White Paper: Oracle SCE – The Power of the Composite

Describes the Service Component Architecture (SCA) standard and the SCA capabilities in Oracle SOA Suite 11g, which are aimed squarely at reducing the complexity of developing and deploying today's sophisticated SOA applications.

Wirth’s Law…

I was scooting around the net and I stumbled on a reference to Wirth’s Law and had a flashback (not Nam related) to a conversation I had about 14 years ago with my boss at the time. We were setting up the kit for a new automated warehouse solution (Oracle 7, HP 9000s and ServiceGuard [...]

Free License for OWB Release Management Tool from iSeerix – Join their Beta

Oracle partner and longtime OWB and Oracle BI consulting firm iSeerix is preparing a new version of iSeerix Release Manager, which works with OWB to automate software configuration management, release management, and promotion of releases among development, test and production environments. They are currently recruiting beta customers– experienced OWB users who develop complex solutions and [...]

Free License for OWB Release Management Tool from iSeerix – Join their Beta

Oracle partner and longtime OWB and Oracle BI consulting firm iSeerix is preparing a new version of iSeerix Release Manager, which works with OWB to automate software configuration management, release management, and promotion of releases among development, test and production environments. They are currently recruiting beta customers– experienced OWB users who develop complex solutions and [...]

links for 2010-08-05

GlassFish 2010 unconference planning – GlassFish – wikis.sun.com Information on the planned GlassFish Unconference, to be held in a TBD room in Moscone West during JavaOne/Oracle Develop/Oracle Openworld. Sign up! (H/T to @myfear) (tags: oracle sun glassfish java javaone oow10 oracledevelop) Iain Curtain: Extending Sun Ray Reach "Sun Ray technology is one I have always [...]

Watching: ObjectWatch earns patent for minimizing the complexity of large IT systems

One of the key ideas within the Enterprise Architecture (EA) is simplification. There is even an architecture principle within the OEAF (Oracle’s EA Framework) and TOGAF around “Controlling Technical Diversity“. I took the liberty of assigning the tagline “Less is More” to this principle. And I think its true. We look at these huge “glommograms” [...]

How to kill mySQL? Keep adding features…

I was reading this article the other day and it reminded me of a conversation I had at ODTUG about mySQL. I know nothing about Oracle’s plans for mySQL and I’m only a casual user of mySQL (for about 6 years), so don’t consider this an inside scoop, it’s just some idle whittering… If Oracle [...]

Introducing Oracle Identity Management 11g

Live WebcastWednesday, July 21, 2010 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET Oracle executives introduce a new and revolutionary approach in application security – Oracle Identity Management 11g. Modern enterprise architectures are evolving rapidly, yet many security solutions in use today represent decade old technology. Businesses must adapt swiftly to stay competitive, yet bolted-on security [...]

Oracle IRM deployment planning

With lots of partners now starting to work with the Oracle IRM 11g release with customers, i’m often asked about the tasks involved in an initial IRM deployment. What do customers need to be prepared for? What timescales are involved for getting the service up and running? Overview Oracle IRM has out of the box [...]

Download Oracle Application Express 4.0

This latest release of Oracle Application Express helps reduce the time and complexity of building opportunistic Web 2.0 applications and reports.