The problem is not the work! A Retirement Myth? In a previous article, “Making the best of your 9-5“, I mentioned my dad. Along with hundreds of other employees of a national monopoly, he was forced into retirement in his 50s. But he still had a lot to live for and so continued in active […]
Oracle BPEL Subprocess
There are quite a few new features in Oracle BPEL 12c and here is one that I really like; the BPEL subprocess – a task/algorithm that is an association (not composition) of an activity/process. The concept has been around for decades and it has featured in process diagrams and BPMN notation for quite a while, […]
Rhema Bytes: The Business to SOA Nexus
I have a little confession to make, one of many; it is that I maintain a simplistic view of business. In my simple view, a business starts as an idea or vision, depending on your Weltanschauung, and this idea articulates some value (services or products) that the business will provide to the community – Business […]
Factory Approach to Service Engineering
Rhema Bytes: A Factory Approach to Service Engineering When most people think of a factory, the imagery that is conjured is one of mindless repetition, and the generation of large numbers of low-value items. A good example is a nut & bolt factory. In this world, value accrues to the investors from the little profit […]
Making the best of your 9-5
Work smart, not hard. I did a survey of the generation of my dad and his friends recently, and I made an interesting discovery. Most of the “fun” guys are still alive, but the serious and really hard working ones are all gone! I have decided not to end up like the latter group. The […]
SOA Services Abstraction
There are many ways to conceptualise SOA services within an enterprise, and there are many ways to organise the implementation units. Here is an illustration of the SOA services architecture of a recent client. I think it is a tidy model, but as in my recent post on governance, “Rhema Bytes: Governance a Rope that […]
Simple Canonical Schema For Maturing SOA
In a previous article (Custom XSD Schema…) I examined the options open to the information architect when deciding on the adoption of XSD schema for SOA service messaging, and whether to choose an industry/community standard or go for a bespoke design that is tailored for the organisation at the point in time. In this article, […]
XSD Schema Architecture
This subject matter here is architecture of XSD schema for an enterprise SOA, and an important side-theme is the exploration of automation potential in this area. The content is quite detailed, and perhaps not best suited for viewing in a web page; therefore PDF and Micorsoft Word versions are provided in the links below: XSD […]
ESB Service Meta Design
This post explores the idea of a meta model for the design of services in an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), by identifying key competencies that services should realise. While there are exceptions to every case, the majority of services will find the realisation of these core competencies beneficial. This is an “insight” post; it aims […]
Hands On: Installing SOA Suite on a Laptop
Installing Oracle Tools on a Laptop [64-bit] 1). Install a Java 7 JDK – 64-bit version Run the JDK installer file – jdk-7u21-windows-x64.exe 2). [optional] Install Oracle XE There is no 64-bit Oracle XE for Windows, so 32-bit is the only option either way! Expand the Oracle XE installer archive (OracleXE112_Win32.zip) into […]
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