Reviews BooksImproving Oracle is a tedious task that implementing them requires keen understanding of Oracle as well as the current trends of optimization to keep up with the industry. It would be simpler when improving Oracle, which is just based on standard and barely evolving principles.
But like most things technological, they do not stay the same after a year. Something new comes out that might completely change the format and render everything else useless. For that reason modernization is difficult because technology is constantly changing.
One of the options in improving Oracle is to completely change its implementation. But redeveloping the architecture in Oracle is even more difficult as it will require changing the entire system and even changing the applications. That will take time and resources that it could be too costly for the company if they are not properly implemented.
This book will try to explain how to improve Oracle with the help of SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). It is a technique that will not only require knowledge of Oracle but keen understanding on the process of SOA. This project could even be very challenging that one developer leading the team cannot handle it. It is a book that will detail the challenges as well as solutions to ease the modernization.
The authors chosen for this book somehow provides a clue on how to tackle the challenges of Oracle modernization.
The first author, Jason Williamson, is an expert in project management particularly in software and everything else technologically related. With more than 15 years of experience, his project management skills are recognized by Oracle. He is currently one of the team members that detail the process in improving Oracle. He is also working with partner companies on how to properly adopt the modernization solutions.
The second author, Tom Laszewski, is geared towards product development. He is also part of Oracle but his expertise is directed to developing Oracle in general in terms of technical considerations. Along with his work with Oracle is an experience that spans at least 20 years in the industry. His expertise in Oracle has led him to different tasks and among them is on properly implementing modernization solutions on the technical side.
If you consider the expertise of the authors, you will know that you it will require a good project manager and an expert technical director. They have to work hand in hand to properly write a book. This is also the same in implementing Oracle modernization wherein it will require technical expertise as well as proper management of time, resources and technical skills.
The book has more than 400 pages – a large book that could be a little bit heavy if you have purchased the actual book. Electronically, it could be a little bit challenging to skim through as you have to deal with more than 400 pages of information.
But this is actually a small trade off on what you will read in the book. The book gives an impression that what you will learn is not easy and you have to extensively read the book and properly implement them. The challenges in using SOA within the Oracle platform will always be there and it could be a little bit confusing when this book could only provide little information about the systems.
The best thing about this book is that it will give you the assurance that you will learn as much information as you can. It could be difficult to read but no one said that improving Oracle through SOA is going to be easy.
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