IBM Attacks Oracle Middleware

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IBM has published a page on their commercial website that questions why a customer would pay more for less, taking direct aim at Oracle and specifically Oracle Middleware offerings surrounding SOA and WebLogic. Like other competitive material published by software vendors, highlighted areas will tend to focus on one-sided statistics. Consumers today expect valid information that is easily accessible/verifiable, so — not surprisingly — this page has a references section at the bottom as well. The thing that does surprise me with these claims is the important information that is left out. When we pick solutions for a customer, we … Read More

Oops. Did I just delete my WebLogic managed server?

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Of all the wonderfulness that comes with Oracle’s latest product releases, there are always those little thing that make you scratch your head. This one is funny. Be VERY careful with your buttons in WebLogic server. If you accidentally click Delete, there is NO confirmation prompt. Nothing that asks “Are you sure?”. So, in a heartbeat, you could simply delete your managed server.

Oracle Identity Management IdM/OID 11g Patch Set 3 (PS3) 11.1.1.4 Download for Windows, Linux, etc.

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Unlike WebCenter, SOA/BPM, WebLogic Server, and other products in the recent Middleware 11g PS3 release from Oracle, Identity Management 11g PS3 (11.1.1.4) is not yet available as a full download on oracle.com yet. What you need to do until they get the uploads posted is download 11.1.1.2 from the Identity Management 11g download page and then download 11.1.1.4 from My Oracle Support (aka Metalink) by finding patch set 11060980. I know it took me a little to find this, so hopefully this helps someone until the release is available on the public-facing website.

WebLogic 11g (10.3.4) Install on Windows – WLS 11gR3

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I documented the steps I took to complete an install of WebLogic 11g PS3 (10.3.4) — sometimes also called 11gR3 — on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit OS. There is only a 32-bit version of WebLogic available for Windows, but it runs fine on Windows 7 64-bit and, as I understand, the same way with other version of the Windows OS as well (Vista, XP, Servers, etc.). [box type=”shadow”]Note: The WebLogic Server version is 10.3.4, but this release coincides with other Oracle Fusion Middleware products released with a version numbering of 11.1.1.4.[/box] This walk-through covers: WebLogic 11g Install on Windows … Read More

Middleware 11g Patch Set 3 (PS3) 11.1.1.4 = Oracle Middleware 12g? …and Where’s WebCenter?

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Oracle has made some major improvements in 11g PS3 for multiple products in the Middleware offering. If they don’t consider this a major release (aka 12g), I can’t want to see what will actually be part of 12g. Exciting stuff.

[box type=”info”]We have been working with pre-release versions of WebCenter 11g PS3 for a while, so a bit disappointed that didn’t make it into the release date, but we’re hoping that will be soon to follow.[/box]

New versions of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 (11.1.1.4.x) include…

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

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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.