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Fast-track SOA implementations using Oracle Application Integration Architecture

March 25, 2011

The last few weeks at my new employer I’ve been diving into something very interesting: Oracle Application Integration Architecture. This package based solution for application integration really is impressive. The thing is: not only integration between standard Oracle packages can benefit from this approach, but every service-oriented architecture project could, potentially, gain from the knowledge [...]

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The Role of SOA within Enterprise Architecture

September 22, 2010

One of the most intriguing sessions this tuesday of Oracle OpenWorld 2010 was the one about ‘The role of SOA in Enterprise Architecture’. Service Oriented Architecture is, in my point of view, simply a technology that offers us the possibility to combine business processes and system integration, but one thing it’s not: Enterprise Architecture. It’s [...]

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Cleaning up (or the application of your lifetime)

February 26, 2010

Who wants to Live Forever? Great song. Not so great approach to Software Development though. When we take a look at Software Development, you’ve probably noticed the situation that any app that has even been build, still is fully running today. At the beginning of the lifecycle of an application or system, we like to [...]

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When we’re talking about connections

January 19, 2010

Software Development is, these days, frequently about connections. Connections between different systems, applications, legacy systems and brand-new internet portals. You choice is yours to make. The days of small and standalone applications are numbered. The majority, again: as I believe, are small and accessible applications that combine data from different systems in order to create [...]

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APEX, SaaS en SOA

April 23, 2009

Dat we Oracle Application Express bijzonder geschikt vinden om SaaS applicaties mee te ontwikkelen roep ik inmiddels al een hele tijd. Dat ik het ook totaal onzinnig vind om te roepen dat APEX geen plek heeft in een SOA omgeving doe ik bij deze eventjes. Service Oriented Architecture heeft per definitie niet zo bar veel [...]

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SOA & APEX

April 17, 2009

Het gebeurd nog steeds iets te vaak: mensen benaderen APEX als een ‘mindere architectuur’. Doordat we niet expliciet op een applicatieserver draaien, of de database benaderen als een ietwat hip uitgevallen kaartenbak denken veel mensen dat Oracle Application Express niet geschikt zou zijn voor het grotere werk. En al helemaal niet thuis zou horen in [...]

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