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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...

Today's Links (7/18/2011)

Oracle WebCenter: The User Engagement Platform for Social Business | Brian Dirking"The benefits of social media can really be exploited when you integrate them...

Oracle WebCenter: The User Engagement Platform for Social Business | Brian Dirking"The benefits of social media can really be exploited when you integrate them with business processes," says Brain Dirking. Enterprise and Portfolio Governance Critical to Ensure IT is Strategically Supporting Your AgencyThe third in a series of posts in which the DHS CIO outlines his beliefs and real-world implementation practices that deliver successful IT programs. Blurring Face-to-Face and...

This week in the OTN Architect Center (7/18-22/2011)

This week's update of the OTN Architect Center includes a fresh batch of blog posts (from Govert Verhoeven, David Dorf, Duncan Mills, Michel Schildmeijer, Rich...

This week's update of the OTN Architect Center includes a fresh batch of blog posts (from Govert Verhoeven, David Dorf, Duncan Mills, Michel Schildmeijer, Rich Clayton, Jyothi Swaroop, Peter Paul van de Beek, Oracle ACE Director Ron Batra, and Joe Huang), a list of events that will keep you busy well beyond summer, and the following feature items: Virtual Developer Day: SOANo security lines. No lost luggage. Just live Oracle SOA product presentations and demonstrations...

Women Soccer Players Don't Flop

I'm now a rabid fan of women's soccer. Men's soccer? Phht! Men flop. Really. They could recruit Vlade Divac straight out of the NBA without letting him even see...

I'm now a rabid fan of women's soccer. Men's soccer? Phht! Men flop. Really. They could recruit Vlade Divac straight out of the NBA without letting him even see what a soccer ball looks like, and he'd be a superstar before mid-season.Sunday's match between Japan and the US was one of the best matches I've ever seen, in large part because the women played clean soccer. And because they exhibited none of the honor-sapping flopping that is prevalent in the men's game. What's...