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Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Java Developer Relations talks with Carlos Obregón at JavaOne 2026. Carlos is a Java Champion and also the founder of Bogota's Java User Group, Bogotá JVM. Carlos has been running monthly meetups for over a decade, and he and his colleagues have built one of the most active developer communities in Latin America. In his session at JavaOne — Teaching Java as a First Language: Lessons from Three Years of a Real-World Bootcamp — he outlined a free, online, 13-week week program for learning Java. The bootcamp started in Colombia but then quickly expanded to include multiple JUGs in Latin American.
"Java is the best language for this" he said. The community, the tooling, the syntax, the readability of the language itself — everything pointed in the right direction. And the students in the bootcamp agree. "They love Java" he said. Carlos started out programming in C++ in school, but from the moment he finally picked up Java it was obviously different. "It was Love at first sight" he said.
Carlos also advises that developers embrace AI. "Think of it like your pair programming buddy," he said. But he said to go deeply into programming fundamentals first because if you can't evaluate what the AI produces then you may end up shipping bugs you don't understand.
JavaOne was an amazing experience for Carlos. It was his first JavaOne, but he'll be back for sure.
Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Java Developer Relations talks with Cristian Schuszter at JavaOne 2026. Cristian is a PhD in systems engineering and a Tech Lead at CERN in Geneva. He's been at CERN for 8 years, but he's been coding since he was eight years old. He loves working with and contributing to the Java community and other Open Source projects. This was Cristian's first JavaOne, and his session, "30 Years of Java Development: Keeping it All Together," covered how CERN keeps Java running across teams since 1998. Like any large company, CERN uses a lot of legacy code supporting systems that, in Cristian's words, "need to keep running." Java is not only used for business critical applications at CERN but also for accelerator system operations. On working at CERN among Nobel laureates, Cristian said, "I felt like I thrived in this kind of environment." Cristian also helped revive the Voxxed Days developer conference at CERN and started the CERN Java User Group.
Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Java Developer Relations talks with Martin Chalupa from Netflix at JavaOne 2026. Martin is a software developer with about eight years at Netflix and about twenty years working with Java. At Netflix, Martin works on the JVM ecosystem team, which grew from the build tooling team and now also handles broader JVM work such as tuning, garbage collection, and upgrading. In his session at JavaOne Martin covered Java ahead of time compilation and Project Leyden, and he shared what Netflix has learned from experimenting with the technology.
Just as many software developers, Martin found his way into engineering through this experience gaming as a kid. He built his first game in Java for the old Nokia phones as a school project. He has watched Java change a great deal over the years. The language keeps getting more comfortable and more approachable for young developers. His advice for students is to explore different options and find their own passion in the work. "With a little bit of work you can achieve some cool stuff," he says. So, get out there and "discover your passion."
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Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Java Developer Relations talks with Luiz Real, an engineer and college professor from the SouJava Community in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Luiz came to JavaOne 2026 for the first time this year to build relationships, catch up on the latest technical features in Java, and to mix with the Java Champions. He says building those connections is something you can only do in person at a conference like this. "JavaOne for me is a career changing thing," he says. In this conversation Luiz also talks about teaching Java to students, the opportunities for Java developers in the world of AI, and the massive community of Java developers in Brazil.
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Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Java Developer Relations talks with Henri Tremblay at JavaOne 2026. Henri is a Java Champion, Montreal JUG leader, and EasyMock lead developer from Montreal, Canada. Henri's session at JavaOne covered the Java Memory Model, which is a topic he believes every Java developer should understand well. He's been to six JavaOne's and had warm words for the conference, which represents a rare opportunity to meet the people whose code runs on systems and devices all over the world. He had clear advice for developers: read books, understand how and why your code works, and get out there and join the community. On AI, Henri sees real value for efficiency and learning, but at the same time he warns against laziness, especially when reviewing code. For students and junior developers, he says they should also leverage AI for learning, but he advises that they internalize the fundamentals of software engineering.
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Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Java Developer Relations talks with Bruno Borges from Microsoft at JavaOne 2026. Bruno works on GitHub's Core AI developer relations team. The conversation covers the future of Java in a world of AI, the value of learning core computer science fundamentals in school, the shifting role for software developers from just writing code to architecting higher level systems, the new business value opportunities for developers as they leverage AI technologies, and Bruno's new AI-assisted website called Java Evolved that visually compares old and new Java code patterns.
Bruno Borges, Java Champion, Principal Product Manager for Java at Microsoft (Bruno on X) | Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations: (Jim on X)
Bob Treacy started his career as a union steward on the factory floor at GE Aircraft Engines. After earning a BS and MS in Computer Science from Boston University while working and raising a family at the same time, he jumped to software, never looked back, and remains at the cutting edge with Java and AI.
Now Principal Software Architect and Data Engineer at Harvard University, he has been writing Java since 1995 and has attended more than 20 JavaOne conferences. So, he's lived much of the entire life of Java.
At JavaOne 2026 this week he'll present work from Harvard's Dataverse project, which uses LLM embeddings and a graph database knowledge graph to recommend metadata categories for research datasets.
The conversation also covers Java's long evolution, his pragmatic view of AI, and his advice to students to make sure they understand full systems and not just be exclusively a coder.
Bob Tracey: LinkedIn | Jim Grisanzio: LinkedIn, X/Twitter
This is the third in a short series of speaker profiles for JavaOne 2026 in Redwood Shores, California, March 17-19. Get early bird pricing until February 9, and for a limited time, take advantage of a $100 discount by using this code at checkout: J12026IJN100. Register. Sessions.
In this conversation, Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Paul Bakker, an engineer and Java architect in California. Paul is a staff software engineer in the Java Platform team at Netflix. He works on improving the Java stack and tooling used by all Netflix microservices and was one of the original authors of the DGS (GraphQL) Framework. He is also a Java Champion, he's published two books about Java modularity, and he's a speaker at conferences and Java User Groups.
Java Is Everywhere at Netflix
Paul will present "How Netflix Uses Java: 2026 Edition" at JavaOne in March. The session updates previous year's talk because Java keeps evolving at Netflix. "Netflix is really staying on the latest and greatest with a lot of things," Paul says. "We're trying new things. And that means there's always new stuff to learn every year."
Java powers both Netflix streaming and enterprise applications used internally and supporting studio teams. "Java is everywhere at Netflix," Paul says. "All the backends, they are all Java powered." Why Java? It comes down to history and practicality. The original team members were Java experts, but more importantly, "Java is also just the best choice for us," he says. The language balances developer productivity and runtime performance. At Netflix's scale with thousands of AWS instances running production services, runtime performance is critical.
Netflix engineers stay closely connected with development at OpenJDK. They test new features early and work with preview releases or builds before official releases. When virtual threads appeared, Netflix engineers tested immediately to measure performance gains. Paul says they give feedback on what works, what doesn't work, and what they would like to see different. This just demonstrates the value of being involved with OpenJDK, and Paul says they have a really nice back and forward with the Oracle engineering teams.
The microservices architecture Netflix adopted years ago enabled the company to scale. This approach has become common now, but Netflix pioneered talking about it publicly. Breaking functionality into smaller pieces lets teams scale and develop services independently. Most workloads are stateless, which enables horizontal scaling. Production services for streaming often run several thousand AWS instances at a time.
Early on with Java Applets
Paul's coding journey started at 15 when he got his first computer and wanted to learn everything about it. Working at a computer shop repairing machines, the owner asked if he knew how to build websites. Paul said no but wanted to learn. He was curious about everything that involved computes. Java applets were hot back then. With nothing online available, he bought a book and started hacking away. "It was so much fun that I also decided right at that point basically like, oh, I'm going to be an engineer for the rest of my life," he says.
That's clarity for a 15-year-old. And it's remarkable. But Paul says it felt natural. He just started doing it, had such a good time, and knew that was what he wanted to do. When he started university around 2000, right during the dot-com bubble and crash, professors warned students not to expect to make money in engineering because the bubble had burst. Paul still remembers how funny that seems now. You can never predict the future.
Initially, he learned Java and PHP simultaneously. Java powered client-side applications through applets while PHP ran server-side code. The roles have completely reversed now.
Engaging the Community
Paul attended his first JavaOne in 2006. "Those were really good times," he says about the early conferences when everything felt big and JavaOne was the only place to learn about Java. Back then, around 20,000 people would travel to San Francisco every year. It was the one and only place to learn what was new in Java. All the major news would be released at JavaOne each year. The world has changed. Now information spreads instantly and continually online, but Paul misses something about those early days.
The more recent JavaOne conferences offer something different but equally valuable. Paul points to last year's event in Redwood City as a great example. While the conference is still big, it's small enough that attendees can actually talk with the Oracle JDK engineers and have deeper conversations. The folks who work on the JDK and the Java language are all there giving presentations, but they're also totally accessible for hallway chats. "That makes it really interesting," Paul says. This direct access to the people building the platform distinguishes JavaOne from other conferences.
Java User Groups also played an important role in Paul's development. He lived in the Netherlands before moving to the Bay Area nine years ago. In the Netherlands, the NLJUG (Dutch Java User Group) organized two conferences a year, J-Spring and J-Fall. Paul would go to both every year. That was his place to learn in Europe. He has been continuing that pattern right up until now, which is why he is speaking at JavaOne again.
Open Source software has also been another major aspect of community for Paul. He has always been active in Open Source because he says it's a fun place to work with people from all over the world solving interesting problems. Besides being a critical part of his professional career, it was also his hobby. Paul says the Open Source aspect with the community behind it is maybe his biggest thing that he really enjoyed over the years.
AI Throughout Development
AI now occupies much of Paul's professional focus. At Netflix, engineers use AI tools throughout the development lifecycle. Paul uses Claude Code daily, though other developers prefer Cursor, especially for Python and Node work. Most Java developers at Netflix work with Claude Code. The tools integrate with GitHub for pull request reviews, help find bugs, and assist with analyzing production problems by examining log files.
Paul describes using AI as having a thinking partner to t all to and code with. Sometimes he needs to bounce ideas around, and the AI gives insights he might have missed or suggests additional issues to consider. For repetitive tasks like copying fields between objects, AI handles the grunt work efficiently. "That's the nice thing about an AI," Paul says. "While a person would probably get really annoyed with all this feedback all the time and like having to repeat the work over and over again, but an AI is like, fine, I'll do it again."
Go Build a Lot of Stuff!
When asked about advice for students, Paul's answer comes quickly and has not changed much over the years. "I think what I really recommend is just go and build a lot of stuff," he says. "The way to get to become a better developer is by doing a whole lot of development."
That's timeless advice students can easily adopt no matter how the modern tools for learning have changed. Paul had to go to a bookstore and buy a book to learn programming. Students today have AI tools to help them and advanced IDEs. But the fundamental principle remains the same, which is to build interesting applications. Paul recommends that students come up with a fun problem and just build it. You learn by making mistakes. You build a system, reach the end, and realize the new codebase already struggles with maintainability. Then you ask what you could have done differently. Those real-life coding experiences teach you how to design code, architect code, and write better code.
Paul also suggests that students use AI tools but not blindly. Do not just accept whatever an AI generates. Instead, try to understand what came out, how it could have been done differently, and experiment with different approaches. Use the tools available but really understand what is going on and what options you have.
Some students and even practicing developers worry that advanced tools might eliminate their future role as developers. Paul says that nobody knows exactly how things will look in the future because tools get better almost every day now. But AI tools are just tools. Someone needs to drive them and come up with the ideas they should build. Plus, the tools at present are far from a state where you can hand them a task, never look at it again, and have everything work perfectly. Substantial hand-holding is involved.
"Is our daily work going to change? Very likely," Paul says. "That's already happening." But he tries to see this change as a positive thing. "It's a new tool that we can use. It makes certain parts of our job more fun, more interesting. You can get more things done in some ways and be open to it."
