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Thanks for attending Fusion Middleware Community Forum in Malaga on February 7th & 8th 2012. During the Forum, the new WebLogic track was a great success.

If you could not attend, please feel free to visit our follow-up website with most of the presentations. I would also like to highlight the presentations from the WebLogic track:

• Keynote Oracle Fusion Middleware Strategy & Direction
  Regis Louis, Director of Product Management, Oracle Download(PDF, 1.87 MB)
• Partner SOA & BPM & Webcenter Reference Case
  Geoffroy de Lamalle, CTO eProseed Manas Deb, Snr Director, Oracle Download(PDF, 590 KB)
• SOA Suite 11g overview, latest new features and directions
  Simone Geib & James Allerton-Austin, Oracle Corporation Download(PDF, 6.73 MB)
• SOA Suite 10g to 11g Migration Customer Case
  Danilo Schmiedel, Opitz Consulting Download(PDF, 2.70 MB)

You can also check the insights from our twitter feed twitter.com/soacommunity @soacommunity and search for #ofmforum

As a next step we recommend everybody to become certified Implementation Specialist. Therefore we continue to offer free vouchers worth $195 for the Oracle Application Grid Certified Implementation Specialist assessment!

To demonstrate your WebLogic knowledge you first have to pass the free online assessment Oracle Application Grid PreSales Specialist.

For free vouchers please send an e-mail with the screenshot of your Oracle Application Grid PreSales certificate to brigitte.felisaz@oracle.com including your Name, Company, E-mail and Country with the e-mail subject free WebLogic voucher!

Key focus of the Community Forum was the benefits you receive with Specialization:

• Logos: Specialists & Specialization (knowledge zone)
• Plaques (community newsletter)
• Solution Catalog: Promote your service offering and solution
• Marketing kits & budgets: WLS Innovation, iAs to WLS at the WebLogic Partner Community Workspace
• Promote your events: Oracle.com/events

Please use the material in the spirit of our partnership. Do NOT publish any future information including roadmaps and product details of future versions! It’s key that you as a partner get the information first hand, to implement successful our solutions. For future events we want to continue our open policy and a trustful relationship!

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The best option to learn about anything new is of course through an in-person class. Oracle University offers several learning paths for Oracle SOA Suite. The starting point for these classes was an internal training that our product management team put together to get Oracle employees ready for the 11g release. Our curriculum organization then took over, polished, formalized and fleshed out the course. It's quite amazing to see how things can take a life of their own and that literally thousands of people around the world have now gone through these classes!
There are 4 main learning paths identified:

• Architect
• Analyst
• Developer
• Administrator

These learning paths consist of various related classes (WebLogic, XML, etc.) and specific SOA classes:

• Essential Concepts
• Build Composite Applications
• Administration
• Design & Integrate Services

Head to the Oracle University page for Oracle SOA and BPM for more information on these learning paths and available classes. Classes are available around the world as you can see on the course catalog and schedule (http://education.oracle.com> Course Schedule). Note that these classes are also available as online "Self-Study Courses" if you cannot travel for a reason or another and that Oracle University can also deliver on-premise classes (an interesting option when you want to train a whole team on the technology).

Another thing I am quite proud of is the number of books available today on Oracle SOA Suite. As of this writing there is a dozen of books directly related to Oracle SOA Suite. When it comes to books I have to admit that I am somehow biased since I co-authored one of them. With this disclaimer in place, if you ask me what are the books I would recommend to a developer looking at learning Oracle SOA Suite I would say:

• "Getting Started with Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1 - A Hands-On Tutorial" is, as its name indicates, a technical introduction to SOA Suite. Its focus is on explaining, through a comprehensive tutorial, how the various components relate to each other and can be brought together to build a complete solution.
• Once you understand what is available in SOA Suite you should acquire a more detailed and complete book. There are multiple options there such as Lucas Jellema's "SOA Suite 11g Handbook" or "Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1 Developer's Guide" by Matt Wright and Antony Reynolds. If you are solely working with the Oracle Service Bus then there are also dedicated books for this such as the one written by the OSB development team, "Oracle Service Bus (Expert's Voice)" or the brand new "Oracle Service Bus Development Cookbook" by Guido Schmutz & al.

