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What were OTN visitors reading in 2007? All is revealed:1. "Installing Oracle Database 10g Release 2 on Linux x86", by John Smiley (2005)Interesting that an...

What were OTN visitors reading in 2007? All is revealed:1. "Installing Oracle Database 10g Release 2 on Linux x86", by John Smiley (2005)Interesting that an unofficial install guide (from a senior engineer at a major, Seattle-based online retailer not to be named) would turn out to be so popular, for so long - especially since it covers only RHEL4 and SLES9. BTW, I have John's update for 11g in my hands right now (for publication in the early new year; will cover OEL5...

Your Podcast Xmas List

As we approach the end of the calendar year, it's time for me to get my podcast lineup in place for the next quarter or so.As you may know, OTN TechCasts now...

As we approach the end of the calendar year, it's time for me to get my podcast lineup in place for the next quarter or so.As you may know, OTN TechCasts now focus exclusively on the cutting edge of application development (including open source), which gives us a lot of latitude for interesting guests from within as well as outside of Oracle. (It's worth mentioning that this series is by far the most popular one produced by Oracle, with well over 4,000 subscribers - and more...

Oracle Blogs Facebook App

Once again, Eddie Awad comes through with a great Facebook app for the community: the Oracle Blogs app.Even easier to track the Oracle blogosphere!

Once again, Eddie Awad comes through with a great Facebook app for the community: the Oracle Blogs app.Even easier to track the Oracle blogosphere!

Google Knol: The End of Editorial?

As many of you may know, OTN runs a full-fledged publishing operation: We recruit authors, acquire manuscripts for a fee, review them on a technical value...

As many of you may know, OTN runs a full-fledged publishing operation: We recruit authors, acquire manuscripts for a fee, review them on a technical value level, and then edit/produce them for publication in HTML.This morning, I read about a new Google offering called knol, now in Beta (what else?), that will allow authors to self-publish into a massive knowledge base. In essence, Google will offer a metadata-rich template that support comments, Q&A, wiki-style edits etc.;...

New Doc: Oracle SOA Suite Best Practices

Oracle's SOA team (which includes the always enjoyable Clemens Utschig-Utschig) has just released a major piece of documentation that will be well-appreciated...

Oracle's SOA team (which includes the always enjoyable Clemens Utschig-Utschig) has just released a major piece of documentation that will be well-appreciated by architects: the Oracle SOA Suite 10.1.3x Best Practices Guide. This 272-page guide covers all Oracle SOA Suite components, including BPEL Process Manager, Oracle BAM, and Oracle ESB. In large portions it takes an FAQ approach, covering common questions that have arisen across the community (including...

Enterprise Software: Hot or Not?

Follow the recent mini-controversy spawned by Scoble in his post; "Why Enterprise Software isn't Sexy." Enterprise Irregulars like Vinnie Mirchandani, Anshu...

Follow the recent mini-controversy spawned by Scoble in his post; "Why Enterprise Software isn't Sexy." Enterprise Irregulars like Vinnie Mirchandani, Anshu Sharma, and Michael Krigsman are all over Scoble like white on rice for his explanation about why enterprise software is a relatively rare topic for bloggers (compared to consumer tech) - Scoble's main reason being: there's nothing sexy about software you are forced to use every day by some IT executive.To me though...

Wielding the Carrot and the Stick

Part of the SOA Governance @ Work series While noodling around the A2A blogs I found this bit of wisdom quoted in one of Steve Bennett's old posts: “Hope is not...

Part of the SOA Governance @ Work series While noodling around the A2A blogs I found this bit of wisdom quoted in one of Steve Bennett's old posts: “Hope is not a viable SOA strategy.” I don't know the original source of that quote, but it's worth printing on a t-shirt, or maybe a tattoo.  Because in order to make SOA work, hope will get you only so far. You need governance, and any good SOA governance program has to include effective incentives. The term "SOA governance"...

More Kudos for Oracle ACEs

Enterprise Irregular Vinnie Mirchandani has kind words for Oracle ACEs today, which is really a great thing to see. They deserve all the public recognition they...

Enterprise Irregular Vinnie Mirchandani has kind words for Oracle ACEs today, which is really a great thing to see. They deserve all the public recognition they can get.I did remind Vinnie that "appreciation dinners" are just the highest tip of the iceberg;  we're in constant touch with them across the year -- not only to keep them informed, but also to partner with them in their various activities where it makes sense.The best part?I get to personally meet folks like Ron...

Welcome, Oracle Usable Apps Blog

Some members of the Oracle Apps User Experience team have put a nice new blog together. If the first entry is any indication of what we can look forward to, I'm...

Some members of the Oracle Apps User Experience team have put a nice new blog together. If the first entry is any indication of what we can look forward to, I'm jazzed....