Everything As Code – Article for PTK by Phil Wilkins

January 5, 2020 Leave a comment

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PTK (Pass The Knowledge) is the new name for the Independent UK Oracle User Group‘s journal, previously known as Oracle Scene.  Yesterday saw the 1st release under its new name, and I’m proud to say that I have an article included called Everything as Code.

Not only that,  it is great to see the journal includes the appearance of one of my Oracle Team colleagues at Capgemini – Amy Simpson-Grange (here).

The magazine features the approach trialled in the last issue of Oracle Scene where the Journal was split in two – one half focusing on Oracle Applications and Applications Technology and the other on Oracle core technologies i.e PaaS, IaaS, Database, Infrastructure etc.  it also just happens that Amy appears in one half, and I in the other.

One thing that hasn’t changed is the high quality of articles that reflect the diversity of Oracle’s portfolio and community – covering things like Women In IT, Conversational AI, Sanjeevan Bala from Channel 4 discussing the use of Data Science, Database Security and Table Scans. Read the complete article here.

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Blockchain Supply Chain App for Intelligent Track & Trace by Mary Hall

January 4, 2020 Leave a comment

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Blockchain technology offers  greater transparency and a single source of truth for for participants using supply chain networks. Intelligent track and trace of orders, goods and delays via blockchain could expedite the sending and receipt of goods.

Today’s supply chains produce multiple data points often times resulting in thousands of daily transactions that need to be validated and confirmed.

While all this "big data" data presents opportunities, it can also be incredibly difficult to manage, especially if that data isn’t properly validated by all parties. The lack of validation can expose organizations to risk, especially if they are trying to track supply chain goods that are regulated by law.   For supply chain tracking, blockchain technology offers some unique benefits.

  • Traceability: Full audit tail of data throughout the supply chain
  • Compliance: Single, timestamped, tamper-proof source of data
  • Flexibility: Real-time rule-based verification of multi-party confirmations
  • Reliable transactions: Trusted digital signature based peer to peer interactions

Intelligent Track and Trace on Blockchain for Supply Chain
Oracle’s Blockchain Supply Chain Application is designed to help organizations meet some of the business problems posed by supply chain networks.

In late 2018, Oracle announced a new suite of Blockchain Applications at Oracle OpenWorld. Since the announcement, Oracle has been closely collaborating with  early adopters to gather their feedback to help design the Blockchain Apps.  At MBX, March 19-21 in Las Vegas, Oracle experts  will share aggregated learnings from their design partner engagements and take a deep dive into our first Blockchain Application Offering: Oracle Intelligent Track and Trace. Read the complete article here.

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Oracle Integration Approach to RPA by Phil Wilkins

January 3, 2020 Leave a comment

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With the recent announcement of working with Automation Anywhere (press release here) adding to the partnership already in place with UiPath, Oracle’s approach to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is differing to other players such as SAP and Pega Systems for example who have acquired vendors.

It is an interesting question as to whether partnering is the right solution given that RPA vendors can and do challenge the need for an integration platform. After all with the exception of IoT most solutions have an some form of UI or API the robot can connect to. This assertion whilst isn’t wrong it fundamentally overlooks the ability to push transaction volumes through, UIs are vulnerable to change, the ability to apply very robust security. But when discussing integration needs with business rather than technology leaders such factors can be so easily overlooked.

Whilst acquisition is a possibility, unless Oracle acquires one of the big three (Automation Anywhere, UiPath, Blue Prism) they are likely to end up with a less established and/or less feature rich offering, that could very easily be perceived as an expensive OIC adaptor. Where as by having now partnered with two of the three major players, it is easier to sell the story that the technologies can be complimentary. Read the complete article here.

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Oracle Process Cloud – linking to a process instance by Niall Commiskey

January 2, 2020 Leave a comment

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Use case here – Customer wants a process creator to be notified when a process has completed.
In this case, an email containing a link to the process history in Workspace. I try this out with the my instance id –

Now to my process – not the most complex of processes, I’m sure you will agree. Read the complete article here

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Process Automation: Tips and Tricks for Forms in Oracle Integration free on-demand training

January 1, 2020 Leave a comment

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Explore the samples to learn about several features, such as wizards, tables, and dynamic lists, that you can add to a form in a process application. Pick and choose from topics that interest you.

