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Podcast Show Notes: Thomas Erl and Anne Thomas Manes on SOA Governance

The latest OTN Archbeat Podcast features an interview with two of the most prominent voices in Service Oriented Architecture. Listen to Part 1 Listen to Part 2...

The latest OTN Archbeat Podcast features an interview with two of the most prominent voices in Service Oriented Architecture. Listen to Part 1 Listen to Part 2 Listen to Part 3 Thomas Erl [LinkedIn | Homepage] is a best-selling IT author and CEO of Arcitura Education Inc. and SOA Systems Inc., and is also involved in SOASchool.com and CloudSchool.com. He is the series editor of the Prentice Hall Service Oriented Computing Series that also bears his name, and, as if that's not...

Today's Links (7/26/2011)

The Role of Architect vs. The Role of the Software Architect, A Reality Check from Beautiful Architecture"In music composition and software design, the composer...

The Role of Architect vs. The Role of the Software Architect, A Reality Check from Beautiful Architecture"In music composition and software design, the composer (software architect) creates a static description of a piece of music (architecture description and code) that is later performed (executed) many times. In both music and software the design can account for many components interacting to produce the desired result..." — Excerpted from Beautiful Architecture, by...

Today's Links (7/25/2011)

Oracle x86 Infrastructure - The Optimized Stack: Reducing Total Cost of Ownership through Vertical IntegrationAn Edison Group white paper.Improving Data Quality...

Oracle x86 Infrastructure - The Optimized Stack: Reducing Total Cost of Ownership through Vertical IntegrationAn Edison Group white paper.Improving Data Quality through Anomaly Detection | Mark Kasunic - SEI Blog"The problem with poor data quality is that it leads to poor decisions," says Kasunic.Why Being Certain Means Being Wrong | Ted Cadsby - Harvard Business Review "A mind that is 'fertilized' by the first satisfying interpretation is closed to the more subtle and...

Virtual Developer Day in Europe, Coherence in Insurance, and Professionalism in Architecture

This week in the Oracle Technology Network Architect Center: Virtual Developer Day: SOAOTN Developer Day: SOA hits Europe this week. Stay in your pajamas. We...

This week in the Oracle Technology Network Architect Center: Virtual Developer Day: SOAOTN Developer Day: SOA hits Europe this week. Stay in your pajamas. We don't care. You'll still get live Oracle SOA product presentations and demonstrations delivered by Oracle product and technology experts, plus a chance to run your own demo in a hands-on lab. Leveraging Oracle Coherence for Distributed Execution of High Volume TransactionsPaul Cleary's new white paper shows how Oracle...

Today's Links (7/22/2011)

Making Delivery Options More Accessible to Users | Brent LoweHow to bring delivery to the users vs. having them kick off the process explicitely. Which Linux do...

Making Delivery Options More Accessible to Users | Brent LoweHow to bring delivery to the users vs. having them kick off the process explicitely. Which Linux do you pick for Oracle Installations? | Tim Hall"Many of us don’t work in a world where technology is picked purely on its merits," says Hall. There's No Stopping Zero Downtime | Dain Hansen - Data Integration"Zero Downtime is clearly something much more sophisticated, as it enables a Maximum Availability Architecture,"...

Are You Kidding Me? (Make That 164) Oracle ACE Sessions at Oracle OpenWorld

It's all set; Oracle OpenWorld 2011 sessions are finalized and the content catalog is open to the world. Take note: 163 of these sessions will involve at least...

It's all set; Oracle OpenWorld 2011 sessions are finalized and the content catalog is open to the world. Take note: 163 of these sessions will involve at least one Oracle ACE. (Yes, you read that number right!) In some cases, Oracle ACEs are presenting on multiple occasions, with Lucas Jellema's six sessions taking the prize in this category. (Really, Lucas? When will you have time to eat and sleep?) We're especially proud of the "new blood" in this crowd - for example, MySQL...

Today's Links (7/21/2011)

Fusion Applications - What You Need To Know: SOA Rehash | Floyd Teter"You just need to have your brain wrapped around some basic [SOA] concepts to understand...

Fusion Applications - What You Need To Know: SOA Rehash | Floyd Teter"You just need to have your brain wrapped around some basic [SOA] concepts to understand what's happening behind the scenes," says Teter. Oracle Unified Directory 11gR1 Released ! | Etienne RemillonOracle Unified Directory is an all-in-one directory solution with storage, proxy, synchronization and virtualization capabilities. Open Work: Using Social Software To Make Our Work Visible Again | Dion Hinchcliffe...

Today's Links (7/20/2011)

Bay Area Coherence Special Interest Group Meeting - July 21Thursday - July 21st, 2011, 4:30pm - 8:15pm. Speakers include: Reza Shafii (Oracle), Chris Akker...

Bay Area Coherence Special Interest Group Meeting - July 21Thursday - July 21st, 2011, 4:30pm - 8:15pm. Speakers include: Reza Shafii (Oracle), Chris Akker (F5), Paul Cleary (Oracle), Alexey Ragozin (Independent Consultant), and Brian Oliver (Oracle). Cloud for winners, going pro in IT architecture, and another chance for a virtual Oracle SOA Suite demo.If you guessed, "What's new this week in the OTN Architect Center?" -- you win! Integrated Load Balancer | The ObservatoryAn...

Today's Links (7/19/2011)

Communicating Change as Business as Usual | Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe - Harvard Business Review Musselwhite and Ploufe report on "an organizational...

Communicating Change as Business as Usual | Chris Musselwhite and Tammie Plouffe - Harvard Business Review Musselwhite and Ploufe report on "an organizational model promoting change readiness [that] provides a promising new perspective on change." Oracle Fusion Middleware Security: 5 Minutes or less: Kerberos | Chris Johnson Chris Johnson concise explanation of how Kerberos works. The Open Group releases O-ACEML standard, automates compliance configuration | Jim...