Recent Posts by Juergen Kress

Within our implementation framework at AVIO, we use an Agile methodology called Scrum.  We have found this to be a great fit for Oracle Fusion Middleware projects in the SOA, BPM and WebCenter space — especially when projects seek to improve or bring innovative new approaches to an organization. If you are new to Agile and Scrum, check out this great video which covers some of the key concepts: Agile methodologies like Scrum have several benefits over traditional...

We are happy to announce the availability of the FlexDeploy Community Edition! This edition has all features enabled and is absolutely no cost – no license fees, no support fees, for as long as you want to use it. If a decision is made to grow beyond the Community Edition to Standard or Enterprise, it’s simply a matter of uploading new keys. Enjoy the power and flexibility of FlexDeploy, our DevOps and Continuous Delivery solution for Oracle and non-Oracle technologies. For...

Building an Oracle Fusion Middleware Platform at customers, with various products such as SOA Suite, OSB or any other product forces you to think about security integration and implementation. In this whitepaper, I cover a basic scenario to think of and tell you how you can start securing web services making use of Oracle Web Service Manager. There’s also an explanation about how these scenarios fit in your Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastucture. Get the whitepaper here. SOA &...

Java SE 8 (JDK 8) introduced a fundamentally new way of programming in Java with the introduction of Lambda expressions. Lambda provides a simple way to pass functionality as an argument to another method, such as what action should be taken when someone clicks a button, or how to sort a set of names. Lambda expressions enable you to do this, to treat functionality as a method argument, or code as data. You may have heard about Lambda expressions, and are curious what impact it...

The challenge of integration is certainly not a new one for IT, but the cloud adds a new twist. In today's hybrid computing environments—which must incorporate public and private clouds, on-premises systems, mobile, and IoT — Cloud integration is a much more complex problem. Cloud Integration can be complicated by many factors, including standards and protocols, gateways and firewalls, multi-tenancy, and especially the need for security.Increasingly, companies are rethinking...

Introduction So, do you work with Oracle SOA Suite? that’s great because we also do, every single day since a long time ago. As Oracle professionals, we’ve seen the SOA stack grow, change, incorporating new products and technology with each version, from 10g to 12c. We’re Rolando Carrasco (Oracle ACE) and Arturo Viveros (Oracle ACE Associate), the SOA Myth Busters from Mexico, and as we go with this series we will put to the test a number of questions, myths and urban legends...

With data growing at unprecedented levels, application providers need a robust, scalable and high-performance infrastructure. Oracle Database Appliance is known as a simple, reliable, and complete package of software, server, storage, and networking for ISV applications that can save time and money by helping them streamline deployment, maintenance, and support of application workloads. Oracle WebLogic on ODA evolved Oracle Database Appliance to an ISV solution in a box,...

On March 4th, I presented – together with ADF and Mobile Application Framework expert Luc Bors – a live development demo session at the EMEA Oracle Fusion Middleware Partner Forum in Budapest, Hungary. Luc and I are in the middle of our preparations for this event. And I thought perhaps it would be nice to share some of the background for this session. It all started in the Fall as Jürgen Kress, responsible at Oracle for Fusion Middleware Partner Adoption EMEA, sent out a...

The Oracle Technology Network (OTN) is excited to invite you to the next Virtual Technology Summit, July 14th, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm PT. Learn first hand from Oracle ACEs, Java Champions, and Oracle product experts, as they share their insight and expertise on using Oracle technologies to meet today’s IT challenges. Learn through Hands on Labs and Technical Presentations / Demo’s. Middleware - It's All About Oracle WebLogic!:The Middleware track brings together three experts on...