SOA: Simplifying Cloud, Mobile, and On-premise Integration–Webcast October 24th 2013

Proliferation of mobile devices, data explosion, and cloud enablement has caused a dramatic shift in IT. Organizations need to rethink their application infrastructures to accommodate increased processing speeds, heightened security and availability concerns for their applications, all while meeting lowered total cost of ownership. Traditional infrastructures may not be sufficient to accommodate the diversity and complexity of integrations in this new era.

Many of today’s IT organizations rely on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) backbone to keep their businesses running. SOA adoption and acceptance across industries have led to platform maturity at the application layer level. However, we are at the start of an era where there is a new modus operandi for organizations to thrive and deliver continuously on competitive differentiation. This change is a result of market globalization, explosion in the number of mobile devices, unparalleled growth in voluminous data and innovation that crosses organizational boundaries. Social, mobile, cloud are terms that are revolutionizing the way organizations operate.

Oracle SOA Suite is a hot-pluggable software suite to build, deploy and manage Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA).Oracle SOA transforms complex application integration into agile and reusable service-based connectivity by mediating, routing, and managing interactions between services and applications in the enterprise and in the cloud. Oracle SOA Suite’s hot-pluggable architecture helps businesses lower upfront costs by allowing maximum re-use of existing IT investments and assets.

Join us on this webcast to find out how you can optimize the use of Oracle SOA Suite, simplifying integration, and what does the next generation of SOA has to offer to you.

Agenda:Oracle Cloud Integration

  • What’s new in Oracle SOA
  • Simplifying integration
    • Application Integration and SOA
    • Cloud integration with SOA
    • Mobile Integration leveraging Oracle SOA Suite
  • Oracle Delivers on Next Generation SOA
  • Customer Examples
  • Summary and Q&A

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JAX-WS SOAP over JMS by Edwin Biemond

With WebLogic 12.1.2 Oracle now also supports JAX-WS SOAP over JMS. Before 12.1.2 we had to use JAX-RPC and without any JDeveloper support. We need to use ANT to generate all the web service code. See this blogpost for all the details.

In this blogpost I will show you all the necessary JDeveloper steps to create a SOAP over JMS JAX-WS Web Service (Bottom up approach) and generate a Web Service Proxy client to invoke this service, plus let you know what works and what not.

We start with a simple HelloService class with a sayHello method. Read the full article here.

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Promoting Organizational Visibility for SOA and SOA Governance Initiatives – Part I by Manuel Rosa and André Sampaio

imgThe costs of technology assets can become significant and the need to centralize, monitor and control the contribution of each technology asset becomes a paramount responsibility for many organizations. Through the implementation of various mechanisms, it is possible to obtain a holistic vision and develop synergies between different assets, empowering their re-utilization and analyzing the impact on the organization caused by IT changes. When the SOA domain is considered, the issue of governance should therefore always come into play.

Although SOA governance is mandatory to achieve any measure of SOA success, its value still passes incognito in most organizations, mostly due to the lack of visibility and the detached view of the SOA initiatives. There are a number of problems that jeopardize the visibility of these initiatives: Understanding and measuring the value of SOA governance and its contribution – SOA governance tools are too technical and isolated from other systems. They are inadequate for anyone outside of the domain (Business Analyst, Project Managers, or even some Enterprise Architects), and are especially harsh at the CxO level.

Lack of information exchange with the business, other operational areas and project management – It is not only a matter of lack of dialog but also the question of using a common vocabulary (textual or graphic) that is adequate for all the stakeholders. We need to generate information that can be useful for a wider scope of stakeholders like Business and enterprise architectures. In this article we describe how an organization can leverage from the existing best practices, and with the help of adequate exploration and communication tools, achieve and maintain the level of quality and visibility that is required for SOA and SOA governance initiatives.

Introduction
Understanding and implementing effective SOA governance has become a corporate imperative in order to ensure coherence and the attainment of the basic objectives of SOA initiatives:

  • develop the correct services
  • control costs and risks bound to the development process
  • reduce time-to-market

Read the full article here.

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Fusion Middleware (FMW) Proactive patches including SOA Suite 11.1.1.7.1

We are glad to announce that the following Fusion Middleware (FMW) Proactive  patches were released on October 15, 2013.

Bundle Patches :

Bundle patches are collections of controlled, well tested critical bug fixes for a specific product  which may include security contents and occasionally minor enhancements. These are cumulative in nature meaning the latest bundle patch in a particular series includes the contents of the previous bundle patches released.  A suite bundle patch is an aggregation of multiple product  bundle patches that are part of a product suite.