Why Java Works
At the end of the conversation, Paul answered a simple question — Why Java? What makes it great? — with a simple and direct answer: "Java is the perfect balance of developer productivity and runtime performance."
That balance matters where Paul works at Netflix. But it also matters for students learning their first language, for teams building enterprise applications, and for developers choosing tools that will sustain long careers. Paul's career started with Java applets 20 years ago when he bought a book and started hacking away. The language and platform has evolved dramatically since then, moving from client-side applets to powering massive backend services that stream entertainment to millions globally via Netflix. Through all that change, the core appeal remains — you can build things efficiently for many platforms and those things run fast.
Paul Bakker: X, LinkedIn
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Jim Grisanzio: X, LinkedIn, Website
This is the second in a short series of speaker profiles for JavaOne 2026 in Redwood Shores, California, March 17-19. Get early bird pricing until February 9, and for a limited time, take advantage of a $100 discount by using this code at checkout: J12026IJN100.
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In this conversation, Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with developer advocates Marit van Dijk and Anton Arhipov from JetBrains about the 25th anniversary of IntelliJ IDEA, the latest features of the IDE, Anton's upcoming session at JavaOne in March, and their perspectives on JavaOne as the premier conference for Java developers.
25 Years of IntelliJ IDEA
Just as Java turned 30 this year, IntelliJ IDEA is now 25 years young! Not every technology survives that long, and even fewer thrive while doing it. But both Java and IntelliJ IDEA are doing just that. The secret to this longevity for IntelliJ IDEA, according to Marit van Dijk and Anton Arhipov, comes down to something simple but demanding — staying current with the Java ecosystem and engaging the massive Java development community around the world. The main reason for their success is the huge effort engineered into the platform to produce the technologies that developers need while at the same time staying with all the bleeding edge stuff happening inside the Java community.
This commitment reaches beyond just supporting new Java versions. The IntelliJ IDEA team works on preview features even though specifications sometimes change during the preview process. When Oracle moved to a six-month release cycle for OpenJDK about eight years ago, IntelliJ adapted smoothly since their teams were already involved with the OpenJDK community. Marit says that new release cycle actually streamlined their work. They already knew about preview features and could start developing support upfront, not at the very last moment. This let them iterate alongside the community rather than chasing after it.
The company also collaborates directly with other community members — such as framework developers, build tool teams at Maven and Gradle, and even Google — to implement best practices straight into the IDE. Maven 4 is not even released yet, but IntelliJ already has support ready with migration features to help developers make the transition. Anton says that this effort means that support is not only working with the new version of a technology but also being smart about how you use it. The IDE catches outdated patterns and deprecated APIs and also offers quick fixes to migrate code with a single keystroke.
First and Lasting Impressions
Both Marit and Anton started working at JetBrains years after they had already become devoted IntelliJ users. Their first impressions of the IDE moved them deeply and remain with them today.
For Anton, his first reaction to using IntelliJ IDEA was immediate. "In one word, wow, this is smart. This is an IDE that understands code." That intelligence in the software became the foundation of his relationship with the technology.
Marit had a similar experience when she switched to IntelliJ IDEA. She had used other IDEs before and they were perfectly fine, but IntelliJ seemed different. "I found that it was actively helpful with the code inspections and quick fixes and helping me when my code didn't compile or preventing me from making mistakes. And I was sad that I didn't switch earlier, like years earlier. And I've been raving about it ever since. And now they pay me to do that. So, you know, everybody wins."
AI and the Future of Development
As usual in these conversation, we turned to artificial intelligence and its growing role in software development. Anton will explore this topic in depth at his JavaOne session titled "Spec-Driven Development With AI Agents: From High-Level Requirements to Working Software." Everyone knows that the AI landscape is changing fast, but things are actually getting simpler, Anton says. Developers can now get better results with less effort and less complex workflows using AI agents. Models are improving at guessing developer intent and reducing the need for careful constraint-heavy prompting.
But Anton sets realistic expectations about AI. When asked whether his session targets junior or senior developers, he says that "we are all juniors in this regard." The field is so new that nobody can claim years of expertise with AI development tools.
Marit emphasizes another crucial principle about AI-generated code. "You are still responsible for the code," whether you write it or an agent writes it. It has your name on it. AI does not diminish developer accountability or the need for developers to remain highly skilled in their craft.
Anton adds another dimension about integrating AI with development tools. "AI without the IDE is kind of unreliable, but the IDE without AI is unproductive." The key, he says, is to fuse these things together leveraging the benefits of both for better productivity. The context the IDE provides and its understanding of your project structure and dependencies makes AI suggestions more relevant and actionable.
JavaOne: Where the Community Comes Together
Anton will be presenting at JavaOne 2026 in March, and both he and Marit shared their perspectives on what makes the conference special.
For Marit, JavaOne has always been unique. The "who's who of Java" will be there, she says. Last year's conference-ending "Meet the Architects" panel particularly stood out. The audience could ask Oracle Java architects basically everything about Java for over an hour. This kind of access to the core engineers building and shaping the future of the language is something you would not normally get at any other conference.
Anton shares his view that JavaOne has always been the conference to get all the news about Java. He has always viewed the event as the place where you get condensed information about what's going on with Java all in one place — the language, the platform, the standards, the frameworks, and the community.
Community and Looking Forward
Marit and Anton maintain close relationships with the developer community through conferences and Java User Groups. Marit says that they have many JUGs in the Netherlands, and many of them invite her to come and speak at their meetups throughout the year. Also, when they travel somewhere for a conference, they look for opportunities to combine that trip with local JUGs to speak there and connect with people. This direct engagement with the open Java community lets Marit and Anton talk to developers directly, see how they can help them better, understand what developers are struggling with, and take that feedback back to the engineering teams. The same authenticity extends to how JetBrains approaches IntelliJ development. The engineering team maintains close relationships with framework developers and library maintainers and OpenJDK to ensure that when new versions release, IntelliJ users have good support from day one.
As IntelliJ IDEA celebrates 25 years, the development continues. They keep releasing new features with every version: the Spring Debugger that helps developers understand their Spring projects at runtime, Command Completion that enables developers to perform commands without memorizing shortcuts, and more. The anniversary celebrations for the teams have included parties with cakes featuring old logos, a game plugin that lets developers play video games while AI generates their code, and social media campaigns engaging the global community. For developers curious about IntelliJ IDEA, Marit and Anton encourage people to subscribe to the JetBrains YouTube channel where they regularly produce videos explaining new features.
This 25-year milestone represents more than just history. It represents an ongoing commitment to understand code, support developers, build the Java community, and evolve alongside the entire ecosystem. This pattern is pervasive among Java developers and also the many companies offering developers advanced tools. The smart IDE that so impressed Anton and Marit years ago continues to get smarter — right along with many other tools and technologies that are growing as a result of the Java platform itself.
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Marit van Dijk: Website, Linkedin, BlueSky, X
Jim Grisanzio: X, Linkedin
Duke's Corner Java Podcast: Libsyn
Oracle Java Developer Relations: Inside.java, Dev.Java, Learn.java
Specific Topics Discussed: IntelliJ IDEA 25th Birthday, The Java Dukes, What's new in IntelliJ IDEA 2025.3, Spring Debugger, Command Completion
This is the first in a short series of speaker profiles for JavaOne 2026 in Redwood Shores, California, March 17-19. Get early bird pricing until February 9, and for a limited time, take advantage of a $50 discount by using this code at checkout: J12026DCP. Register. Sessions. In this conversation, Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Jeanne Boyarsky, a Java developer, an author, and a Java Champion based in New York City. Jeanne previews her JavaOne session, which will be a Hands on Lab for Java 25 certification. Previously, Jeanne was a guest on Duke's Corner in January 2024: Jeanne Boyarsky on Java, Learning, and Contributing. Preparing for Java 25 Certification Jeanne will be running a hands-on lab about Java 25 and getting ready for the certification: Becoming One of the First Java 25 Certified Developers in the World (or Learning New Features). The session will cover features added to the language from Java 17 to Java 25. Although the certification has not been announced yet, Jeanne is already preparing for it. "You can be one of the first people in the world to be certified if you come to my talk and learn about it and are ready when the test comes out," she says. The lab will walk through tricky questions and edge cases featuring new functionality, with coding practice to explore the features directly. Even if you are not planning to take the certification test, the lab provides a good way to learn about the new features. The session is designed for beginners with one to three years of experience. Top Features in Java 25 Several features particularly excite Jeanne. She highlights scoped values, which she describes as "a good jump from thread local in order to be able to share code in a nice, safe, contained way." She also appreciates unnamed variables and unnamed patterns because developers no longer need to use annotations to suppress warnings for unused variables. "You can just use an underscore," she says. Jeanne is particularly interested in stream gatherers because streams are one of her favorite features in Java overall. She was excited when stream gatherers were in preview, and now that they are officially released, she can use them in her job. "Nice that the excitement hasn't worn off, right?" Among the new features, Jeanne is especially interested in the new main method, as described in JEP 495: Simple Source Files and Instance Main Methods. "I'm super, super, super excited about the new main methods where you don't need a class and you don't need the whole static void mess," she says. This change makes writing code more succinct. Making Java Accessible to Students This change in how Java handles the main method enables new developers to learn Java faster. Jeanne volunteers at a high school teaching kids how to code in Java. In the past, teachers had to tell students: "Alright, public class foo, public static void. Don't worry about what any of that means. We'll tell you later." But Jeanne says that curious kids would ask what it meant, and teachers could only say that comes later. Now, students start with void main, braces, and IO print line. "It's obvious what everything does," Jeanne says. Void means it does not return anything, which makes sense to students. They can even use the Java Playground and start with just IO print line. When they move to the command line or an IDE, they only need the void main part without discussing the word class until they are ready to learn about classes and objects. "It makes their first impression of the language so much better, and it makes it so much faster and easier for them to get started," Jeanne says. She particularly appreciates the Java Playground because students do not need anything installed on their computers to start. They can write print lines, loops, and control structures, and by the time teachers ask them to install something, they are already invested in programming. "It's fun." Jeanne calls the Java Playground "awesome" and says it's a "really nice utility" even for experienced developers. She uses it herself for quick tests when she does not want to open an IDE. JavaOne on Oracle's Campus When asked about JavaOne, Jeanne describes the conference as moving to California last year, just outside San Francisco on Oracle's campus. "The weather was great, which is awesome because I live in New York City. There's snow outside right now," she laughs. The venue particularly impressed her. "It was nice because it was on Oracle's campus. You got a feel for it. It was pretty. There was a lake. There was a lot of areas to connect with people inside and outside." The conference was held largely in one building, with lunch in another building nearby, which made it easy to engage people repeatedly. "Even if you don't know people, the fact that they're at JavaOne means they're interested in Java. So, you can go over to anyone and introduce yourself." One of Jeanne's favorite memories from a previous JavaOne was meeting Duke and seeing her book in the Java bookstore. Advice for Students When asked for advice for students learning computer science, Jeanne recommends learning the fundamentals while using AI to help. "Rather than using AI to write the code, have it give you practice questions or do code review or ideas of projects," she suggests. Students also often ask what professional developers do daily. Her answer provides a realistic picture of professional software development. "Every day is a little bit different, but most days include a mix of meetings, working with my coworkers, code reviews, writing code, now with AI," she says. Problem solving takes many forms, from performance questions like "Why is this slow?" to security concerns about making systems more secure. A significant part of her role involves understanding what users actually need. "A lot of the time users ask for what they think they want and not what they actually want," Jeanne says. Through user interviews, she works to understand what they are trying to accomplish, which often leads to better solutions than what they initially requested. "So not just building what you're told is a huge thing, especially as you become more senior in your career," she says. The goal is to make users productive and happy, not just to code. Technology keeps changing, and for Jeanne, that constant evolution makes the work fun. She has embraced AI tools as coding assistants, using them for pair programming, generating tests, and suggesting next steps. When her team piloted coding assistants, they focused on choosing a tool rather than waiting for the perfect tool. "The important thing is to get a tool and get people going and using it and being more productive," she says. The learning curve is not high, and the tools pay for themselves almost immediately. However, Jeanne says that it's important to understand what you are doing rather than using AI to replace that understanding. "It's about understanding what you're doing and not using the AI to replace it because at least with the coding assistance, it's right 90, 95% of the time," she says. She talked about an example of asking AI to generate a regular expression while pairing with a junior programmer. The AI started writing it properly but then made an error. "I noticed it right away because I know what correct is," she says. After giving it another prompt with a hint, it produced the correct result. Without knowing what correct looks like, developers cannot effectively verify and fix AI-generated code. The AI Hype Cycle Regarding concerns about AI making developers obsolete, Jeanne is pragmatic. "I've heard that enough times that I'm a little skeptical," she says, adding that this is the third or fourth time some technology has been predicted to take all the jobs. Instead, she sees AI as enabling developers to accomplish more and make users happier. She has a big backlog "that goes on forever." She says it would be great if we could get more of it done and in the hands of customers. "I think we're at that phase in the hype cycle for AI where people are talking about AI like it solves all your problems, [but] it solves some of your problems. But because there's less acknowledgement of the ones it doesn't solve, it's easier to have that skepticism." When asked if AI represents a paradigm shift or just the latest tool, she responds: "Right now, I think it's the latest tool, but I do think we're going to get to the point where we're programming at a higher level." Connect with Jeanne: X, LinkedIn, Bluesky Connect with Jim: X, LinkedIn Duke's Corner Java Podcast: Libsyn
Chris Hermansen: Don't be Afraid to Create
Summary
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Chris Hermansen, a Java developer, consultant, and data analyst from Canada. Chris discovered Java in the 1990s and was drawn to its free accessibility and object-oriented design. He particularly appreciated Java's straightforward single inheritance model over C++'s complexity. But Chris's path to technology came through mathematics rather than computer science. He identifies streams as Java's most transformative feature for data analysis work and praises how it improved code readability and maintainability. On consulting, Chris cautions against Silicon Valley mantras like "fail often" when applied outside prototyping contexts, and he observes cultural differences in how engineers approach problem-solving with some preferring abstract discussion while others focusing on concrete data. Chris emphasizes that technology work remains fundamentally human and stresses the importance of listening, maintaining humanity in professional life, and avoiding corporate stereotypes. For students, he notes the differences between learning with modern IDEs versus the command line tools of his era when he learned to code, so he advises that new learners to try multiple approaches to deepen their understanding. His core message, which became the episode's title, is simple: "Don't be afraid to create."
