Recent Posts by Juergen Kress

Mobility has been a significant trend in IT for several years now. Laptops have been outselling desktops since 20081, and it seems that tablet shipments will surpass desktops in 2013 and laptops in 20142. In that context, the real question for your organization is not if it will build mobile applications, but when. To negotiate this transition successfully, one cannot ignore other technology trends. The most influential one is probably the commoditization of personal...

Cloud computing solutions are widely hailed as a way to reduce capital expenditures and move to an inexpensive, subscription - based IT model. However, many organizations don’t stop to consider all of the nuances of integrating cloud applications with their existing information systems. While deploying a cloud app or subscribing to a cloud-based service may be relatively straightforward, how will this new IT asset fit in with the rest of the enterprise, including on-premise...

Introduction to Oracle Jdeveloper Extensions SDK. Setting up project and developing Custom Rules using Jdev Extensions. WebLogic Partner Community For regular information become a member in the WebLogic Partner Community please visit: http://www.oracle.com/partners/goto/wls-emea ( OPN account required). If you need support with your account please contact the Oracle Partner Business Center. Blog Twitter LinkedIn Mix Forum Wiki Technorati Tags: JDeveloper,Rohan Walia,WebLogic,WebLogic...

The UKOUG Technology conference in Manchester hosted several very interesting sessions regarding ADF best and worst practices. Some slides are publicly available (see links at the bottom of this blog) but since there where multiple session and speakers I decided to write this blog post and share with you the most prominent do’s and don’t that might even surprise a skillful ADF developer. The topics covered below are certainly not all-encompassing, because one could write a...

'This is the season of giving, so for this last post of the year, I am pleased to share and make available some of our most requested cheat sheets used internally and by various implementation partners world wide. These cheat sheets were created as a part of the Oracle SOA Black Belt training sessions - advanced hands-on workshops that are available only to experienced Oracle SOA practitioners to gain deeper insight into the workings of the engine, enabling them to architect...

In the first issue of the new monthly ADF Mastery newsletter by Sten Vesterli, he describes five ADF skill levels: Novice, Apprentice, Journeyman, Master and Artisan. Below you can see the descriptions and which ADF features you should know at each level. You can indicate how you rate yourself and see how others have rated their skills in the poll at www.adfmastery.com  Currently, the distribution looks like this: Sign up for the newsletter at http://eepurl.com/LSGq1. Novice A nov...

Some time ago I had a request to connect a file with salesforce.com. The tool of choice was Oracle Service Bus, first without any special adapter. So I had to investigate into the salesforce.com way of using web services and how I can approach this challenge. First of all we need an account with salesforce.com. With this account we can access the Web Services API through Profile -> Setup -> API. Here we need to download the Enterprise WSDL. You can find more details to this...

In Manchester, UK, last month Simon Haslam and Lonneke Dikmans (for Veriton and Vennster), launched their new company O-box very first productc Products. The O-box SOA Appliance, put simply, "Oracle SOA in a box". The hardware is Oracle's tried and trusted Oracle Database Appliance (now with up to 48 Intel cores!) and this is coupled with O-box provisioning software and its very easy "2 stick install" approach. This gives you fully HA, secured, appropriately sized...

Do you want to learn the "big picture" of ADF development? Interested in design, architecture, development & deployment best practices and more? Then subscribe to the ADF Architecture TV channel http://bit.ly/adftvsub, where over 100 episodes delivered weekly by key Oracle ADF staff will discuss what you need to know to build a successful ADF application. Video: ADF Mobile - URL Schemes - YouTube Video: Oracle Diagnostic Log Analyzer - ADF Requests and the JSF Lifecycle - YouTub...