  • Oracle Identity Management Suite Bundle Patch 11.1.1.5.5 consisting of
    • Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) 11.1.1.5.9 bundle patch
    • Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11.1.1.5.6 bundle patch.
    • Oracle Adaptive Access Manager (OAAM) 11.1.1.5.2 bundle patch.
    • Oracle Entitlement Server (OES) 11.1.1.5.4 bundle patch.
  • Oracle Identity Management Suite Bundle Patch 11.1.2.0.4 consisting of
    • Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11.1.2.0.4 bundle patch.
    • Oracle Adaptive Access Manager (OAAM) 11.1.2.0.2 bundle patch.
    • Oracle Entitlement Server (OES) 11.1.2.0.2 bundle patch.
  • Oracle Identity Analytics (OIA ) 11.1.1.5.6  bundle patch.
  • Oracle GlassFish Server (OGFS) 2.1.1.22, 3.0.1.8 and 3.1.2.7 bundle patches.
  • Oracle iPlanet Web Server (OiWS) 7.0.18 bundle patch
  • Oracle SOA Suite (SOA) 11.1.1.7.1 bundle patch
  • Oracle WebCenter Portal (WCP) 11.1.1.8.1 bundle patch
  • Sun Role Manager (SRM) 4.1.7 and 5.0.3.2 bundle patches.

Patch Set Updates (PSU)

Patch Set Updates (PSU)  are collections of well controlled, well tested critical bug fixes for a specific product  that have been proven in customer environments. PSUs  may include security contents but no  enhancements are included. These are cumulative in nature meaning the latest PSU  in a particular series includes the contents of the previous PSUs  released. 

  • Oracle Exalogic 2.0.3.0.4 Physical Linux x86-64 and 2.0.4.0.4 Physical Solaris x86-64 PSUs.
  • Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.6.0.6 and 12.1.1.0.6 PSUs.

Critical Patch Update (CPU) :

The Critical Patch Update program is Oracle’s quarterly release of security fixes.

The following additional patches were released as part of Oracle’s Critical Patch Update program:

  • Oracle JDeveloper 11.1.2.3.0, 11.1.2.4.0 and 12.1.2.0.0
  • Oracle Outside In Technology 8.4.0 and  8.4.1
  • Oracle Portal 11.1.1.6.0
  • Oracle Security Service  11.1.1.6.0, 11.1.1.7.0 and 12.1.2.0.0
  • Oracle WebCache 11.1.1.6.0 and 11.1.1.7.0
  • Oracle WebCenter Content 10.1.3.5.1, 11.1.1.6.0, 11.1.1.7.0 and 11.1.1.8.0
  • Oracle WebServices 10.1.3.5.0 and 11.1.1.6.0

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Supporting multiple ebMS service versions in Oracle B2B by Ronald van Luttikhuizen

In recent years I’ve been involved in different Oracle B2B implementations and troubleshooting projects based on ebMS and AS2 protocols. Not so long ago, I came across a project that needed to support multiple versions of an ebMS service. Versioning is quite trivial for SOAP and RESTful Web Services using e.g. different namespaces, version indicators in endpoint locations, and so on. However, it is a bit different for ebMS-based services implemented in a B2B gateway.

Case
ebMS is one of the protocols supported by the Dutch government standard DigiKoppeling for exchanging information between governments such as municipalities, provinces, and departments. In this particular case, the existing integration flow that needed to support a new version of an ebMS service is as follows: Read the full article here.

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Getting Started with Oracle SOA B2B Integration: A Hands-On Tutorial

Krishnaprem Bhatia and Alan Perlovsky and Scott Haaland published their b2b book, with the highlights:

  • Getting Started with Oracle SOA B2B Integration: A Hands-On TutorialDesign, implement and monitor B2B transactions quickly using this clear, detailed and practical guide
  • Wide coverage and detailed discussion of Oracle B2B functionality and features for the new and advanced users
  • Full of practical examples, illustrations and product screenshots explained with clear, step-by-step instructions

Enterprises engaging in B2B communications with their trading partners are facing increased pressure to increase automation and reduce costs. Increased compliance requirements and globalization of economies is fueling B2B adoption in every industry. Gateway solutions in Oracle SOA B2B enable these enterprises to connect easily with external trading partners.

Getting Started with Oracle SOA B2B Integration: A Hands-On Tutorial will show you how to use Oracle B2B platform to extend your current business processes to connect with your external trading partners in an automated, secure fashion, using industry standard B2B protocols. It will show you how to set up documents, partners and agreements and manage your B2B transactions end-to-end, all the way from application to trading partners and vice versa.

Starting with an introduction to the B2B industry you then be introduced to Oracle B2B and SOA platforms. You will then begin creat document definitions and get you started with trading partner management. Once you have a solid grounding you will then be taken into the more complex topic of SOA. Integration, reporting, and monitoring will all be covered in detail.

Then you will be shown how to secure your B2B distribution, security is an essential part of all businesses and B2B is no different. Finally you will be introduced to advanced topics that should give you the skills and knowledge to easily go out and do all of this again with next to no guidance.

Utilizing the combined experienced of one of the most knowledgeable Oracle B2B author teams assembled this step-by-step practical guide provides you with the essential information required to implement Oracle B2B solutions including multiple hands-on tutorials that will help you get up and running quickly. The book is available from Packt. Looking for additional SOA books or BPM books or you have published a book, please feel free to add it to our publications wiki!

