Fusion Middleware and Open Systems

Insights Library
- Cloud Computing with Oracle and Amazon AWSWebinar - What is Cloud Computing and why is it such a big deal? Rolta TUSC will show you a demo of Oracle in the cloud. We will first explain the various services offered by Amazon and then will show you how to sign up for an Amazon AWS account and run an Oracle instance in the cloud. We will end with the value proposition of cloud computing and ways you can start integrating this service today.
- Data Accessibility and Agility - Consuming Web Services with ApEx Webinar - In this presentation we will cover how you can consume services using ApEx. This is a technical presentation covering the specifics within ApEX to accomplish service consumption. It covers:
  
  • How to create and register your services either manually or using our iPerspectiveT technology.
  • Consuming Your Services in ApEx
  • Form with a Report
  • Standalone Report
  • Standalone Graph
  • 2 Dimensional Array
  • AJAX, LOVs, REST/JSON/XML, MTOM
- Understanding LDAPWebinar - While the LDAP standard has existed for quite some time, it is a relatively new concept for most administrators and developers who work with Oracle. This presentation will detail what LDAP is, how it works, what LDAP means to developers and administrators, and how Oracle has chosen to implement LDAP as part of the Oracle Application Server.
- BPEL 101Webinar - Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has been identified by Oracle as a key technology for the future. Oracle's recent versions of the Application Server have all included SOA technologies, and its specifications for Oracle Application Server 11g indicate that Oracle is committed to SOA. As Oracle's development tools (JDeveloper, Application Express, Portal) focus more and more on Web-centric implementations, the Application Server will become a staple in most organizations committed to Oracle technologies. As such, understanding and being able to implement BPEL-based solutions will become a prerequisite for developers, administrators and system architects. This presentation will explain Oracle's BPEL implementation and how to use it effectively when architecting Web-based solutions.
- Service Oriented Architecture - Insight into the Business of Reusing your AssetsWebinar - As experienced SOA companies will attest, the scope of SOA is massive, and as companies start researching SOA, the concepts get deeper by the minute. Between all of the acronyms, terms and technologies such as buses (ESBs), Message queues (JMS, MQueue), compliance, governance and so many more - Database Administrator's and others get overwhelmed quickly. Each topic is its own Pandora's Box! The bottom line is SOA is HUGE! But...it doesn't have to be. You don't have to boil the whole ocean to venture into SOA, you just need to dip your toe in to see how it feels first. This presentation will present the current culture in Service Oriented Architecture and demonstrate a tool to help automate much of this process for you.
- Supervising Remote Development ProjectsWebinar - In the current marketplace, with the increasing demands and expectations, more and more projects will require remote contributions. For project managers or anyone responsible for the successful development of applications and software, the addition of remote staff / consulting is quickly becoming a major factor in being able to meet requirements. This presentation will discuss project drivers, why development projects fail, and provide best practices to follow in order to be successful. The session will be beneficial to anyone working with, or preparing to work with, On-Shore remote, Off-Shore remote, outsourced providers, Virtual Office Contributors, or any combination of remote and on-site development.
- Scaling Oracle Application ExpressWebinar - In this session we will show how you can build applications using ApEx and dispel the concerns of those who do not believe that ApEx can be used to build large applications. Not only will you have a scalable, redundant architecture, but all of the services you create can be used by other applications! For example, the following can also consume these services:
  
  • BPEL/BPM or service-based workflow
  • Portals and Mashup tools
  • Operational BI tools / BAM
  
  In other words, the services that you build, using your existing data and business logic can be used throughout your business! Not only by other departments within your company, but by other companies - if you want to expose these services externally.
- Implementing Search using Open-Source ToolsWhite paper - Describes how to implement search functionality using the Apache Lucene1 and Apache Solr2 open-source toolkits and gives examples of retrieving data from an Oracle 10g database and displaying it in Oracle Application Express.

