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SOA 12c demo system (12.1.3) hosted at Oracle Cloud – free for Oracle Partners

December 4, 2014 Leave a comment

To get access to the Oracle demo system please visit first OPN (OPN account required)

The SOA 12c Comprehensive platform is a single, unified platform that enables ease of integration and helps connect applications across enterprise, thereby helping to achieve faster time to market and increased productivity.

Highlights

Includes 12c version of SOA/BPM, Oracle Enterprise Manager, Managed File Transfer, Service Bus, Oracle Business Activity Monitoring, Oracle Event Processing and JDeveloper.
Better documentation, Easier maintenance and Plug-in of additional software/services.
Internet Accessible – No VPN is required to access product console URLs.

Call to Action

Click the binoculars to watch this ~1 minute video showing what this platform release is about.
Check out the Release Notes and Insight Presentation on the GSE Demo Store.
Reserve a new demo or environment from the GSE website by searching for "SOA 12c (12.1.3) Comprehensive Platform”

For feedback or questions about this demo release, please contact anvesh.baluguri@oracle.com or sunitha.patel@oracle.com in GSE.

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SOA Suite 12c Masterclass – December 19th 2014 by Amis

December 3, 2014 1 Comment

SOA Suite 12c (June 2014) was a major release for Oracle’s flagship integration product. This release introduces new functionality, higher developer productivity, more robust run-time scalability and performance. 12c brings together development and administration of Service Bus and SOA composite applications, it ships new technology adapters as well as a SDK to develop custom adapters and provides across the stack support for REST-style services and JSON-format messages. New facilities were added to the stack, like Managed File Transfer and Enterprise Scheduling Services, and others better integrated, such as Oracle Event Processing and Business Activity Monitoring.

This masterclass, based on over a year’s beta program participation and extensive research and experimentation, deals with many of the essential topics for SOA Suite 12c. In one day, presenters Robert van Mölken and Lucas Jellema will discuss how SOA Suite 12c will change and enhance the way SOA projects develop services. They will show many live demonstrations of the tools in action – providing you concrete insight in new and improved features. At the end of this masterclass, attendees will know how SOA Suite 12c can benefit their organizations and how they can get started with building skills, migrating applications and using this new release properly.

Throughout the day, participants and presenters have enough opportunity to discuss real world experience and brainstorm on how to best make use of SOA Suite 12c in their organizations.

All demo code and slides will be made available. Participants will also receive a voucher for the Oracle SOA Suite 12c Handbook by Lucas Jellema (Oracle Press, Spring 2015).

Audience

This masterclass is aimed at developers, solution architects and administrators with SOA Suite 11g experience.

For details please visit the registration page here.

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Best Practices for SOA Suite 11g to 12c Upgrade By Jay Kasi

December 3, 2014 Leave a comment

A lot of effort has been put in by Oracle to make this major upgrade as smooth and easy as possible. The basic approach is to install SOA Suite 12c in a new oracle home and upgrade the domain and schemas in place. Customers undertaking the upgrade are primarily interested in a smooth upgrade, minimizing the number of manual steps in the upgrade, reduce the down time to a minimum, and minimize or eliminate any changes to client apps that use SOA APIs or web interfaces.

The key to a successful and smooth upgrade experience are the preupgrade preparations that you perform. The upgrade must be planned carefully. If the preupgrade preparations are not performed, there is a possibility that upgrade will fail in the middle or the system does not behave properly post upgrade. The only recourse to a failed production system upgrade is to roll it back from a full backup.

If your SOA domain includes BAM, then the upgrade is more complex because BAM does not support inplace upgrade. Please read the documentation carefully. The basic idea is to migrate the whole BAM deployment to a seperate domain using export/import, remove BAM from the soa domain during upgrade, and upgrade your soa domain to interop with the bam 11g domain. Later slowly and carefully migrate to BAM 12c from BAM 11g.

There are six top steps that should be performed before upgrade of your production system as a best practice.

