Enterprise Service Bus [July 2013]
by Juergen Kress, Hajo Normann, Danilo Schmiedel, Guido Schmutz, Clemens Utschig-Utschig, Torsten Winterberg, and Bernd Trops
Answers to some of the most important questions surrounding the use of an enterprise service bus, using concrete examples to clarify correct areas of application. Part of the Industrial SOA article series.

SOA Maturity [July 2013]
by Juergen Kress, Hajo Normann, Danilo Schmiedel, Guido Schmutz, Clemens Utschig-Utschig, Torsten Winterberg, and Bernd Trops
This chapter in the Industrial SOA article series offers an exploration of the fundamentals of applying a factory approach to modern service-oriented software development.

Single Sign-On with Security Assertion Markup Language between Oracle and SAP [June 2013]
by Ronaldo Fernandes
Implementing Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) to provide identity propagation from Oracle Web Service Manager (OWSM) in Oracle Service Bus (OSB) to SAP Enterprise Central Component (ECC).

Canonizing a Language for Architecture: An SOA Service Category Matrix [June 2013]
by Juergen Kress, Hajo Normann, Danilo Schmiedel, Guido Schmutz, Clemens Utschig-Utschig, Torsten Winterberg, and Bernd Trops
Part of the Industrial SOA article series.

Top 10 List for Success in the Cloud [June 2013]
by Octave Orgeron

Large-Scale Transformation Programs: Discussion at Oracle EA Summit 2012 [May 2013]
Using Enterprise Architecture Principles to Enact Change

Fault Handling and Prevention for Services in Oracle Service Bus [May 2013]
by Guido Schmutz and Ronald van Luttikhuizen
Part two in a series, this article concentrates on concrete fault handling and prevention measures in the integration layer that are realized through Oracle Service Bus.

On the Integrity of Data [April 2013]
by Lucas Jellema
An introduction to the basics of data integrity enforcement in a variety of environments.

Moving to Oracle WebCenter Content 11g Web Services [April 2013]
by Jon McDonald
Working with the Generic and Native Web Services provided in Oracle WebCenter Content 11g.

Oracle WebCenter Spaces Performance Analysis and Tuning in Practice [April 2013]
by JayJay Zheng
A post-development performance tuning practice for addressing Oracle WebCenter Spaces performance issues.

Fanning Out Events on the SOA Suite 11g Event Delivery Network [February 2013]
by Oracle ACE Director Lucas Jellema
This article describes how events can be used in Oracle SOA Suite 11g to have business processes impact each other in a meaningful way with maximum decoupling.

Track Down a Memory Leak [January 2013]
by Dr. Frank Munz
This sample chapter from Oracle WebLogic Server 12c: Distinctive Recipes offers a simple solution.

Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c with Filer Snapshotting [December 2012]
by Porus Homi Havewala
This concise technical article includes a script for database backup using snapshots and cataloging in RMAN.

Fault Handling and Prevention - Part 1 [November 2012]
by Guido Schmutz and Ronald van Luttikhuizen
In this technical article, part one of a four part series, Oracle ACE Directors Guido Schmutz and Ronald van Luttikhuizen guide you through an introduction to fault handling in a service-oriented environment using Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Service Bus.

Setting Up, Configuring, and Using an Oracle WebLogic Server Cluster [October 2012]
by Yuli Vasiliev
Yuli Vasiliev shows you how take advantage of multiple Oracle WebLogic Server instances grouped into a cluster to maximize scalability and availability.

Configuring Oracle Business Intelligence 11g MDS XML Source Control Management with Git Version Control [September 2012]
by Christian Screen
A tutorial for those interested in learning how to configure the Oracle Business Intelligence 11g (11.1.1.6) metadata repository for development using the new MDS XML source control management functionality.

Advanced Pub/Sub: Why Do We Need It? [August 2012]
SOA and Java architect Daniel Amadei explores the advanced publish and subscribe features in Oracle WebLogic Server.

Decisions, Decisions: The art, science, and politics of technology selection [August 2012]
When the time comes for a solution architect to make the final decision about the technologies, standards, and other elements that are to be incorporated into a particular project, what factors weigh most heavily on that decision?