There are other online assets that you can use to further your learning of Oracle SOA Suite. None of these can or try to replace a training or a book; you should look at them as source of complementary information on specific topics.

• The Oracle SOA Suite product page on the Oracle Technical Network: maintained by the product management team this is the place to download the product, documentation library etc. Do not miss the "Advanced Technical Information" page; it's easy to miss but a great repository of the best technical whitepapers etc.
• The Service-Oriented Architecture Technology Center page on OTN. A place to track usage and applications of SOA across all Oracle products.
• There is a number of Oracle By Example (OBEs) modules created for Oracle SOA Suite. They are task-oriented and usually very narrow in scope.
• Oracle partners have even more options available to them through for instance the SOA certification process which we will describe in a subsequent post
• Last but not least, there are many great user blogs out there on Oracle SOA Suite. I will share my blog roll in an upcoming post as this is a topic on itself!

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Oracle is very interested to run joint marketing events to build a joint pipeline! Therefore we created a BPM 11g Marketing kit for you (required access to SOA Partner Community Workspace):

• Oracle-SOA-and-BPM-Event-Kit_Event-Invitation-eBlast.zip
• Oracle-SOA-and-BPM-Event-Kit_Slide-Deck.zip
• Oracle-SOA-and-BPM-Event-Kit_Texts.zip

Additional we can support our joint BPM marketing campaign with:

• Oracle Customer Visitor Center: Conference rooms and catering
• Oracle speakers
• Oracle demo system
• Joint event invitation
• Joint event budgets advertisement (only for BPM Specialized partners)
• Promote your event at oracle.com/events advertisement (only for BPM Specialized partners)
• Promote your event with google advertisement (only for BPM Specialized partners)
• Mandatory follow up via the Oracle Open Market Model (OMM) lead registration system

For questions regarding the BPM marketing kit please contact Carole Bouldy E-Mail: carole.bouldy@oracle.com Tel. +441189240321 Please make sure that you contact your Oracle Partner Manager!

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If you need access to the DSS Demo system please visit partner.oracle.com and goto Deliver Demos for Oracle Technology Products, Oracle E-Business Suite or JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
DSS is pleased to announce the availability of Fusion Middleware Starter Kit built on latest code stack 11.1.1.5. The starter kit is available on Virtual Box. Click here to download Fusion Middleware Starter Kit.

DSS OFM 11g - Starter Kit - SV5
Oracle Fusion Middleware is the platform on which the next generation Fusion applications are developed. DSS Fusion Middleware Starter Kit is designed to provide a solid foundation to develop next generation enterprise class demos/solutions.
The environment comes with fully configured core oracle fusion middleware products (SOA, WebCenter Portal, UCM) to provide users to build creative solutions. The Fusion Middleware Starter Kit is designed to extend and provides complete freedom for the developers to build on the top of this solid foundation.

Highlights of OFM 11g Starter Kit

• Three core products installed & configured
  • WebCenter Portal for UI
  • SOA for Integration
  • WebCenter Content (UCM ) for Content Management
• Built on 64 bit architecture
• OUD installed on the system - Can be optionally enabled / disabled (Disabled by default)
• Provides complete freedom to extend & customize to bring in other products
• Built-in scripts to help you start, check status etc

Key features of OFM 11g Starter Kit

• Built on plug & play architecture
• Models cloud & VM deployment architecture
• Designed to extend features/functionality easily
• Designed & configured to utilize resources efficiently
• Designed for easy maintenance and management

Architecture DSS: Fusion Middleware 11g - Starter Kit Offerings
DSS now provides a comprehensive set of Fusion Middleware demos/solutions that can be used by the sales organization. DSS goal is to support entire sales Lifecycle.