Carefully review the prerequisites for upgrade in the documentation. Some of the prerequisites are checked upfront before we upgrade the schema in Upgrade Assistant but not all. Read all relevant upgrade documentation before starting on upgrade. Some of the key prerequisites are:

· Can only upgrade a domain that is 11.1.1.6 or 11.1.1.7. Migrate to a supported starting point before upgrade.

· Can only upgrade a deployment using a 64 bit JVM. Migrate to 64 bit JVM before upgrade.

· Can only upgrade a production domain not using XE DB and is not an admin server only domain.

· Can only upgrade a domain using LDAP or DB OPSS policy store. Migrate file based policy store to DB or LDAP based policy store before upgrade. Read the complete article here.

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Learning Library – Free SOA Suite 12c online learning

December 2, 2014 Leave a comment

Make sure you get familiar with SOA Suite 12c, at Oracle Learning Library you can get great videos on demand free:

· Upgrading Oracle SOA Suite to 12c Video Series – 8 videos

· Oracle SOA Suite 12c: Developer Productivity Video Series – 3 videos

· SOA New Features Videos

o Introducing Oracle SOA Suite 12c

o Introducing Oracle Managed File Transfer 12c

o Working with MFT 12c – Monitoring File Transfers

o Working with MFT 12c – Designing an End to End Transfer

o Oracle SOA Suite 12c: REST Enabling SOA

o Oracle Event Processing 12.1.3: Enabling Fraud Detection

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OFM Summer Camps IV feedback – are you ready for the Community Forum 2015?

December 1, 2014 Leave a comment

“Certainly the best technology related Oracle event in Europe!” Frank Munz

Thanks for your support to make the Fusion Middleware Summer Camps IV with 105 attendees (we had a long waiting list) a superb success! Special thanks to all the trainers who delivered superb workshops. Thanks to all the partners who a huge budget in utilization plus travel expenses. For all of the trainings we had a long waiting list with additional partners who wanted to attend. Trained partners position Oracle middleware, implement successful our solutions and generate additional license revenue! Partner attendees included the whole EMEA region – again with visitors from the US and Mexico! Special thanks to Niall who run the first fast track training SOA Suite 12c and BPM Suite 12c in one week!

We posted all OFM Summer Camp training material at our community workspaces (SOA Community membership required:

Feel free to use the documents to run both trainings for your internal consultants and your customers!

Don’t wait to long our Fusion Middleware Partner Community Forum 2015 will be booked out! For details please visit our registration page here.

Partner Quotes

This is the most effective 5 days spend in training, Simon Haslam, Veriton
First class knowledge delivered at a first class event! Thanks for the 12c certification quickstart! Milco Numan, Qualogy
Defiantly a must attend event, Silviu Leahu, SC Endava Romania SRL
Came with 12 people and the summer camps was a great success for all! Torsten Winterberg, Opitz
Summer Camps provides the best info of the latest features of the Fusion Middleware products, Marko Parikka, Capgemini
Best training I have ever attended from Oracle. Not only was the dept. of the knowledge of the instructor amazing deep, the hands-on lessons ensured I could use the new functionality effectively when I get back to work, Dan Atwood, Avio
Amazing energy, getting the knowledge straight from the product management – see you next time!, Martijn van der Kamp, Capgemini
The first step towards SOA Suite 12c certification, Bruno Silva, Link Consulting
Learn from the best and beat the rest. Great trainers and attendees, Filipe Esteves, Link Consulting
Certainly the best technology related Oracle event in Europe! Getting in touch with Oracle product managers is a great way to get information beyond the official documentation, Frank Munz, munz & more
Learn, train & share! Ravi N, Arcivate Ltd
Great location, great topics, great people! Carsten Wiesbaum, esentri
Great trainer and an excellend expertise well done!, Markus Schneeweis, ec4u
Knowledge, experience and networking all in one place, Bruno Santos, eProseed
Five days full of learning sharing, networking and fun!, Nico van Benthem, eProseed
Keep the good work, Marcel Mossel, Profource BV
Get jumpstart information and expertise for your SOA 12c projects, Daljit Singh, Amis

