Day 4 of Collaborate was great as well - a Wednesday. Session content was uniformly spread out covering content from technical and functional streams. I had to leave a day early and delivered my session on SOA Maturity.
It was very interesting how SOA Maturity becomes a baseline for readiness for Fusion Applications and the audience was able to absorb that well. Another key data point was the spread of Fusion Middleware - more than 60% of the audience in the room had some coverage of Fusion Middleware and SOA in their projects - either implementing or implented or thinking of implementing.
Wrapping up, my key observations and themes for the show were:
-The SIG meetings this time seemed to go a step up and also get into more technical depth.
-Lots of interest around EBusiness Upgrade Paths - to R12.
-Lots of interest around Cloud and ExaData in particular.
-Lots of bubbling interest around ExaLogic and positioning of WebLogic in general in the technology stack.
-A lot more people implementing SOA and getting more mainstream.
-A lot of interest around Fusion Applications skills, technology, functionality, and Steve Miranda at the show with several sessions added credence to the Fusion Applications.
-The messaging around configuring vs. coding and Fusion Applications is seeding that message.
-Of course, a lot of interest in co-existence of Apps Unlimited and Fusion Applications.
-Great sessions on Fusions Usability, Oracle VP Jeremy Ashely led a session where Oracle ACE Director, Bex Huff led the demo.
-The user groups, OAUG, IOUG, Quest did a stellar job of content, and added their own dimension to the mix. Oracle is a strong participant in the user group community and this time was no exception.
-The value of networking at such an event cannot be under-estimated. I typically use this time to catch up with my alumni - GE, Deloiitte Consulting, ACE and OTN community, friends etc....Sharing tips and tricks, and user-experiences, besides catching up on a personal front with friends and professional colleagues is invaluable. It raises the energy level and buzz considerably and we go back all charged up, and ready to take on bigger and better things.
It was very interesting how SOA Maturity becomes a baseline for readiness for Fusion Applications and the audience was able to absorb that well. Another key data point was the spread of Fusion Middleware - more than 60% of the audience in the room had some coverage of Fusion Middleware and SOA in their projects - either implementing or implented or thinking of implementing.
Wrapping up, my key observations and themes for the show were:
-The SIG meetings this time seemed to go a step up and also get into more technical depth.
-Lots of interest around EBusiness Upgrade Paths - to R12.
-Lots of interest around Cloud and ExaData in particular.
-Lots of bubbling interest around ExaLogic and positioning of WebLogic in general in the technology stack.
-A lot more people implementing SOA and getting more mainstream.
-A lot of interest around Fusion Applications skills, technology, functionality, and Steve Miranda at the show with several sessions added credence to the Fusion Applications.
-The messaging around configuring vs. coding and Fusion Applications is seeding that message.
-Of course, a lot of interest in co-existence of Apps Unlimited and Fusion Applications.
-Great sessions on Fusions Usability, Oracle VP Jeremy Ashely led a session where Oracle ACE Director, Bex Huff led the demo.
-The user groups, OAUG, IOUG, Quest did a stellar job of content, and added their own dimension to the mix. Oracle is a strong participant in the user group community and this time was no exception.
-The value of networking at such an event cannot be under-estimated. I typically use this time to catch up with my alumni - GE, Deloiitte Consulting, ACE and OTN community, friends etc....Sharing tips and tricks, and user-experiences, besides catching up on a personal front with friends and professional colleagues is invaluable. It raises the energy level and buzz considerably and we go back all charged up, and ready to take on bigger and better things.
3 comments:
Your SOA Maturity session was one of the better presentations I attended at Collaborate. Thanks.
Ahmed - I'm glad you enjoyed. Thank you for attending.
I think you have enjoyed! Your SOA Maturity session was a good. I want to joined this I couldn't.
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