Customizable Demos - “Build your demos/solutions”
After qualifying a customer, request a customizable demo environment to build solutions that address a customer’s specific requirements. Solutions built for one customer can be archived and reused later.

Portable Demo Images
Use VirtualBox images of the standard Demo where there is a network bandwidth or connectivity challenge. Click here to get more information on Virtual Box downloads

Partnership with OSC (formerly ETC) for Workshops You can leverage DSS demos for customer workshops in OSC. Now you can request DSS Enterprise class Fusion Middleware Platform demos/solutions to be staged for workshops directly in OSC.

Downloading DSS OFM 11g - Starter Kit DSS OFM Starter Kit is now available on Virtual Box. OFM Starter Kit is tested and configured for good performance on Virtual Box. Click here to download OFM Starter Kit.

• OFM 11g - Starter Kit - Information.
• OFM 11g - Starter Kit - Configuration Guide

DSS Fusion Middleware Demos/Solutions Corner DSS OFM Demos corner is one stop portal to get all latest information about demos/solutions available. We strongly encourage you to constantly visit this OFM Demos Corner.

DSS OFM 11g Starter Kit - Collaterals Release Notes & Platform Insight Presentation & Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Bill of Materials /Software

• Oracle Weblogic 11.1.1.5
• SOA Suite (SOA Infra) - 11.1.1.5
• WebCenter Spaces 11.1.1.5
• WebTier (OHS) 11.1.1.5
• WebCenter 11.1.1.5
• Oracle Database EE 11.2.0.2
• Oracle Unified Directory (OUD) 11.1.1.5

Need access to DSS? If you are an Oracle Sales Consultant or a Partner needing access to DSS Technology demos, please contact DSS support.

Feedback/Suggestions: DSS encourages you to provide us feedback to improve the demo content/offering. Please contact DSS Support or Anand Prasad (anand.prasad@oracle.com).

Support: For Hosted Demos If you need assistance or encounter any issues with the demos please submit a DSS Repository ticket or call the DSS Support Hotline for assistance. The DSS Support Hotline is available 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday, at:

• Americas: +1 650 506 8763
• EMEA: +44-118-9240808
• APAC: +65.6436.2150

Support For Portable Demos DSS Support will answer questions about demo content and direct you to the right download/ordering location. However, they will not be able to assist in debugging specific issues with your installation on the Portable Demos. Please log DSS enhancement requests if you have any suggestions to improve the offerings. For questions about installing and running VirtualBox, visit the Oracle VM VirtualBox discussion forum or subscribe to the vboxusers_ww@oracle.com email list.

For demo related questions or issues using DSS technology demo images, visit the DSS Technology Images discussion forum or subscribe to the dss_techimage_ww_grp@oracle.com email group.

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Customers often start their search for a Partner to help them to implement their BI & EPM project at www.Oracle.com



Try the new Explore Specialised Partners tab, to make sure your entry is maximising customer leads to your business.

This allows clients to search by Specialisation and Country, as well as a new facility to sort by "Recomendations". So get your existing customers to go here to click on the Recomend tab for you.

Read more on Market News and post your comment here.

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I regularly receive questions about available options for learning Oracle SOA Suite. This material is probably worth a blog post.

There are 4 main learning paths identified:

• Architect
• Analyst
• Developer
• Administrator

These learning paths consist of various related classes (WebLogic, XML, etc.) and specific SOA classes:

• Essential Concepts
• Build Composite Applications
• Administration
• Design & Integrate Services

Head to the Oracle University page for Oracle SOA and BPM for more information on these learning paths and available classes. Classes are available around the world as you can see on the course catalog and schedule (http://education.oracle.com > Course Schedule). Note that these classes are also available as online "Self-Study Courses" if you cannot travel for a reason or another and that Oracle University can also deliver on-premise classes (an interesting option when you want to train a whole team on the technology).

