Lewis Cunningham: Oracle on Amazon - is that new?"So, is RDS really new? Is it really news?" Oracle ACE Director Lewis Cunningham wants to know. Pew: A Quarter...
Lewis Cunningham: Oracle on Amazon - is that new?"So, is RDS really new? Is it really news?" Oracle ACE Director Lewis Cunningham wants to know. Pew: A Quarter Of American Internet Users Have Placed Phone Calls Online"Big players see strong potential in the market," observes TechCrunch's Leena Rao. "But it’s certainly interesting to see data on just how common internet calling and VoIP services have become." Arun Gupta: TOTD #163: Application-scoped Resources in GlassFish...
Lewis Cunningham: Oracle on Amazon - is that new?"So, is RDS really new? Is it really news?" Oracle ACE Director Lewis Cunningham wants to know. Pew: A Quarter Of American Internet Users Have...
InfoQ: SOA in 2011 PanelTo better understand what makes SOA special, its current state and its relationships with other architectures and technologies, InfoQ...
InfoQ: SOA in 2011 PanelTo better understand what makes SOA special, its current state and its relationships with other architectures and technologies, InfoQ conducted a virtual panel on SOA asking a group of experts to share their opinion on the topic and make some predictions about SOA future. Ben Prusinski: Oracle 11gR1/R2 RAC Essentials Book now available Oracle ACE Director Ben Prusinski plugs his new book. Oracle Data Integration 11g EStudyAn eStudy called "Oracle Data...
InfoQ: SOA in 2011 PanelTo better understand what makes SOA special, its current state and its relationships with other architectures and technologies, InfoQ conducted a virtual panel on SOA asking a...
A great many organizations have some sort of SOA initiative underway. But how many have adopted a "hope it all works out" strategy rather than implementing some...
A great many organizations have some sort of SOA initiative underway. But how many have adopted a "hope it all works out" strategy rather than implementing some form of governance to insure that all that SOA stuff doesn't end up in the weeds? The mere mention of governance to some people carries connotations of Darth Vader. Others operate under the lingering perception that SOA governance is a process so complex as to induce adult whimpering. This week's ArchBeat Podcast...
A great many organizations have some sort of SOA initiative underway. But how many have adopted a "hope it all works out" strategy rather than implementing some form of governance to insure that all...
Live Webcast: Planning a Cloud ImplementationThursday May 26, 9:00am PT / Noon ET. Featuring Dr. James Baty, VP Oracle Enterprise Architecture. (Dr. Baty was a...
Live Webcast: Planning a Cloud ImplementationThursday May 26, 9:00am PT / Noon ET. Featuring Dr. James Baty, VP Oracle Enterprise Architecture. (Dr. Baty was a big hit at OTN Architect Day in Toronto. You'll find his slides and the others from that event here.) Peter Scott: Geography Hierarchies"Knowing your data is key to creating a correct model," says Scott. Ken Pulverman: Why Your ERP System Isn't Ready for the Next Evolution of the Enterprise "ERP as we've know it is...
Live Webcast: Planning a Cloud ImplementationThursday May 26, 9:00am PT / Noon ET. Featuring Dr. James Baty, VP Oracle Enterprise Architecture. (Dr. Baty was a big hit at OTN Architect Day in Toronto....
Ross Jernigan: U.S. IT Employment Back to Pre-Recession Levels | JavalobbyRoss Jernigan reports on recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that IT...
Ross Jernigan: U.S. IT Employment Back to Pre-Recession Levels | JavalobbyRoss Jernigan reports on recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that IT employment has regained what it lost in the recession. Oracle Database Insider: Customers Discuss Success with Oracle ExadataLinks to a reference booklet that offers "a sampling of real business results that organizations in a variety of industries worldwide have achieved by implementing Oracle Exadata." Kai Yu: How to Store...
Ross Jernigan: U.S. IT Employment Back to Pre-Recession Levels | JavalobbyRoss Jernigan reports on recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that IT employment has regained what it lost in the...
In celebration of Bob Dylan's 70th birthday, here's a list of Dylan song titles that could be used to describe the experience of software architects... All...
In celebration of Bob Dylan's 70th birthday, here's a list of Dylan song titles that could be used to describe the experience of software architects... All Along The Watchtower Are You Ready? Beyond The Horizon Changing Of The Guards Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight Everything Is Broken Gotta Serve Somebody I Feel A Change Comin' On I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know It's All Good Let's Stick Together Life Is Hard Man Of Constant Sorrow Maybe Someday Million Dollar Bash...
In celebration of Bob Dylan's 70th birthday, here's a list of Dylan song titles that could be used to describe the experience of software architects... All Along The Watchtower Are You Ready? Beyond...
A couple of the guys at the first OTN Sysadmin Day told me they thought the Highlights Panel on the OTN Systems Home Page was advertising. (The Highlights Panel...
A couple of the guys at the first OTN Sysadmin Day told me they thought the Highlights Panel on the OTN Systems Home Page was advertising. (The Highlights Panel is the one with the pictures in it.)There's nothing wrong with advertising and, frankly, in spite of the (mostly) lousy ads during recent Super Bowls, I watch the Super Bowl as much for the ads as for the games. But I want to make it clear that the Oracle Technology Network doesn't do advertising. So you can rest...
A couple of the guys at the first OTN Sysadmin Day told me they thought the Highlights Panel on the OTN Systems Home Page was advertising. (The Highlights Panel is the one with the pictures...
"Software engineer" among America’s 10 Least Stressful Jobs, says TIMEHas someone told the engineers? Steven Lott: Creating UML | Architects Zone"I'm a big fan...
"Software engineer" among America’s 10 Least Stressful Jobs, says TIMEHas someone told the engineers? Steven Lott: Creating UML | Architects Zone"I'm a big fan of plain-text tools," says Lott. "I'm not a big fan of proprietary file formats and document formats that are difficult or impossible to decode." Live Webcast: Helen Sun: Mastering Information ArchitectureEvent Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET . Speaker: Helen Sun, Oracle Enterprise Architect. Tom...
"Software engineer" among America’s 10 Least Stressful Jobs, says TIMEHas someone told the engineers? Steven Lott: Creating UML | Architects Zone"I'm a big fan of plain-text tools," says Lott....
Oracle ACE Director Ron Batra [blog] and Oracle enterprise architect Pat Shepherd [blog], two of the people I interviewed for my latest column in Oracle...
Oracle ACE Director Ron Batra [blog] and Oracle enterprise architect Pat Shepherd [blog], two of the people I interviewed for my latest column in Oracle Magazine, made a point of mentioning the importance of presentations in communicating with IT architecture stakeholders. PowerPoint and its equivalents are certainly the tools of choice in such gatherings, and I've seen them used to great effect. But having endured my share of MEGO-inducing presentations ("My eyes glaze...
Oracle ACE Director Ron Batra [blog] and Oracle enterprise architect Pat Shepherd [blog], two of the people I interviewed for my latest column in Oracle Magazine, made a point of mentioning the...
