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Today's Links (8/4/2011)

OTN Architect Day: Redwood Shores, CA - August 30, 2011Offering a rich schedule of interactive keynotes and two-track breakout sessions, created specifically...

OTN Architect Day: Redwood Shores, CA - August 30, 2011Offering a rich schedule of interactive keynotes and two-track breakout sessions, created specifically for IT architects. Guest keynote by Oracle ACE Director Cary Millsap. Free, but seating is limited.Vanilla Apps - An EA's Friend | Pat Shepherd"When the applications have been customized to meet the business’s requirement, these very customizations make upgrading more complex," say Shepherd.Who Uses More Storage?...

Today's Links (8/3/2011)

ArchBeat Podcast: Thomas Erl and Anne Thomas Manes on SOA Governance - Part 2/3Erl and Manes discuss how to deal with SOA footdraggers and the impact of cloud...

ArchBeat Podcast: Thomas Erl and Anne Thomas Manes on SOA Governance - Part 2/3Erl and Manes discuss how to deal with SOA footdraggers and the impact of cloud computing on SOA. Tuning WebLogic LDAP Authentication Providers | Brian EidelmanEideleman discusses authentication provider settings that affect performance and explains what each setting does. Moving Java Forward: New Java Training! | The Java SourceWith the Java 7 release, Oracle is offering professionals new Java SE...

Today's Links (8/2/2011)

New LDAP Import Whitepaper available | Anthony ShortenShorten shares info on an updated version of "LDAP Integration for Oracle Utilities Application Framework...

New LDAP Import Whitepaper available | Anthony ShortenShorten shares info on an updated version of "LDAP Integration for Oracle Utilities Application Framework based products."Externalizing Fine-Grained Authorization from Applications | Marc Chanliau - Web Security JournalChanliau describes how an Entitlements Server allows enterprises to externalize fine-grained authorization from an application’s logic.Webcast: Get Proactive with DBA Task Automation Aug 16 - 10am PT / 1pm...

Today's Links (8/1/2011)

Mastering Oracle BPM Suite 11g Webcast Series - weekly 8/18 thru 9/29 - 10am. PT / 1pm ETSeven consecutive weeks starting 8/18 - 10am. PT / 1pm ET. Speakers...

Mastering Oracle BPM Suite 11g Webcast Series - weekly 8/18 thru 9/29 - 10am. PT / 1pm ETSeven consecutive weeks starting 8/18 - 10am. PT / 1pm ET. Speakers include Manoj Das, Meera Srinivasan, Heidi Buelow, Payal Srivastava, David Read, and Mark Nelson. Case Study: Laying a Foundation for Shared Services at PHH Corporation | David BaumDavid Baum describes the role Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud, and Oracle reference architectures played in...

August Oracle Technology Network Member Discounts

Several titles have been added by our book partners this month.  Please take a look at the new titles below and then visit the OTN Member Discount Page for...

Several titles have been added by our book partners this month.  Please take a look at the new titles below and then visit the OTN Member Discount Page for discount codes and Sample Chapters. Oracle Press - Receive 40% off the recently released title - Oracle VM Implementation and Administration Guide.  Pearson - OTN Members receive 35% off and free shipping within the U.S for Economics of Software Quality. Packt Publishing - OTN Members receive 20% off the below print books...

This week in the OTN Architect Center (8/1-5/2011)

Featured this week in the Oracle Technology Network Architect Center: Oracle Optimized Solution for Agile Product Lifecycle ManagementChad Prucha illustrates a...

Featured this week in the Oracle Technology Network Architect Center: Oracle Optimized Solution for Agile Product Lifecycle ManagementChad Prucha illustrates a pretested environment for Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management that consolidates multiple tiers onto a single Oracle Sun Fire X4800 M2 server using Oracle Solaris Containers as the virtualization technology. The Cloud Computing PrenupCommunity members get their "Dr. Phil" on with advice on navigating the cloud...

Today's Links (7/29/2011)

Lean Principles and Software Architecture: The Waste of Information Transformation | Nanette Brown - SEI BlogThe eight types of waste identified in Lean...

Lean Principles and Software Architecture: The Waste of Information Transformation | Nanette Brown - SEI BlogThe eight types of waste identified in Lean manufacturing and how they manifest themselves in software development.Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day | Slashdotalphadogg writes "It's the last Friday in July. Have you hugged your system administrators today?TOGAF Certification - more | Pat ShepherdPat shares more tips on passing the TOGAF test.A quick...

Today's Links (7/28/2011)

IT jobs: Winners and losers in the cloud era | Kevin Fogarty - InfoWorld Architects and sys admins win, middle managers and tech specialists lose.InfoQ: Cloud...

IT jobs: Winners and losers in the cloud era | Kevin Fogarty - InfoWorld Architects and sys admins win, middle managers and tech specialists lose.InfoQ: Cloud Computing Realigns Role of Service Oriented Architecture | JP MorgenthalSOA has been a source of dissension among enterprise, solution and application architects. Now cloud computing is changing the conversation.The Abstract Software Architect: Why Software Architecture Fails | Christine Miyachi"Neglect, abandonment,...

Java SE Goes to 7

 As reported by The Java Source (and others!):Java SE 7 is officially released today! After nearly five years of collaboration within the worldwide Java...

 As reported by The Java Source (and others!):Java SE 7 is officially released today! After nearly five years of collaboration within the worldwide Java community, Java Platform, Standard Edition is ready for download! It's an important step in Java’s evolution. Thanks to everyone who suggested features, reviewed specs, argued on mailing lists, talked about Java 7 at your JUG meeting, submitted bugs, wrote blogs and tweeted about #java7. The major features of Java SE 7 are:  ...