Advanced Oracle SOA Suite

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Contents:

 Oracle White Papers and Presentations

 Oracle Open World 2011 SOA Presentations

 Oracle Support

 Architect Resources

 Oracle SOA A-Team Twitter Feed and Blog Posts

 Presentations, Articles and White Papers from Oracle Partners

 Selected Blog Posts

Oracle White Papers, Presentations, Tutorials

 NEW SOA Suite Performance Tuning Resources
Documentation, Presentations, White Papers, Blogs. May-2012

 Oracle Enterprise Gateway: Integration with Oracle Service Bus and Oracle Web Services Manager
Providing a secure environment for your Web Services. Mar-2012

 SOA Suite 11g Purging Guide
We now have a single source of truth concerning Purging in My Oracle Support. Please check out this blog post for details. Mar-2012

 Making the Most of the Oracle Enterprise Repository for Oracle Fusion Applications
Oracle Fusion Applications provides various ways to integrate its functional capabilities with other Oracle applications as well as third party and legacy applications. This paper provides an overview of discovering the artifacts used for such integrations and for use in implementations in general. It focuses on the use of the Oracle Enterprise Repository (OER) for Oracle Fusion Applications as a one-stop shop for discovering and governing Oracle Fusion Applications design time metadata. Mar-2012

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

 Installing a Basic two-node WebLogic Cluster running Oracle SOA Suite and Foundation Pack
This page includes a list of User Productivity Kits (UPK) to serve as a starting point to introduce the concepts and showcase a two-node WebLogic cluster running Oracle SOA Suite and Foundation Pack. Feb-2012

 SOA 11G Database Growth Management Strategy
This whitepaper has been written to highlight the need to implement an appropriate strategy to manage the growth the of SOA 11g database. The advice presented should facilitate better dialog between SOA and Database administrators when planning database and host requirements. Feb-2012

 Start Small, Grow Fast: Edwin Biemond, Ronald van Luttikhuizen, and Demed L'Her describe a set of pragmatic best practices for deploying a simple and sound SOA footprint that can grow with business demand. Jan-2012

 Quick Start Guide for Oracle SOA Suite
This updated quick start guide includes an introduction to Oracle SOA Suite 11.1.1.5.0, detailed download, install and configuration instructions for Windows, links and other useful information Aug-2011

 Tuning Your SOA Infrastructure for Performance and Scalability
Performance Tuning session from ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2011. July-2011

 Monitoring, Administering, and Troubleshooting Oracle SOA Suite & ADF
Monitoring session from ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2011. July-2011

 Caching Strategies for Oracle Service Bus 11g The right caching strategy can make a big difference in application performance. Jul-2011

 Purging strategies in Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1 PS3
This set of slides describes the various purging strategies now available in Oracle SOA Suite: from the graphical tools in Enterprise Manager, to PL/SQL scripts (looped purge and parallel purge) and database partitioning. This slide deck is a work in progress, so please watch this space for updates. May-2011

 Oracle BPEL 10g Purging Strategies
This white paper provides the tools and an approach required to assist SOA administrators in choosing an optimal purging strategy and tool sets to best manage dehydration store requirements in BPEL 10g Nov-2010

 Configure a SOAScheduler for a composite in SOA Suite 11g
A step-by-step guide how to set up a scheduler for a SOA Suite 11gR1 composite and an extra credit chapter on how to set up a business calendar Nov-2010

 Slides from the Performance / Tuning session at OpenWorld 2010, Session ID S317749
If you want to listen to the recording, go to OpenWorld, JavaOne, and Oracle Develop On Demand, search for our session S317749 and download the MP3 with the voice  Oct-2010

 Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Disaster Recovery Solution Using HP Blade Servers and HP EVA Storage
This document describes how disaster recovery can be achieved for an Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g environment on HP StorageWorks EVA storage using its replication data functionality, the HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA.  Jul-2010

Oracle Open World 2011 SOA Presentations

The list below only includes SOA presentations delivered or moderated by Orcale SOA Product Management. For a complete list of Oracle Open World 2011 presentations, please go here.