• "Getting Started with Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1 - A Hands-On Tutorial" is, as its name indicates, a technical introduction to SOA Suite. Its focus is on explaining, through a comprehensive tutorial, how the various components relate to each other and can be brought together to build a complete solution.
• Once you understand what is available in SOA Suite you should acquire a more detailed and complete book. There are multiple options there such as Lucas Jellema's "SOA Suite 11g Handbook" or "Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1 Developer's Guide" by Matt Wright and Antony Reynolds. If you are solely working with the Oracle Service Bus then there are also dedicated books for this such as the one written by the OSB development team, "Oracle Service Bus (Expert's Voice)" or the brand new "Oracle Service Bus Development Cookbook" by Guido Schmutz & al.

Check out the other books available on Oracle SOA Suite that cover topics such as implementation stories/patterns or administration.

• The Oracle SOA Suite product page on the Oracle Technical Network: maintained by the product management team this is the place to download the product, documentation library etc. Do not miss the "Advanced Technical Information" page; it's easy to miss but a great repository of the best technical whitepapers etc.
• The Service-Oriented Architecture Technology Center page on OTN. A place to track usage and applications of SOA across all Oracle products.
• There is a number of Oracle By Example (OBEs) modules created for Oracle SOA Suite. They are task-oriented and usually very narrow in scope.
• Oracle partners have even more options available to them through for instance the SOA certification process which we will describe in a subsequent post
• Last but not least, there are many great user blogs out there on Oracle SOA Suite. I will share my blog roll in an upcoming post as this is a topic on itself!

Please comment on other useful sources of information you might have found on Oracle SOA Suite.