Discovering Java in the 1990s
Chris discovered Java in the mid-1990 when Java was announced while working as a data analyst. "Java came along and it was free to use. It wasn't open source at that point, but it was free to use," he says. "And it really intrigued me because of its object-oriented approach to things, which was something that didn't come with the platform we were working on." Unlike the purchased software products he was using at the time, Java offered a free and accessible alternative that promised serious long-term value.
He also appreciated how Java's design avoided the complexities of C++, especially the problems with multiple inheritance. He and a colleague had been discussing moving from Pascal to either C or C++, but his colleague had concerns about C++'s complexity, particularly around multiple inheritance. "The first thing that really jumped out to me was the straightforward single inheritance pathway and the use of interfaces to define contractual relations between code," Chris says. Java's approach to inheritance immediately stood out as cleaner and more maintainable.
Features like array bounds checking and interfaces for defining contractual relationships between code further convinced him he was learning something that would age well. "I felt that I was learning something that would wear well over time. I wouldn't turn around and look at what I'd done 10 or 15 or 20 years later and say, yuck, what was I thinking?" After committing to Java and sticking with it through the learning process, he found it repaid his effort many times over. "I liked it and I stuck with it, and I found it paid me back enormously for my investment in learning."
Career Path Through Mathematics
Chris's path to technology came through math rather than traditional computer science. He actually stumbled into science during the registration process at school in the 1970s and eventually pursued math after deciding against engineering. His career took him through various mathematical applications, including consulting and data analysis positions in forestry.
Java's Evolution: Streams and Beyond
Regarding Java's evolution, Chris identified streams as the biggest feature improvement for his work. When asked about new features that have been useful in his applications, he immediately identifies streams as transformative. "I mean, streams was the big one. Streams just made a whole difference to the way you would handle data," he says.
He contrasts the old approach of writing hundreds of lines of nested for loops with the more elegant stream-based approach: "And so streams has just made that a whole lot easier. And the code is so much more readable and maintainable than the old 500 line do loops that we used to have in Fortran that turned into the 375 line for loops in Java. Anyway, so streams is a big one, a really big one for me. The biggest, I would say."
He also valued the introduction of templates (generics) in Java 5 or 6, which represented a significant evolution in the language and allowed applying libraries to custom classes. He praised the Java community for keeping the platform and ecosystem viable, noting that the combination of an active developer community and a satisfied user base creates a virtuous cycle that keeps the platform evolving and improving: "There's enough Java programmers out there, enough people interested in the continuing viability of Java that they keep it going, that they modernize it, that they solve new problems with it, that they make it perform better than it ever has before." He added a "big shout out to the garbage collection people that do that amazing stuff," acknowledging the often-invisible work that performance engineers at Oracle do to make Java faster and more efficient for developers.
Throughout the discussion, Chris talked at length about developers, the user community, and the technology. He has a nice habit of mixing the issues seamlessly. Check out this gem below where he beautifully concluded that Java is far more than a language because it's really a movement.
"The user community is, generally speaking, pretty satisfied with [Java]. And it's a broad enough user community. It's got people like me. It's got people still doing desktop Java. It's got people using it on servers. And there's a whole tool ecosystem out there. Personally, I prefer working right at the command line. I always have. But the application that I mentioned we built using NetBeans, which came out of Sun originally. And it's quite a nice IDE. I don't think it's the most popular one. It doesn't really matter. It's still a very nice one. And it gave us a big part of that long-term support. And lately, I find myself using other JVM languages. So it's not just Java. It's the JVM that underpins it, that has permitted a flowering of alternative approaches to things that, generally speaking, work very well together with Java. So, it's a pretty cool thing. It's a movement. It's not just a programming language."
Consulting, Professionalism, and Cultural Differences
On consulting and professionalism, Chris stresses the importance of contributing to the team to best serve customers. He cautions against embracing some Silicon Valley software mantras — such as "fail early, fail often" — when applied outside their intended prototyping context. "And I know failure is a thing that people talk about in software development. Fail early, fail often. But you don't hear consultants saying fail often. It's not a good look for a consulting company," he says.
Instead, Chris focuses on engineering being technically excellent and using open communications to help ensure the team's success. "In a consulting organization, you really have to be a team player," he says. He clarifies that getting prototypes out for feedback certainly has merit: "Get something out there and [letting] people throw rocks at it and [recording] what they say [that's] false and recognize that, okay, you failed, but at least you moved the ball down the field. I'm a huge fan of prototyping."
Throughout the years in his career Chris also observed cultural differences in problem-solving approaches around the world. He says that some cultures prefer abstract discussion while others focus on concrete data. "Never mind all these grand theories. Let's actually look what we have. And really, you know, like don't go down that rabbit hole either. Look at what you have and base things on the reality that you know about," he advises. He warns against getting lost in theoretical discussions: "Resist the old, you know, the medieval concept of how many angels on the head of a pin kind of thing. Just don't go there."
The Human Side of Technology Work
Chris emphasizes that technology work remains fundamentally human. Near the end of the conversation, Chris focuses what he sees as most important: "I would just emphasize maybe that we're human beings here and we're driven by our human desires and wills. And as you rightly pointed out, cultural things roll into that," he says. Despite all the technical discussion about tools, languages, methods, and preferences, the work is ultimately done by human beings with human needs and motivations.
Cultural factors, listening skills, and collaborative team approaches matter as much as technical competence. "Remember, you spend a long time of your life at your job. And so, it's important that that contributes to your humanity and that your humanity contributes back." He encourages developers to remember their humanity throughout their careers, to contribute meaningfully to their teams and communities, and to avoid becoming caricatures of the latest corporate culture. "It's really important to remember that you're part of a group of human beings here. You don't want to be a Dilbert comic," he says, using the comic strip as a reference point for the dehumanized corporate worker trapped in absurd bureaucracy.
On the importance of listening, Chris shares wisdom from a sign he saw years ago: "If God had intended man to speak more than he listened, he would have given him two mouths and one ear. Listen more, say less." When discussing custom solutions versus off-the-shelf tools, and after discussing how being familiar with algorithms allows you to blend approaches for better solutions, Chris delivers what became the title of the episode: "Basically, you know, if there's not something off the shelf that — Don't be afraid to create!" This is a message that Chris encourages all developers to embrace because they have such advanced skills right at their fingertips.
Advice for Students: Learning Then and Now
That creation framework extends to Chris's advice to students learning software development. Students today face different challenges than he did decades ago. Chris compared his learning experience years ago with his daughter's more recent computer science education. Modern students learn differently through sophisticated IDEs that suggest improvements and refactor code automatically, while Chris and his colleagues back in the day learned using only a command line, a text editor, and a compiler.
"The difference is really striking between the two because the only tool we had was the command line, the text editor, and the compiler," he says. Modern IDEs provide capabilities like automatic refactoring and code suggestions that fundamentally change what students focus on during their education. He notes that learning with modern tools creates almost a different world than learning in his era: "And so it was really almost learning a different discipline for her than it was for me."
He advises students to try multiple approaches to problem-solving and to explore all their options to apply their technical skills in many diverse fields. "And I think if there's a lesson to be taken from that, sometimes it might be fun once you've learned how to do something in the IDEs to try and do it the old way and see what it's like just creating from nothing, you know, and starting out that way. And vice versa, guys like me that always insist on using VI at the command line, we should learn an IDE. It's time."
Finally, Chris reflects on the value of learning multiple approaches to solving problems. This goes beyond just technical skills to understanding the problem itself more deeply: "I think learning several different ways to solve a problem ultimately teaches you more about the problem. And learning more about the problem, I think, teaches you a bit about yourself and how you go about solving things and your value to your organization." During the entire conversation on technology, Chris consistently wove in the human element. We are people, after all. We're just using digital tools to create.
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Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Barry Burd, a computer science teacher, an author, and the co-leader for two Java User Groups (JUGs). Barry is based in New Jersey and he's taught at the undergraduate level for decades. His journey with Java began in 2004 when he attended small user group meetings of just five or six people. Those gatherings, once part of the Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey, have evolved into the Garden State Java User Group and the New York Java SIG, which now regularly feature Java Champions and prominent speakers from the Java development community. The transformation of the two JUGs on the East Coast of the U.S. reflects the broader growth of the entire Java ecosystem globally.
Barry's teaching philosophy centers on passion, enthusiasm, and visualization. He works to help students see programming concepts as complete mental pictures rather than just syntax. His classroom approach emphasizes active interactions with as many questions as possible. He tries to create what he calls a party atmosphere rather than a boring traditional lecture setting. He believes strongly in meeting students where they are and encouraging those who love the material while supporting those whose passions may lie elsewhere.
What distinguishes Barry's perspective is his view of computer science as an art form. He frequently compares elegant code to works of art. He asks students who question the practical value of certain technical concepts whether they would ask the same question in a course about the Mona Lisa. This artistic perspective extends to his appreciation of Java as well. He marvels at the language's thoughtful design, where features fit together as a unified whole rather than random pieces of technology thrown together haphazardly.
Java's appeal for Barry grows from multiple sources. The language's backward compatibility has been crucial for his work as an author and a teacher. He says that only one program broke across multiple editions of his books over the years. He contrasts this long term stability with other platforms that change frequently and force him to spend time fixing previously working code. The elegance and careful thought behind Java's design resonates deeply with him. He appreciates the early decisions about inheritance and interfaces and the entire evolution of Java from the engineers under the stewardship of architects like Brian Goetz at Oracle.