 S15463: Oracle SOA Suite, the leading and most capable integration stack
Oracle has assembled through internal development and acquisitions the most comprehensive and capable integration stack, as recognized by analysts and massive adoption by 1,000's of customers around the world. Oracle SOA Suite is the first truly integrated stack that can support in a cohesive fashion all types of projects from point-to-point ERP integration, B2B connectivity or more ambitious shared services and SOA projects. In this session we provided an overview of the software, an update on the 11g release and an overview of the directions of the product. In addition, we had a look at some very large projects supported by Oracle SOA Suite and the benefits to be derived by embracing this integrated stack.

 S15580: Implementing Successful Integration and SOA with Oracle SOA Suite
Learn directly from existing users how they have leveraged Oracle SOA Suite to successfully deliver new integration or service-oriented architecture (SOA) projects in their companies. We discussed best practices, common pitfalls and how to measure success and ROI.

 S20840: Ensuring Success in the Cloud with Shared Services and Application Integration
Without an effective SOA strategy, transitioning from an on-premise application infrastructure into a hybrid Cloud model introduces the potential for increased complexity and cost as a result of services scattered across the extended enterprise. In this session you learned how Oracle SOA Suite provides the ideal platform for simplifying and lowering costs through an integrated approach to on-premise and public Cloud computing. Customer case studies were also shared to highlight these features in real world scenarios.

 S15462: Large scale, high volume business to business integration using Oracle B2B
Business to business integration is seeing a resurgence and B2B has become a top priority for CIO's and IT leaders. Ongoing improvements in network infrastructure, security, and reliability are making the adoption of B2B easier. Customers using the B2B component of Oracle SOA Suite have seen remarkable successes in deploying B2B solutions to achieve lower costs and higher business value. This presentation started with an overview of Oracle B2B and transition to a customer case study focusing on how Oracle B2B is solving some of the challenges that exist in large scale, high performance B2B deployments. The session also included a demo of the product and covered the roadmap briefly.

 S30960: Migrating Java CAPS Applications from Sun SeeBeyond to Oracle SOA Suite
Users of Sun SeeBeyond Java Composite Application Platform Suite (CAPS) are actively considering the option of migrating to a strategic Oracle SOA Suite platform. This session delved into the strategies and migration best practices for taking up such projects and various technical and business factors that need to be considered. It discusses architecture, migration techniques, and pitfalls to avoid. the gola was, that by the end of the session, the attendees had a clear understanding of various migration options and details of interoperability certification for the coexistence of Sun SeeBeyond Java CAPS and Oracle SOA Suite environments.

 S14081: Healthcare Integration Capabilities with Oracle Fusion Middleware
Oracle Fusion Middleware provides an industry-proven platform for healthcare message integration. This session discussed in detail, with a live demonstration, how components of Oracle SOA Suite can be deployed to satisfy the needs of healthcare customers.

 S15583: Building a Shared-Services Infrastructure with Oracle Service Bus
This session demonstrated how enterprise customers are successfully building, scaling, and managing shared-services infrastructures with Oracle Service Bus as a key component. Enterprise architects discussed best practices to illustrate how they have implemented shared services to help their business become more agile. Shared services are recognized as a prerequisite to an effective cloud strategy.

 S15785: Advanced Administration and Management of Oracle SOA Suite 11g
Master Oracle SOA Suite 11g administration by understanding the internal architecture of the platform. Learn best practices related to configuration management, high availability, performance tuning, fault handling and general monitoring of Oracle SOA Suite 11g from subject matter experts. Understand how the various management tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager, Oracle SOA Management Pack Enterprise Edition and JVM consoles can be successfully leveraged in this context.

