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March 2009 - Top Down vs Bottom Up Thinking

Oracle - 12 May, 2009 - 10:29

This month while talking to a student during a break, we agreed that many businesses still have issues communicating information through the management levels of the enterprise. This issue was particularly focused on IT and projects that fail due to this breakdown. As I was teaching a Business Analyst class at the time, my thoughts focused on what has been a decades old problem. Now, I am not an Organizational Psychologist, but it seems to me that a key issue is how we think and process information.

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Oracle - 12 May, 2009 - 10:00
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Use a Navigator but KEEP THINKING

Oracle - 12 May, 2009 - 09:54

Some weeks ago we went to Austria for a ski-vacation. Because we can only plan a break during the school vacations there are some challenges to face.

One of the larger challenges is the journey to the resort an back. With 50% of the NL in vacation an many people traveling in the same week to Austria the roads are really crowded. This requires some careful planning and this where the problem starts.

The current practice is that drivers throw away their paper maps, take their navigator (Tom Tom / Navtec/ Garmin....) and let this device plan the trip. Most devices start with planning the shortest/fastest trip and use (dynamic) travel information to avoid traffic-jams as much as possible. The journey starts..... The effect, not only problems on the main roads but also on the secondary roads = chaos everywhere !

This year we tried a new approach. Yes we used the navigator + dynamic traffic planning but we also used a reliable advice from the ANWB (Royal Dutch Touring Club) who is very experienced in this field. They provided suggestions which road to take based on their experience, the planned work on the roads and weather conditions. During our journey we had a lot of 'arguments' with our navigator but at the end we saved 25% of the travel time compared with people who traveled using the guidance from their navigator.

Learning - there is an area for improvement in this field. Think ahead and keep thinking during the trip.... Ideally the traffic-info should be mixed with high-level advices from 'the field' people or organizations who have high-level knowledge about the topic.

This is exactly the point I would like to make in this blog.
More and more I see IT teams a consolidation phase where they let go(experience=expensive) people. The assumption is that this can be compensated by intelligent tools (the Navigators) provided by the Hardware and Software suppliers. True, this is an option for the short-term and not always targeted at your challenges, the golden 80% of the cases.
But do not forget that there is always a 20% of cases left that is responsible for 80% of the total costs. What is the plan to cover this ?

Here you could see if Support could provide help. Take a look at the next generation support Experience Did you explore the effectiveness of the Health Checks ? or what is your experience with the Communities in My Oracle Support. Consider to support your team by experienced people from Advanced Customer Services.
All valuable offerings provided by support to enable you to have a safe trip and save 25% of your costs.

Looking forward to your experiences!
Hans

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ADF and WLS10.3

Oracle - 12 May, 2009 - 09:27

I get this lots and lots, "How do I deploy an ADF11g app on Weblogic Server 11g". The answer is pretty easy however we are getting more questions that we really ought to..

The best source of knowledge is Duncan Mills blog @

Failing that ping us!

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Deployment in Oracle B2B

Oracle - 12 May, 2009 - 09:01

Refer to Chapter 13 on Creating and Deploying a configuration.

Deployment through Script

The following sql stmt makes the agreements available for deployment.
SQL> update tip_agreement_t set lifecyclestate='Approved';

It is possible to write a script encapsulating the following public API.

ip/setenv.bat
java oracle.tip.configuration.ConfigurationManager
-standalone -- To create configuration based on all approved agreement.

java oracle.tip.configuration.ConfigurationManager -standalone

-deploy
-abort
-discard
-retire
-reactivate
-queryName
-queryStatus
-quiesce
-quiesce allActive

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ECM & Architecture goes together like milk & cereal

Oracle - 12 May, 2009 - 08:43

This is the first post to my ECM & Architecture blog. I will be blogging about Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Oracle's Universal Content Management (UCM) products, ECM architecture and architecture in general.

I'm a Technical Director in Oracle Consulting's Enterprise 2.0 (E2.0) delivery practice. I worked at Stellent for 4 years before joining Oracle in 2007 as part of the Stellent acquisition.

On a lot of projects we are in such a rush to get something implemented that we don't spend enough time thinking through the architecture and planning for future use of the system. You then end up coming back in 6 months or a year and having to redo some of the underlying architecture and infrastructure to accommodate what should have been expected extensions of the system.

In future posts I will talk about why architecture is important and specific features of a good architecture can help make your ECM projects successful.

