Building OSB projects with Maven and removing the eclipse dependency by Mark Nelson

July 9, 2013 Leave a comment

osbIn this earlier post, I talked about a way to automate the build and deployment for OSB, but I did not go so far as to get that working in Maven, though you certainly could.  But, OSB PS6 has added a new tool called configjar which lets you build a sbconfig.jar file without needing to have eclipse/OEPE/OSB IDE installed on the machine where you are doing the build.  You do still need OSB, but removing that IDE dependency is a big step forward.

You can find configjar sitting under your Oracle_OSB1/tools/configjar directory in your OSB PS6 installation.  There is a readme file there that tells you how to use it from ANT and WLST.  Here, I want to show you how to use it from Maven, and therefore Hudson, etc. too.

For this post, I went into the OSB IDE and created a simple project called osbProject1 which contains a single Proxy Service called (imaginatively) ProxyService1.  It is just a plain old ‘any’ proxy service with essentially no implementation at all.  But it is enough to do what we need to do. Read the full article here.

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SOA Version Control by Mark Nelson

July 8, 2013 Leave a comment

This article is a part of a series on SOA Development and Delivery.

Let’s get started on our SOA Development and Delivery journey by talking about version control.  But before we delve right in, let’s take a moment to reflect on this axiom:

Axiom 1: Developing a SOA Composite Application is software development.

When we sit down to create a SOA Application, i.e. composites, user interfaces, services, etc., we are actually embarking on a software development exercise.  I think that some people do not believe (or at least they do not admit to themselves) that this is the case.  Why?  Well acknowledging that it is, in fact, software development implies a whole bunch of practices are necessary – like version control and testing for example.  And those are hard, right?

Well, they are certainly more work.  But its a bit like insurance – it is a cost you accept in the present to offset or prevent a much more significant potential cost/pain in the future.  In their quintessential book Continuous Delivery, Dave Farley and Jez Humble say: “In software, when something is painful, the way to reduce the pain is to do it more frequently, not less.”

Putting in the extra effort upfront will save you from a lot more pain and effort later on.  Using version control fits into this category.  It can be a bit painful, but it is definitely

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worth it in the end.  Consider this axiom:

Axiom 2: Developing software without version control is like mixing chemicals without reading the labels – sooner or later, it is going to blow up in your face.

Why is this true?  Consider the following questions – how would you answer these if you are not using version control? Read the full article here.

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AVEA Legal Department Runs Better with Oracle BPM

July 6, 2013 1 Comment

This video shows how Avea, one of the largest mobile telco operators in Europe, used Oracle BPM to manage time, collect feedback efficiently, monitor performance quickly and increase productivity at legal department.

Want to create a similar video for your success? Make sure you make use of our marketing services for Specialized partners!

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Plaques SOA & BPM Specialization become recognized by customers!

July 5, 2013 Leave a comment

We continue to offer you a nice SOA & BPM Specialization plaque along with your logo to proof your success (limited to partners from Europe, Middle East and Africa!). If you are a SOA or BPM Specialized partner and would like to request the plaque please send an email to Brigitte Felisaz with the following information:

  • Partner Name
  • Partner logo (preferred eps file)
  • Partner Status gold or platinum
  • Your shipping address
  • Your Specialization: SOA or BPM

We recommend to mount the plaque at your office reception. In addition to this you can use the SOA Specialization logos at your website. To download the Logo click on Gold & Platinum or the BPM logos Gold & Platinum. Make sure you send us a picture of your Specialization Plaque at your office via twitter @soacommunity!

Partner from Americas, India and Asia please contact your local partner manager!

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Fusion Middleware Summer Camps III – registration open for Oracle Partners!

July 4, 2013 Leave a comment

For Specialized partners who are working on following projects or opportunities, we offer the following advanced summer camps:

  • BPM: Adaptive Case Management & forms builder by Niall Commiskey
  • B2B & Adapters by Scott Haaland
  • Advanced SOA Suite by Geoffroy de Lamalle
  • SOA Governance by product management

All training sessions will be given by our HQ product management and PTS team. The sessions will take place in Lisbon Portugal August 26th to 30th 2013. Participation is limited to two people per company and training track. Registration is handled by first come first serve, please pay attention to the skill requirements, the pre-requisitions and the follow up! Training is free of charge, be aware of the no-show fee! For details please visit our registration page.