Barry says that the six-month release cycle introduced in recent years has injected new life into the Java ecosystem. He sees the platform as self-sustaining now with strong leadership that shows no signs of fading. Living near New York City, he says that financial institutions depend on Java's industrial strength reliability for obvious reasons. The technology serves two audiences well, he says, those who need rock-solid, enterprise-grade systems and those like himself who appreciate the beauty of well-crafted software.
When asked why Java is so great, Barry says: "I guess the other reason is that it's good for industrial strength programming. People in the area of the world where I live in, close to New York City, in the financial district, rely on it. It's just not breakable the way other platforms are."
If you ever have a chance to take a software development class from Barry Burd, take it. You'll love it.
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Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Java Developer Relations talks with Mattias Karlsson, Java Champion and prominent developer in the Java community who was also honored with the Java Community Lifetime Achievement recognition at Jfokus in February 2024.
"I was shocked and honored — very humbled!" Mattias said about being recognized for his lifetime of achievements in the Java community by Sharat Chander of Oracle's Java Developer Relations Team.
Mattias, a Stockholm-based engineer and long-time leader of the Stockholm Java User Group, shares his journey with Java, from its early days to its current role in modern tech ecosystems. He also talks about the evolution of Jfokus, a leading annual Java conference he organizes, which has grown from a small Java user group into a major gathering of over 2,000 developers from diverse backgrounds around the world.
Mattias highlights Java's enduring appeal, driven by its robust JVM, backward compatibility, and vibrant community. He also reflects on the six-month release cycle, calling it "brilliant" for its balance of stability and innovation, and shares insights on mentoring young developers and using AI to stay updated.
When talking about how students learning programming will inevitably encounter Java due to its widespread use in the industry, Mattias said, "Sooner or later they will end up with Java anyway."
Finally, the episode underscores the unique culture of the Java community and Jfokus as a conference for its blending of culture, professionalism, and a welcoming atmosphere.
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Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Venkat Subramaniam who was recognized with the Java Community Lifetime Achievement honors by Oracle's Sharat Chander at Devoxx UK in May 2024. Venkat is a Java Champion, author, speaker, founder of Agile Developer, co-founder of the dev2next conference, and teacher at the University of Houston.
In this conversation, which is part of an ongoing series honoring Java pioneers, Venkat expresses profound humility about his accomplishments and credits industry giants and his passion for learning and sharing technical knowledge. He reflects on leaving his own company years ago to focus on teaching and technology, writing books like Cruising Along with Java, and speaking at over 45 conferences and 30 Java User Groups — every single year! Venkat has one of the most impressive global speaking schedules of anyone in the Java community.
Venkat praises Java User Group leaders as "unsung heroes" for their organizational efforts and highlights Java 25's evolving features like structured concurrency, scoped values, pattern matching, and the instance main method, which helps simplify the learning process for new developers. Venkat also cites Java's agile six-month release cycle, which helps improve the smooth evolution of Java, increases developer engagement, and makes Java more suitable for today's rapidly expanding technology markets.
Emphasizing teaching as reciprocal learning, Venkat advises students to engage mentors and senior developers to collaborate with juniors to help welcome into the community. He stresses that knowledge grows when shared. His mantra? Teaching fuels learning and he lives that ethic every day as he interacts with thousands of developers around the world.
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Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Bruno Souza, who is a Java Champion, leader of the SouJava User Group in Brazil, and a member of the JCP Executive Committee. Bruno received the first Java Community Lifetime Achievement recognition in October 2022 at JavaOne in Las Vegas. "I was totally surprised! I was jumping up and down! I was so honored! It's an honor to be a member of that group." he said.
Bruno Souza is known as the "JavaMan" from Brazil and that nickname started back at Sun when Java was announced and Bruno started evangelizing the technology. Bruno's message to the community was "Open Standards and Open Source" as he began his community building efforts around Java. He continually brought to Brazil FOSS and Standards experts for community discussions, and he advocated for a standards-based Open Source implementation of Java that would pass the TCK.
Bruno left Sun and then returned, and he also joined the JCP (Java Community Process). Now all these years later we have OpenJDK, and open JCP, and hundreds of independent JUGs that can participate in community building and also Java development.
"Maybe my greatest pride, I think, is the idea of the Java User Groups community," Bruno says. "We have OpenJDK for development and the JCP for standards, but for me the real Java community is the Java User Groups! These are all volunteers who meet and help others participate and learn."
Bruno in recent years has been talking a lot about building reputation and career by embracing the open-source lifestyle — writing code in Java, contributing to Open Source, and helping build the community itself. Since our work lives in public mailing lists and open-source code repositories, we earn credibility by being visible, contributing, engaging the community, and helping others get involve as well, Bruno says.
Bruno advises that career is a long-term project: "The more you work on it, the more you grow, the more results you have. So, the sooner you start the better. This is not a sprint! This takes time."
Getting back to Java itself, Bruno, like most Java developers, prefers the 6-month release cadence over the older system of multi-year development and release cycles. There is a constant flow of technology now which allows for more interactions between the Oracle engineers and engineers in the community.
"Everything you see today in Java is possible because of the 6-month release process. I just loved it when the guys did that! I think it's amazing! The fact that we now have two releases per year changed Java. I think we're positioning Java to be even stronger in the years to come. I'm very excited about the whole thing," Bruno says.
Throughout this conversation Bruno provides a wonderful history of Java since he's been involved from the very beginning! "People don't remember that Java was a community from the very beginning!" Bruno says. "We were able to look at the source code from the very beginning and that allowed us to build the community from the very beginning with lots of other companies joining." And then the JCP was created to allow Sun and the community to discuss the standardization of Java. And then OpenJDK was a huge step because now Java would be everywhere with Oracle leading and building the community. "Java is more participative today under Oracle than during the Sun times."
"Java + Open Source + Community: That's what grows our career. That's what grows Java too!" — Bruno Souza
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Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Trisha Gee, an author, a Java Champion, and a Developer Advocate at Gradle. In February 2025 at Jfokus in Stockholm Trisha received the Java Community Lifetime Achievement honor from Sharat Chander from Oracle Java Developer Relations. Trisha has been a Java developer for 25 years, and since 2011 she's been actively blogging, presenting technical sessions at conferences, and evangelizing Java globally. Recently, Trisha has moved from a traditional developer advocate role to more of a facilitator of developer advocacy internally at her company as well as externally. She works with engineering teams, marketing, teams, and sales teams to ensure the voice of the developer resonates throughout the organization and the community. Trisha is always evolving, she's constantly growing. In this conversation we talk about the JVM, the six month Java release cycle, writing code, the unique features that make Java special as a technology and as a community, Generative AI, design patterns, understanding requirements, asking questions, problem solving, edge cases, documentation, testing, open source, standards, advice for students, and teaching her 9-year old how to code in Java. Trisha is fascinated with the entire development life cycle of software projects and especially the skills developers need now for working with AI. "It feels like a very personal thing from him … he's such a huge powerhouse in the community. Obviously, he cares about the technology, but he understands that the technology isn't enough. It is about individuals stepping up but not just doing stuff for themselves but doing stuff to enable other people, to empower other people. It's the community that makes it a great place to be, and Shar is such a huge champion of that. He makes you feel really appreciated for making the effort to help others and to be involved in the community." — Trisha Gee commenting about receiving the Java Community Lifetime Achievement recognition from Sharat Chander at Oracle. Trisha Gee https://x.com/trisha_gee https://linktr.ee/trisha_gee Duke's Corner Java Podcast https://dukescorner.libsyn.com https://jimgrisanzio.wordpress.com/podcasts/ https://jimgrisanzio.wordpress.com/73-trisha-gee-txt/
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Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Cay Horstmann, a professor, author, and Java Champion. In April in Cologne, Germany at JCON Cay received the Java Community Lifetime Achievement recognition from Sharat Chander on the Oracle Java Developer Relations Team.
This conversation covers the evolution of Java, the constant polishing of the library, the upcoming Java 25 release, the six-month release cycle, improvements in the Java language to make the technology more beginner friendly, teaching methodologies, conferences vs unconferences, and also timeless task-driven learning methods for students and developers to keep their skills sharp. Also, Cay has been writing books about Java for decades and years ago he was instrumental in initially getting Java integrated into the curriculum for the computer science AP exam in the United States.
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Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Heinz Kabutz from the Island of Crete in Greece. Heinz has a PhD in Computer Science, publishes the The JavaSpecialists' Newsletter, and runs the JCrete Unconference. Heinz is also a Java Champion and a teacher, and he cares deeply about the technology and the community. Recently, Heinz was recognized for his Lifetime Achievement by Sharat Chander from Oracle Java Developer Relations. "I was on cloud nine! I was so honored," Heinz said.
In this conversation Heinz previews some JEPs in the upcoming Java 25 release, he comments on the value of the 6-month Java release cycle, he outlines how he's contributed code to OpenJDK (and how others can too!), he offers some detailed advice to students getting involved in software development for the first time, and he talks at length about the opportunities for developers who participate at the JCrete Unconference. "I have seen people whose entire careers got revolutionized just by coming to JCrete once. It's really life changing!"
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Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Nate Schutta, an author, a teacher, a software architect, and Java Champion. Nate lives in the United States and teaches computer science to university students. He loves teaching and he loves learning, and he specializes in exploring the big picture of complicated systems in his career as a software architect. The conversation covers the Java community, the value for developers if they contribute to Java User Groups (JUGs), the benefits and some possible drawbacks of AI, and the engineering feat that is the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
Nate has a passion for learning and here's his advice for young developers and engineering students. "The fundamentals can't be skipped! And they take time to learn! You just have to put in those hours to understand the basics, and then you can graduate to the more complicated stuff."
Nate tripped over Java a bit in school and joined his first Java project right in his first job. Once he heard about this new Java project, he said: "Heck, yeah! I want in on that!"
