Recent Posts by Juergen Kress

  Some days ago I posted a longer getting started with OCCS webcast which should serve as a good introduction if you are new to OCCS. Also I posted about using OCCS with Grafana on Docker for network latency measurements. In this article I will provide a number of tips and tricks I discovered while exploring  OCCS. Keep in mind that OCCS is the newest addition in the Oracle Cloud portfolio. Everything I tried was stable so far. Note that this article – like all my other...

Want to increase the PaaS & Middleware Oracle business? Create new service offerings and solutions for the Cloud? FY18 Oracle Cloud Platform (PaaS and IaaS) & Middleware Sales Plays bring new opportunities to you as a partner: » System Integrators: Generate consulting revenue with hybrid PaaS, IaaS& Middleware » Outsourcing companies: Offer private and hybrid cloud solutions » Independent Software Vendors: Build solutions based on PaaS, IaaS & middleware » SaaS partners:...

Dear PaaS  Partner Community, Happy New Year, Oracle just started the fiscal year, thanks for your excellent partner contribution to make PaaS a huge success! Want to increase the PaaS & Middleware Oracle business? Create new service offerings and solutions for the Cloud? Attend our upcoming PaaS Partner sales plays webcast June 28th 2017. The registration for the 7th PaaS Summer Camp is open! Come to Lisbon to get hands-on trained on 6 different PaaS training from August 28th ...

  While a latecomer to the Container Cloud market, Oracle is not holding back when it comes to on-demand container cloud services. They have two primary services in this space: Oracle Application Container Cloud Service Oracle Container Cloud Service So what's the difference? Oracle Application Container Service (ACCS) provides a simple platform for hosting Java SE, Node.js and PHP applications. No prior knowledge of Docker or other container ecosystems is required. Oracle...

  In my last post we set up a hybrid agent and installed an OTD agent, in this post we shall create a SOACS agent. I am assuming you have already done the first few steps that were mentioned in my last post OTD Hybrid Agent (http://puredba.co.uk/oracle-traffic-director-otd-hybrid-agent-em-13c/) On SOACS Target Host Insert the OMS server details into the host file: Create the Agent Directory 1 2 #mkdir /u01/app/agentHome #chown oracle:oracle /u01/app/agentHome Read the complete article...

Oracle ACE Director Frank Munz shares a great example of the scalability possible with Docker containers in this 2 Minute Tech Tip recorded at the Sangam 2016 conference in Bangalore, India. Watch the video here. Additional Resources Docker For Java Podcast: Docker and Virtualization Modular and Reusable Java EE Architecture with Docker DevOps Microservices and Containers 2017 Podcast: Microservices Roundtable Microservices messaging on Oracle Cloud using Apache Kafka WebLogic Par...

  Introduction In this blog, we will explore a Hybrid Message Interaction pattern, which combines the characteristics of traditional Synchronous Request-Reply and Asynchronous patterns. We will also see, the need for such a design pattern and how it can be implemented using Oracle SOA Suite. Need for this Design Pattern A Hybrid Synchronous-Asynchronous message exchange pattern is a requirement that pops up often in architectural discussions at customer engagements. The below...

  Application Container Cloud service allows for microservices to be hosted using programming languages like Java SE, NodeJS and PHP. Future plans include support for Python and Ruby. An earlier post provided an overview and compared this to Oracle Container Cloud Service The applications run in a Docker container behind the scenes and is expected to expose a service port. By configuring metadata, access can be setup to other Oracle Cloud services like database, storage,...

  After being trying some weeks/months ago to make this happen, finally the Linkedin adapter is working in my Oracle ICS instance. The adapter supports these operations: In this blog post we will show the scenario of Status Update. I think this is a good one, since you can implement something with your HR department that everytime they open a new position, it can be automatically updated in Linkedin. Wouldn’t that be great? Or if someone quits or move, but at the end a new...