Recent Posts by Juergen Kress

I just built a combined OSB, SOA/BPM, BAM clustered domain. The biggest hassle is validating that the resource targeting is correct.  There is a great appendix in the documentation that lists all the modules and resources with their associated targets.  The only problem is that the appendix is six pages of small print. I manually went through the first page, verifying my target, until I thought ‘there must be a better way of doing this’. So this blog post is the better way...

Watch for It: Oracle Cloud Application Foundation 12c Launch Oracle is preparing to launch the next-generation application platform with Oracle Cloud Application Foundation 12c. Watch for updates about the exciting, information-packed launch event with Oracle and industry leaders, featuring the unveiling of Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.2, Oracle Coherence 12c, and new and improved development and management tools. Discover more about how you can deliver next-generation...

I have a number of posts that talk about using Maven to automate builds for Fusion Middleware projects.  I know that there are some people who have not used Maven before, or maybe only a little.  So I wanted to post a few short videos that explain the basic concepts and give a real example. Here is the first installment – Basic Maven - you might want to watch fullscreen. SOA & BPM Partner Community For regular information on Oracle SOA Suite become a member in the SOA & BPM...

Environment Oracle WebLogic 10.3.6 Use Case An application that depends on custom shared libraries needs to be redeployed without downtime. That means without interrupting the availability of the application to existing and new clients. Since production redeployment is not available for libraries we need to think about a different approach. Precondition A shared library (as war) is deployed (state: active) and targeted to - for simplicity say - AdminServer with the following...

Oracle SOA Suite is a complete suite which contains various services engines and adapters that can be readily integrated with other SOA Components to enable true SOA Ecosystem in an Enterprise. The below diagram shows view of the various SOA/SCA components that can be integrated together to enable a right SOA Ecosystem. This shown to provide a recap on the Oracle SOA Suite Components and Architecture before we discuss in detail about the best practices to be followed in...

You missed the WebLogic & Coherence & JDeveloper 12.1.2 launch Webcast? Watch it on-demand: View On-Demand Version Read the Q&A from this Webcast We encourage you to learn more about all the products by reviewing the following resources: Try for Yourself -- Download the products Oracle WebLogic 12.1.2 Oracle Coherence 12c Enterprise Manager Developer Tools WebLogic Community blog Learn more Read the Oracle WebLogic Business Whitepaper Read the Oracle Coherence Business Whitepaper Re...

Oracle Customer: Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation BITLocation:  Bern, SwitzerlandIndustry: Public SectorEmployees:  1,100Annual Revenue:  $100 to $500 MillionFederal Agency for Information and Telecommunications, known as Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation (BIT), provides IT and telecommunications services to the Swiss federal administration. BIT seeks to streamline internal business processes, manage IT solution implementation, and offer support...

Sympany, with its head office in Basel, grew out of the ÖKK Basel and other health insurers. In 2012, Sympany earned premiums of CHF 994 million and had a profit of CHF 16.3 million. Sympany’s roughly 550 employees serve over 227,000 private customers, of which about 189,000 have basic insurance policies. Its corporate clientele comprises approximately 12,200 companies. A great success of the collaboration between Sympany and ec4u expert consulting (schweiz) ag could be...

People are talking about user experience design patterns that have been released in the last year by the Applications User Experience team. You can get to them through the Usable Apps website, or visit the Oracle Fusion Applications desktop and mobile patterns website. Here is a sampling of recent posts about the patterns and how they can help developers: Floyd Teter, an ACE Director with Oracle partner EiS Technologies, talks about ADF design patterns. Ultan O'Broin,...