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Oracle's Arch2Arch Newsletter
By Architects, For Architects August 2009

Focus on: Enterprise Architecture

This month, Oracle's Arch2Arch Newsletter celebrates its first anniversary with a look at what's happening in Enterprise Architecture and among Enterprise Architects in the OTN community, including the two new white papers that top this issue's Features section.

For ongoing OTN coverage of enterprise architecture, be sure to check out the recently launched Enterprise Architecture Center. You'll find links to the articles, papers, blogs, podcasts, and events that reflect the community conversation on all things EA.

Features

The Oracle Enterprise Architecture Framework

Learn how the Oracle Enterprise Architecture Framework provides a streamlined, technology-agnostic framework that helps Oracle collaboratively work with customers to develop strategic roadmaps and architecture solutions that enable business and IT alignment. Read the Oracle white paper. (pdf)

Architectural Strategies for Cloud Computing

Why does developing a private cloud often make financial and business sense for IT departments in larger enterprises? What characteristics of cloud computing are the most critical to enterprise architects? What organizational and cultural issues pose the greatest obstacles to the adoption of the future state architecture? Read the Oracle white paper. (pdf)

OTN Arch2Arch Podcast: SOA Governance Perspectives

What started as a series of SOA governance-related blog posts between Oracle ACE Director Mike van Alst and Oracle Fusion Middleware SOA Integration product team senior manager Dave Berry turned into a collaboration on an upcoming SOA Magazine article. Hear what they have to say about that project and about SOA governance in this OTN Arch2Arch Podcast.
·  Listen to Part 1 (mp3)
·  Listen to Part 2 (mp3)

Crowdsourcing: SOA Governance Cookbook

What key Architectural Best Practices do you follow in your SOA Governance initiatives or Center of Excellence? Share your insight and expertise in this new wiki document. Your contribution may be included in the SOA Governance Best Practices for Architects session at Oracle OpenWorld Develop 2009 in San Francisco. Authors of selected contributions will be credited during the presentation. Collaborate now.

Architecting a RESTful Services Gateway with OSB 10g

Certified Oracle and TOGAF Enterprise Architect Mike Wooten puts a spin on the reverse proxy concept to illustrate how to use Oracle Service Bus (OSB) to provide REST services support. Read the OTN article.

sCrawler: SOA Dependency Tracker

Sandeep Phukan, a specialist in Java and Integration technologies, takes you on a deep dive into sCrawler, an experimental Graph Theory application for analyzing SOA Artifacts. Read the OTN article.

Now Available: Windows Paravirtualized (PV) Drivers for Oracle VM

These high-performance network and disk drivers significantly reduce the overhead of the traditional implementation of I/O device emulation, and provide improved network and disk throughput to run fully virtualized Windows guests in an Oracle VM environment. Free download.

Q&A with Oracle Innovator Dan Magenheimer

Oracle Innovator Dan Magenheimer, Consulting Developer for Linux and Virtualization, talks about Oracle VM, why he's excited about the iPhone, and why "nose to the grindstone, get it out the door" thinking is the enemy of innovation. Read the interview.

New Coherence Examples

Check out Cameron Purdy on YouTube as he discusses new features in Oracle Coherence 3.5, and then get in some DIY time with these new examples that demonstrate how to use Coherence features in all supported languages (Java, .NET, and C++). Learn more.

Introduction to Oracle SOA Suite 11g

Learn about the various tools and capabilities in Oracle SOA Suite 11g and how they work together to allow you to create complete solutions at the enterprise level. Read the Oracle white paper.

Patch Set Updates for Oracle Database 10.2.0.4

Patch Set Updates for Oracle Database Release version 10.2.0.4 combine content from both Critical Patch Updates and various Database bundle patches, providing the option to install pre-identified critical fixes in a single, pre-tested package. Available now via My Oracle Support.

New Service for OTN Members: Public Sample Code Repository

Take advantage this new sample code repository, where Oracle employees and Oracle Technology Network members collaboratively build and share sample applications, code snippets, skins and templates, and more. Visit samplecode.oracle.com.

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Joan LawsonOracle ACE Joan Lawson consults as an Enterprise Architect, developing enterprise architectures and roadmaps for mid-size companies for the past six years. In 2007, Joan was selected as Oracle Magazine's IT Manager of the Year. Joan authored the "Orchestrating into End-to-End Processes" chapter of Oracle's Mastering SOA Series and is a frequent presenter at Gartner events, and at Oracle OpenWorld and other Oracle events.


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