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The Best of 2012

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The Best of 2012
This first edition for 2013 marks the introduction of a new feature, the Architect Profile. Each month we'll put the spotlight on a different community leader. In this edition we'll also take a look back at some of the most popular content created by and for members of the OTN architect community.
If you want to keep up with what's happening in the OTN architect community in 2013, follow @OTNArchBeat on Twitter, like the OTN ArchBeat page on Facebook, and visit the OTN Architect homepage.
Bob Rhubart, Manager, OTN Architect Community

ARCHITECT PROFILE

Oracle ACE Director Kai Yu is the lead Oracle Solutions engineer and architect in the Dell Oracle Solutions Engineering Lab, a position he has held since 2006. Kai's expertise includes Oracle RAC, Oracle Grid, Oracle E-Business Suite, and Oracle VM. The author of several Oracle white papers, Kai is a frequent speaker at events including Oracle OpenWorld and IOUG Collaborate. Kai was the recipient of Oracle Magazine's 2012 Technologist of the Year award in the Cloud Architect category.
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Articles
 The Top Five most popular architecture-related OTN articles for 2012.

Abhijit Patil describes how to use Kerberos to enable Microsoft clients, authenticated in a Windows domain, to be transparently authenticated in an Oracle WebLogic Server domain using the same credentials. Read it.

Frank Nimphius explains how to Protect your Oracle ADF applications from unauthorized access using the Oracle ADF Security feature. Read it.

Edwin Biemond, Ronald van Luttikhuizen, and Demed L'Her present a set of pragmatic best practices for deploying a simple and sound SOA footprint that can grow with business demand. Read it.

Thanks to its support for Mocking and WS-Addressing, soapUI can be used to test asynchronous BPEL processes. Daniel Amadei shows you how. Read it.

For IT to be successful, the new processes and operational models must be aligned not only with business strategy, but also with what employees are actually doing. Travis Wissink shares an example. Read it.


PODCASTS
 The Top Five most popular OTN ArchBeat Podcasts for 2012.

Best-selling IT author Thomas Erl joins Oracle's Tim Hall and Demed L'Her for a conversation about the SOA, Cloud, and Service Technology Symposium and factors that are shaping the IT landscape. Listen

Oracle enterprise architect Eric Stephens joins Oracle SOA product management senior director Tim Hall discuss why it's important to revive the dormant conversation about IT governance. Listen

Oracle Big Data experts Jean-Pierre Dijks and Andrew Bond discuss Big Data: what it is, its affect on enterprise IT, and what architects need to do to stay ahead of the big data curve. Listen

Recorded live during OTN Architect Day in Los Angeles, a panel of experts responds to audience questions about various aspects of cloud computing. Listen

A panel of experts offers an overview of the various flavors of cloud computing, discusses the importance of standards, and explains why cloud computing is a paradigm shift—and why it isn't. Listen.


PRODUCT NEWS

The new Ksplice offline client eliminates the requirement for a direct internet connection to apply zero-downtime Ksplice patches, and allows users to create a local YUM repository. Learn more.

A number of Java EE 7 JSRs could benefit from your participation, including WebSocket, JSON, Caching, Concurrency for EE, JAX-RS2 and JMS2. Learn more.

WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS

Virtual SysAdmin Day: Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux, Oracle VM
01/25/2012 | 9:00am - 13:00pm GMT | Online

Oracle Cloud Builder Summit
Dates and locations worldwide

OTN Developer Day: Big Data
02/04/2013 | Dublin, IE

QCon London
03/6-8/2013 | London, UK

EclipseCon 2013
03/25-28/2013 | Boston, MA

IOUG Collaborate 12
04/22-26/2013 | Las Vegas, NV

ODTUG Kscope13
06/23-27/2013 | New Orleans, LA

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Executive Visibility: Four Key Ways to Improve Project Information


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Gaps in key pieces of information are causing many C-level executives to make important decisions about projects without fully understanding the inherent risks and opportunities. This is one of the main findings in “Putting the Truth on the Table,” the latest in a series of reports about strategic project portfolio management by The EPPM Board, an international steering group of senior industry executives, academics, and commentators.
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