Executive View

Top Level Objectives

In the current global marketplace, companies are under increasing pressure to differentiate themselves and leverage their resources to become more productive and efficient and drive customer loyalty. At Rolta TUSC we are dedicated to helping our customers use technology to provide enhanced information access and maximize their business process and talent efficiencies. We will develop a custom development/integration plan which is tailored to meet not only your immediate objectives but that will also aligns with a long-term vision focused on competitive differentiation and securing an overall advantage in the marketplace. If you’re seeking a true technology partner who can help you work smarter, build an infrastructure to support your growing business and identity ways to use information to make better business decisions, look no further. By engaging Rolta TUSC, you enable your internal talent to focus on your business while our technical advisor experts address the latest technological advancements and leverage industry best practices to your advantage. Our custom development and integration solutions can help you cost-effectively address key business challenges. If you’re dealing with shifting IT priorities; need to improve employee productivity and efficiency, reduce costs or strengthen customer relationships; are considering platform migrations to open-source technologies such as Linux; and/or feel that technological advancements are too costly for your organization to take advantage of, we have a solution that’s right for you. Our service offerings include:

Software development
Service-Oriented-Architecture (SOA) planning, design, implementation, and governance
Business-to-business applications and integration
Open source product integration
Process/workflow automation
Web Site or portlet development
Software testing and QA

Solution - Innovation

Rolta TUSC consultants specialize in both Open System Standards and Oracle Technology. We are known as “The Oracle Experts” for our technology expertise, thought leadership, mature development process and proven management methodology that combine to ensure our clients’ success. Our business experts average more than 10 years industry experience and our diverse portfolio of services enables our team to deliver custom solutions focused on your business and its unique challenges. Whatever your custom software development need, our experts have the experience required to allow your company to quickly deliver successful results while minimizing risk and optimizing value. By engaging Rolta TUSC, you benefit from:

Rapid results - Rolta TUSC's consultants can quickly deliver custom software or integration projects ahead of schedule using the latest advanced software from Oracle. Our on-site development and/or global sourcing capability enable us to quickly assemble a seasoned team to meet your needs.
Depth and breadth of experience - Rolta TUSC consultants have broad and deep product knowledge with an average of more of more than 10 years experience.
We have four Oracle ACEs (three Directors) on staff (no other firm in the world has more).

Advantage - Insight

When you engage Rolta TUSC for your custom development/integration effort, you gain a flexible, global partner whose consultants are industry-recognized experts, published and certified by major software vendors as elite in stature. These experts team with your internal staff in creating custom solutions based on industry best practices with mature processes and a proven methodology. We’re able to provide an optimized solution to business challenges allowing for not only today’s problem resolution but tomorrow’s vision to be realized.

Benefit - Impact

With increased focus on your unique challenges, we’re able to optimize your existing resources, provide the flexibility for minimal change to existing business processes and tailor a solution to solve your specific problem and meet your vision. In addition to our own consultants’ deep business and technology expertise, we almost maintain strong relationships with leading vendors which we leverage to our customers’ benefit.

Management View

Business Objectives

You likely find it difficult to get your departmental projects completed and ensure you have the proper data, processes, governance, tools and infrastructure in place to sustain service levels given the unprecedented rapid changes in technology, especially within the Oracle Fusion Middleware family, combined with the seemingly never-ending business need to “do more with less” and requirements for agile, rapidly delivered solutions to the business. Procuring off-the-shelf solutions to help is sometimes an option, but it creates challenges all its own from organizational readiness and change acceptance perspectives.

By partnering with Rolta TUSC to create custom solutions, you’re able to address your exact business challenge and put the proper infrastructure, architectures and methods in place to improve your IT organization’s capabilities.

Do you find yourself challenged by any of the following issues?

An experience/expertise gap created by rapid changing technology
Shifting IT priorities
Increased business pressure for Agile rapid solution delivery
A desire to leverage IT as a business differentiator
Unsure of tomorrows technically direction
Pending Platform migrations to reduce costs and improve efficiency
Pending End-of-Life or vendor non-support concerns
Business Units inventing or creating their own mini applications
Time spent on applications maintenance and support keeps you from delivering more meaningful business solutions.

With real-world experience using Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g, deep knowledge of open-system standards and proven processes and methodologies, Rolta TUSC can help you address any and all of these challenges.

Solution

Our Fusion Middleware and Open Systems Development experts will focus on your existing problems to address your immediate needs while aligning with your strategic vision and direction for IT. While we focus on the technology “how-tos” you can focus your staff on strategic issues for IT. We’ll help you build the value of IT, allowing you to become a strategic and trusted advisor to business overall.

Approach

We offer technical experts who are certified and/or average more than 10 years of experience. Many are published authors and thought leaders in their technology. We deliver our services in a partnered approach, teaming with your IT, process and subject matter experts. We combine this expertise and collaborative approach with mature processes, project management, methodologies, architectures and best practices to ensure your project is successful.