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Cloud Integration & SOA Governance & Fast Data & API Management Resource kits available

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Oracle SOA Suite 11g Performance Tuning Cookbook

Oracle SOA Suite 11g Performance Tuning CookbookOracle SOA Suite 11g forms the heart of many organisations’ Service Oriented Architecture. Yet for such a core component, simple information on how to tune and configure SOA Suite and its infrastructure is hard to find. Because Oracle SOA Suite 11g builds on top of a variety of infrastructure components, up until now there has been no one single complete reference that brings together all the best practices for tuning the whole SOA stack.

Oracle SOA Suite 11g Performance Tuning Cookbook contains plenty of tips and tricks to help you get the best performance from your SOA Suite infrastructure. From monitoring your environment so you know where bottlenecks are, to tuning the Java Virtual Machine, WebLogic Application Server, and BPEL and BPMN mediator engines, this book will give you the techniques you need in a easy to follow step-by-step guide.

Starting with how to identify problems, and building on that with sections on monitoring, testing, and tuning, the recipes in this book will take you through many of the options available for performance tuning your application.

There are many considerations to make when trying to get the best performance out of the Oracle SOA Suite platform. This performance Cookbook will teach you the whole process of tuning JVM garbage collection and memory, tuning BPEL and BPMN persistence settings, and tuning the application server. This book focuses on bringing together tips on how to identify the key bottlenecks in the whole SOA Suite infrastructure, and how to alleviate them.

The Oracle SOA Suite 11g Performance Tuning Cookbook will ensure that you have the tools and techniques to get the most out of your infrastructure, delivering reliable, fast, and scalable services to your enterprise.

Looking for additional SOA books or if you have published a book, please feel free to add it to our publications wiki!

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SOA & Cloud Integration Marketing Kit available

We are very interested to run joint marketing events jointly with you are partners! At our SOA Community Workspace (SOA Community membership required) you can find a new marketing kit: Integration Success Workshop. This event is designed with an aim at increasing IT/developer confidence in order to increase adoption especially with SOA/BPM products. This event is technical and hands-on and is designed to be to a few types of audience classifications – all who are highly technical and are at the practitioner-level:

  • Existing customers who may be tempted by open source, other competition because they think our products are hard to use, too complex, and don’t meet new use cases.
  • Existing customers who may already have some understanding or familiarity with the SOA/BPM products but want to learn how to build out more modern SOA/BPM deployments via Cloud/Mobile.
  • New customers who are interested to learn firsthand some of the new breakthrough capabilities in Cloud and Mobile.

Themes of this event are centered on Cloud Integration, Mobile Integration, and Continuous Integration. Modules will be delivered on specific themes, and are designed enable a conversation with customers about each theme and how SOA / BPM can solve key challenges within that theme (e.g. Extending Applications to Mobile Devices). Access the event kit here.

Support marketing campaigns

We can support such events by:

  • Oracle speakers – contact your partner manager
  • Marketing budget – contact your A&C marketing manager
  • Event location – free use of Oracle Customer Visitor Centers conference rooms
  • Promote your event at events.oracle.com: http://tinyurl.com/eventspecialized
  • E-Blast: invite customers to your event – contact your A&C marketing manager

For additional marketing kits e.g for BPM please visit our SOA Community Workspace

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Securing the SOA Landscape part of Industrial SOA series

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Security requirements are usually relatively easy to manage when using local restrictions in conventional closed systems. They become more complex in the distributed system landscape of an SOA. Not limited to only an application or an application domain anymore, security must work across a range of applications and business processes.

Numerous security standards have been created in order to realize these comprehensive security requirements. These include WS-SecurityPolicy, WS-Trust, XML Encryption, XKMS, XML Signature, WS-Federation, WS-SecureConversation, SAML1, SAML2, and many more. Currently, no product or open source framework can fully support all of these standards. In our experience, incompatibilities arise whenever an SOA product or deployed Web service framework needs to communicate outside of its small ecosystem.

Not surprisingly, project managers who are confronted with increasing expenses tend to start looking for viable alternatives. They then usually choose to develop inflexible solutions in-house that can quickly implement risky anti-patterns, such as transferring usernames and passwords within the functional payload. The variety of different standards makes it difficult to formulate a clear understanding of the available security standards and internal product dependencies, in light of the individual restrictions to designing a well-secured system.

Our aim is to provide IT experts and SOA architects with tips on how to handle security responsibly, using tried and true best practices as a basis.

How Much Security Do I Need?

Security plays a crucial role due to SOA’s extensively networked nature, yet is not required by all of the different types of applications and architecture layers to the same degree. Defining both internal and external security requirements for the entire organization and its individual departments by conceptually developing the implementation is therefore important.

Read the full article at the Service Technology Magazine or Oracle Technology Network.

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