Attend the training here.

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Quick steps for setting up a Gateway Node in Oracle API Cloud Service By Sven Bernhardt

December 31, 2019 Leave a comment

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Oracle API Platform Cloud Service (APIP CS) is an API Management Platform for covering the complete API lifecycle. A general overview about the solution is provided in one of my previous blog posts.

In this blog post, I’ll summarize the steps that are needed to setup a first API Gateway Gateway Node.

Logical Gateway and Gateway Nodes

Before getting started with the Gateway setup, a basic concept needs to be clarified.

Oracle APIP CS support the concept of a so called Logical Gateway, which depicts a logical configuration and management unit for the several Gateway Nodes. A Gateway Node is a physical representation of a API Gateway. It is the runtime component, where APIs are exposed to the outside world and where the defined API policies are enforced, when an API is called by a client.

From a subscription perspective the number of Logical Gateways is the relevant criterium with respect to the occurring costs. No matter, on how many Gateway Nodes are registered to a Logical Gateway.

Installation

Prerequisites

Before getting started with the installation, a respective Compute Node (OCI, AWS, Azure, On-Premise) instance is needed on which the Gateway Node should be deployed. In my case, I used a OCI Compute instance, which I setup using the OCI console. Read the complete article here.

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FlexDeploy Loves Oracle API Platform: Series Overview by Joel Wenzel

December 30, 2019 Leave a comment

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APIs are everywhere.  The API boom is upon us and Oracle doesn’t intend to sit this one out.  Oracle API Platform, released in 2017, is Oracle’s answer to API lifecyle management and provides everything you would expect from a typical API abstraction layer such as:

  • Direct integration with an API designer (Apiary)
  • About 2 dozen out of the box policies such as OAuth security and API Rate limiting
  • In depth analytics of API requests

We are excited to announce that FlexDeploy now offers robust support for Oracle’s API Platform.  In the coming posts we are going to walk through the core features of the plugin and discuss some API management strategies. We’ll be covering:

After reading through this series you will have an understanding on how to provision Oracle API infrastructure as well as several different approaches to managing your APIs via FlexDeploy.

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API Platform – Plans & Subscriptions by Phil Wilkins

December 28, 2019 Leave a comment

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When it comes to Plans and Subscriptions on the Oracle API Platform we have a very flexible set of relationships. When it comes to checking the relationships to ensure a configuration is correct and that the impact of changing a plan or subscription is clear.  I end up having to draw a little diagram, which always leaves me second guessing myself about which way the linkages are. So I created a quick aide memoir, particularly given the unfortunate fact that Oracle’s online documentation isn’t great for diagrams. Read the complete article here.

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Top tweets PaaS Partner Community December 2019

December 27, 2019 Leave a comment

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Send your tweets @soacommunity #PaaSCommunity and follow us at http://twitter.com/soacommunity. Make sure you share your content with the community!

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Oracle API Platform Cloud Service – Enabling the Digital Transformation by Eduardo Barra Cordeiro

December 27, 2019 Leave a comment

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We live in a digital world. With the digital transformation, customers demand connectivity and innovative services. And in this rapidly changing marketplace, they have more options than ever. Companies need to respond quickly. It can be tough to keep up. On the bright side, this is a really exciting time because we can, in fact, deliver faster. And more. So how can you meet consumers expectations?

One of the most popular ways of communicating digital information is via APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces. A lot of widely known apps use APIs: the most common social platforms, your favorite traffic apps, like Waze, your bank app or even apps like weather. They all use APIs.

In this post, we will present the Oracle API Platform Cloud Service, and walk you through some of its concepts, including why you should consider using it.

Why an API platform?

To better understand why you should use this platform in your company, we should talk about hybrid clouds. Gartner defines a hybrid cloud service “as a cloud computing service that is composed of some combination of private, public and community cloud services, from different service providers. A hybrid cloud service crosses isolation and provider boundaries so that it can’t be simply put in one category of private, public, or community cloud service. It allows one to extend either the capacity or the capability of a cloud service, by aggregation, integration or customization with another cloud service.” Read the complete article here.

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