SOA Blackbelt training – results & best practices

August 26, 2013 1 Comment

We hosted our 3rd SOA Blackbelt training for partners from June 11th – 14th 2013 in Berlin Germany. The first SOA Blackbelt took place in June 2010 in London and the second on January 2011 in Johannesburg. Special thanks to the trainer team Simone Geib , Rajesh Raheja and Flavius Sana & Niall Commiskey for running the 3rd SOA Partner Blackbelt training!

If you missed the training, thanks to Lonnekes blog posts for the excellent summery about the training.

You can find all twitter posts from the attendees #soablackbelt and some impressions at our facebook page. Want to get the latest news from our product management team? Follow Simone @soasimone and Rajesh @RahejaRajesh at twitter!

Do you want to attend a future SOA Blackbelt training? Make sure you join the SOA Community and read the newsletter! Visit and sign up for the SOA Community (OPN account required).

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Top tweets SOA Partner Community – July 2013

July 25, 2013 Leave a comment

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

clip_image001Simone Geib Industrial SOA Chapter 4: SOA Maturity, by @soacommunity @HajoNormann @gschmutz @t_winterberg et al http://pub.vitrue.com/KAdV

clip_image002Rajesh Raheja ‏Thanks @soacommunity for a black belt. Literally! My pleasure meeting some of the best SOA minds #soablackbelt pic.twitter.com/pOoUerV80z

clip_image003SOA Community ‏ Want to learn more about SOA Governance? Attend our #ofmsummercamps in Lisbon http://tinyurl.com/ofmsummercamps2013 … #soacommunity #soasuite #soagoverance

clip_image003[1]SOA Community Fusion Middleware Summer Camps III – registration open for Oracle Partners! http://wp.me/p10C8u-12H

clip_image004Michel Schildmeijer New blog Oracle Service Bus 11g: statistics projects and services with WLST – part 2 http://www.qualogy.com/oracle-service-bus-11g-statistics-projects-and-services-with-wlst-part-2/ … via @Qualogy_news #OSB #weblogic

clip_image003[2]SOA Community ‏B2B & Adapters training for partners by @SOAScott #ofmsummercamps details and registration http://tinyurl.com/ofmsummercamps2013 … #soacommunity #opn

clip_image003[3]SOA Community ‏What is new in Oracle SOA Suite 11g R1 PS6? by Shanny Anoep http://wp.me/p10C8u-Zz

clip_image005OracleBlogs ‏Register Now, Free Webinar! Driving Self-Service Learning with UPK Knowledge Center http://ow.ly/2y31qs

clip_image006Oracle SOA ‏15X throughput, 2X faster file processing, lower maintenance costs and speed up time to market http://pub.vitrue.com/YaIt

clip_image007leonsmiers ‏The Oracle Case Management API http://tinyurl.com/nbywjtt #capgemini #oracle #bpm

clip_image008OTNArchBeat Industrial SOA Chapter 4: SOA Maturity, by @soacommunity @hajonormann @gschmutz @t_winterberg et al http://pub.vitrue.com/KAdV

clip_image008[1]OTNArchBeat ‏#IndustrialSOA Chapter 5: Enterprise Service Bus by @soacommunity @hajonormann @gschmutz @t_winterberg et al http://pub.vitrue.com/17ej

clip_image003[4]SOA Community Are you registered for the #ofmsummercamps 2013? http://tinyurl.com/ofmsummercamps2013 … Learn advanced topics from the experts! #soacommunity

clip_image009SOA Proactive ‏Webcast: Recording of SOA PS6 Diagnostics session is available, http://pub.vitrue.com/dH3e

clip_image003[5]SOA Community SOA performance on SPARC T5 benchmark results http://wp.me/p10C8u-Zv

clip_image003[6]SOA Community Oracle Process Accelerators Release 11.1.1.7.0 Now Available https://blogs.oracle.com/bpm/entry/oracle_process_accelerators_release_112 … #bpm #bpmsuite #soasuite

clip_image011Oracle BPM ‏Ovum’s assessment of new Oracle BPM Suite. Check out the report in Analyst Reports section of resource kit. #bpm http://pub.vitrue.com/LVm1

clip_image008[2]OTNArchBeat Oracle #SOA Suite 11g Developers Cookbook Published | Antony Reynolds http://pub.vitrue.com/Fchf

clip_image012Jon petter hjulstad Win A Free Copy of Packt’s new book on Oracle : “Getting Started with Oracle Event Processing 11g” – http://www.evita.no/ikbViewer/soa-bloggen/artikkel/89906/win-a-free-copy-of-packt’s-new-book-on-oracle-:–%2520getting-started-with-oracle-event-processing-11g …

clip_image003[7]SOA Community ‏top tweets SOA Partner Community – June 2013 http://wp.me/p10C8u-12w

