PaaS as the path to MDA?

Lots of communities think of Cloud Computing as the realization of a vision that they have been pusuing for a while (“sure we didn’t call it Cloud back then but…”). Just ask the Grid folks, the dynamic data center folks (DCML, IBM’s “Autonomic Computing”, HP’s “Adaptive Enterprise”,  Microsoft’s DSI), the ASP community, and those of [...]

PaaS as the path to MDA?

Lots of communities think of Cloud Computing as the realization of a vision that they have been pusuing for a while (“sure we didn’t call it Cloud back then but…”). Just ask the Grid folks, the dynamic data center folks (DCML, IBM’s “Autonomic Computing”, HP’s “Adaptive Enterprise”,  Microsoft’s DSI), the ASP community, and those of [...]

Innovations in Directory Services

Between helping get internal people up to speed on 11g, a really bad cold which may or may not have been the flu, and vacation (which was culminated with me getting to see two of my current favorite bands live on the Mayhem tour) – been a bit behind on getting to respond to some [...]

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g is Now Live

We launched 11g today. It’s not just announcements – the software is ready to download. There is more information on the updated Identity Management site. It’s also a major milestone for Oracle Directory Services reflecting over 3 years of work.   So what is new? The biggest changes in this release are within the management interfaces. [...]