Today's Links (6/29/2011)
- by Bob Rhubart
Event-Driven SOA: Events meet Services | Guido Schmutz
Oracle ACE Director Guido Schmutz shows you how to achieve extreme loose coupling within a Service-Oriented Architecture by using event-driven interactions.
Misconceptions About Software Architecture | Sanjeev Kumar
A concise, to-the-point, and informative article by Sanjeev Kumar.
Good Leaders Acknowledge What Can't Be Done - Jeffrey Pfeffer - Harvard Business Review
"None of us likes to admit to bad decisions," says Jeffrey Pfeffer. "But imagine how much harder that is for someone who has been chosen to lead a large organization precisely because he or she is thought to have the power to see the future more clearly and chart a wise course."
Suboptimal Thinking within Enterprise Architecture | James McGovern
McGovern says: "We need to remember that enterprises live and thrive beyond just the current person at the helm."
Boundaryless Information Flow | Richard Veryard
"If all the boundaries are removed or porous, then the (extended) enterprise or ecosystem becomes like a giant sponge, in which all information permeates the whole," Veryard says. "Some people may think that's a good idea, but it's not what I'd call loose coupling."
Coming to a City Near You: Oracle Business Analytics Summits | Rob Reynolds
This series of events includes a Technology and Architecture track.
New Date for Implementation of Sun Hands-On Course Requirement (Oracle Certification)
As announced on the Oracle Certification website, Java Architect, Java Developer, Solaris System Administrator and Solaris Security Administrator certification tracks will include a new mandatory course attendance requirement.
VirtualBox 4.0.10 is now available for download | Bob Netherton
Netherton shares information on the new release.
Updated Technical Best Practices whitepaper | Anthony Shorten
The Technical Best Practices whitepaper has been updated with the latest advice. "New advice includes new installation advice, advanced settings, new security settings and advice for both Oracle WebLogic and IBM WebSphere installations," says Shorten.
Kscope 11 ADF, AIA and Business Rules | Peter Paul van de Beek
Whitehorses Solution Architect Peter Paul van de Beek shares his impressions of KScope11 presentations by Markus Eisele, Sten Vesterli, and Edwin Biemond.
Amazon AWS for the learning experience | Andrej Koelewijn
"Using AWS changes your expectations how your internal data center should operate," says Koelewijn.
BPMN is dead, long live BPEL! (SOA Partner Community Blog)
Jürgen Kress shares information -- including a long list of speakers -- for the SOA & BPM Integration Days 2011 conference, October 12th & 13th 2011 in Düsseldorf.
InfoQ: HTML5 and the Dawn of Rich Mobile Web Applications
James Pearce introduces cross-platform web apps development using HTML5 and web frameworks, such as jQTouch, jQuery Mobile, Sencha Touch, PhoneGap, outlining what makes a good framework.
InfoQ: Interview and Book Excerpt: CMMI for Development
"Frameworks like TOGAF are used to define an architecture that aligns IT assets and resources to support key business needs and processes of key stakeholders," says SEI's Mike Konrad. "But the individual application systems, capabilities, services, networks, and other IT assets and infrastructure still need to be acquired, developed, or sustained."
InfoQ: Architecting a Cloud-Scale Identity Fabric | Eric Olden
"The most cited reason for not moving to the cloud is concern about security," says Olden. "In particular, managing user identity and access in the cloud is a tough problem to solve and a big security concern for organizations."
