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

Send your tweets @soacommunity #soacommunity and follow us at http://twitter.com/soacommunity

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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SOA Community Newsletter June 2013

June 27, 2013 2 Comments

Dear SOA partner community member

Thanks for showing us your interest to rerun the Fusion Middleware Summer Camps! After knowing your suggestions we are happy to announce the 3rd edition of our advanced Fusion Middleware training. The camps will take place from August 26th – 30th 2013 in Lisbon Portugal. Topics will include Adaptive Case Management (ACM) as part of BPM Suite, b2b, Advanced SOA and SOA Governance. Please make sure you plan and book your seat in advance – (Booking is on the basis of first come first seat!).

Thanks for all your efforts to become certified and Specialized. For all the experts who achieved the SOA Suite 11g Essentials or BPM Suite 11g Certified Implementation Specialist, you can download a logo for your blog or business card at the Competence Center. For all the companies who achieved a SOA or BPM specialization you can request a nice Plaques for your office.

As part of our Industrial SOA article services we published “Canonizing a Language for Architecture” in the Service Technology Magazine and on Oracle Technology Network. If you write books or a blog – make sure you share it with us!

Cloud Computing is the hottest topic in IT, specially as an architect you should be aware of the concepts and technology, therefore I highly recommend you Thomas Erl’s latest book named “Cloud Computing”.

In the BPM space, Adaptive Case Management (ACM) is the hottest topic, with BPM PS6 the backend ACM functionality and an ACM sample application are available. You can even combine this hype with Customer Experience. The BPM section in this newsletter reflects the high importance of the topic and includes BPM PS6 video showing process lifecycle,BPM Resource Kit, Functional Testing, Introduction to Web Forms, Customized Workspace Application and Instance Patching Demo.

B2B also become more and more popular in the Oracle SOA Suite. If you could not attend the training organized in the month May, we offer you an additional B2B training as a part of the Summer Camps or you can download the B2B training material from our SOA Community Workspace (SOA Community membership required).

Thanks to all for sharing the valuable SOA content with our community! Special thanks to ec4u for the new reference of SOA Suite and AIA Foundation Pack at a Swiss insurance company. It is time to submit a SOA and BPM  reference request today!

In this edition of the newsletter you will see Guido and Ronald’s second part of OSB article series and Kathiravan Udayakumar’s published an exclusive article on SOA Suite best practice. If you want to submit your content for the next edition of the Newsletter then please feel free to submit it to myself.

The A-Team is an excellent contributor to the best practice – make sure you visit the new A-Team page and read their articles such as Getting to know Maven.

Also on the SOA side, we have published many new articles from the community Oracle SOA Suite for the Busy IT Professional by Frank Munz, SOA Suite Knowledge – Polyglot Service Implementation with Groovy by Alexander Suchier, QA82 Analyzer – Automated Quality Assurance for Oracle SOA Suite Projects, Verifying the Target by Anthony Reynolds and a new book called Oracle SOA Governance 11g Implementation book by Luis Augusto Weir.

Two new SOA on-demand training courses NEW – Oracle Business Rules Self-Study Course & Introduction Human Workflow online course are available now!

Make use of the Summer Time and get trained – hope to see you in Lisbon for the Summer Camps!

Jürgen Kress
Oracle SOA & BPM Partner Adoption EMEA

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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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Cutting Edge versus Just Average? Your SOA, Got BPM? by Mala Ramakrishnan

June 25, 2013 2 Comments

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has completely transformed IT from the time it was introduced well over a decade ago. Organizations have been re-plumbing their infrastructure for reusability, efficiency and gain and succeeding with it. Best practices have emerged and people and technology have matured. We have got better at delivering on a stable platform on mission critical applications and services.

Yet, there is this one secret that sets some SOA customers apart from the others. These companies grow and revolutionize their business and not just transform their IT infrastructure. The differences seem subtle for an untrained eye examining these organizations externally. And from within the company, it’s a bit like an ant sitting on an elephant, hard to differentiate between the IT trunk and business tail.