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Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Francisco Contreras, who is a Java developer and a co-organizer at Nicaragua JUG. Francisco has been a Java developer for over 15 years and he runs his own consulting business with customers around the world. He's passionate about Java the technology and also Java the community. "When I learned Java at university I felt like I could do anything with that," he said, talking about how Java enables him to engage developers, write really great software, and also grow a business. But Java goes well beyond just technology. When Francisco had some personal challenges in his life, he was happy that many community members immediately offered to help him. "The sense of community in the Java environment is just awesome!" Francisco Contreras https://x.com/Frank_JCG https://www.linkedin.com/in/fjcontrerasg https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5OlzVJbnuQc https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rhAe6zqxC34 JUG Nicaragua https://x.com/jugnicaragua Java User Groups https://dev.java/community/jugs/ Duke's Corner https://dukescorner.libsyn.com Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris https://jimgrisanzio.wordpress.com
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Ivar Grimstad, who is a Java Champion, a JCP Executive Committee Member, and a Jakarta EE Developer Advocate. Ivar is based in Sweden but travels to over 40 events a year talking about Java and Open Source with thousands of developers. He feels passionately about contributing to Java projects as the best way for young developers to learn Java and connect with the community, especially at Java conferences. Ivar has been working with Java professionally since 2000, but he's been solving problems with code since he was a little kid around 12 or 13 years old. "Java has been my go-to language for everything!" he says. "It's been here for 30 years and it'll probably be around for 30 more!" Ivar Grimstad https://x.com/ivar_grimstad https://bsky.app/profile/theguywiththeduketattoo.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivargrimstad/ Duke's Corner https://dukescorner.libsyn.com https://bsky.app/profile/dukescorner.bsky.social Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/ https://jimgrisanzio.wordpress.com/
The Duke's Corner Java Podcast contributed an 11 minute segment to the Community Keynote at JavaOne 2025 in California in March. Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Java Developer Relations hosted the program with special guests Cay Horstmann, Marit van Dijk, and Lize Raes. The panel covered the latest bits in Java, how to contribute to the community, and the best bits from JavaOne. Everyone had a great time! Here's the full Community Keynote session from JavaOne in March 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwR7Gvi80Xo&t=1838s Here's the 11 minute segment in video: https://x.com/jimgris/status/1907660414550176236
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Tom Cools, an engineer from Belgium, a conference speaker, a Java Champion, and the leader of the Belgian Java User Group. "I make it my mission to spread Java all over Belgium," says Tom as he describes how he runs the BeJUG as an Open Source project that takes contributions from the community. Here in this conversation Tom also talks about how the recent evolution of Java with rapid release cycles and new innovations attracted him to the language he loves. Tom is also a certified teacher so we discussed learning strategies, stress management, social media, managing change, AI, burnout, and other life experiences developers must deal with as they navigate through their careers in software development. Tom Cools https://x.com/TCoolsIT https://x.com/BeJUG https://bsky.app/profile/tomcools.be Duke's Corner https://dukescorner.libsyn.com Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with François Martin, a full stack developer from Switzerland who loves teaching Java to students and contributing to the Java community. This conversation ranges from teaching students Java from scratch, the value of test driven development, the lessons from NASA's Apollo project, the benefits — and surprises — of contributing to open source projects, and so much more. Even open source marketing and The Cluetrain Manifesto came up! François is passionate about coding in Java and sharing his experiences with other developers at JUG meetings and conferences. Java was the first language he learned and that seems to made all the difference in the world. François Martin https://x.com/fmartin_ Duke's Corner https://bsky.app/profile/dukescorner.bsky.social https://dukescorner.libsyn.com Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Marit van Dijk, a Java Champion and also a Java Developer Advocate at JetBrains. Marit will present on developer productivity with IntelliJ IDEA at JavaOne March 18-20 in California. Go to javaone.com and register and we'll see you there! Marit van Dijk https://x.com/MaritvanDijk77 JavaOne 2025 https://javaone.com Duke's Corner https://dukescorner.libsyn.com Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Venkat Subramaniam, who is a Java Champion, professor, programmer, and a conference organizer. The conversation ranges from the upcoming JavaOne conference in California in March 2025 to building the Java community, engaging the next generation of Java developers, the importance of going to Java user groups, career building, the evolution of Java technology, agile development, release models, and his upcoming book — Cruising Along with Java. This is a jam packed episode that has something for everyone. Here's quick bit from the interview from Venkat: "One of the biggest contributions Java has made is to truly show to us the developers what agile development really should be!" Venkat Subramaniam https://x.com/venkat_s Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris Duke's Corner https://bsky.app/profile/dukescorner.bsky.social https://dukescorner.libsyn.com JavaOne 2025 https://javaone.com
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Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Sharat Chander, Senior Director, Java Product Management and Community Engagement. Shar and Jim summarized some community development achievements for 2024 and gave a peek into what's coming for 2025 — JavaOne! That's right, JavaOne 2025 will be held in March 18-20 in California and you can register right now at https://javaone.com. Sharat Chander https://x.com/sharat_chander https://bsky.app/profile/sharatchander.bsky.social Oracle Java Developer Relations Team https://x.com/i/lists/1613949551718862848 JavaOne 2025: Registration now Open! https://inside.java/2024/12/11/javaone-2025/ Duke's Corner https://bsky.app/profile/dukescorner.bsky.social https://dukescorner.libsyn.com Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Ted M. Young from the San Francisco Bay Area about all things Java and test driven development. Ted streams his coding sessions and builds community around his passion for excellence in software development. His first JavaOne was the first JavaOne! And he's been coding in Java ever since. His mantra is to "reduce the suffering and increase the joy of software development" and he's made Java his career. Ted also deeply appreciates the JVM: "It's one of the wonders of the software world." Can't beat that. Ted M. Young https://x.com/jitterted https://bsky.app/profile/ted.dev Duke's Corner https://bsky.app/profile/dukescorner.bsky.social https://dukescorner.libsyn.com Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Donald Raab, a Java Champion, the founder of the Eclipse Collections project, and a perfectionist who always seeks the best quality code. The conversation ran wild around all things Java and Donald's experiences with the technology for decades. He spoke in detail about the twenty year history of the Eclipse Collections project, his interactions with engineers on OpenJDK, the OpenJDK Quality Outreach Project, and the benefits for everyone being involved with not only Java but the greater FOSS community. In fact, when talking about the community, Donald said that working with the community is like engaging "unlimited, untapped resources ... you said community, well, it's real." Donald's book on Eclipse Collections comes out soon too! Donald Raab https://x.com/TheDonRaab https://bsky.app/profile/thedonraab.bsky.social Duke's Corner https://bsky.app/profile/dukescorner.bsky.social https://dukescorner.libsyn.com Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Piotr Przybyl, a Java Champion and developer advocate in Poland who realized at a young age that "given enough time I could write literally everything! The creativity is amazing! I love it!" Piotr is hard core about coding and his passion for technology comes thorough in this conversation, which ranges from how Piotr embraced Java in school, how he learned more Java on his own, and how he always gives back to the Java community around the world. Piotr Przybyl https://x.com/piotrprz Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris Duke's Corner Java Podcast https://dukescorner.libsyn.com/
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Cesar Hernandez, a Java Champion, a teacher, and long time contributor to multiple Open Source projects from Guatemala. The conversation ranged from how Cesar blew up his dad's computer to start his computer science career, teaching Java to university students, the benefits of Java technology, and participating at Java User Groups and conferences. And most importantly, Cesar talked about his passion for sharing everything he knows with the community. Cesar Hernandez https://x.com/CesarHgt Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris Duke's Corner Java Podcast https://dukescorner.libsyn.com/
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Hanno Embregts, a Java Champion and an Oracle ACE Pro from The Netherlands who loves contributing to the Java community and presenting technical and musical sessions at developer conferences. And Hanno is especially passionate about making the world a better place thorough software. In fact, he's been driven by that idea for as long as he can remember! He goes into detail about how the Java community is so innovative, why Java is so technically advanced, and how both can be leveraged to help us all live in a more environmentally sustainable way. Hanno Embregts https://x.com/hannotify Jim Grisanzio https://x.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with author and Java Champion Cay Horstmann at JavaZone Oslo 2024. The conversation covered Java for small tasks, teaching Java to thousands of students for decades, and the thriving Java conferences around the world. Cay Horstmann https://horstmann.com/ Jim Grisanzio https://jimgrisanzio.wordpress.com/
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Dervis Mansuroglu and Marek Machnik last week from JavaZone 2024 in Oslo. Dervis and Marek are two of the organizers from the Norwegian Java User Group who helped lead this year’s JavaZone event. The discussion covered the speakers, the venue, the volunteers, the content, and the community that participated at the conference. Summarizing the overall event, Dervis said, “Whatever you can dream of, it’s possible. Nothing is impossible.” That sentiment was shared by many of the thousands of developers who contributed to make JavaZone an innovative and unique experience.
Dervis on X https://x.com/dervismn
Marek on X https://x.com/marek_fm
JavaZone on X https://x.com/javazone
Jim on X https://twitter.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Elias Nogueira, a Java Champion and an Oracle ACE Pro from The Netherlands who loves the Java community and sharing everything he's learned. The conversation ranges from Elias’s early experience learning Java and many other programming languages, his desire to improve his career opportunities, moving from Brazil to The Netherlands, learning a new language, and contributing to Java user groups around the world. There are so many beautiful things about the Java community, he says. Yep, we agree. Elias on X https://x.com/eliasnogueira Jim on X https://twitter.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Simon Martinelli, a Java Champion and an Oracle ACE Pro from Switzerland who loves contributing to FOSS projects and teaching students all about Java. The conversation ranges from Simon’s early experience learning Java, working for the Swiss Railway, engaging multiple Java User Groups, and teaching students. Simon also gets into the benefits of modern Java and some of the best features the technology offers for developers.
Simon: https://x.com/simas_ch
Jim: https://x.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Praveen Mohan, Director of Java Quality and Infrastructure at the Oracle India Development Center in Bangalore, which is part of the Java Platform Group. The conversation covers the technical details of the quality engineering operation in Bangalore where 40 developers ensure that Java is tested to the highest standards possible before release. Also discussed is how much the team engages the Bangalore Java User Group to build close development relationships with the community.
Jim: https://twitter.com/jimgris Praveen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohanpraveen/
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Bert Jan Schrijver from The Netherlands. Bert is a Java Champion, a leader of the Dutch Java User Group, and the CTO and co-founder of OpenValue that he started in 2017.
The conversation spans all of Bert's experiences as a software developer, including hacking and gaming as a six-year old, contributing to the computer lab fire in school, blowing out the family's phone bill with his first modem, getting an advanced CS education at university, engaging the Java community globally, and building his own software company. Bert also offers some interesting advice for how people can continue learning and growing and contributing to the community at Java events. He also details why Java is special and why developers embrace the technology: "Java is one of the only languages I know of that has been active and current for so long. And one of the keys is the marvel of engineering in the Java Virtual Machine."
Bert: https://twitter.com/bjschrijver
Jim: https://twitter.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Richard Fichtner, a Java developer from Germany who is also a JUG leader and an Oracle ACE Pro. The conversation previews the upcoming JCON Europe 2024 Conference in Cologne, which will have 100 sessions of core Java technologies and a thousand Java developers from around the world. Richard and the JCON organizing team will be trying some new things this year to facilitate community engagement at JCON so if you are around Germany May 13-16 you are encouraged to stop by and participate. Oracle will be sponsoring the event and will send three teams of engineers to contribute sessions — Java, GraalVM, and Oracle Database. Don't miss it! We hear the food will be great!
Richard: https://twitter.com/RichardFichtner
JCON: https://twitter.com/jcon_conference
Jim: https://twitter.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Mohammed Aboullaite, a Java developer from Morocco who is now based on Stockholm, Sweden. The conversation covers how Mohammed first fell in love with Java in college, and he's been contributing to the community ever since. Mohammed says it's "mind blowing" what happens when you get a bunch of Java developers in the same room because they are so passionate about the technology and the capabilities that it offers. Even after all these years, Java developers are still pushing the limits and innovating. So, get involved!
Mohammed on Twitter https://twitter.com/laytoun
Jim on Twitter https://twitter.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Marit van Dijk, a Java Champion and Developer Advocate at JetBrains based in The Netherlands. The conversation covers all things Java — the growing community, the latest features to enable developer productivity, contributing to Open Source, advice for students, and Marit's unique background in Social Science Informatics that combines computer science and social science.
Marit on Twitter https://twitter.com/MaritvanDijk77 Marit on the Web https://maritvandijk.com/ Jim on Twitter https://twitter.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Jonathan Vila, a Java engineer and Java Champion based in Barcelona, Spain. The conversation covers Jonathan's long career in software development, his love/hate relationship with various languages, his passion for Java, the benefits of contributing to Open Source, and why he loves the Java community. After Jonathan's first experience with the local Java User Group in Barcelona, Jonathan said that everything changed in his professional life completely. He was a coder who loved technology before Java, but after experiencing Java and the Java community he developed an entirely new appreciation for community and moved his career to a new level. His story is an inspiration for everyone! Jonathan on Twitter https://twitter.com/vilojona Jim on Twitter https://twitter.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Dervis Mansuroglu, a Java engineer and Java Champion based in Oslo, Norway. The conversation covers coding for massively scalable systems, managing engineering teams, running the JavaBin User Group and the JavaZone conference, building the House of Technology, and listening to Pink Floyd while writing your thesis. Dervis is passionate about Java technology and building the Java community. Oh, and try the Pink Floyd bit. It works! Dervis on Twitter https://twitter.com/dervismn Jim on Twitter https://twitter.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Mary Grygleski, a Java developer and Java Champion based in Chicago. The conversation covers Java's longevity, building the Java community, running the Chicago Java User Group, and the constant need to keep learning. Mary embraces the concept of always becoming a beginner whenever there is a need to learn something new. During the interview Mary and Jim also discovered a common background they have with Sun Microsystems and Solaris! Mary on Twitter https://twitter.com/mgrygles Jim on Twitter https://twitter.com/jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Jeanne Boyarsky, a Java developer and Java Champion based in New York City. The conversation covers the evolution of Java, some of the core features of the language and platform, contributing to the Open Source community, and how developers learn and keep up with the technology. Jeanne knew she wanted to do something with computers when she first visited the computer museum — at age five! Check out her story right here. She'll inspire you to focus and learn what you love.
