The document summarizes the 2011 Kaleidoscope (Kscope) conference. It was a large conference with over 1000 attendees across 4 hotels. There were over 300 sessions across 4 tracks: Database, Business Intelligence, Apex, and Fusion Middleware. The Fusion Middleware track focused on products like SOA Suite, BPM Suite, and helping attendees migrate away from older Forms applications. The document provides an overview of the sessions and topics covered within each track.

1. Kaleidoscope
2011
Recap
@Sander_Mak

2. What?
Kaleidoscope =>
Kscope
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3. The conference
• 1000+ a?endees
– (Including and )
Sander Quintus
Mak van Houdt
• 3 hotels fully booked
• 300+ sessions
– 4 tracks
– typically 15 sessions in parallel
• Organizer ODTUG:
– Oracle Developer Tools User Group
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4. The conference
• 1 day symposium, 4 tracks:
– Database
– Business Intelligence
– Apex
– Fusion Middleware (our focus)
• 4 conference days
– Same tracks
– Hands‐on training
– Kickoff with keynote Joey Asher:
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5. Big announcements
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6. Big announcements
Not an official Oracle conference, so
virtually none.
Focus: tools, best prac]ces, developer‐to‐
developer
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7. Big party
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8. Big party
Yes.
@ Queen Mary
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9. Tracks: Database
• PL/SQL is all you need. Ever.
• Recently released: SQL Developer 3
• Many monitoring/performance talks
• MySql: several talks, low interest
• Oracle DB superstar:
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10. Tracks: Database
• PL/SQL is all you need. Ever.
• Recently released: SQL Developer 3
• Many monitoring/performance talks
• MySql: several talks, low interest
• Oracle DB superstar:
Tom Kyte
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11. Tracks: Database
• Oracle and .Net announcement:
– Oracle Data Provider for .Net gets MS En]ty
Framework support
– Linq2Sql for Oracle DB
• .Net s]ll ‘2nd class ci]zen’ in terms of support
and knowledge @ Oracle
• ODTUG would like more Oracle/.Net talks
– Opportunity for Info Support?
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12. Tracks: Apex
• Applica]on Express, Oracle’s ‘ligthweight’ RAD
environment
– Think Excel‐to‐Web or Access‐to‐Web
– Even an Access migra]on tool
– Browser based development/deployment
– PL/SQL underneath
• Originally all inside DB
– Now matures with JEE listener support
– Scales surprisingly well (RAC)
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13. Tracks: Apex
tryapexnow.com / apex.oracle.com
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14. Tracks: Apex
• Apex 4.1 due for release
– Support for mobile
– Plugin system
– Data upload
– Improved errorhandling
– Dynamic ac]ons/jQuery/HTML5
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15. Tracks: BI
• Did not a?ends sessions from BI track
• Session overviews, most popular:
– Essbase (BI, OLAP)
– Hyperion (Performance Management, Planning,
Financial Management)
– OBIEE (BI, OLAP)
• Most exhibitors were BI related
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16. Tracks: Fusion Middleware
• Introduced last year
• Smallest track
• Many Dutch par]cipants
– Amis
– Vennster (old Approach Alliance)
– Whitehorses
• ‘Thursday Thunder’ all Dutch team
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17. Tracks: Fusion Middleware
• Most important products
– WebLogic (almost no sessions @ kscope)
– ADF (newest OEPE has ADF support)
– SOA Suite
– BPM Suite: adds BPMN 2.0 support
– WebCenter suite: portal environment
– Applica]on Integra]on Architecture (AIA)
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18. Tracks: Fusion Middleware
Oracle’s fusion apps strategy:
• Apps with integrated content management
(through WebCenter)
• ‘Social collabora]on’
• Fusions apps integrate from UX perspec]ve (no
silos)
• Unrivaled enterprise app. integra]on:
– Oracle has many 3rd party offerings
– Use knowledge and exper]se from ver]cals to
integrate
• On‐premise and on‐demand
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19. Tracks: Fusion Middleware
• Most important ques]on:
How do I get rid of Forms?!?!111!!??
• Possibili]es:
– Applica]on Development Framework
– JHeadstart Forms2ADF (Oracle NL)
– Apex
• Several vendors with commercial tool‐support,
not really convincing
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20. Tracks: Fusion Middleware
• Forms is 20+ years old
• But s]ll supported...
• Example: Bol.com is migra]ng to ADF
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21. Tracks: Fusion Middleware
• SOA Suite 11.1.1.4.0 (PS3)
– WebSphere 7 cer]fied deployment
– Single VM development
– BPEL 2.0
– Purging strategies
• Many sessions focused on
– Explana]on of features
– Deployment configura]ons
– Error handling strategies
– Performance tuning
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22. Tracks: Fusion Middleware
• SOA Suite 11.1.1.4.0 (PS3)
– WebSphere cer]fied deployment
– Single VM development
– BPEL 2.0
– Purging strategies
• Many sessions focused on
– Explana]on of features
– Deployment configura]ons
– Error handling strategies
– Performance tuning
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23. Wrapping up
• Developer’s conference, real insights
• Although our focus area (Fusion Middleware) is
rela]vely immature
• The Dutch are leading the FMW interests at
ODTUG
• Majority is just looking how to dump Forms
(preferably with magic)
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24. Next year
QuesMons?
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