Cost: Free of charge, no-show fee 2.000€, cancelation fee 200€
Note: Bootcamps are limited to 20 persons and are on first come first serve basis.

Quotes previous summer camps

  • The best way to learn Fusion Middleware from the #1.  Alexandro Montantes, STO Consulting
  • Best invest in the education in the last 12 months” Richard Schaller, IPT
  • Its always easy, if you know, what you are doing” Torsten Winterberg, Opitz
  • The best ideas are the ideas from the best” Filipe Sequeria, Primesoft
  • Practice best practice with the best instructor”  Graham Lamond Capgemini
  • If you have basic BPM knowledge, this is the course to really matter it” Diogo Henriques Link Consulting
  • Very good trainers lot of work. Lot of fun as well”  Matthias Gris Workflow Factory
  • If you like to accelerate in Oracle come to the training to bring it all together” Marcel van der Glind, Amis
  • Excellent training, well organized” Pedro Antunh, Capgemini

If you have any question please feel free to contact us any time! For details please visit our registration page!

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What is new in Oracle SOA Suite 11g R1 PS6? by Shanny Anoep

July 3, 2013 Leave a comment

Oracle has released a new version 11.1.1.7.0 for their Oracle Fusion Middleware product line. This version includes Patch Set #6 (PS6) for Oracle SOA Suite 11g R1, with a big list of improvements and fixes for each component in that suite.

In this post we will highlight some of the interesting updates with regards to troubleshooting, performance, reliability and scalability.

Infrastructure/Purging scripts

Database growth is a common problem for large-scale Oracle SOA Suite deployments. Oracle already provides multiple purging strategies for the SOA Suite runtime database. This patch set includes two new scripts for purging most of the runtime data:

  • Table Recreation Script (TRS): This script can be used to reclaim as much database space as possible, while still retaining the open instances. It can be used as a corrective action for databases that grew excessively, for example when purging was not performed at all. This should be used as a single corrective action only; the script does not replace the normal purging scripts.
  • Truncate script: Remove all records from the SOA Suite runtime tables without dropping the tables. This script can be used for cloning SOA Suite environments without copying the instance data, or for recreating test scenarios by cleaning all the runtime data.

The Oracle SOA Suite Administrator’s guide contains a table with the available purging strategies.

Diagnostic dumps

Using WLST you could already dump diagnostic information about various components of the SOA Suite. This version adds support to retrieve more information on BPEL and Adapters from the command-line.

Diagnostic dumps for BPEL

New diagnostic dumps are available for BPEL to get information on thread pools, average processing time for BPEL components, and average waiting times for asynchronous instances. This information can be very useful for performance analysis or troubleshooting. With WLST this information can be retrieved from the command-line and included for monitoring or reporting. Read the full article here.

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Business Process Management – What’s new in Oracle BPM 11.1.1.7.0 Webcast July 4th 2013

July 2, 2013 Leave a comment

Business-Driven. Complete. Best Practice.
Business processes are at the heart of what makes or breaks a business—and what differentiates it from the competition. Business processes that deliver operational efficiency, business visibility, excellent customer experience, and agility give the enterprise an edge over the competition. Business managers need process management tools that enable them to make impactful changes.

Oracle has been always a leader in this area and the new version of Oracle BPM 11g takes that even further by providing complete web based process modeling, simulation and implementation including designing the user interface and business logic. That provides business users with ability to take complete control over the business processes without sacrificing the vast service integration capabilities delivered traditionally by IT using SOA approach. Oracle Business Process Management is the industry’s most complete and business user-friendly BPM solution.

Register today for this webcast and find out more on the latest and most exciting new features which are now available in Oracle BPM Suite.