clip_image003[8]SOA Community ‏Thanks to #Accenture for a great evening & many interesting innovation discussion to use #Oracle middleware #opn pic.twitter.com/qStux07oGF

clip_image005[1]OracleBlogs ‏SOA Community Newsletter June 2013 http://ow.ly/2xUDfy

clip_image003[9]SOA Community Oracle Fusion Middleware (OFM) 11g (11.1.1.7) Starter Kit available & Customizable Demos http://wp.me/p10C8u-Zt

clip_image008[3]OTNArchBeat ‏ZDNet’s @JoeMcKendrick interviews #SOA guru and author Thomas Erl (@soaschool). http://pub.vitrue.com/d2Ml

clip_image005[2]OracleBlogs ‏Cutting Edge versus Just Average? Your SOA, Got BPM? by Mala Ramakrishnan http://ow.ly/2xRnH3

clip_image013Sharif Aboulnaga ‏@OracleBlogs @soacommunity Nice presentation,although I’d like to see what user perspective looks like dashboards,tasks,reports #BPM #ORACLE

clip_image015Andrejus Baranovskis Announcement – Red Samurai Code Quality Tool Version 2.0 http://fb.me/21trtaDbU

clip_image008[4]OTNArchBeat ‏Calling #ADF BC Web Service from #BPM Process | @AndrejusB http://pub.vitrue.com/t5Dt

clip_image005[3]OracleBlogs ‏BPM PS6 video showing process lifecycle in more detail (30min) by Mark Nelson http://ow.ly/2xPMb0

clip_image003[10]SOA Community ‏Build in better usability with UX Direct http://wp.me/p10C8u-ZU

clip_image003[11]SOA Community ‏Just opened the registration for the #ofmsummercamps and already 1/4 seats booked – want to attend? http://tinyurl.com/ofmsummercamps2012 … #soacommunity

clip_image003[12]SOA Community ‏Oracle Event Processing PS6 Enhancements & Quick Start Guide http://wp.me/p10C8u-Zr

clip_image017Robert Szilinski ‏SOA vs. Java EE Whitepaper von @MarkusLohn -English version coming soon! #soacommunity #JavaEE http://esentri.com/blog/2013/06/whitepaper-entwicklung-von-services-mit-soa-suite-11g-vs-java-ee/ …

clip_image003[13]SOA Community Adaptive Case Management Series by Mark Foster http://wp.me/p10C8u-Zj

clip_image003[14]SOA Community Who did attend the #ofmsummercamps 2012 – what was the best part? Make your plans for 2013! http://tinyurl.com/ofmsummercamps2013 … #soacommunity

clip_image003[15]SOA Community SOA Suite Tuning Guide for SPARC http://wp.me/p10C8u-Zx

clip_image008[5]OTNArchBeat ‏You won’t need 3D glasses. OTN Architect Day: Cloud Computing, July 9, 2013. Redwood Shores, CA. Register now! http://pub.vitrue.com/nx6H

clip_image001[1]Simone Geib ‏New white paper: Next Generation Service Integration Platform: Oracle SOA Suite on Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud and Oracle Exadata…

clip_image003[16]SOA Community ‏Mastering Oracle BPM Suite 11g Webcast Series http://wp.me/p10C8u-Zn

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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
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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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Podcast Show: The State of SOA By Bob Rhubart

June 12, 2013 Leave a comment

Service Oriented Architecture may not get the attention it used to get, but it is still alive and kicking – and more important than ever.

The latest OTN ArchBeat Podcast program features a panel discussion on the State of Service Oriented Architecture. The panel for this conversation consists of four gentlemen who collectively represent exactly half of the team of experts behind Industrial SOA, a new series of articles available on OTN.

The Conversation

  • Listen to Part 1: The panel discusses why SOA is more important than ever.
  • Listen to Part 2: The panel discuss SOA in the context of business/IT alignment challenges and shares insight on the differences in SOA approaches between Europe and the US.
  • Listen to Part 3: (May 8) The panel explains the concept of Industrialized SOA and discusses what it means for Cloud computing, Mobile, Big Data, and other trends.

Jürgen KressHajo NormannClemens Utschig-UtschigTorsten WinterbergDanilo SchmiedelGuido SchmutzBernd TropsBerthold Maier

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C2B2 educational webinars – Oracle SOA Suite 11g

June 4, 2013 Leave a comment

C2B2 educational webinars - Oracle SOA Suite 11gC2B2 is running a new series of short and snappy educational webinars about Oracle SOA Suite 11g.

Delivered by C2B2 experienced middleware consultants, the webinars provide insight and ideas for the performance tuning of Oracle SOA Suite 11g.

