Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 PS5 (11.1.1.6.0) has been released. Please check OTN http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/index.html for download.

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This post is a follow up on the post where we described how to propagate a transaction from WebLogic 11g (WLS) to WebSphere 8 (WAS). Post is located here: http://www.soa.si/2011/12/20/how-to-propagate-a-global-transaction-between-oracle-weblogic-11g-and-ibm-websphere-8-0-using-ws-at/. It is describing transaction propagation in the opposite direction from WLS to WAS using WS-Atomic Transactions.

In this follow up I will describe transaction propagation from WAS to WLS using WS-AT.  I am using the same two JAX-WS Web Services as are used in the previous post. One is deployed on WAS and one on WLS. They both contain operation insert() which we use for inserting a record in a database table. For this each environment uses a separate database and has configured a corresponding XA Data Source. We implemented additional JAX-WS Web Service facade. Its role is to start a global transaction and invoke other two services inside this transaction.

Main steps:

• From the previous post we use XA-enabled data source and both web services that participate in a global transaction.
• Next step is to configure WAS transaction service for interoperability and proper WS-AT version (we used WS-AT version 1.2) using WAS administrative console.
• We can also configure WAS to use Secure Socked Layer connection for WS-AT coordination or disabling it in case we do not want to use it.
• Implement the facade Web Service. There we are calling both web services in one global transaction which is controlled using Java Transaction API (JTA). Both service clients must have attached proper WS-AT policy. We also recommended using WS-Addressing.

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In October IBM has announced release of IBM Business Process Manager V7.5.1 which became available today (electronic distribution, for media package you will need to wait until next month). This is the first minor release after IBM released unified BPM platform that we have introduced earlier this year.

In this release of BPM the major step forward is the enhanced BPMN 2.0 support where IBM was stepping behind its rival Oracle. (more…)

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The Oracle OpenWorld conference kicked off this evening in San Francisco with keynote presentation from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. There he unveiled Next-Generation SPARC SuperCluster T4-4, introduced the Oracle Exalytics Business Intelligence Machine and much more. Several use cases from major world companies were also presented, who use Oracle’s finest technologies (Exadata and Exalogic) to power their SOA/BPEL information systems in order to achieve greater performance, availability and lesser cost.

More about the conference here.

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A few days ago, Oracle released BPM Suite 11.1.1.5 Feature Pack, which includes many new features, bug fixes and performance improvements.

Some of the most important new features:

• Improved Business Process Composer (snapshot support, enhanced sharing and collaboration, improved ease of use)
• New Business Analyst features (report generation, BPMN 2.0 collaboration view)
• Advanced Service Integration (Support for BPMN Correlation and Conversation)
• Richer Human Workflow
• Improved Process Analytics (Round-trip simulations, Improved BI integration)
• Several improvements for developers (Draft-mode, Custom logging, Rule test framework, Enhanced rule audit trail, Workspace customization, BPM API javadoc available)
• And more…

For more info, please refer to: What’s new in BPM Suite 11g R1 PS 4Feature Pack

BPM Suite 11.1.1.5 feature pack  is intended to use for BPM customers only!

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I’m currently at the Oracle HQ at the product briefings and I can tell you that there will be big news, both for Java, and for other Oracle products, such as SOA, BPM, and particularly Cloud (unfortunately I cannot disclose any information due to NDA).

Therefore it makes sense to pay attention to both conferences. For all of you not attending, you can follow the keynotes on YouTube live!

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Marcel Krizevnik and Matjaz B. Juric will attend Oracle Open World 2011 and JavaOne 2011 in San Francisco. Matjaz will also join the Product Briefing at the Oracle HQ, SOA / BPM Partner Advisory Council, SOA Partner Community Reception, SOA CAB, SOA Governance CAB, and several other meetings.
More info:OOW 2011

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Next week we will have several presentation at SIOUG 2011:
- Keynote on Java EE 7 and the Cloud
- Presentation on BPM/SOA
- Workshop on BPM Suite 11g and SOA Suite 11g
More info: SIOUG 2011

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Throughout July Packt Publishing (one of the leading publishers in Oracle books) will be celebrating the release of its 50^th Oracle book.

To mark this milestone Packt is offering the following discounts:

• 20% off all Oracle print books
• 30% off all Oracle eBooks

Packt first started publishing Oracle books in 2006, and has since published best-sellers such as Getting Started With Oracle SOA Suite 11g R1 – A Hands-On Tutorial, Oracle Coherence 3.5 and Oracle Fusion Middleware Patterns.  And with more than 20 exciting new Oracle titles scheduled for 2011 this current success is only set to increase.

Packt owes much of its success to its print-on-demand mantra which not only allows it to produce books on specialist areas, but enables a quick response to new developments in technology – which was recently demonstrated with Packt publishing the first ever book on GoldenGate, the Oracle GoldenGate 11g Implementer’s guide.

Packt’s entire range of Oracle books is also available via PacktLib, Packt’s Online Library, and as part of Packt’s celebrations it’s offering you the chance to win a year’s subscription to PacktLib worth $220 click here for details: http://www.packtpub.com/article/50th-oracle-book-offer.

I would also like to take the opportunity to promote the book  WS-BPEL 2.0 for SOA Composite Applications with Oracle SOA Suite 11g which was written by two members of our team (Matjaz B. Juric and Marcel Krizevnik).

For further information on this, and other books published by Packt Publishing, please visit www.PacktPub.com.

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