The goal of this series of blogs – Demystifying Blockchain for Enterprise – is to take away the cloudiness and complexity around blockchain. In this second part I will explain where in my opinion the potential of the technology is within certain industries and explore what kind of problems blockchain in the enterprise space can solve.
Robert van Molken
Demystifying Blockchain for Enterprise – What’s the buzz?
The goal of this series of blogs – Demystifying Blockchain for Enterprise – is to take away the cloudiness and complexity around blockchain. In this first part I will explain the technology behind enterprise blockchain, using of smart contracts as decentralized application, and how it compares to a traditional database.
Oracle Integration Cloud pricing explained – OCI vs Classic
Last week at AMIS we had the task of estimating costs of a proposed iPaaS solution for one of our customers that runs on a fully managed cloud. As AMIS is mainly an Oracle partner we looked at how competitive we could make the pricing of the solution using Oracle […]
Cloudy with a chance of Services – OFMForum XXII Valencia
Last week I had a cloudy week. I attended the 22nd edition of the Fusion Middleware, and 1st PaaS, Partner Community Forum. This time we flew with 9 people from AMIS to Valencia, Spain for an amazing week of Cloud content. Fusion Middleware & PaaS Partner Community Forum XXII From my […]
Using the ICS Connectivity Agent with an On-Premises Database
In this third article about the Connectivity Agent we deep-dive into the details. We learn how to use the ICS Connectivity Agent in combination with an on-premises database. For more information about the architecture and installation of the agent I recommend to read these two articles first. This article continuous where the previous article about the […]
Preparing & installing the ICS on-premises Connectivity Agent
In this second article about the Connectivity Agent we deep-dive into the details. We take a look in preparing and installing the agent. This is done in combination with Integration Cloud Service. For more information about the architecture and inner workings of the agent I recommend to read this article first. What is […]
Agent for simplifying Integration between Cloud and On-Premises apps
In the last few months I mentioned that Oracle is developing an Agent. The Agent easily integrates your on-premises application(s) with the Oracle Cloud Services. The Agent is rolling out on all production instances next week. It was publicly announced by Bruce Tierney on the 3rd of January. He is the Director of Product […]
Content-Based Routing with Integration Cloud Service
In my previous article I discussed the fall updates of Integration Cloud Service. One of the features in this update is the possibility for content-based routing within integrations. I came across this feature during UKOUG Tech 15 in the beginning of December. In an two our hands-on lab I had […]
Integration Cloud Service Fall Updates (2015)
With the current Cloud strategy that drives Oracle also the release cycle approach has changed. Currently there is a 3 months release cycle for most cloud services. Oracle strives to shrink the release cycle even more in the future. One of these cloud services is the Integration Cloud Service. Between november […]
SOA Suite 12.2.1: Resiliency updates on the operations side of life
On the 25th of October at Open World 2015, Oracle released the 12.2.1 version of SOA Suite 12c. This release is full of resiliency updates on the operation side of life. The operations of integration are critical and Oracle listened to the business requirement of customers while developing this release. Here […]
SOA Top Tips #1 – Using a common XQuery Function Library
In this series I will tell you about my favorite tips I give to colleagues and other integration developers during my daily work. My first tip is about the usage of a common XQuery Function Library. During my daily work I come across easy transformations, but some can get quite […]
Introducing the Integration Cloud Service
Oracle released some more Cloud offerings and in this article we introduce the Integration Cloud Service. This cloud service lets your organization create integrations between cloud application, but also between cloud and on-premise applications. Create connections to well known and less known SaaS applications using a bunch of cloud adapters, […]
SOA Suite 12c: In-depth look into Managed File Transfer (1/3)
With the release of SOA Suite 12c a new product was revealed. The first sighting was at Oracle OpenWorld 2013. On the Fusion Middleware Demo Grounds there was a demo shown where B2B was integrated with a product called Managed File Transfer (shortened as MFT). At that same conference I […]
