Four Middleware 11g Servers — Here we go!

Posted on Feb 8, 2011 in News and Updates, Offerings | 0 comments

We just started into installs for four middleware servers for a customer. These will each run DB, WebLogic, IdM, SOA/BPM, UCM, and WebCenter — all 11g.

There’s nothing like getting fresh, fast, functionally-useless hardware and turning it into a powerful piece of problem-solving equipment. – Historic M&S Dogma

Oracle ECM vs UCM — What’s the difference?

Posted on Feb 4, 2011 in Business Strategy, News and Updates, Offerings, Technical Tips | 4 comments

I’m starting to see Oracle ECM get mixed with Oracle UCM more these days when people talk about Oracle’s Content Management offering(s). Sometimes I wonder if this kind of confusion isn’t premeditated by marketing managers, but that’s another story.

So, here’s the scoop (and though I say this confidently, I find myself compelled to disclaim that this is the scoop as I understand it, and as Oracle is using these terms as of the date of publication).

For starters:

• ECM stands for Enterprise Content Management
• UCM stands for Universal Content Management

“Oracle Content Management” offerings are also referred to as “Oracle Enterprise Content Management” offerings. In addition to this, there is also a specific suite of products called “Oracle ECM Suite” which is comprised of the following Oracle products:

• Oracle Universal Content Management (UCM)
• Oracle Universal Records Management (URM)
• Oracle Imaging and Process Management (I/PM)
• Oracle Information Rights Management

In summary, Oracle UCM is a product within Oracle ECM Suite, which is offered within Oracle’s overall Enterprise Content Management solution stack.

Perhaps an easy way to remember this is by recalling the unintuitive nature of including something named “Universal” *inside* something named “Enterprise”. As it turns out, Oracle UCM itself is quite a powerful product with many capabilities that you can read more about below.

Installing JDeveloper 11g on Windows with SOA, BPM, and WebCenter Extensions – Video Walkthrough

Posted on Jan 26, 2011 in Technical Tips | 1 comment

This video walks through the JDeveloper 11g PS3 (11.1.1.4) — with integrated WebLogic Server — installation on Windows 2008 R2 64-bit. All in 3 minutes.

High Level Steps

1. Download JDeveloper
2. Run .exe
3. Configure Installation Options
4. Install Extension

JDeveloper and BPM 11g Patch Set 3 (PS3) Released, But Hold Off Using JDeveloper (for now)

Posted on Jan 17, 2011 in News and Updates, Technical Tips | 0 comments

Heidi Buelow, Product Manager at Oracle for BPM Suite posted a note on the Oracle Forums over the weekend asking a member to hold off on using JDeveloper 11g PS3 with BPM.

I am generally pleased with the integration, and truly appreciate the vision of using one IDE (JDeveloper) for all things Oracle. That said, it seems Oracle is unique when compared to pure-play BPM vendors where the SOA/BPM teams are different than those over development tooling like JDeveloper, so they have to work extra hard at it. Feel free to follow the forum post.

Oracle SOA 11g Download – Windows, Linux, etc.

Posted on Jan 17, 2011 in News and Updates, Technical Tips | 0 comments

Along with other Middleware technologies, the latest SOA 11g version (11.1.1.4) — something we have simply been calling PatchSet 3 or PS3 — has been released and is now available for download from the Oracle website.

Salesforce.com Integration with SOA 11g

Posted on Oct 19, 2010 in Case Studies, News and Updates, Technical Tips | 5 comments

As a follow up to our highly successful White Paper on Salesforce.com Integration with SOA 10g, we have released a new version using SOA 11g:

Salesforce.com Integration with SOA 11g

This is included as part of a resource kit offered by Oracle Corp. After registering for the resource kit, you will see a link to the white paper as seen in the below screenshot:

Enjoy!

JDeveloper 11g Tutorial – Install Steps (11.1.1.3.0)

Posted on Sep 27, 2010 in Technical Tips | 0 comments

New versions of JDeveloper 11g have been released since the last step-by-step JDev install guide, so I thought I would post a quick refresher for anyone who wants that comfort of knowing they are seeing the screens they should expect to see as they march through the install. Enjoy; the product really is getting better and better everyday.

Installing JDeveloper 11g (11.1.1.3.0) on Windows

BPM 11g Integrated with WebCenter Spaces (Process Spaces)

Posted on Sep 27, 2010 in News and Updates, Offerings, Technical Tips | 0 comments

Our Fusion Middleware expertise allows us to bring it all together. Do you want to follow business processes and ensure transparency to your organization?

M&S Consulting has implemented a next generation process portal built on Oracle BPM/SOA, Identity Management, WebCenter, and innovating solutions built by M&S from the ground up. Underlying technologies include WebLogic and ADF.