 S15701: Event Driven Patterns and Best Practices
As Event Driven Solutions evolve now towards maturity, customers across all industries are defining common implementation patterns for success. This session showcases real world customer case studies, a peek at future technology strategies including Oracle Sensor device integration, and reveals the unique, vast array of capabilities available with the Oracle Complex Event Processing integration platform. .

Oracle Support

NEW: Information Centers

 Information Center: Service-Oriented Architecture

 Information Center: Oracle SOA Suite 11g

 Information Center: Oracle BPEL Process Manager 11g

 Information Center: Oracle Service Bus (OSB)

 Information Center: Technology & Application Adapters

 Information Center: Oracle Enterprise Repository

 Information Center: Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g

Architect Resources

 What's New: Find the latest content from across the Oracle Technology Network Architect community: articles, white papers, blog posts, podcasts and more, updated hourly

 Articles and White Papers: An archive of content organized by topic

 Community: Network with your peers through a variety of social media channels

 Learn More: Additional information for architects, including the Architect Community Newsletter, the ArchBeat Podcast, educational resources, and more

 Oracle Enterprise Architecture: IT Strategies from Oracle: A Better Way to Plan, Execute and Manage Enterprise Architecture

Oracle SOA A-Team Twitter Feed and Blog Posts

The Oracle FMW Architects team, fondly known as the A-Team, shares findings, workarounds, blog posts and ideas for the Oracle 11g/10g Fusion Middleware with the wider SOA Community.

 Shub Lahiri: Bidirectional Translation Web Services are now available in B2B 11g PS5 Release Apr-2012

 Shub Lahiri: OSB 11g & SAP – Single Channel/Program ID for Multiple IDOCs Apr-2012

 Shub Lahiri: Running Built-In Test Simulator with SOA Suite Healthcare 11g in PS4 and PS5 Apr-2012

 Shub Lahiri: Tuning B2B Server Engine Threads in SOA Suite 11g Apr-2012

 Shub Lahiri: Using SAP Adapter with OSB 11g (PS3) Apr-2012

 Jian Liang: How to deal with transport level security policy with OSB Apr-2012

 Rupesh Ramachandran: Enterprise-class SOA on Exalogic... what, why and how? Mar-2012

 Greg Mally: SOA 11g & SAP – Single Channel/Program ID for Multiple IDOCs Mar-2012

 Mark Nelson: Writing Human Task User Interfaces in .Net Feb-2012

 Sabha Parameswaran: Analyzing Thread Dumps in Middleware - Part 4 Feb-2012

 Sabha Parameswaran: Analyzing Thread Dumps in Middleware - Part 3 Feb-2012

 Sabha Parameswaran: Analyzing Thread Dumps in Middleware - Part 2 Feb-2012

 Sabha Parameswaran: Analyzing Thread Dumps in Middleware - Part 1 Feb-2012

 Francis Yip: Change WebLogic Server Mode from Development to Production and JDK Mode from Client to Server Feb-2012

 Francis Yip: Tune Audit Trail in SOA 11G to Avoid Memory and Transaction Problems Feb-2012

 Deepak Arora: 11g purging white paper Feb-2012

 Francis Yip: Configure Oracle Adapter Threads in SOA 11G Feb-2012

 Francis Yip: Retrieve BPEL payload from the database Feb-2012

 Francis Yip: Skipping an unnecessary step Feb-2012

 Francis Yip: Oracle SOA 10G Tricks: Optimize calling path between ESB and BPEL Feb-2012

 Christian Weeks: How should I generate an external reference to a composite instance? Feb-2012

 Andy Knight: Event Delivery Network (EDN) - A practical example Jan-2012

 Mark Nelson: Updating a task from .Net Dec-2011

 Christian Weeks: Neat pro-tip for getting the ECID in BPEL Dec-2011

 Mark Nelson: Using the TaskQueryService from .Net Nov-2011

 Deepak Arora: List of all states from COMPOSITE_INSTANCE, CUBE_INSTANCE, DLV_MESSAGE tables Nov-2011