Oracle SOA Suite 11g Webinars:

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Insurance SOA & BPM DSS Demo

May 30, 2013 Leave a comment

For access to the Oracle demo systems please visit OPN and talk to your Partner Expert Highlights.
Introduction This demo is a business solution for Insurance domain and showcases how Insurance companies can sell Insurance online. This enables users to quote and buy the policy online. The solution covers the breadth of Fusion Middleware stack. We have WebCenter Spaces for Intranet Site, WebCenter portal application for Customer interfacing site, IDM for Security, SOA/BPM to orchestrate the business use case, UCM as Content Server, OBIEE for reporting and OBIEE Publisher to generate summary pdf reports on the fly. Java Mail Server to relay email messages to customers.

Highlights

  • BPM plays a critical role by providing proactive real-time insight through a flexible real-time decision engine
  • Reduces data entry redundancy and improves quote-to-sale ratios
  • Manages complete process to reduce service cost for end customers
  • Helps businesses to shift from a product-focused to a customer-focused business model
  • Uses MDM for business data and Insbridge for Insurance data capture

Demo Flow Client requests for a quote by entering cover details, employment details, personal details in the alamere portal application. Request quote data is evaluated and decision is taken whether to generate quote or forward the quote for approval before confirming it. Manual approval of the quote by underwriters. Communication between underwriters using BPM Process Spaces. Tracking of the BPM Process instance in Process Spaces. Communication to the client by emails. Buying the Insurance policy by the client. Policy confirmation to the client in the account of the client and through email. For more information and access visit OPN.

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SOA Community Newsletter May 2013

May 29, 2013 Leave a comment

Dear SOA partner community member

Oracle’s fiscal years ends in May – let us know if you need any support to close your SOA or BPM opportunity! We are happy to arrange a conference call or visit with you and your customer. May is the last chance to get a free voucher to be Oracle certified Expert in SOA & BPM!

Together with a team of SOA experts, including Dr. SOA, we publish a 14th articles series about Industrial SOA OTN and the Service Technology Magazine. We are keen to discuss your experience and to
share your best practice, please send us your feedbackTwitter @twitter/soacommunity  #industrialSOA!

Like the past years, we want to bring the Oracle Fusion Middleware Innovation home to Europe! Let us know if you want to submit a nomination, we are happy to support it and write a nice quote for you.

This month’s newsletter key topic is Adaptive Case Management (ACM), which is one of the key new features of BPM PS6. Danilo Schniedel, Leon Smiers and Mark Foster published excellent articles about ACM. To get a good impression of BPM PS6 watch the video from the A-Team or attend the on-demand seven Webcasts Series. At our SOA Community Workspace (SOA Community membership required) you can test and BPM iPad mobile worklist demo application.

You can find the latest presentation about Oracle Event Processing PS6 Enhancements & Quick Start Guide to build fast data solution for big data environments also at our Workspace. For Device to Device (D2D) solutions and integrations we published D2D Executive Overview & D2D Value Proposition.

If you want to demo BPM Suite PS6 and SOA Suite PS6 make sure you use the hosted demo services. To get access to the demo environment please contact OPN! At the demo environment you will find a starter kit as well as customizable demos.

Shanny Anoep published an article” What’s new in Oracle SOA Suite 11g R1 PS6”, and Mark Nelson about SOA Version Control. The Amis team published a SOA Suite definitive guide to: The UMS adapter (11.1.1.7). To size your SOA solution we published SOA performance on SPARC T5 benchmark results. Make sure you also use the SOA Suite Tuning Guide for SPARC. A great feature to discover in SOA Suite 11g is the b2b functionality, to learn more attend our b2b training on 21-22 May in Amsterdam.

In the Service Bus section of the newsletter we feature the Fault Handling and Prevention (II) by Ronald van Luttikhuizen & Guido Schmutz and Building OSB projects with Maven and removing the eclipse dependency by Mark Nelson.

Do you want to speak about your success and best practices? Submit your paper for the UKOUG Technology Conference 2013 which will be taking place on 2nd – 4th December at the Manchester Central Convention Complex. For additional call for papers please visit our C4P wiki. Please feel free to add yourself to the conference!

Wish you great success to close all your SOA & BPM opportunities! And thanks for the collaboration & success in fiscal year 2013!

Jürgen Kress
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Industry Presentations SOA & BPM

May 27, 2013 Leave a comment

At our SOA Community Workspace (SOA Community membership required) you can find the latest SOA & BPM Industry Presentations. If you have clients in one of the following industries, make sure you take a look at the presentations to get new ideas on how to position SOA & BPM (Please note: presentations are Oracle and Partner confidential. Please do not share them with your customers):

SOA & BPM Customers in:

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Oracle Learning Library on SOA and BPM

May 24, 2013 1 Comment

Do you want to learn more about Oracle SOA Suite and BPM Suite? Do you need to get quick product details for your project? Make sure you visit the Oracle Learning Library – for free online trainings on-demand. You can search by product e.g. Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle BPM Suite:

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