Blog feedback

· Opitz Team: Short recap on OFM Summer Camps 2014

· Simon Haslam Fusion Middleware Summer Camps – Lisbon 2014

Twitter feedback

Twitter feed #OFMSummercamp

sbernhardt ‏Just published a blog post on #ofmsummercamps #cattlecrew http://ow.ly/AdptO @soacommunity

Yogesh Sontakke Wrappg up 12c week with our impressive EMEA partners in Lisbon. Always a great audience! #ofmsummercamps #soasuite12c pic.twitter.com/zyQMkbdLD1

clip_image005 Enno ‏Finished the official part of MAF Hackathon at #ofmsummercamps. App is running, thanks to @fnimphiu – great framework pic.twitter.com/OM5TVYrwk2

clip_image001[1] sbernhardt ‏@simon_haslam explains O-Box in 5 minutes at #ofmsummercamps. Sounds interresting… pic.twitter.com/uiM8oxHIBF

Marcel Amende My fav now at #ofmsummercamps – OEP! As an add-on and inspiration, here my Fast/Big Data roundtrip positioning 😉 pic.twitter.com/4vgevqBrq8

clip_image011 Frank Munz ‏Day #3 – Fun with SOA Suite 12c at #ofmSummerCamps pic.twitter.com/fTmbwgIl2y

clip_image012 Simon Haslam ‏Cheeky O-box stand sneaks up on SOA 12c training room! #ofmsummercamps http://o-box.com pic.twitter.com/BKBEuRAtLI

clip_image012[1] Simon Haslam ‏Subliminal “SOA in a box”: O-box banner at #ofmsummercamps. Maybe I’ll keep moving it around! http://o-box.com pic.twitter.com/H4S4fyBfSY

Marcel Mossel Fully packed room again on day 2 at combined SOA- and BPM 12c-track. Interesting stuff! #ofmsummercamps pic.twitter.com/k94gBWUeqS

SOA Community At #BPM12c training friends from Russia and Ukraine during #ofmSummerCamps #soacommunity pic.twitter.com/8K9hFrQxfI

clip_image021 esentri ‏Kaffeepause bei den #ofmsummercamps in Lissabon mit @CWiesbaum #soasuite12c #bpmsuite12c #Oracle pic.twitter.com/54vWRIym6M

clip_image011[1] Frank Munz ‏For sure #ofmsummercamps will be hard to beat, but did you read who’s playing at #oow? http://goo.gl/NeULlA

C2B2 Consulting Our consultants really enjoyed #ofmsummercamps, make sure you watch out for more follow up blogs posts! @soacommunity pic.twitter.com/sktPOUCTdd

Stephan Vos Oracle Cloud Control 12c. Cool stuff! #ofmsummercamps pic.twitter.com/J8VnwqG2nm

clip_image018[1] SOA Community ‏Cloud control for #SOA12c manage your service to ensure transaction response time #ofmsummercamps #soacommunity pic.twitter.com/2UPI1Ryn74

clip_image011[2] Frank Munz ‏JDev & SOA Suite 12c working on Mac OS with up to date JDK 7. tweet your war stories from #ofmSummerCamps http://goo.gl/3A2lJz

clip_image030 Carsten Wiesbaum ‏Looking forward to an interesting day two of #ofmsummercamps in Lisbao. Great event at a great location so far!

clip_image018[2] SOA Community ‏Full house at the #ofmsummercamps new #SOA12c & #BPM12c & #OracleMAF12c bootcamps pic.twitter.com/3zGwRZ5YwM

clip_image033 Bruno Neves Alves ‏First dutch eProseed’s @nicovanbenthem reaction to Fado and pasteis de bacalhau #ofmsummercamps #soacommunity pic.twitter.com/HQbvHYV4oV

clip_image034 Simone Geib ‏RT @simon_haslam: Huge turnout (>100) for SOA & BPM 12c #ofmsummercamps – welcomed by Jürgen pic.twitter.com/zFvKMOmDJN #oraclesoa

Marcel Amende Many new things at #ofmsummercamps I feel to contribute a new word to mankind: askie – ask s.o. to take a photo 😉 pic.twitter.com/umbUcu0WIV