Agenda

    • Introduction do Oracle BPM 11g
    • Exciting new features in this release
      • Revamped Process Composer
      • Simulations
      • Web Forms
      • Process Player
      • Adaptive Case Management
      • Instance Revisioning
      • Other features
    • Demonstration
    • Q&A

For details please visit the registration page.

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SOA performance on SPARC T5 benchmark results

July 1, 2013 Leave a comment

The brand NEW super fast SPARC T5 servers are available. The platform is superb to run large SOA Suite environments or to consolidate your whole middleware platform. Some performance advices, recommended for all workloads:

  • SPARC T5-4 ServerPerformance profile for SOA apps on Oracle Solaris 11
    • BPEL (Fusion Order Demo) instances per second
    • OSB (messages / transformations per second)
    • Crypto acceleration study for SOA transformations
  • SPARC T4 and T5 platform testing, pre-tuning
    • Performance suitable for mid-to-high range enterprise in stand-alone SOA deployment or virtualized consolidation environment shared with Oracle applications
    • 2.2x to 5x faster than SPARC T3 servers
    • 25% faster SOA throughput, core to core than Intel 5600-series servers (running Exalogic software)
    • SPARC T5 has 2x the consolidation density of Intel 5600-class processors
  • 2x faster initial deployment time using Optimized Solutions pre-tested configuration steps
  • Over 200 Application adapters for easiest Oracle software integration

Would you like to get details? We can share with you on 1:1 bases T5 SOA Suite performance benchmarks, please contact your local partner manager or myself!

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top tweets SOA Partner Community – June 2013

June 28, 2013 Leave a comment

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clip_image001Oracle SOA Learn how Business Rules are used in Oracle SOA Suite. New free self-study course – Oracle Univ. #soa #oraclesoa http://pub.vitrue.com/ll9B

clip_image002OPITZ CONSULTING ‏Wie #BPM und #SOA zusammengehören? Watch 100-Seconds-Video-Lesson by @Rolfbaer – http://ow.ly/luSjK @soacommunity

clip_image004Andrejus Baranovskis ‏Customized BPM 11g PS6 Workspace Application http://fb.me/2ukaSBXKs

clip_image005Mark Nelson ‏Case Management Samples Released http://wp.me/pgVeO-Lv

clip_image005[1]Mark Nelson Instance Patching Demo for BPM 11.1.1.7 http://wp.me/pgVeO-Lx

clip_image006Simone Geib Antony Reynolds: Target Verification #oraclesoa https://blogs.oracle.com/reynolds/

clip_image002[1]OPITZ CONSULTING ‏"It’s all about Integration – Developing with Oracle #Cloud Services" @t_winterberg files: http://ow.ly/ljtEY #cloudworld @soacommunity

clip_image007Arun Pareek ‏Functional Testing Business Processes In Oracle BPM Suite 11g http://wp.me/pkPu1-pc via @arrunpareek

clip_image008SOA Proactive Want to get started with Human Workflow? Check out the introductory video on OTN, http://pub.vitrue.com/enIL

clip_image009C2B2 Consulting Free tech workshop,London 6th of Jun Diagnosing Performance & Scalability Problems in Oracle SOASuite http://www.c2b2.co.uk/oracle_fusion_middleware_performance_seminar … @soacommunity

clip_image011Oracle BPM Must have technologies for delivering effective #CX : #BPM #Social #Mobile > #OracleBPM Whitepaper http://pub.vitrue.com/6pF6

clip_image012OracleBlogs ‏Introduction to Web Forms -Basic Tutorial http://ow.ly/2wQLTE

clip_image013OTNArchBeat ‏Complete State of SOA podcast now available w/ @soacommunity @hajonormann @gschmutz @t_winterberg #industrialsoa http://pub.vitrue.com/PZFw

clip_image014Ronald Luttikhuizen VENNSTER Blog | Article published – Fault Handling and Prevention – Part 2 | http://blog.vennster.nl/2013/05/article-published-fault-handling-and.html …

clip_image005[2]Mark Nelson ‏Getting to know Maven http://wp.me/pgVeO-Lk

clip_image015gschmutz ‏Cool! Our 2nd article has just been published: "Fault Handling and Prevention for Services in Oracle Service Bus" http://pub.vitrue.com/jMOy

clip_image016David Shaffer Interesting SOA Development and Delivery post on A-Team Redstack site – http://bit.ly/18oqrAI . Would be great to get others to contribute!