Jeanne on Twitter: @jeanneboyarsky Jim on Twitter: @jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Sharat Chander, Sr. Director, Java Product Management & Community Engagement, about the Java community. The conversation explores Shar's beautiful summary of his experiences with the Java community in 2023 that he published on Inside Java:
https://inside.java/2023/12/21/seasons-thanks/
Shar on Twitter: @Sharat_Chander Jim on Twitter: @jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Stéphane Nicoll, a software engineer based in Belgium working on the Spring team. Stéphane talks about his experience becoming a Java developer, his observations seeing Java evolve and improve, and the importance of contributing to Java and Open Source generally. He's keen on building community by directly engaging engineers at events as well as mentoring contributors through the development process for issue reports and code changes. He said that "building our community is super important for us" as he outlined the process that he and his team uses to welcome new developers. That says it all.
Get Stéphane on Twitter @snicoll and get Jim on Twitter @jimgris
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Sam Brannen, a Java engineer from Switzerland who loves math and puzzles and solving complex problems in code. He's passionate about his craft and he loves diving deep into the details. He works on the Spring Framework and JUnit 5. Get him on Twitter @sam_brannen and get Jim on Twitter @jimgris.
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Josiah Davisson, a teacher from A-TECH (Advanced Technologies Academy) in Las Vegas, Nevada, about his experiences teaching Java to high school students. Josiah is passionate about learning technology himself and also teaching Java to his students so they are fully empowered to enter the software industry directly or go on to seek further computer science education in college. If you'd like to contact Josiah, ping him at Davisjm4@nv.ccsd.net. You can find Jim @jimgris on Twitter or at jim.grisanzio@oracle.com
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Sirisha Pratha, a Java developer from the Pittsburgh Java User Group, about software development, the benefits of using Java, the dynamics of the Java community, and contributing to Open Source projects. Find Sirisha on Twitter @sirishapratha and Jim @jimgris on Twitter as well.
Jim Grisanzio from Java Developer Relations talks with Francisco Isidro from the Federal University of ABC in Sao Paulo, Brazil about teach Java to computer science students. You can find Professor Isidro on Twitter @prof_isidro. You can find Jim @jimgris on Twitter.
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Rafael Winterhalter about his experiences moving from economics to software development and the benefits of using Java technology. The conversation also covers advice for students and value of interacting with the Java community. Rafael is a software consultant in Oslo, Norway, he's a Java Champion, and he's a Duke's Award winner. You can find Rafael on Twitter @rafaelcodes. You can find Jim at @jimgris on Twitter.
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Holly Cummins about her passion for being "in the engine room of Java" in that she's trying to build tools and frameworks to reduce complexity for developers and increasing their productivity. The conversation also touches on the Java community, Open Source, and various software development practices. Holly is a Sr. Principle Software Engineer at Red Hat in the UK. You can find her on Twitter @holly_cummins. You can find Jim at @jimgris on Twitter.
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Neha Sardana about her "aha" moment when she first came across Java and transitioned to software from mechanical engineering. Java changed her life and led to interesting new experiences with the Java community around the world. Neha is a senior engineer in the financial services industry and contributes the Garden State JUG and NY Java Sig. You can find her on Twitter @nehasardana09. You can find Jim at @jimgris on Twitter.
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Grace Jansen about her passion for science, problem solving, Java, and getting more women into technology around the world. Grace is a Java Champion and developer advocate at IBM. You can find her on Twitter @gracejansen27. You can find Jim at @jimgris on Twitter.
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Monica Beckwith about her love for the JVM, the importance of STEM education for women, and her experiences with the Java community around the world. Monica is a Java Champion and she's a Java performance architect at Microsoft. She's also worked at AMD and Sun Microsystems. You can find her on Twitter @mon_beck. You can find Jim at @jimgris on Twitter.
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Java developer Kaya Weers at JavaOne Las Vegas 2022 on remote pair programming from the IDE. Kaya also talked about her experiences at JavaOne and as a speaker at community events around the world this year.
Kaya Weers, Java Developerhttps://twitter.com/KayaWeers
Jim Grisanzio, Java Developer Relationshttps://twitter.com/jimgris
Duke's Corner Podcasthttps://apple.co/3BLIgS1
Images from JavaOne Las Vegas 2022https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAdP6P
Podcast Video https://youtu.be/NM8CXAkn8y0
Dev Javahttps://dev.java/
Inside Javahttps://inside.java/
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Java Champion Brian Vermeer at JavaOne Las Vegas 2022 about the thriving Java community in The Netherlands, how to keep the Java community thriving globally, and his thoughts on becoming a developer. Brian Vermeer, Java Champion https://twitter.com/BrianVerm Jim Grisanzio, Java Developer Relations https://twitter.com/jimgris Duke's Corner Podcast https://apple.co/3BLIgS1 Images from JavaOne Las Vegas 2022 https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAdP6P
Podcast Video https://youtu.be/Jlk6Dq9dB2c
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Miro Wengner at JavaOne Las Vegas 2022 about his experiences with Java the technology, and why he loves Java the community. Miro serves on the JCP Executive Committee, he's a Java Champion, and he's a contributor to OpenJDK. He's also a friend I met back on the OpenSolaris project at Sun in 2008!
Miro Wengner, Java Champion
https://twitter.com/miragemiko
Jim Grisanzio, Java Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
Duke's Corner Podcast
https://dev.java/duke/corner/
Images from JavaOne Las Vegas 2022
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAdP6P
Podcast Video
https://youtu.be/FT4qpZRH2xU
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Java developer Rodrigo Graciano at JavaOne Las Vegas in October 2022. Rodrigo talks about his first experience at JavaOne, building the Java community in New York, and also why he became a Java Developer.
Rodrigo Graciano
https://twitter.com/rodrigograciano
Jim Grisanzio, Java Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
Duke's Corner Podcast
https://dev.java/duke/corner/
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with engineer and Java Champion Mala Gupta at JavaOne Las Vegas in October 2022. In her session at the conference Mala used stories and fables as a way to help developers learn the new language features in Java 19. Mala talks passionately about how developers have superpowers since they create innovative technologies that are used all over the world.
Mala Gupta, Java Champion
https://twitter.com/eMalaGupta
https://youtu.be/GBBoeoiMUFQ
Jim Grisanzio, Java Developer Relations https://twitter.com/jimgris
Duke's Corner Podcast
https://dev.java/duke/corner/
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Java developer Richard Fichtner at JavaOne Las Vegas 2022 about building the Java community and what Richard loves about Java.
Richard Fichtner
https://twitter.com/RichardFichtner
https://youtu.be/Icf8AbfMAVw
Jim Grisanzio, Duke's Corner Podcast Host https://dev.java/duke/corner/
https://twitter.com/jimgris
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Oracle engineer Chris Bensen about the massive Raspberry Pi cluster he was showing at JavaOne & Oracle CloudWorld in Las Vegas. The cluster was connected to Oracle Cloud and ran a variety of technologies, such as Java, Linux, Database, and more.
Chris Bensen, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/chrisbensen
Video of Podcast Interview
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1vAGRAjbkpVKl
Jim Grisanzio, Duke's Corner Podcast Host
https://dev.java/duke/corner/
https://twitter.com/jimgris
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Bruno Souza about his Lifetime Achievement Award for 25 years of building the Java community in Brazil and around the world. You can see the award presentation here in the Inside Java Keynote video from JavaOne Las Vegas
Bruno Souza, Brazilian JavaMan
- @brjavaman
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with JavaOne 2022 speaker Matt Raible from Colorado.
Matt is a Java Champion, a Duke's Choice Award winner, and Open Source developer, and a developer advocate. He previews his session at JavaOne on Micro Frontends for Java Developers. The conversation also gets into the Java community, how Matt got into development, and his contributions to the Open Source community.
JavaOne 2022 October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne 2022: News Updates at Inside Java
Matt Raible, Java Champion, Open Source Developer at OktaDev
- @mraible
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with JavaOne 2022 speaker Josh Long from San Francisco.
Josh is a Java Champion and a Spring Developer Advocate. In this conversation he previews upcoming session on Kubernetes Native Java. He also talks about his experiences becoming a developer and working with the Java community around the world.
JavaOne 2022 October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne 2022: News Updates at Inside Java
Josh Long, Java Champion & Spring Developer Advocate
- @starbuxman
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with JavaOne 2022 speaker Josh Long from San Francisco.
Josh is a Java Champion and a Spring Developer Advocate. In this conversation he previews upcoming session on Kubernetes Native Java. He also talks about his experiences becoming a developer and working with the Java community around the world.
JavaOne 2022 October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne 2022: News Updates at Inside Java
Josh Long, Java Champion & Spring Developer Advocate
- @starbuxman
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with JavaOne 2022 speaker Rustam Mehmandarov from Oslo, Norway.
Rustam is a Java Champion and also Chief Engineer at Computas AS in Oslo. In this conversation he previews his three upcoming sessions at JavaOne, which explore building cloud native apps in Java. The discussion also covers Rustam's experiences in the Java community and at various conferences around the world.
JavaOne 2022 October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne 2022: News Updates at Inside Java
Rustam Mehmandarov, Java Champion, Chief Engineer at Computas AS
- @rmehmandarov
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with JavaOne 2022 speaker Rustam Mehmandarov from Oslo, Norway.
Rustam is a Java Champion and also Chief Engineer at Computas AS in Oslo. In this conversation he previews his three upcoming sessions at JavaOne, which explore building cloud native apps in Java. The discussion also covers Rustam's experiences in the Java community and at various conferences around the world.
JavaOne 2022 October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne 2022: News Updates at Inside Java
Rustam Mehmandarov, Java Champion, Chief Engineer at Computas AS
- @rmehmandarov
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with JavaOne 2022 speaker Sander Mak from The Netherlands.
Sander is a Java Champion, an author, and an engineer at Picnic. In this conversation he previews his upcoming session at JavaOne — Streamlining Large-Scale Java Development Using Error Prone. He also talks about the Java community and his experiences becoming a developer.
JavaOne 2022 October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne 2022: News Updates at Inside Java
Sander Mak, Java Champion, Author, Developer at Picnic
- @sander_mak
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with JavaOne 2022 speaker Sander Mak from The Netherlands.
Sander is a Java Champion, an author, and an engineer at Picnic. In this conversation he previews his upcoming session at JavaOne — Streamlining Large-Scale Java Development Using Error Prone. He also talks about the Java community and his experiences becoming a developer.
JavaOne 2022 October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne 2022: News Updates at Inside Java
Sander Mak, Java Champion, Author, Developer at Picnic
- @sander_mak
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Java developer and JavaOne 2022 speaker Emily Jiang from the UK.
Emily is a Java Champion and Developer Advocate. She's doing three sessions at JavaOne in October on microservices and cloud native development and she previews them in this discussion. She also talks about her experiences with the Java community and JavaOne.
JavaOne 2022 from October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne 2022 Updates at Inside Java
Emily Jiang, Developer Advocate, IBM
- @emilyfhjiang
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Java developer and JavaOne 2022 speaker Emily Jiang from the UK.
Emily is a Java Champion and Developer Advocate. She's doing three sessions at JavaOne in October on microservices and cloud native development and she previews them in this discussion. She also talks about her experiences with the Java community and JavaOne.