 Mark Nelson: Getting started with tuning your SOA/BPM database using AWR Nov-2011

 Mike Muller: An example of how to process a zipped file in OSB Nov-2011

 Mark Nelson: Building a job dispatcher in BPM -or- Iterating over collections in BPM Nov-2011

 Mark Nelson: Using the Database as a Policy Store for SOA 11g Nov-2011

 Greg Mally: Application Adapter Troubleshooting 101 – 11.1.1.4 (PS3)

 Mark Nelson: Getting Started with Continuous Integration for Oracle Fusion Middleware

 Greg Mally: Fault Management Framework by Example

 Christian Weeks: Coherence in SOA Suite 11g

 Olivier Lediouris: Full access to MDS Repository

 Andy Knight: Invoking web services dynamically in BPEL 1.1

 Olivier Lediouris: Dynamic Java Compilation

 Christian Weeks: A quick introduction and a fun database trick

Presentations, Articles and White Papers from Oracle Partners

 Lucas Jellema: Implementing the Enterprise Service Bus Pattern to Expose Database Backed Services Oracle A real world illustration of how to expose web services to internal consumers. Dec-2011

 Berthold Maier and Nicolas Fonnegra: Lightweight Composite Service Development with SCA and Spring For software developers and software architects who implement and design service-oriented Spring applications. Nov-2011

 Guido Schmutz: Event-Driven SOA: Events meet Services Oracle ACE Director Guido Schmutz shows you how to achieve extreme loose coupling within a Service-Oriented Architecture by using event-driven interactions. Jul-2011

 Guido Schmutz: Reusing Existing Java EE Applications from SOA Suite 11g This session shows different approaches available with SOA Suite 11g in the SCA assembly model as well as the Oracle Service Bus to reuse existing Java EE artefacts. Jul-2011

Selected Blog Posts

 Rajesh Raheja: Integrating with Oracle Fusion Applications: Discovering Integration Artifacts Mar-2012

 Edwin Biemond: Processing EDIFACT documents in Oracle B2B Mar-2012

 Edwin Biemond: Handling Custom XML documents in Oracle B2B Mar-2012

 Lucas Jellema: First steps with Java Embedding in Oracle SOA Suite 11g BPEL 2.0 – useful API calls Jan-2012

Oracle Service Bus integration with Oracle Financials for message transformations Jan-2012

 Lucas Jellema: SOA Suite File Adapter Pre and Post processing using Valves and Pipelines Oct-2011

 Edwin Biemond: Working with the Human WorkList api and create your own WorkList application Oct-2011

 Antony Reynolds and Andrew Gregory: Mapping the Java World Part I: How to Customise Java/XML Mapping in SOA Suite Part I: Setting Up EclipseLink MOXy Sep-2011

 Antony Reynolds: Coping with Failure: Handling Endpoint Failure in OSB Sep-2011

 Eric Elzinga: Oracle Service Bus, processing Java Object Messages with JMS transport Sep-2011

 Jyothi Swaroop: Monitoring SOA Infrastructure Components Using Enterprise Manager Grid Control - Demo Sep-2011

 Edwin Biemond: Using the EJB adapter in SOA Suite 11g Sep-2011

 Edwin Biemond: Do SAML with OWSM and SOA Suite Aug-2011

 Arun Pareek: Schematron Validation in Oracle BPEL using Custom XPath Function Aug-2011

 Eric Elzinga: Oracle Service Bus, Implementing Aggregator pattern by use of Split-Join  Jul-2011

 Lucas Jellema: Choosing the best way for SOA Suite and Oracle Service Bus to interact with the Oracle Database Jul-2011

 Eric Elzinga: Oracle Service Bus, how to verify Result Caching is active Jun-2011

 Maxence Button: How to define a partnerLink endpoint from an externally defined configuration ? Jun-2011

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