clip_image005[3]Mark Nelson BPM PS6 video showing process lifecycle in more detail (30min) http://wp.me/pgVeO-Ko

clip_image008[1]SOA Proactive ‏Webcast: ‘Introduction and Troubleshooting of the SOA 11g Database Adapter’, May 9th. Register now at http://pub.vitrue.com/8In7

clip_image005[4]Mark Nelson ‏SOA Development and Delivery http://wp.me/pgVeO-Kd

clip_image011[1]Oracle BPM Manoj Das, VP Product Mangement talks about new #OracleBPM release #BPM #processmanagement http://pub.vitrue.com/FV3R

clip_image013[1]OTNArchBeat Podcast: The State of SOA w/ @soacommunity @hajonormann @gschmutz @t_winterberg #industrialsoa http://pub.vitrue.com/OK2M

clip_image015[1]gschmutz New article series on Industrial SOA started on OTN and Service Technology Magazine: http://guidoschmutz.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/first-two-chapters-of-industrial-soa-articles-series-have-been-published-both-on-otn-and-service-technology-magazine/ … #industrialSOA

clip_image017Danilo Schmiedel ‏Article series #industrialSOA published on OTN and Service Technology Magazine http://inside-bpm-and-soa.blogspot.de/2013/04/industrial-soa_22.html … @soacommunity @OC_WIRE

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Oracle Fusion Middleware (OFM) 11g (11.1.1.7) Starter Kit available & Customizable Demos

June 26, 2013 Leave a comment

OFM PS6 starter kit is now available from Global Sales Engineering (GSE, formerly DSS).  OFM Starter Kit provides a basic foundation to design and develop middleware demos. It is based on plug and play architecture and designed to use optimal hardware resources.  The starter kit is easily extendable to incorporate more Oracle Fusion Middleware components.

New Features

  • Built on the "Build your own demos (POC)" concept
  • Starter Kit comes with core OFM Components
    • Oracle Unified Directory (OUD, SOA, WebCenter Content and WebCenter Spaces)
  • Starter Kit is available over the Internet and is tuned for optimal performance
  • Portable/Downloadable version of the Starter Kit will be available soon. Please check Demos Corner.

For and questions/feedback please contact chandan Das or Anand Prasad.

Call to Action
Review the Release Notes. & Visit the GSE Website and book the “OFM 11.1.1.7.0 Base Platform” customizable instance. Further information about this platform is available on this page. This announcement will appear in the archive as number 412.

Customizable Demos
We are happy to announce the availability of the SOA 11.1.1.7.0 Platform.  SOA 11g (11.1.1.7) Platform is fully featured, built on Plug and Play architecture, and designed to develop best of breed SOA demos.

New Features

  • Built on the "Build your own demos" concept
  • Fusion Middleware products SOA, BAM, OSB, OEP, OER, OSR, WebCenter Content and WebCenter Spaces are installed, configured, and tuned for better performance
  • Demo instances are available over the Internet
  • Portable version of the platform will be available soon. Please check Demos Corner

For questions/feedback please contact Anvesh Baluguri or Anand Prasad.

Call to Action
Review the Release Notes & Visit the GSE Website and book the “SOA 11.1.1.7.0 Platform” customizable demo. Further information about this platform is available on this page.  This announcement will appear in the archive as number 413.

To get access to the demo environment please contact OPN!

Support If you need assistance or encounter any issues please submit a GSE Repository ticket or call the GSE Support Hotline for assistance. The GSE Support Hotline is available 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday, at: US/CAN: +1.650.506.8763 & EMEA: +44 118 9240808 & APAC: +65.6436.2150 & LAD: +1.650.506.8763 & Japan: +81-3-6834-6097.

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