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Just found out that there is a new site for SOA Suite 11g sample code. It is availble on Java.Net. Check it out for great examples.

Since I had to test some webpages with IE6 (please don’t ask), I wanted to use Windows XP Mode on my Windows 7 laptop (actually run it in VMWare as described here). Microsoft provides virtual machines (vhd files) to run in Microsoft Virtual PC.

Rolling back the update

Installation failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0×80004005: Update for Windows KB958559

Digging into the support forums and blog posts on the subject, the most common working solution I found to the problem was to uninstall VMWare and/or VirtualBox. After the uninstall you can install Virtual PC without the error and after that reinstall VMWare and/or VirtualBox.

An earlier post on how cookies are used to track you, explained how tracking cookies work. This post will show you how to stop websites from tracking you using Firefox 4. This latest release has a Do-not-track feature that lets you tell websites you don’t want your browsing behavior tracked.

By turning on the Do-not-track feature, Firefox tells websites you visit that you don’t want your browsing behavior tracked. Please note that honoring this setting is voluntary. To put it differently websites are not required to respect it.

Turning on the Do-not-track feature in Firefox 4

• Click the Firefox button at the top of your browser window and click options.
• Make sure you’re on the Advanced panel.
• Select the General tab.
• In the browsing section check the Tell websites I do not want to be tracked.
• Click OK to leave

Check the Tell websites I do not want to be tracked option

There is a small note in the JDeveloper 11.1.1.4 Installation Guide:

This release of Oracle JDeveloper supports the 64-bit versions of Windows and Java.

More on the question What is 64-bit Java?, can be found on this Java Hotspot FAQ.

The Installation Guide mentioned before doesn’t show additional details on How-To get JDeveloper working on Windows 7 with an 64 bit Java version….
To get this working:

• Download and install a recent 64 bit JDK for Windows 7 64 bit, eg jdk-6u24-windows-x64
• go to the $Middleware_Home$\jdeveloper\jdev\bin directory and edit the jdev.conf
• Alter the SetJavaHome to the directory in which you just installed the JDK:

#
# Directive SetJavaHome is not required by default, except for the base
# install, since the launcher will determine the JAVA_HOME.  On Windows
# it looks in ..\..\jdk, on UNIX it first looks in ../../jdk. If no JDK
# is found there, it looks in the PATH.
#
#SetJavaHome C:\Oracle\Middleware\jdk160_21
SetJavaHome C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_24

• And then start the jdev64W.exe in the $Middleware_Home$\jdeveloper\jdev\bin directory.

Additional hints

February 2012 Spyros Doulgeridis posted on his blog on Running JDeveloper in 64 bits. He shows additional guiding on:

• Adjust JDeveloper’s memory settings in in the C:\Oracle\Middleware\jdeveloper\ide\bin\ide.conf
• Increasing the memory of the embedded weblogic – in the setDomainEnv.cmd file
• Configure Windows pagefile – to avoid the Virtual Memory Minimum Too Low error in Windows

The 2011 edition of Oracle Open World will be from October 2th to 6th. One of the great ways to experience this events is share your knowledge and submit a paper. This window of opportunity closes at midnight on March 27. Find more info on:

• General Info
• Submission Info
• Tips and Guidelines

Whitehorses a Gold level partner of OPN, has achieved the Specialized status for Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Achieving this Whitehorses has been recognized by Oracle for its expertise in delivering services specifically around Oracle SOA Suite 11g through business results and proven success.

Frank Dorst, CTO of Whitehorses:

“We strongly believe in the power of IT. Information technology makes real change possible and that does not always have to mean huge investments. We distinguish ourselves by clearly defined improvement projects, with involvement of both IT and business in which collaboration with customers is essential. Achieving Specialization is our confirmation that we are doing well. It continues our long relationship with Oracle and gives our customers the confidence to work with a qualified party. ”

Bas Diepen, senior manager of Alliances and Channels at Oracle:

Whitehorses know how to keep changes small and simple, no matter how big projects are. We are pleased that the investment they have made in gaining knowledge and Oracle skills, is now reflected in achieving this Specialized status.”

Wishing you and your family all the best for 2011!

That you may enjoy life’s little (and not so little) miracles each and every day.

Not only is it the time of year to look back (and think about what the future might bring), I also noticed that deltalounge came to 100 blog posts. Further back in history and perspective my first post ever was on the IT-eye weblog together with people like Mike van Alst, Andrej Koelewijn, and Tom Hofte. Later on I moved to the Whitehorses blog where I joined guys like Edwin Biemond and where I’m still a regular blogger.

Some highlights

There were serial posts on ESB performance tuning, Oracle (Advanced) Queueing and on AIA 11g. There was probably the most extensive coverage of the SOA Symposium by a non-professional blog. However the most eye balls were for the (technical) posts:

• Running JDeveloper on 64-bit Windows 7
• JDeveloper with SOA Suite extension
• Unable to startt HTTP server after restore

and these non-technical posts:

• Cloud, SOA and why a CFO should care…
• Group Development and a Lessons Learned session
• Measuring the Business Value of SOA

This year, in partnership with InfoQ.com (the largest community site for technical architects), 1/4th of the SOA Symposium sessions was filmed and will be published on InfoQ. From early November InfoQ has started publishing these videos. At the time of writing the following videos are available:

• Cloudy SOA
• BPM Top Seven Architectural Topics in 2010
• Resurrecting SOA

Cloudy SOA

This session on Cloudy SOA by Mark Little covers:

an introduction to cloud computing pointing to the fact that the middleware needs of the cloud are similar to SOA’s, showing some of the benefits of running SOA along with the cloud, asking if cloud computing and SOA should evolve together and giving some future directions to consider.

BPM Top Seven Architectural Topics in 2010

Hanjo Normann’s session presenting the BPM Top Seven Architectural Topics in 2010 covers:

how to design a BPM/SOA solution including: modeling human interaction, improving BPM models, orchestrating composed services, central task management, new approaches for business-IT alignment, solutions for non-deterministic processes, and choreography.

Resurrecting SOA

Anne Thomas Manes in her Resurrecting SOA session goes into details on why she:

believes organizations need SOA more than before, but using a redefined SOA based on the SOA Manifesto, focusing on models, methodologies and patterns, not on technology, intended to produce the desired business and technical goals.

For a complete overview of SOA Symposium sessions on InfoQ check their SOA Symposium page.

This blog will point you to two valuable but free resources:

Designing the Service Contract

You can download a free PDF on Designing the Service Contract (alternative link). This is a sample chapter from the book Oracle SOA Suite Developer’s Guide. The book is available form here.
There are also two OTN Arch2Arch Podcast interviews with Oracle SOA Suite Developer’s Guide authors Matt Wright and Antony Reynolds now available:

• The architects perspective
• SOA around the globe and important books

Developing a Portlet using ADF

There is a free sample chapter on how to create Portlets using ADF available (alternative link). The chapter is taken from Web 2.0 solutions with Oracle WebCenter 11g. The book is available here.

In this chapter, you will learn the following:

• JSF specification concepts
• The types of portlets you can build with WebCenter
• Developing a portlet using ADF
• Integrating portlets with custom Applications