JavaOne 2022 from October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne 2022 Updates at Inside Java
Emily Jiang, Developer Advocate, IBM
- @emilyfhjiang
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Java developer and JavaOne 2022 speaker Oleg Šelajev from Tartu, Estonia.
Oleg works in developer relations at AtomicJar. He's also a Java Champion and a regular conference speaker. In this conversation Oleg previews his upcoming session at JavaOne — Delightful Integration Tests with Testcontainers.
JavaOne 2022 from October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne 2022 Updates at Inside Java
Oleg Šelajev, Developer Relations at AtomicJar
- @shelajev
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this conversation Oracle's Jim Grisanzio talks with Java developer and JavaOne 2022 speaker Mark Heckler from St. Louis. Missouri in the United States.
Mark is a software developer and developer advocate at Microsoft, a Java Champion, a conference speaker, and an author. Check out his book Spring Boot: Up and Running. In this conversation Mark previews his session at JavaOne — Das Boot: Diving into Debugging Spring Boot Applications. Mark also talks about the value of technical conferences and the community.
JavaOne 2022 from October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022: Registration and Sessions
- JavaOne Update 1
- JavaOne Update 2
Mark Heckler, Principal Cloud Developer Advocate for Java/JVM Languages at Microsoft
- @mkheck
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java on Twitter
- Java on YouTube
Duke's Corner Podcast Host
- Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Java Developer Relations, @jimgris
JavaOne 2022 Speaker Preview
In this JavaOne preview conversation Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Java Developer Relations talks with Java developer Bruno Souza from Brazil.
Bruno is a Java Champion, he's been a board member of the Open Source Initiative, he's on the Executive Committee of the Java Community Process, and he leads the SouJava community in Brazil. Bruno has been building Java communities for decades, and in recent years he's been helping Java developers build their careers. That's the topic of this podcast and also Bruno's session at JavaOne in October in Las Vegas.
JavaOne 2022 from October 17-20 in Las Vegas
- JavaOne 2022
- JavaOne Update 1
- JavaOne Update 2
Bruno Souza, Brazilian JavaMan
- @brjavaman
Java Development and Community
- OpenJDK
- Inside Java
- Dev.Java
- @java
Duke's Corner Podcast
- Jim Grisanzio, Host, Java Developer Relations
@jimgris
Java Champion Chandra Guntur previews his Birds-of-a-Feather session — Code Katas for Java — for the upcoming Oracle Developer Live Java Innovations conference on March 22nd and 24th. This conversation was recorded via Zoom on Thursday February 24, 2022.
Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations, March 22/24
Register Here
Follow #OracleDevLive on Twitter
Chandra Guntur, Distinguished Engineer and Technical Fellow, BNY Mellon
@cguntur on Twitter
Java Development & Community
OpenJDK
Inside Java
Dev.Java
@java Twitter
Duke's Corner Podcast
Jim Grisanzio, Host, Java Developer Relations
@jimgris on Twitter
Venkat Subramaniam previews his upcoming session at Oracle Developer Live Java Innovations — The Elegance of Pattern Matching in Modern Java. The conversation was recorded via Zoom on Tuesday February 15, 2022.
Venkat Subramaniam, Founder, Agile Developer, Inc.
@venkat_s on Twitter
Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations, March 22/24
Register Here
Follow #OracleDevLive on Twitter
Background on Pattern Marching
JEP 305: Pattern Matching for instanceof (Preview)
Pattern Matching with Gavin Bierman — Inside Java Podcast 17
Pattern Matching in Java 17 and Beyond
Java Development & Community
OpenJDK
Inside Java
Dev.Java
@java Twitter
Duke's Corner Podcast
Jim Grisanzio, Host, Java Developer Relations
@jimgris on Twitter
In this short episode Jim Grisanzio talks about his move to the Java Advocacy Team in Oracle's Java Platform Group and the coming changes in the podcast. A new name will be announced soon, and we'll be focusing on profiles of Java developers globally. The format will remain the same in terms of casual conversations one on one or in small groups.
Communities are about people. So, that's what we'll be talking about here with Java developers. Who's doing really cool work? Who's solving the toughest problems? Who's creating new opportunities? Who's new? Who's been around forever? Everyone has something to contribute. It'll be great fun.
We've already engaged with the Java community in many previous episodes over the years, so we're looking forward to even more Java from here on in!
See Jim's warm welcome on Twitter from Sharat Chander and the community.
More updates coming soon!
Jim Grisanzio talks with John Spurling, a JVM engineer at Twitter, at UnVoxxed Hawaii 2020 about debugging and the mental process of solving difficult technical issues.
John Spurling, Twitter
https://twitter.com/synecdotal
Jim Grisanzio, Java Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
Video on YouTube
https://youtu.be/6dwOPQSJwaI
UnVoxxed Hawaii
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmLF23KD
https://twitter.com/UnVoxxedHawaii
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX8CzqL3ArzU0APb6QgpMMTMPEz1jok5Q
Seymour Cray
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Cray
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
https://www.amazon.com/Make-Stick-Science-Successful-Learning/dp/0674729013
Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Janakiram MSV about some upcoming trends to look out for in 2022 in cloud computing. Janakiram is an industry analyst and architect based in Hyderabad, India, and he gave the keynote at Oracle Developer Day India in the fall of 2021. Video on YouTube.
In this archives episode Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Аlina Yurenko from Oracle on the GraalVM Project. The conversation took place in February 2020 at the Jfokus Java conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Alina talks about the state of the GraalVM project, the community, and Jfokus. Also see the video on YouTube.
Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Chip Baber from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) about the Oracle Code Innovate Program. The conversation centers around building the cloud community by working directly with developers — that's side by side, hands on coding collaboration — on real cloud projects for active customers.
The program, which started in 2018 with in-person sprints and moved virtual in 2020, uses a flexible Agile framework that spans a week of interactions, such as planning, training, ideation, coding, standups, demos, etc. What’s great about the program is that all sides learn — the customer’s developers get more direct experience coding in OCI, the customer’s executive management gets needed projects initiated that can be evolved to eventual deployment, and Oracle gets valuable engineering feedback that can help improve OCI. Plus, it’s fun. People at all levels who contribute to the project are really passionate about it. Listen in to hear why.
Video Interview on YouTube
https://youtu.be/_qTnhoZ1vKI
Article on Oracle News Connect
https://www.oracle.com/news/connect/groundbreakers-podcast-oracle-virtual-code-innovate.html
Chip Baber, Senior Manager, Code Innovate, Emerging Technology Oracle Cloudhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/chipbaber/
Contact the Code Innovate Teamcodeinnovate_us_grp@oracle.com
Latest Video Review of the Virtual Code Innovate Programhttps://youtu.be/BcNuD8fm62k
Dozens of Videos on Oracle Code Innovatehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPIzp-E1msrZMCfSHbKgLK3KWsNM9JB9a
Chip Baber's YouTube Tech & Code Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsnBif_-5JnA8Hzvp8e1bQ3fo6VEvYEB0
Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relationshttps://twitter.com/jimgris
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https://developer.oracle.com/team/
https://oraclegroundbreakers.libsyn.com/
Photos from Live Code Innovate Events: 2018-2019Oracle and GE Digital Bangalore https://flic.kr/s/aHsmtEb4XB
Oracle and McAfee Bangalore https://flic.kr/s/aHsmsufTbW
Oracle and Cisco San Jose https://flic.kr/s/aHsmBpBhVk
Oracle and Cisco Bangalore https://flic.kr/s/aHsmDKBpPY
Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Simon Coter and Simon Hayler from the Oracle Linux and Virtualization Product Management organization about Oracle VirtualBox, the community, the roadmap, and integration with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Simon Coter, Director, Oracle Linux and Virtualization
https://twitter.com/scoter80
Simon Hayler, Sr. Principal Technical Product Manager, Oracle Linux and Virtualization https://twitter.com/simonhayler1965
VirtualBox for Dummieshttps://blogs.oracle.com/scoter/post/ebook-virtualbox-for-dummies
Oracle Virtual Boxhttps://www.virtualbox.org/
Oracle Cloud Infrastructurehttps://www.oracle.com/cloud/
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with Oracle VM VirtualBoxhttps://blogs.oracle.com/virtualization/post/journey-to-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-with-oracle-vm-virtualbox
https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/oracle-vm-vb-oci-export-20190502-5480003.pdf
Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relationshttps://twitter.com/jimgris
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
https://oraclegroundbreakers.libsyn.com/
Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Oracle ACE Director Rita Nunez from Argentina to preview the upcoming 2021 LAOUC Evento de Primavera November 9-10. The event will be held online in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, and it's free and open to developers globally. Technologies discussed will be Oracle Database, security, APEX, Java, development tools, cloud, and more. Get involved here.
Rita Nunez, Oracle ACE Director
- https://twitter.com/ritan2000
Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
- https://twitter.com/jimgris
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/
- https://developer.oracle.com/team/
- https://oraclegroundbreakers.libsyn.com/
Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Gabriele Provinciali, an engineer and solutions architect at Oracle in Rome, about smart and safe city models built with Lego Bricks, Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, and a variety of IoT edge sensors all connected to the Oracle Cloud. Twitter Thread. Video on YouTube.
Oracle News Connect Article
- Little towns, big ideas: How scale models can imagine smarter and safer cities
Gabriele Provinciali, Solution Architect, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriele/
- https://twitter.com/GabbaPro
ProximaSafe: Joining the Dots in OCI to build a Stream Analysis Lab
- Part 1: Setting up the event-driven OCI components
- Part 2: From Edge to Serverless
- Part 3: Sensors, Pipelines and back to Edge
- YouTube Video: Oracle Proxima City
Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
- https://twitter.com/jimgris
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/
- https://developer.oracle.com/team/
- https://oraclegroundbreakers.libsyn.com/
Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Oracle ACE Director Francisco Alvarez Munoz about the upcoming APAC Oracle Groundbreakers APAC Virtual Tour. The event takes place over two weeks starting on November 22 and running through December 7. Thousands of developers are expected to participate along with 100 speakers talking about a variety of topics, such as Java, Database, Cloud, APEX, Developer Tools, Data Science, and more. The event schedule will be posted soon. Check the links below and get involved. Video on YouTube.
Francisco Alvarez Munoz, Oracle ACE Director & President of the APAC Oracle User Community
- https://twitter.com/fcomunoz
- https://twitter.com/apacouc
- https://apacgbt.mykommu.com/
Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
- https://twitter.com/jimgris
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/
- https://developer.oracle.com/team/
- https://oraclegroundbreakers.libsyn.com/
Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Mirela Ardelean about building the Oracle developer community and also the upcoming Oracle Groundbreakers EMEA Virtual Tour 2021 — October 15-29. There will be 70 speakers presenting Oracle technologies over 11 days to 10 UGs! Video on YouTube. Get involved with the event here.
Mirela Ardelean, Oracle ACE, Founder and VP of the Romanian Oracle User Group, Board member of EOUC
- https://twitter.com/Mirela_RoOUG
- http://ogbemea.com
Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
- https://twitter.com/jimgris
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/
- https://developer.oracle.com/team/
- https://oraclegroundbreakers.libsyn.com/
Jim Grisanzio from Oracle Developer Relations talks with Cristina Cifuentes, Ph.D., who is the Director or Oracle Labs Australia. The conversation covers research and development in the labs, working with engineering teams at Oracle to ensure secure products, engaging university students on a FOSS project, and some history from Sun Microsystems as well. Video on YouTube.
Oracle News Connect Article
- Oracle Groundbreakers Podcast: Explore Oracle Labs Australia
Cristina Cifuentes, Ph.D., Founder & Director of Oracle Labs Australia
- https://twitter.com/criscifuentes
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/drcristinacifuentes/
- https://labs.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=labs:bio:0:21
University of Queensland and Oracle Cyber Security Project
- https://www.eait.uq.edu.au/news/article/uq-and-oracle-team-develop-world-class-cyber-security-experts
- https://github.com/uqcyber
Oracle Labs
- https://labs.oracle.com/pls/apex/labs/r/labs/intro
Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
- https://twitter.com/jimgris
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimgris/
- https://developer.oracle.com/team/
- https://oraclegroundbreakers.libsyn.com/
There are many times during this discussion with Monica Godoy where she expresses her passion for the Oracle Application Express (APEX) technology and also the APEX community. "APEX changed my life," she said, talking about how she could finally build the applications she wanted to using this innovative development tool. And it's a life changer for developers in the community as well because many developers around the world aren't shy about expressing their enthusiasm about Oracle APEX.