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orclateamsoaA-Team SOA Blog: Enhanced version of Thread Dump Analyzer (TDA A-Team) ow.ly/1hpk7l	MarcHere is my review on the Oracte Partner Event in Malaga 2012 tinyurl.com/opnmalaga @wlscommunity @soacommunity #ofmforum
OracleBlogsEnterprise Architecture tools: New partnership with Troux ow.ly/1hou4r	orclateamsoa A-Team SOA Blog: Analyzing Thread Dumps in Middleware - Part 4 ow.ly/1hhiPN
BPM ForumSOA, BPM & Integration Days 2012 - Start in zwei Wochen: In zwei Wochen finden vom 29. Februar bis zum 1. März 2 bit.ly/yYanDV	orclateamsoaA-Team SOA Blog: Writing Human Task User Interfaces in .Net - This post explores how to use the Human Workflow ow.ly/1hhiPM
SOA CommunityLearning Oracle SOA Suite - available options blogs.oracle.com/SOA/entry/how by @demed #soacommunity #soa #education #training	Simone Geib Day 2 of our #soasuite bootcamp in Malaga. All bright eyed and bushy tailed #ofmforum
SOA Community BPM 11g Task execution Data - Rejection Notification Pattern blogs.oracle.com/ateamsoab2b# soacommunity #bpm #ateam	Eric ElzingaThanks @JuergenKress for a great #ofmforum event.Had 2 nice days,made some nice contacts and received interesting prod. news @soacommunity
JDeveloper & ADFPattern: Building Reusable Java-Based BPM Task Form- Part 2 dlvr.it/1CD2tm	SOA CommunitySOA bootcamp time at the #ofmforum run by @SOASimone and James #ofmforum pic.twitter.com/MZWkLgM5
SOA CommunityEnterprise Architecture tools: New partnership with Troux wp.me/p10C8u-mC	Hajo NormannThanks a lot Jürgen for great community building at #ofmforum!!! #soacommunity
Oracle ACE Program New book release "Oracle Service Bus 11g Development Cookbook" written by 3 #ACE and 2 others. bit.ly/ycvnh1	OTNArchBeatWhite Paper: Oracle SOA Suite 11G Database Growth Management Strategy bit.ly/zm3A7z
Lonneke DikmansVENNSTER BLOG: Website users in different stages of the experience blog.vennster.nl/2012/02/websi	Mark SimpsonReally useful 10 step guide for soa10g to 11g migration from Danilo. Experience shows a lot of pre steps + checks to each service #ofmforum
Oracle SOAVideo: SOA Governance in the real world - Oracle customer Pacific Life tells us how bit.ly/xUYMpe #soa #governance	WebLogic Community @SOASimone presenting new purging features in SOA PS5 and new OTN purging paper #ofmforum #soacommunity pic.twitter.com/5zC1mV0M
OTNArchBeatThe making of the Oracle Service Bus 11g Development Cookbook | gschmutz bit.ly/AfTg0M	Jon petter hjulstadSOA/BPM Rules Composer will get improvements in PS
OTNArchBeatUnit Testing Asynchronous BPEL Processes Using soapUI | Daniel Amadei bit.ly/yAWLIp	Jon petter hjulstadSOA 11.1.1.6 PS5 is a major release #ofmforum
Danilo SchmiedelNew blogpost: Oracle Partner Community Forum 2012 in short =>inside-bpm-and- soa.blogspot.com/2012/02/recap Thanks to Jürgen and Hans @soacommunity @wlscommunity	Torsten Winterberg#ofmforum Oracle is coming up with case management in BPM Suite. See more details and Oracle keynote at #sbidays: soa-bpm-days.de
David ShafferJust scheduled the Advanced SOA training (aka blackbelt workshop) with Exilor for Redwood City Apr 30-May 4. Agenda: dl.dropbox.com/u/62123226/Adv	KritikosStanding room only @ #ofmforum pic.twitter.com/aposOXfJ
OracleBlogsYour Presentation at the "Oracle SOA & BPM Customer Insights Online Summit" ow.ly/1hmboX	Kritikos Cloud App Foundation/WebLogic 12c+Enterprise Manager 12c+ExaLogic = 1st open cloud infrastructure that provides customers choice! #ofmforum
Heidi BuelowPodcast interview on BPM 11g Handbook with Heidi and Manoj bit.ly/zJGwAw #OracleBPM	Simone Geib Interesting SOA/BPM/Web Center customer case study by eProseed #ofmforum
Oracle BPMBook review: Oracle BPM Suite 11g Handbook, bit.ly/y24uRY	SOA Community Business Process Accelerators call to action we want to work with you to create additional processes #ofmforum pic.twitter.com/qmLZVqRH
OracleBlogsDiagnose SOA Suite 11g Issues Using RDA (Remote Diagnostic Agent) ow.ly/1hm1bo	Simone Geib Regis Louis presenting at #ofmforum. Great comparison between choosing hifi system and middleware software
OracleBlogsLearning Oracle SOA Suite – available options ow.ly/1hmm2Y	Kritikos Nice overview of OFM opportunity by Leopoldo Boado. #ofmforum #orcllovespartners
Estafet LimitedWe attended a great OPN conference in Malaga last week. Great learning, well organised. Thanks Jurgen & Hans @soacommunity @wlscommunity	SOA Community Gartner predictions Oracle middleware is a hugh business - make sure you participate!
leonsmiersto see a recurring discussion > RT @markxnelson: Choosing BPMN or BPEL to model your processes wp.me/pgVeO-Cv	Torsten Winterberg#ofmforum in Málaga is about to start. Excellent program agenda packed with highlight topics. FMW attracts 200+ people
Yannick ongenaOracle Fusion Middleware Partner Community Forum Malaga Summary #ofmforum #webcenter #weblogic j.mp/wU9quP	Lucas JellemaGreat article on using MDS in SOA Suite 11g by my colleague at AMIS, Robert: technology.amis.nl/blog/15295/usi… on connecting, deploying etc. to MDS
A. Chatziantoniou waiting for my flight - hen home by train; after malaga and cold nürnberg I need to keep the feeling - searching for tapas recipes	AMIS, Oracle & JavaBlog by Robert van Molken: "Using the MetaData Services (MDS) in a SOA environment - part 1" bit.ly/zFcUoD
Simone GeibThus ends a very interesting fun week where I met a lot of great people. Thanks for organizing #ofmforum, Juergen! Hope to be here again

Please feel free to send us your news! And add your blog to our SOA blog wiki.