Bruno Neves Alves #ofmsummercamps one billion dollar selfie!!!! pic.twitter.com/VW2mKocg2G

Marcel Mossel About to sail off on the ‘Dutch Lion’! #thegoodlife #ofmsummercamps pic.twitter.com/PbOtcPLc1R

Bruno Neves Alves #ofmsummercamps hope this doesn’t become a huge lost for Oracle SOA community. pic.twitter.com/PLWc69yab8

clip_image027[1] Stephan Vos ‏After a great start this morning at Club L, now ready to continue the workout at #ofmsummercamps pic.twitter.com/QNjumk217K

clip_image027[2] Stephan Vos ‏Got some great help on my way to the airport #ofmSummerCamps #willmissmyboys pic.twitter.com/ONlmYdlBIb

Simon Haslam New website plug http://o-box.com ! RT @soacommunity a real SOA solution on ODA at #ofmSummerCamps talk to @simon_haslam to learn more

Simon Haslam Just leaving Sherborne on my way to Lisbon SOA 12c #ofmsummercamps with my own send-off party! pic.twitter.com/jwIW3wai6F

clip_image011[3] Frank Munz ‏From Lake Constance to the Atlantic: Back from WLS12c workshop in Konstanz, now packing for #ofmSummerCamps. pic.twitter.com/sQh3wzgtwT

clip_image043 Martijn van der Kamp ‏My first and best picture of all week in #ofmsummercamps Feet in sand, beer and ketchup chips. pic.twitter.com/uyKlb9xUKK

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Dutch SOA Suite Community Event with Simone Geib, December 11th 2014

December 1, 2014 Leave a comment

On Thursday December 11th, AMIS hosts a community event around Oracle SOA Suite with special guest star Simone Geib, Director of Product Management for Oracle and the face of the recent SOA Suite 12c release.
In this session, Simone will tell about and show demonstrations of the key themes and highlights of SOA Suite 12c. She will also discuss the near future , including products such as API Catalog, Cloud Adapters SDK, API Manager and Stream Explorer as well as the plan regarding the cloud. She will perhaps recount some anecdotes or background stories about the process of creating such a major new release. Simone talks about the most exciting customer SOA Suite use cases from aware of around the world as well some background on how SOA Suite is used within Oracle itself. There will be plenty of opportunity for Q&A and to offer Simone suggestions about improving or extending the SOA Suite product. The event will commence at 17.00 – doors open at 16.30. At approximately 18.00 uur there will be a dinner and we expect to conclude the evening at our AMIS Café with drinks from 21.00 onwards.
This event is useful and interesting for everyone involved with SOA Suite– either as developer or administrator, as architect or designer. Experience with the 12c release is not required – some interest that release of course is expected. Subjects that will be discussed during the event are:

SOA Suite 12c
- Developer Productivity & (runtime) Operations features
- Mobile/REST
- Adapters
  - SAP
  - Salesforce (SFDC)
  - RightNow
API Management
OEP/Stream Explorer
Managed File Transfer (MFT)
B2B
Brief recap of Vision and Roadmap
Customer stories & Anecdotes: the most exciting SOA Suite use cases from around the world
Oracle internal stories: some background on how SOA Suite is used within Oracle
Q&A: your chance to quiz & grill Simone on SOA Suite today and tomorrow

For location information please visit the registration page here.

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Call for Paper #OUGN15 – last day today!

November 30, 2014 Leave a comment

Call for paper for our next Spring Conference is now open. Conference starts Thursday March 12, 2015. Our Spring Seminar is the largest user group conference in the Nordics. We expect 350 or more attendees. With 7-8 tracks you can look forward to two days filled with information, networking and tons of fun. Come and share what you have learned and occupies your mind.

We want presentations within Core Tech (database, operating system, virtualization, other infrastructure issues), database development (Apex, PL/SQL, etc), BI / Big Data (Data warehouse, OBIEE, ODI, data science, Hadoop eco system), Java (whatever that pleases Java programmers – make it yours), Middleware (SOA, WebLogic, etc) and Oracle Apps.

Not all presentations need to be super advanced; many attendees request back-to-basic stuff and classical subjects that are useful for new users.