What is it that some organizations do differently that makes them succeed beyond SOA?
These organizations pull in business people more and more to weigh into their IT decisions. They wrench understanding process over services. They don’t settle easily when bridging business metrics and IT performance. They anguish over business requirements not translating seamlessly and quickly into IT. IT is not just an enabler but a pillar that revolutionizes their business. Okay, I’ll give it to you. These organizations layer Business Process Management (BPM) on top of their SOA.

BPM WebcastThink about lifeblood business processes in your own organizations. If you are Fedex, this would be shipping and handling. If you are Stanford Hospital, this would be patient case-management: from on-boarding through discharge and follow-up care. If you are Wells Fargo, this would be loan origination. Now think about how your SOA ties into your business process.

  • Can you decouple your business processes from your SOA so that the two can transform and change independent of each other?
  • Can you forecast success metrics for your business process, make the changes across the board and then look back over different periods of time to see if you are on track?
  • Are your critical business processes entrenched in the minds of few experts in your organization or does everyone from the receptionist to your enterprise architect to your CEO understand what they can do to revolutionize it?

Business Process Management is a superset of SOA. It is the process of getting your business to articulate business value and metrics and have it implemented in IT without any loss in translation. It is the act of extracting the business process from the minds of experts and IT applications in your organization and valuing them as assets for performance and gain. BPM is stepping outside your SOA and moving your organization to the next level of innovation.

Oracle is accelerating BPM across industries with the latest launch. Join us to understand how BPM can give your organization a cutting edge over your SOA.

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BPM PS6 video showing process lifecycle in more detail (30min) by Mark Nelson

June 24, 2013 Leave a comment

If the five minute video I shared last week has whet your appetite for more, then this might be just what you are looking for!

The same international team that has made that video – Andrew Dorman, Tanya Williams, Carlos Casares, Joakim Suarez and James Calise – have also created a thirty minute version that walks through in much more detail and shows you, from the perspective of various business stakeholders involved in process modeling, exactly how BPM PS6 supports the end to end process lifecycle. The video centres around a Retail Leasing use case, and follows how Joakim the Business Analyst, Pablo the Process Owner, and James the Process Analyst take the process from conception to runtime, solely through BPM Composer, without the need for IT or the use of JDeveloper.

  • Joakim, the Business Analyst, models the process, designs the user interaction forms, and creates business rules,
  • Pablo, the Process Owner, reviews the process documentation and tests the process using the new ‘Process Player’,
  • James, the Process Analyst, analyses the process and identifies potential bottle necks using ‘Process Simulation’.

Read the full article here.

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Build in better usability with UX Direct

June 22, 2013 Leave a comment

The Oracle Applications User Experience team has created a program called Oracle UX Direct to provide customers, partners, and consultants in the enterprise industry with design best-practices and tools that they can leverage to make their enterprise implementations more successful. Read the Voice of User Experience, or VoX, blog to learn more about why the program was created, and visit the UX Direct web site to find out how to introduce design thinking during the implementation stage. Create a solution that best fits the needs of users from the beginning. Read more about UX Direct on VoX.

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Oracle Event Processing PS6 Enhancements & Quick Start Guide

June 21, 2013 Leave a comment

The latest release of Oracle Event Processing (OEP) is focused on the Big Data Integration = Fast Data.

New features include: Oracle Event Processing

  • Product artifact rename "Complex Event Processing" to “Event Processing”
  • Solutions/Packaging
    • Parameterized OEP applications and libraries, with public metadata to document the application
  • Big Data Integration (FAST DATA)
    • NoSqlDb Cartridge
    • Hadoop Cartridge
  • User Defined CQL Fault Handlers
    • Allows developer to catch and handle errors that occur in CQL queries
  • List-based Aggregations
    • Allows CQL aggregation functions to create Java collections
  • Support for Eclipse Indigo (3.7.2)
  • Usability
    • Persistence for EventInspector configuration
  • Performance Optimizations

At our SOA Community Workspace (SOA Community membership required) you can find the OEP PS6 Enhancements.pptx & Oracle CEP Quick Start.ppt

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