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Configuring Audit Vault on E-Business Suite (Track Application user)

Oracle - 12 May, 2009 - 06:30

Work in progress !!

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Configuring Oracle Label Security on E-Business Suite

Oracle - 12 May, 2009 - 06:24

Work in progress !!

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Jibun Bank Wins Prestigious Award for Best Core Banking Implementation

Oracle Press Release - 12 May, 2009 - 05:01
Oracle Press Release Jibun Bank Wins Prestigious Award for Best Core Banking ImplementationThe Asian Banker Recognizes Japan’s First Mobile Bank for its Successful Implementation of Oracle® FLEXCUBE Core Banking Tokyo – May 12, 2009News Facts Jibun Bank Corporation, a joint venture between leading Japanese information and communications company KDDI and Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi UFJ, and Oracle Financial Services Software has won The Asian Banker IT Implementation Awards for “Best Core Banking Project.” Jibun Bank was also given a Honourable Mention for “Most Innovative Entry,” recognizing the innovation achieved through this implementation. The Asian Banker IT Implementation Awards are among the financial services industry’s most prestigious awards, recognizing best practices that emerge from banks’ strategic use of technology. Now in its third year, the awards were presented this month at The Asian Banker Summit 2009 in Beijing, China. In winning this year’s award, Jibun Bank and Oracle Financial Services Software were cited for the project’s innovation in enabling a complete bank on a mobile phone. Jibun Bank offers the entire lifecycle of services on a mobile phone including account opening, deposits, payments and card loans while also providing multi-channel access through the Internet, ATMs and e-commerce. Jibun Bank’s implementation of Oracle® FLEXCUBE Core Banking was recognized in the Asian Banker IT implementation Awards for the following notable features: Innovation – the project is enabling the bank to more effectively react to changing customer preferences while offering customers a unique experience by making banking truly accessible anywhere and anytime Adaptation – the implementation successfully took complex banking processes and adapted them for the mobile phone screen with a high level of automation Collaboration – Jibun Bank was able to create a highly scalable, secure collaboration environment for the benefit of customers and partnersJibun Bank Pioneers a Successful New Business Model Since its launch in June 2008, Jibun Bank’s popularity has grown rapidly and the bank has already acquired more than 500,000 customers. Jibun, which means “personal” in Japanese, is the first bank in the world to use the mobile phone as a primary access channel. Its customers use mobile phones to open new accounts and utilize the bank’s services. Jibun Bank’s comprehensive range of services, enabled by Oracle FLEXCUBE Core Banking, include Japanese currency deposits, cashless payments, loans as well as credit card and fund transfers.Supporting Quotes “Jibun Bank and Oracle Financial Services Software demonstrated a remarkable degree of collaboration to implement the core banking project where both teams had to truly think out of the box to produce an innovative, highly customized solution that was nonetheless rolled out fairly rapidly,” said Ms. Elena Torrijos, Managing Editor and Project leader for The Asian Banker. “With the implementation of this technology, Jibun Bank managed to acquire 500,000 accounts in just eight months.” "We are honored that the panel of judges for this year’s Asian Banker IT Implementation Awards have selected Jibun Bank and Oracle Financial Services Software in the Best Core Banking Project category,” said Takeo Tohara, President and CEO, Jibun Bank. “Technology is a key enabler of our business model. By taking a collaborative and best-of-breed approach, we have been able to implement a secure and scalable mobile banking platform that enables us to deliver a differentiated, more personal banking experience to our customers.” Supporting Resources KDDI Announces Launch of Jibun Bank Oracle FLEXCUBE Core Banking Oracle in Financial ServicesAbout Oracle Financial Services Software Limited

Oracle Financial Services Software Limited (referred to as "Oracle Financial Services Software") (Reuters: ORCL.BO & ORCL.NS) is a majority owned subsidiary of Oracle. Oracle Corporation [NASDAQ: ORCL] is the world's largest business software company. For more information, visit www.oracle.com/financialservices.

TrademarksOracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. FLEXCUBE, Daybreak, Mantas and Reveleus, are trademarks of Oracle Financial Services Software and are registered in several countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.Contact Info

 

Mamoru Kobayashi
Oracle Japan
+81368344836
mamoru.kobayashi@oracle.com

 

Kevin Ruane
Oracle
+1.650.506.6610
kevin.ruane@oracle.com

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