Embedded mode limitations for Production systems
In most implementations of Oracle Utilities products the installer creates an embedded mode installation. This is called embedded as the domain configuration is embedded in the application which is...
View ArticleOut for a while
Due to some medical issues I will not be posting till September this year. Thank you for your patience.
View ArticleArchitecture Guidelines - Same Domain Issues
After a long leave of absence to battle cancer, I am back and the first article I wanted to publish is one about some architectural principles that may help in planning your production...
View ArticleOracle Scheduler Integration Whitepaper available
As part of Oracle Utilities Application Framework V4.3.0.2.0 and above, a new API has been released to allow customers and partners to schedule and execute Oracle Utilities jobs using the...
View ArticleNew Utilities Testing Solution version available (5.0.1.0)
We have released a new version(5.0.1.0) of the Oracle Functional/Load Testing Advanced Pack for Oracle Utilities (OFTAPOU) and is available from Oracle Delivery Cloud for customers and partners.This...
View ArticleWhitepapers now and in the future
The whitepapers available for the product will be changing over the next few months to reflect the changes in the product documentation.The following changes will happen over the next few months: The...
View ArticleILM Clarification
Lately I have received a lot of partner and customer questions about our ILM capability that we ship with our solutions. Our ILM solution is basically a combined business and technical capability to...
View ArticleILM Planning - The First Steps
The first part of implementing an Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) solution for your Oracle Utilities products using the ILM functionality provided is to decide the business retention periods for...
View ArticleOverload Protection Support
One of the features we support in Oracle Utilities Application Framework V4.3.x and above is the Oracle WebLogic Overload Protection feature. By default, Oracle WebLogic is setup with a global Work...
View ArticleUsing ADO and HeatMap in the Utilities ILM Solution
The ILM features of the Oracle Database are used in the Oracle Utilities ILM capability to implement the technical side of the solution. In Oracle 12, two new facilities were added to the already...
View ArticleService Pack Support for Oracle Utilities Enterprise Manager Pack
Customers using the Application Management Pack for Oracle Utilities within Oracle Enterprise Manager can prepare our service packs for installation within the pack by converting the pack to Enterprise...
View ArticleAuthentication and Authorization Identifiers
In Oracle Utilities Application Framework, the user identification is actually divided into two parts:Authentication Identifier (aka Login Id) - This the identifier used for authentication...
View ArticleConnection Pools
The Oracle Utilities Application Framework uses connection pooling to manage the number of connections in the architecture. The advantage of the pools is to be able to share the number of connections...
View ArticleWeb Services Best Practices Whitepaper
Over the last few release new web services capabilities have been added to the Oracle Utilities Application Framework. A wide range of new and updated facilities are now available for integration...
View ArticleWhitepaper List as at December 2016
The following Oracle Utilities Application Framework technical whitepapers are available from My Oracle Support at the Doc Id's mentioned below. Some have been updated in the last few months to...
View ArticleUpdated Technical Best Practices
The Technical Best Practices whitepaper available from My Oracle Support has been updated and published.The new version has the following changes: The format has been changed to make it more readable...
View ArticleOracle Utilities 2017 Edge Customer Conference Product Forum
I will be attending the USA and APAC Oracle Utilities 2017 Edge Customer Conference Product Forum this year, conducting a number of technical sessions. This year, to make the sessions more relevant,...
View ArticleBatch Scheduler Resources
In the last release of the Oracle Utilities Application Framework, we released an integration to the DBMS_SCHEDULER to manage and execute our batch processes. We supply a pl/sql based interface to our...
View ArticleEMEA Edge Conference
I will be attending the EMEA Edge Conference in Reading UK which will be conducted on April 25-26th 2017. I am planning to hold the same technical sessions as I did at the AMER conference earlier this...
View ArticleOUAF 4.3.0.4.0 On its way
We are currently putting the final touches on the next service pack (SP4) for the latest Oracle Utilities Application Framework release (4.3). This is a very exciting release for us with a lot of...
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