In-depth look into Oracle API Catalog (OAC) 12c
With the release of Oracle Enterprise Repository 12c another product was released. Oracle API Catalog 12c (OAC) allows you to build a catalog of your organization APIs. OAC provides a layer of visibility to those APIs so application development knows what and which one to use. OAC includes a simple […]
SOA Suite 12c: New visual editor for creating Fault Policies
In 11g Fault Policies were added so that you could easy intervene when a (SOAP/BPEL) fault was thrown. But you could only create them in source mode, there was no graphical editor. With the release of SOA Suite 12c a new visual editor for creating Fault Policies is added to […]
SOA Suite 12c: Weekend Roundup
Almost 100 hours ago Oracle SOA Suite 12c was released and 72 hours ago BPM Suite 12c had it turn. At AMIS we held a 50+ hours blog-a-thon and published a total of 25 blogs. This blogs looks back at the release of SOA Suite and BPM Suite 12c. On […]
SOA Suite 12c: First look at Service Bus features
Oracle released SOA Suite 12c (12.1.3) bringing a further integration between components and a bunch of new features. This blog is one in a series of new features summaries about SOA Suite 12c to view them all check this blog. This blog will summaries the features specific to Service Bus […]
SOA Suite 12c: All about Developer Productivity and Performance
Oracle released SOA Suite 12c (12.1.3) bringing a further integration between components and a bunch of new features. This blog is one in a series of new features summaries about SOA Suite 12c to view them all check this blog. This blog will summaries the features specific to the Developer […]
SOA Suite 12c: First look at SCA Composite features
Oracle released SOA Suite 12c (12.1.3) bringing a further integration between components and a bunch of new features. This blog is one in a series of new features summaries about SOA Suite 12c to view them all check this blog. This blog will summaries the features specific to SCA Composites […]
SOA Suite 12c: New Features summary
Oracle released SOA Suite 12c (12.1.3) bringing a further integration between components and a bunch of new features. Most of them are quite spectacular, but at the same time all are useful. A release to persuade potential buyers and a lot more to please users of the product. This blog […]
Functional boundary testing of a service-based environment using MockServer
In big projects hopefully testing the components of the system is a key point. When multiple teams are working on a project and each create services in there functional domain, you want the place the responsibility of these services with that software development team (SDT). Let’s talk in terms of […]
Recap of the Oracle Partner Community Forum XIV
This year the 14th edition of the Oracle Partner Community Forum was held on the island of Malta from 17th till the 21st of Februari at the Hilton Hotel. I went there together with three other colleagues and this is my recap of the week. This event took 4 […]
Architecture to ‘probe’ components of an end-to-end application
By: Robert van Mölken and Tim Askamp An end-to-end application usually consists of multiple components that are one-way or another decoupled. A component can be an ADF frontend, OSB proxy, SOA Suite Composite, Database package or JAXWS web service. For maintaining all the components of an end-to-end application the components […]
Weblogic Admin and Managed servers as a Windows service
When running a Weblogic server and its managed servers I have heard at multiple projects that there is a need of automatic startup of these server processes. There is not default an options to create a windows service when installing Weblogic and for example SOA Suite. The one option that […]
SOA Suite definitive guide to: The UMS adapter (11.1.1.7)
This week Oracle released it sixth patchset (11.1.1.7) of the SOA Suite and it’s IDE JDeveloper. In this new release there are some small changes in the IDE, but there are also some mayor changes like two new adapters; healthcare and the UMS (User Messaging Service). This blog will look […]
(2/2) Using the MetaData Services (MDS) in a SOA environment
It has been almost a year since my last post about the metadata services. I talked about how-to set up a File-based MDS and DB-based MDS. This post talks about the usage of the files, placed in the MDS, in the different components available in a SOA composite. If the […]
(1/2) Using the MetaData Services (MDS) in a SOA environment
Before I talk about the advantages en methods of using the MDS, I want to introduce myself, because this is my first public post on the AMIS technology blog. My name is Robert van Mölken and I’m 26 years old. I’m now actively working, as a SOA Consultant / Developer, […]