Our Fusion Middleware and Open Systems Development services leverage Industry best practices and are developed by experienced by consultants who employ:

Detailed project planning at the beginning of an engagement, which brings clarity to the work effort and deliverables.
Rolta TUSC’s project methodology that covers planning, scope management, project governance, change management, communication, risk management and deployment strategy, to help ensure project success.
Rolta TUSC’s award winning knowledge repository, allowing you to benefit from similar work completed for other customers.
A Rolta TUSC community of consultants for point on recommendations and answers to identified problems.

Business Value

Off-the-shelf applications are almost always generic in nature and inevitably require some level of customization to meet business needs. In addition, they typically have “hidden costs” either in applications which are not needed and/or because they require your organization to adapt processes or logic to fit the solution. Building custom applications and performing custom integration is often more fiscally responsible spending if your IT organization or partner can execute in a timely fashion. Rolta TUSC services minimize costs by focusing only on the problem at hand, meeting these objectives and minimizing any user side change beyond that of what an automated process might offer.

Rolta TUSC consultants develop custom solutions for customers every day and developing these solutions is our job. We are experienced in driving scope, focusing on existing problems and solving them in a manner which not only addresses the need but sets a foundation of optimal flexibility for extension and integration. Our experienced consultants are not only technical experts, but they also have extensive project management experience. Regularly managing projects against strict timelines and budget requirements, ensuring that your project will be completed on time and on budget. We guide and partner with your internal IT resources throughout the project, providing extensive knowledge transfer to ensure they are capable of supporting the environment going forward.

Technical View

Technical Issues

Off-the-shelf applications often create silos of expertise within IT departments and almost always require customization and process changes for both IT and business users. At the end of the day, it is often more fiscally responsible to create a custom application or integration to meet your specific need than to attempt to buy a pre-built one.

Trying to manage custom development efforts on your own, however, is a daunting task. Rapid technology advancements in development and integration technologies have created “gap” for many IT organizations. Oracle product suites are increasing in size and complexity, and while open-source technologies offer many opportunities, few IT organizations have experience with large-scale implementations. Even architectural approaches such as SOA can’t be effectively utilized without proper training.

Combined with the directive to “do more with less” your IT department is often left in the position of having to maintaining old applications and performing operational duties or patchwork integrations in a reactionary mode rather than delivering strategic value to the business overall.

With experience in all the latest products, development languages, frameworks and best practices, Rolta TUSC is ideally poised to meet your custom development needs. Rolta TUSC creates custom solutions to business problems; resolved in a highly collaborative and mentored approach where IT team and our consultants unite to provide high value solutions to business problems. Our consultants provide the technical expertise, but work collaboratively with your IT organization to understand the existing problems and challenges. We create our custom solutions in a mentor environment, transferring knowledge and skills to your team to ensure ongoing success.

Solution Components

Our consultants specialize in the latest technology advancements including Oracle Fusion Middleware and open systems technologies. Our thought leadership, real-world experiences ensure that we’re able to avoid common development pitfalls and provide the necessary skills, processes and methodology to ensure success.

Rolta TUSC consultants specialize in the following:

Java, SOA, PL/SQL, JDeveloper, Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Oracle Portal, Oracle Application Express, Oracle Forms, Oracle Content Management
Oracle Application Server, BEA Application Server
Oracle Application Development Framework
Oracle Identity Management
Oracle WebCenter

In addition to consulting support, we also offer training classes in key Oracle technology:

Oracle JDeveloper / ADF framework
Oracle Application Express (APEX)
Oracle SOA / BPEL
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g
Oracle Web Center

These training classes can be deliver on site or at Rolta TUSC’s training centers.

Implementation

Rolta TUSC thought leadership, solid expertise, and mature processes and methodology helps our clients avoid pitfalls and ensure success. We support both traditional and Agile software approaches and allow you to leverage both our onsite consulting experts and a global capability model. We provide the right people you need exactly where you need them, delivering the right services to meet your individual challenges.

How Does it Fit and Why is it Different?

Only Rolta TUSC can provide award-winning solution experts coupled with a massive global delivery team in a partnered approach to meet your needs. We specialize in Oracle and Open Systems Technologies, which we pair with robust complementary management, process, security and a global delivery workforce to ensure your success.