Recent Posts by Juergen Kress

Figuring out how the authorization works in SOA Suite 11g between the WebLogic Console and Enterprise Manager can seem daunting. This blog post aims to clarify how the two parts work together and hopefully demonstrates that it is not as complicated as it may first appear. In SOA Suite 11g there is one Authentication stack and 2 Authorization stacks: Authentication is handled by WebLogic Server and is based on the order and control flags set for the Authentication Providers...

Capgemini is pleased to see that case management is now added to the Oracle SOA and BPM stack. This small addition broadens the already rich BPM architecture, making it possible to combine BPM processes into cases based upon lifecycle, milestones and events in a very fast and agile way. When implementing our processes, Capgemini needs tooling that supports design workshops and plays a part in closing the loop between analysis and development. Oracle Process Composer is...

Thanks to Glen Hawkins. The key focus of this months newsletter is manageability. All Fusion Middleware components are based on WebLogic, therefore it is key that you know how to run and manage WebLogic. Free Online Self-Study Courses from Oracle Learning Library (OLL) Best Practices for Middleware Management Self-Study Course Oracle Real User Experience Insight: Oracle's Approach to User Experience Oracle Real User Experience Insight: Basic Navigation, Data Structures, and...

Recently I was involved in an Oracle Fusion Middleware upgrade from 11g PS2 to 11g PS5 with Jacco Landlust, Aiman Salama, and Jens Peters. The environment that was patched consists of the following domains: Java domain running Java/JEE applications; IDM domain running identity management components including OID; SOA domain running Oracle Service Bus and Oracle SOA Suite.  The domains consist of several Managed Servers in a single-node cluster configuration. OSB and SOA Suite...

At our WebLogic Community Workspace (WebLogic Community membership required) you can find. Exalogic Backup and Recovery best practive.pdf Exalogic High Availability & Disaster Recovery.pdf Exalogic A Guide to Administration Tasks and Tools.pdf Exalogic A Guide to Maximizing Operational Management Benefits.pdf Exalogic for Apps Field Update.pptx Oracle VM Templates for Exalogic now on OTN WebLogic Partner Community For regular information become a member in the WebLogic Partner...

I am happy to announce our new BPM 11g Performance Tuning whitepaper is now available on OTN (here).  This white paper captures real world best practices from actual performance tuning exercises across many real BPM implementations – that’s ‘best practices’ in the sense that these are the things that we have found over time and over many engagements to give the best results. This whitepaper has been under development for quite a while now, and has been through a heap of...

BPM PS6 brings us closer to the power of BPM! One of the focus areas in this release is making it simpler for business people to draw the process, design input forms, test the process out in Process Player, to do simulations - all in a web interface. All this will give IT a better base for further refinement - the result will be fewer iterations before the process is ready to deploy. The other thing I am looking forward to is OEP PS6 - The NoSQL-integration will be very...

Are you aware that Forms runs on WebLogic? Make sure you secure your investment in your Forms Application and modernize them for the future! To learn about the next steps feel free to take the IPT online Forms assessment (German language). 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 O...

It has been almost a year since my last post about the metadata services. I talked about how-to set up a File-based MDS and DB-based MDS. This post talks about the usage of the files, placed in the MDS, in the different components available in a SOA composite. If the MDS is a new thing for you then I advise to read my previous about this subject first. You can spot the presence of a file that is a reference to the MDS if it uses the oramds: URI annotation. Files are no longer...