Read more on Community Events and post your comment here.

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• White Paper: Oracle SOA Suite 11G Database Growth Management Strategy bit.ly/zm3A7z
• Profit Magazine Specialized Partner Issue - Submission Now Open Oracle PartnerNetwork is collaborating with Oracle Profit Magazine to publish a Specialized Partner Issue to debut this summer, leading to Oracle OpenWorld. This is a unique opportunity for partners to reach over 100,000 executive-level customers by submitting a Customer Success Story. Paid advertising opportunities are also available, please contact kristin.rose@oracle.com if interested.
• Learn about Marketing resources on the OPN specialized training modules page Members of the Oracle PartnerNetwork can now watch short videos to quickly learn how to take advantage of the wide range of Marketing Resources available to them. These resources include Marketing Kits, webcasts On-Demand and Event-Publishing services, all designed to help professionally conduct successful demand generation activities while saving time and money. Access this OPN Public page and point your partners to it today.
• Event Driven Patterns and Best Practices
• Video tutorial for using clustering and OSB. Its posted on the same site as the Oracle sample code for 11g. Here is a link directly to the video. Its located in the OSB section of the wiki for the OracleSOASuite11g project.

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UPK Webcast Business Driven Application Management & BPM11g & Application Grid & GoldenGate & Fusion Middleware Pricing & OC4J to WebLogic & Next Generation SOA & Fusion Middleware in Utility & Fusion Middleware in Communications & Fusion Middleware in Public Services & Fusion Middleware in Financial Services

Please check your local OPN trainings calendar for additional training dates and locations.

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On-Demand Trainings

Please check your local OPN Training Calendar for additional training and locations here.

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The SOASchool.com - SOA Certified Professional (SOACP) program is dedicated to excellence in the field of SOA and service-oriented computing. Through a series of seasoned course modules and exams, IT professionals have the opportunity to obtain a number of different certifications to recognize their accomplishment of gaining "project ready" SOA proficiency. This comprehensive and strictly vendor-neutral program was developed in cooperation with best-selling SOA author Thomas Erl and several major SOA organizations and academic institutions. Through the involvement of the SOA Education Committee, course contents and certification requirements are constantly reviewed and revised to stay current with developments in the service-oriented computing industry. The program is currently comprised of 12 course modules and 5 certifications and is expanding to 18 course modules and 8 certifications throughout 2009. For more information, visit www.soaschool.com and www.soacp.com.

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Publishing Your Stories
We would like to invite our partners to publish information in the newsletter or on our SOA Community portal. Especially we are looking for your real life experience with our SOA technology. Please send your documents to Jürgen Kress. We look forward to getting your suggestions!

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Do you want to chat to experts, including partners and Oracle SOA Product Development? Do you want to get the latest information about our SOA solutions and events?

Attend our private online SOA Discussion Forum at OTN. Please send your OTN forums user name to Brigitte Felisaz. You must be a registered user to access the SOA Discussion Forum.

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Please feel free to invite your colleagues to join the SOA Community and to participate in the SOA Assessment tests. For registration please login the Oracle PartnerNetwork and go to: www.oracle.com/goto/emea/soa

For any questions on the above or concerning SOA and Oracle in general please contact the Oracle EMEA Alliances & Channels SOA Team.

Best regards
Oracle EMEA SOA Team
Jürgen Kress