All speakers are invited to Speakers’ Dinner the night before the conference.

In order to submit your abstracts you will have to register at our site with an email address. You will then receive an URL that you need to access in order to confirm yourself as a user. You can then login, complete a speaker profile and submitt your abstracts. Just remember the deadline December 1 to make any changes.

Link to Call for Paper for additional call for papers please visit our wiki here.

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Additional new content SOA & BPM Partner Community

November 29, 2014 Leave a comment

The UKOUG Technology Conference and Exhibition 2014 agenda is now live. We have loads of Weblogic content, including sessions from Frances Zhao– Perez, Simon Haslam and Peter de Vaal amongst others. Take a look at the agenda and register now. Tech14 is the biggest event for the Oracle Technology community in the UK, so if you operate in this market, make sure you don’t miss out on this opportunity to position you brand and generate leads. Contact Kerry in our sales team now to discuss.
Podcast: Developing Enterprise Mobile Applications A panel of experts discusses the challenges in developing enterprise mobile apps, strategies for bridging developer skills gap, how preparing the enterprise back end to support a mobile strategy has benefits beyond mobile, and why mobile is reinvigorating the SOA world. Listen to the podcast.
The Intelligent Internet of Things with Axeda and Oracle Java Embedded The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to revolutionize the world by connecting billions of microcontroller-based devices with millions of web-based applications, and billions of people in new ways. This white paper from Oracle and Axeda shows you how Java can power your end-to-end device revolution. Read the white paper. (PDF, 660 KB)
SOA Suite 12c Round-Up During the first 100 hours after the release of Oracle SOA Suite 12c bloggers from the AMIS Technology Blog held a 50-hour blog-a-thon, writing about new features, and tracking the community conversation. This post by AMIS’s Robert van Molken compiles highlights from that event. Read the article.
Developing Custom Components with Oracle Mobile Application Framework Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) supports the creation of custom components using pure JavaScript and CSS. This article by Fusion Middleware solution architect Jeevan Joseph shows you how. Read the article.
Oracle Unveils Oracle SOA Suite 12c New in this release are enhancements to the Oracle Cloud Adapters for SaaS applications, simplified mobile integration with support for the REST/JSON standards and easy to use transformation tools to translate between traditional enterprise SOAP interactions and REST. Get the details.
Congratulations to the IoT Developer Challenge Winners Discover the six winning projects of the IoT Developer Challenge showcasing Java Embedded with Raspberry Pi and Gallileo boards. Free training remains available.
Oracle Mobile Application Framework Released Develop and run Java mobile apps on iOS and Android from a single source. Reuse your Java skills and build on-device mobile apps with Eclipse or JDeveloper.

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Community Powers Oracle by Debra Lilley, ACE Director

November 28, 2014 Leave a comment

Once you have decided on your initiative to drive value from Oracle Applications using Oracle Fusion middleware you need to think about the skills you need. Are you going to use a Systems Integrator, in house capability, or increasingly some form of cloud offering? Whichever you decide on you will still have a learning curve which is where I believe community is the answer. Not all learning has to be formal classroom led, look at the skills needed and select the formal training for the base skills, but for the areas you need an understanding of, and these won’t even be all be technical and then to learn more about the formal skills, I recommend community learning.
The Oracle Community is an enormous wealth of groups all offering their members a different angle on learning, through education, through sharing and through asking questions.
This blog, has the strapline, ‘Inside Oracle’s Middleware Community’ and is the sharing of knowledge from a wide range of contributors.
Oracle itself has Oracle Technology Network (OTN) which is a phenomenal resource. It is ‘the world’s largest community of developers, admins, and architects using industry-standard technologies in combination with Oracle its articles, blogs and forums cover most of the technology’. Check out this infographic to appreciate the impact OTN has on the community. Read the complete article here

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50% discount on SOA Suite & BPM Suite eBooks from PACKT this Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2014 Leave a comment

Make use of the long Thanksgiving weekend and read an Oracle SOA Suite or BPM Suite eBook from Packt! Don’t know which book to choose? Visit our publications wikis for SOA books and BPM books .