SOA, Cloud, and Service Technologies [August 2012]
Best selling SOA author Thomas Erl and Oracle SOA experts Tim Hall and Demed L'Her explore the evolution of IT architecture and the emerging role of the IT architect in this edited transcript of an OTN ArchBeat podcast.

Scaling Service Oriented Architecture [August 2012]
Philip Wik explores what scaling is and what it means to a Service Oriented Architecture, and proposes Oracle-based solutions to SOA scaling and an Oracle-based SOA scaling roadmap.

Oracle WebLogic RESTful Management Services: From Command Line to JavaFX [August 2012]
by William Markito Oliveira
William Markito Oliviera offers code samples and scripts to illustrate the RESTful Management Services features in Oracle WebLogic Server 12c.

Storing SCA Metadata in the Oracle Metadata Services Repository [July 2012]
by Nicolás Fonnegra Martinez and Markus Lohn
The advantages of using the Oracle Metadata Services Repository as a central storage point for metadata.

The Role of the Cloud Architect [July 2012]
by Bob Rhubart
Cloud architects talk about the role's unique challenges and the skills needed to meet them.

Automation Framework Architecture for Enterprise Products: Design and Development Strategy [July 2012]
by Anish Shrivastava
The case for using an automation framework for implementing and testing ERP product suites.

Software Architecture for High Availability in the Cloud [June 2012]
by Brian Jimerson
A look at the paradigm shifts in designing fault tolerance from machine-based architectures to cloud-based architectures, and how enterprise applications need to be engineered to ensure the highest level of availability in the cloud.

Discussion: Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds [June 2012]
by Bob Rhubart
A panel of leading Oracle experts on cloud computing compares and contrasts the various flavors of cloud computing in this transcript of an OTN ArchBeat Podcast.

Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure on SPARC: An Oracle Optimized Solution [June 2012]
by Roger Bitar
Recommendations and best practices for optimizing virtualization infrastructures when deploying the Oracle Optimized Solution for Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure on SPARC.

Catching Up to Mobile Computing [June 2012]
by Bob Rhubart
Community members talk about the challenges and opportunities mobile computing presents for IT architects in this article from the latest edition of Oracle Magazine.

Driving from Business Architecture to Business Process Services [May 2012]
by Hariharan V. Ganesarethinam
This article from Service Technology Magazine discusses why "there should be a structured approach to drive enterprise architecture to service-oriented architecture and business processes."

Community Roundtable: Agility versus Architecture [May 2012]
by Bob Rhubart
What happens to architecture in the rush to deliver solutions? A community panel discusses finding a balance.

Community Roundtable: Architecture, Confidence, and the Cloud [May 2012]
by Bob Rhubart
Cloud computing may be a new take on not-so-new concepts, but getting it right still requires an architectural approach.

Securing Heterogeneous Systems Using Oracle Web Services Manager [May 2012]
by Ronald van Luttikhuizen and Jens Peters
A case study on using use Oracle Web Services Manager to secure interactions between Web Services exposed by Oracle Service Bus and an employee portal built in Microsoft .NET and Silverlight.

Interview: Oracle IT Architecture Certification from Oracle University [May 2012]
by Bob Rhubart
A conversation with the people behind the new Oracle IT Architecture Essentials certification from Oracle University.

Unit Testing Asynchronous BPEL Processes Using soapUI [February 2012]
by Daniel Amadei
Thanks to its support for Mocking and WS-Addressing, soapUI can be used to test asynchronous BPEL processes. Daniel Amadei shows you how.

Increasing Application Availability by Using the Oracle VM Server for SPARC Live Migration Feature [February 2012]
by Orgad Kimchi and Roman Ivanov
This white paper describes how to take advantage of the Live Migration capability in the Oracle VM Server for SPARC 2.1 software to increase the availability of an Oracle Database 11g Release 2 single-instance database.

Start Small, Grow Fast [January 2012]
by Edwin Biemond, Ronald van Luttikhuizen, and Demed L'Her
This article presents a set of pragmatic best practices for deploying a simple and sound SOA footprint that can grow with business demand.

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