bob Rhubart

Here's the list of the Top 10 items posted on the OTN ArchBeat Facebook Page for the week of January 13-20, 2013. Architect Poll: What's Your Title? It has been my observation that among the participants at OTN Architect Day events only about 30% have titles or are in roles that include the word "architect." Does the same hold true for followers of this page? Let's find out. Does your role, title, or job description include the word "architect?" Automate WebLogic Installation...

If you spend any time on the Oracle Technology Network website or attend any event in which Oracle community members are involved you’ve probably read an article or blog post written by an Oracle ACE or Oracle ACE Director, attended a session by one, or at the very least seen these icons: If you've ever wondered what all that Oracle ACE stuff was all about, you’re in luck. This OTN ArchBeat Podcast series focuses on the Oracle ACE Program—what it is, and how you can...

Here's this week's list of the Top 10 most popular items shared on the OTN ArchBeat Facebook Page for the week of January 6-12, 2013. TOGAF study help? There is an app for that! | Pat Shepherd Oracle Enterprise Architect Pat Shepherd hasn't had a chance to test out the Toolkit4Togaf app for iPhone, but it did catch his attention. And since it's free, you can check it out yourself. Podcast Show Notes: Oracle Cloud Update: 30 Days in the CloudRick Greenwald, Mike Lehmann, and Dom...

Two recent articles, Why IT Should Be on the CEO's Agenda, by U. S. News contributor Thomas C. Lawton, and Enterprise architects, the economy is in your capable hands by ZDNet blogger Joe McKendrick, paint a dismal picture of the typical relationship between business management and IT. As Lawton observes: "Few CEOs really understand the implications of new, rapidly changing and complex IT systems and processes for the current business model or perceive a strategic potential...

Right on schedule (what schedule?), here are the Top 10 most popular items shared via the OTN ArchBeat Facebook page for the week of December 30, 2012 to January 5, 2013. Korea Electric Power Enables Simultaneous, Real-Time Data Collection and Analysis with High Performance, Next-Generation Data ProcessingThough it's not deep on technical details, architects will appreciate this concise profile of the what, why, and how behind Korea Electric Power Corp's implementation of...

The first OTN ArchBeat Podcast for 2013 brings you the latest news from the Oracle Cloud in a discussion with three key people behind that effort. The Panelists Rick Greenwald: Director of Product Management for Database Cloud Initiatives at Oracle Mike Lehmann: Senior Director of Product Management for Oracle Fusion Middleware, Java Application and Cloud Infrastructure. Dom Lindars: Cloud architect for Oracle. The Conversation Listen to Part 1: Under the HoodThe panel...

I'm a rust belt boy. I've lived in or near Cleveland, Ohio my entire life, so I've had a front row seat for the erosion of the manufacturing jobs that once put paychecks in the pockets of everyone's dad (and a few moms) when I was a kid. And I had a couple of those jobs myself, before I had the opportunity to make a major career change and jump on the WWW bandwagon in 1997. Back then it looked like anybody with web-related tech skills was going to be set for life. But a...

Architects cover a lot of territory, from high-level, big-picture issues to the nuts-and-bolts of various products and technologies. This list of the Top 10 most popular OTN articles from 2012 reflects those varied interests. This is what you were reading in 2012: How To Configure Browser-based SSO with Kerberos/SPNEGO and Oracle WebLogic Serverby Abhijit Patil[Published May 2012]Oracle WebLogic Server offers a complete solution for single sign-on with Microsoft clients using...

The annual Oracle Excellence Awards include the Oracle Magazine Technologist of the Year Awards, which recognize "individuals in key roles for their extraordinary efforts and contributions to enterprise technology solutions." We're talking architects here, people! So here's a year-end tip of the ArchBeat hat to the 2012 winners: Technologist of the Year: Virtualization Architect Steve Bartholomew, Enterprise Architect, Verizon Technologist of the Year: Enterprise ArchitectArup...