Recent Posts by Juergen Kress

The 2013 Duke's Choice Award program is now accepting nomination through July 22nd. Winners will be announced at JavaOne San Francisco. In addition to the Duke Choice Award statue, each winner will receive a full JavaOne SF conference pass and recognition in Java Magazine, The Java Source Blog, and OTN Java Developer Newsletter. So do not miss this opportunity and send your nomination to us. WebLogic Partner Community For regular information become a member in the WebLogic...

This week Oracle released it sixth patchset (11.1.1.7) of the SOA Suite and it’s IDE JDeveloper. In this new release there are some small changes in the IDE, but there are also some mayor changes like two new adapters; healthcare and the UMS (User Messaging Service). This blog will look into the use of the UMS adapter as a inbound and outbound service in a SOA Composite. This adapter was already available as beta in PS5 but now it is an official adapter. By using the UMS...

We continue to offer you a nice WebLogic & ADF Specialization plaque with your logo to proof your success (limited to partners from Europe, Middle East and Africa!). If you are a WebLogic & ADF Specialized partner and would like to request the plaque please send an email to Brigitte Felisaz with the following information: Partner Name Partner logo (preferred eps file) Partner Status gold or platinum Your shipping address Your Specialization: WebLogic or ADF We recommend you to...

In this earlier post, I talked about a way to automate the build and deployment for OSB, but I did not go so far as to get that working in Maven, though you certainly could.  But, OSB PS6 has added a new tool called configjar which lets you build a sbconfig.jar file without needing to have eclipse/OEPE/OSB IDE installed on the machine where you are doing the build.  You do still need OSB, but removing that IDE dependency is a big step forward. You can find configjar sitting...

This course will enable you to carry out typical administrative tasks around Exalogic and the software deployed on it. You will learn how to use the administrative tools, the details of networking within Exalogic and how to setup complex topologies. You will learn how to do virtual deployments on Exalogic, using Weblogic Server and Oracle Traffic Director as examples for the hands-on. Objectives: The goal of this three day course is to provide additional hands on experience to...

This article is a part of a series on SOA Development and Delivery. Let's get started on our SOA Development and Delivery journey by talking about version control.  But before we delve right in, let’s take a moment to reflect on this axiom: Axiom 1: Developing a SOA Composite Application is software development. When we sit down to create a SOA Application, i.e. composites, user interfaces, services, etc., we are actually embarking on a software development exercise.  I think...

With thousands of developers watching, Java EE had attended its kick off party on June 12th. Oracle technical leaders and Java users from both large and small enterprises presented the power and capabilities of Java EE 7. If you missed it, do not worry, you can always view the webcast replay, including deep dives into the JSRs. Java EE 7 makes it easier to code, support HTML 5, and meet the most demanding enterprise requirements. The Java EE 7 SDK is ready to download today....

We continue to offer you a nice SOA & BPM Specialization plaque along with your logo to proof your success (limited to partners from Europe, Middle East and Africa!).  If you are a SOA or BPM Specialized partner and would like to request the plaque please send an email to Brigitte Felisaz with the following information: Partner Name Partner logo (preferred eps file) Partner Status gold or platinum Your shipping address Your Specialization: SOA or BPM We recommend to mount the...

For Specialized partners who are working on following projects or opportunities, we offer the following advanced summer camps: BPM: Adaptive Case Management & forms builder by Niall Commiskey B2B & Adapters by Scott Haaland Advanced SOA Suite by Geoffroy de Lamalle SOA Governance by product management All training sessions will be given by our HQ product management and PTS team. The sessions will take place in Lisbon Portugal August 26th to 30th 2013. Participation is limited to...