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• Eric A. Stephens: Thoughts on John Zachman (Enterprise Architecture at Oracle)
  "I just perused Mr. Allega's (Gartner) recent article on the legal quagmire that is stirring around the Zachman brand, framework, and its two proponents. It is too bad such a pair of thought leaders will end their careers in such a manner. Upon reading the article I thought I would share some thoughts about Zachman." -- Eric A. Stephens
  (tags: oracle otn entarch zachman)
• What CIOs Look for in an Enterprise Architect
  "The best architects also understand what kind of data brings the most value to the company and then influence the design and integration of systems to produce that data faster, in different combinations and for different constituencies." -- Kim S. Nash, writing in CIO.com
  (tags: cio enterprisearchitecture entarch roi)

For Oracle Coherence aficionados, here is a list of whats going on with Coherence at OpenWorld this year.
We start off Monday with Oracle Develop Hands-On Labs as follows:

11:30 am - 12:30 pm, S318575: Building High-Performance Data Grids with Oracle Coherence, Hilton San Francisco Imperial Ballroom B
02:30 pm - 03:30 pm, S318577: New Models for Enterprise Java with the Mission-Critical Data Grid, Hilton San Francisco, Imperial Ballroom B

Tuesday September 21, 2010
12:30 pm - 13:30 pm, S317476: Application Grid: Practices and Results from Real-World Enterprises by Rickey Tang from WellPoint, Inc. at Marriott Marquis, Salon 9
01:00 pm - 02:00 pm, S318103: The Evolution of Oracle Coherence from Local Caching to Distributed Computing at Hotel Nikko, Nikko Ballroom II

Wednesday September 22, 2010
11:30 am - 12:30 pm, S317291: The Continuing Evolution of Oracle Coherence: Product Direction Update by Cameron Purdy, Vice President of Development, Moscone West L3 Rm 3022
11:30 am - 12:30 pm, S317481: Performance Management of Oracle Coherence Applications, Bob Sturm from Thomson-Reuters, Hotel Nikko, Nikko Ballroom II

Thursday September 23, 2010
11:30 am - 12:30 pm, S317481: Performance Management of Oracle Coherence Applications, Bob Sturm, Thomson-Reuters, Hotel Nikko, Nikko Ballroom II (Repeat Session)

Oracle Develop Hands-On Labs
Wednesday September 22 and Thursday September 23, 2010
04:45 pm - 05:45 pm, S318574: Scaling JPA Applications with Oracle TopLink Grid and Oracle Coherence, Hilton San Francisco, Imperial Ballroom B

Dont miss the Oracle Coherence demopod at Moscone West, W-204

For detailed information check out the application grid 'Focus-on Guide'.

Here is a Zend Framework configuration tip that took me too long to
work out. I know other people have commented on it before me but often
installation instructions don't mention the error or associate it with
the required fix. I'm filing this under the "posting it so I can find
it when I need it again" category.

I tend to do all my PHP work in $HOME/public_html and
configure all my various Apache versions similar to:

UserDir public_html

 . . . 

This way it doesn't matter what Apache I start (or destroy). All
my working PHP files remain accessible.

I've been using NetBeans with
Frameworks recently. I had no problem when doing a single controller
example in Zend Framework, so I knew everything was installed OK and
mod_rewrite was "working" fine. But I would click a URL that should
be routed to a second controller and see an error like:

The requested URL /home/cjones/public_html/MyProject/public/index.php
was not found on this server.

The solution is to update the .htaccess file. In the Netbeans
Projects pane navigate to Source Files > public >
.htaccess or on disk edit
/home/cjones/public_html/MyProject/public/.htacces and insert
a new RewriteBase line so it reads:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /~cjones/MyProject/public
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

Still Haven't Registered for OpenWorld? Do it by September 10 and You Might Be a Winner

Register for any Oracle OpenWorld, JavaOne and Oracle Develop conference pass, including the Discover and Discover Plus passes, between September 3 and September 10, and you could win one of 10 super cool prizes:

Flight of a Lifetime
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VIP Backstage Passes at the Appreciation Event
Hang out behind the scenes and schmooze with the amazing lineup of performers (Grammy Award winners Black Eyed Peas, Don Henley, Steve Miller Band, Montgomery Gentry, Berlin, and The English Beat) at the Appreciation Event on September 22 at Treasure Island. Two prizes available.

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Meet Eagle cofounder Don Henley backstage at the Appreciation Event on September 22 at Treasure Island. One prize available.

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Yes, Oracle has a medical terminology data management solution called ETS, or Enterprise Terminology Services. I don't believe that it is actively promoted currently. However, you do see it mentioned in some Healthcare Transaction Base documentation that is available freely on the internet.

Oracle Spatial 11g and other Oracle location technology products continue to add value in a variety of enterprise IT environments. Here are a couple of interesting live webinars to check out:

Visualization Using Maps in Oracle Business Intelligence 11g
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 12:00 PM Eastern
Enterprises require new tools and methods to develop and share data-based insights. Oracle's spatial and location technology now enables Oracle Business Intelligence 11g users to easily create dashboards incorporating color-coded map views that display key performance indicators, drill down on the map, and better understand relationships between performance data, demographics and other information based on location. Join experts from Vlamis Software, Oracle, and NAVTEQ to see how your organization can leverage spatial data in business intelligence applications. Register Here

Smarter Streets: Case Studies for Cities & Utilities
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM Eastern
This Directions webinar, sponsored by Oracle partner Envista, shows how the City of Baltimore and Washington Gas reduced their costs and improved right of way coordination. Envista's innovative web-based, map-driven utility coordination solution for coordinating utility and public works construction and maintenance activities is based on Oracle Spatial. Register Here

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I just perused Mr. Allega's (Gartner) recent article on the legal quagmire that is stirring around the Zachman brand, framework, and its two proponents. It is too bad such a pair of thought leaders will end their careers in such a manner. Upon reading the article I thought I would share some thoughts about Zachman.

I had the privilege of taking their 5 day course on the topic of EA. It was the single key factor that expanded my thinking from Enterprise app/data/tech Architecture into true Enterprise Architecture. It drew me and my teammates at the time out of the food fight stage in our architectural maturity. Yes, you know the stage where you think all there is to architecture is picking the right technology? Zachman helped us crawl out of that primordial ooze.

The 6x6 place mat with his framework sure looked cool on our cubicle walls. But it was something for practitioners, not stakeholders. It was a great way to classify all the information in an organization. But we all know that no one started a project to fill in all those cells. The framework got us to start systems thinking. He emphasized that enterprises - the companies you and I work in - are more complex than the Airbus 320 I've been schlepping across the country in. It takes an engineering mindset and discipline to get it all to work together correctly.

Zachman is a unique guy. I kid you not, when I was working up the SOW for him to come teach his T&Cs require an old-school projector for his box of transparencies. Armed with his finger pointer he would talk using minimal breaths on the need for architecture. I saw him last speak at an SEI event in Pittsburgh. All I can say is I hope I have half that energy at his age.

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