Monica is a product manager on the APEX team in Colombia, where she's lived her entire life. In this episode she gives an update on the latest bits in APEX 21.1 and she talks about how helpful the community has been around the world.
Full Video
https://twitter.com/oracleace/status/1445816680655982603
https://youtu.be/cWbnacX_tKQ
Monica Godoy, Product Manager for Oracle APEX
https://twitter.com/signal006
https://twitter.com/OracleAPEX Oracle Application Express (APEX)https://apex.oracle.com/ New Ideas Oracle APEX Apphttps://blogs.oracle.com/apex/announcing-the-new-apex-ideas-app Oracle APEX Roadmaphttps://apex.oracle.com/en/learn/resources/roadmap/ Oracle APEX Worldapex.world
https://twitter.com/orclapexworld Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations: Building the Future Today: September 14 and 16
OpenJDK developer Joe Darcy previews his session at the upcoming Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations. The event is September 14 and 16 and Joe’s talk — What Every Java Programmer Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic — will be on the 16th. Keynote, nine sessions, and four hands-on labs. Don’t miss it! Video
Joe Darcy, Engineer, Java Platform Group, Oracle
https://twitter.com/jddarcy
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
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https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations: Building the Future Today: September 14 and 16
In this conversation, Java Software Architect Paul Sandoz previews his talk at the upcoming conference Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations. The event is on September 14 and 16 and Paul will be talking about The Vector API in JDK 17. Don't miss it! 24 speakers booked! Everyone will be there. Video
Register for Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations: Building the Future Today: September 14 and 16
Paul Sandoz, Java Software Architect, Oracle
https://twitter.com/PaulSandoz
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
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https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations: Building the Future Today: September 14 and 16
In this short conversation, Java developer Venkat Subramaniam previews his talk at the upcoming Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations conference. The event is on September 14 and 16 and Venkat's session will be Making Use of Sealed Classes in Java. Don't miss it! Video.
Register for Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations: Building the Future Today: September 14 and 16
Venkat Subramaniam, Founder Agile Developer, Inc.
https://twitter.com/venkat_s
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations: Building the Future Today: September 14 and 16
In this short conversation Aurelio Garcia-Ribeyro, Sr. Director of Java Product Management at Oracle, previews his two session at the upcoming Oracle Developer Live Java Innovations event in September. Aurelio will be talking about the new Java Management Service and also JDK 17. Video on YouTube
Register for Oracle Developer Live — Java Innovations: Building the Future Today: September 14 and 16
https://developer.oracle.com/developer-live/java-innovations-sep-2021/
Aurelio Garcia-Ribeyro
https://twitter.com/aureliog
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
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https://developer.oracle.com/team/
From the Archives | December 2019 | Sangam 19, Hyderabad, India
Jim Grisanzio talks with Sandesh Rao and Sai Penumuru about the technology announcements at Sangam 2019 in Hyderabad and also the Sangam and OGYatra development community. In the discussion, Sai and Sandesh covered all the technology announcements Oracle made at the event, and all the community development activities that were taking place at the time.
Video from the 2019 Interview
https://youtu.be/xvIlOlK0lek
Sai Penumuru, President, AIOUGhttps://twitter.com/sai_penumuru
Sandesh Rao, VP, AIOps, Oracle
https://twitter.com/sandeshr
All India Oracle Users Grouphttp://www.aioug.org/
Sangam 19 Conference Website
http://www.aioug.org/sangam19/
Images from Sangam 19
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJYoaz3
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Red Bull Racing Honda and Oracle Team up on a Series of Machine Learning HOLs — First Lab for Beginners on Wednesday August 11 at 8 AM PST
Jim Grisanzio and Chris Bensen from Oracle Developer Relations preview the first in a series of unique hands-on labs. Starting on August 11 at 8 AM PST developers will have the opportunity to team up with Red Bull Racing Honda and Oracle in a hands-on lab that uses race data to teach machine learning. Video.
Register for the lab here! Same link for on demand!
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Oracle Developer Live — Simplifying Modern App DevAugust 3 & 5 | Register Here
In this short preview I talk with Ophelia Hernandez about her upcoming DevOps session at Oracle Developer Live next week on automating continuous deployments to the cloud.
YouTube Video
https://youtu.be/tp6oEhRg-2Q
Continuous Deployments: Automating Software Releases to OCI Platforms: This session will introduce OCI’s new DevOps platform that enables developers to automate software deployments to OCI platforms. With OCI DevOps, you can accelerate feature delivery to customers and gain the confidence to quickly recover from errors.
Ophelia Hernandez
https://twitter.com/ophyh
Director, Software Development, Cloud Native Services, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Ophelia Hernandez is a director of software development at Oracle. A passionate engineering leader excited about the future of the cloud and DevOps, she enjoys solving difficult technical problems, mentoring, guiding career development, and team building. With more than 10 years of experience leading teams, Ophelia has built high performing global teams from scratch and is always looking for ways to become a better leader. Outside of work, she enjoys her four dogs, two cats, and one daughter and is an avid boxer, hiker, and world traveler.
Jonathan Schreiber
https://twitter.com/jonschreiber
Senior Principal Product Manager, Cloud Native Services, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: Jonathan Schreiber is a senior principal product manager for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), working to empower developers on Oracle Cloud. During his time at Oracle, he contributed to the team that launched Cloud Shell, and now he is excited to bring the OCI continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform to developers. Prior to Oracle, Jonathan spent 10 years working in engineering and product management roles for San Francisco startups. His experience spans from ad tech at Federated Media to content marketing platforms at Chute. He started his career in the twilight of the dotcom era at TiVo, making websites with toothpicks and string
On demand sessions from all previous Oracle Developer Live conferences
https://developer.oracle.com/developer-live/
Oracle Developer Relations
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#OracleDevLive on Twitter
https://twitter.com/hashtag/OracleDevLive
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
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https://developer.oracle.com/team/
A conversation with both MySQL community managers on the latest in the community and the technology
In this conversation I talk with both MySQL community managers, David Stokes from Texas and Frédéric Descamps from Belgium.
I met both of them in Brussels in February 2020 during the preFOSDEM 2020 MySQL Days. This is where the MySQL community comes together for two days of intensive technical sessions before going to the premier European open source conference — FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting). Yes, there's that much content to deal with so you need a conference before the conference!
Before the pandemic, Oracle used to send many engineers from various open source projects at the company to FOSDEM to participate in the event and to engage the other 20K developers from around the world there. And the MySQL team at Oracle was always a big part of the conference.
Now in mid 2021 tech conferences still haven't really started up again, so development and community building takes place virtually. That's where I pick up the conversation with David and Frédéric.
MySQL technology is hot these days. There is a new release out recently with many fixes and enhancements, but even before that the project released a new feature called HeatWave. That's a real-time analytics MySQL Database Service in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). It's easily enabled and disabled on demand with no application changes and can result in performance improvements of about 400 times. And it's only found in OCI. David and Frédéric said the early customer and developer reaction to the technology has been "staggering and eye popping." But in the conversation the guys also talked about more bits in MySQL, such as high availability, clustering, the shell, and the Kubernetes operator.
We also explored some of the dynamics going on in the MySQL community, such as the steep learning curves that all developers have to deal with these days due to the ever increasing rate of change in software development. Some of the younger developers are discovering that some of the tools and techniques that were considered "old" are coming back because, well, they just work. On the other hand, younger developers seem to tolerate better all the exclusively virtual events these days than some of the older developers. So, there are multiple simultaneous trends taking place, just as there is in any aspect of life. So Frédéric and David have a good sense of the community and hope that when live events return they can bring together the older developers with all the new developers so the community can gel again in physical experiences.
And finally, they both said that in another six months there will be some really cool technology coming out. They wouldn't say more about that. But I'd take their word on that tease, though. The last time they told me that some cool stuff was coming they released HeatWave shortly thereafter.
Video on YouTube
https://youtu.be/T3TK23THWKw
David Stokes is a MySQL Community Manager in Texas.
https://twitter.com/stoker
Frédéric Descamps is a MySQL community Manager in Belgium.
https://twitter.com/lefred
Jim Grisanzio is a Sr. Community Manager in Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
MySQL Community
https://dev.mysql.com/
Announcing July 2021 Releases featuring MySQL 8.0.26
https://blogs.oracle.com/mysql/announcing-july-2021-releases-featuring-mysql-8026
HeatWave
https://www.oracle.com/mysql/heatwave/
MySQL Database Service—New HeatWave Innovations
https://www.oracle.com/events/live/mysql-heatwave-innovations/
Frédéric Descamps Previews Oracle Developer Live — MySQL | October 2020
https://youtu.be/6i1WreKco9E
Dave Stokes and Frederic Descamps on Contributing to the MySQL Project | June 2020
https://youtu.be/NUU4W8O3teE
preFOSDEM 2020 MySQL Days | February 2020
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfImoydiSsuHfrVWcq8qJ_cz8o6vuoRo
Cheers
Jim
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Jim Grisanzio, Sr. Community Manager, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
Here are some photos, stories, and lessons I've collected over the years building Open Source software development communities at Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and on my own. I like taking photos and I like talking to developers — it's how I learn. So in this comprehensive commentary I talk about pretty much everything I've learned during the previous 15 years or so doing community development. Everything I've learned I still use today.
You can follow along with the photos below or view the video. I gave an earlier version of this talk at the All India Oracle User Group's (AIOUG) virtual OG Yatra in 2020, and I've talked about bits and pieces of the content in many other presentations. That's why I wanted to bring it all together into a single narrative centered around some specific images and stories. Hope it hangs together.
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Photos
https://jimgrisanzio.files.wordpress.com/2021/07/grisanzio-community-stories.pdf
Video
https://youtu.be/nzo0PYv4tUM
Article
https://jimgrisanzio.wordpress.com/building-communities/
All India Oracle User Group OGYatra 2020 Slides
https://jimgrisanzio.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/2020-grisanzio-ogyatra.pdf
All India Oracle User Group OGYatra 2020 Video
https://youtu.be/gz7nMtWaUB0
Oracle Developer Relations Social
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://twitter.com/groundbreakers
https://twitter.com/oracleace
https://twitter.com/oracleugs
https://developer.oracle.com/
From the Archives | February 2020, Honolulu Hawaii
Jim Grisanzio talks with Gerald Venzl from Oracle and Chris Thalinger from Twitter at UnVoxxed Hawaii 2020 about the un-conference format, the technical sessions, the mix of conference attendees, and some of the activities people took in during the three day event.
- Jim Grisanzio https://twitter.com/jimgris
- Chris Thalinger https://twitter.com/christhalinger
- Gerald Venzl https://twitter.com/GeraldVenzl
- Sanbox Conference Center https://sandboxhawaii.org/
- YouTube Video https://youtu.be/nEIngyumfz8
This is part of the "From the Archives" series I'm posting occasionally to revisit some of the interesting personalities I've spoken to and the places where we've been building community here at Oracle. It's nice to look back every now and then. What you'll notice right away is a totally different energy when we're at an event working closely face-to-face. We all miss it. Hopefully we'll return to the road some day. For now, though, let's always remember and never forget. Cheers. ♥︎
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
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https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Jim Grisanzio talks with Mia Urman, Oracle ACE Director and CEO of AuraPlayer, about her experiences at the recent ODTUG Kscope21 virtual conference and the upcoming OATUG's Ascend conference in Miami, Florida in August 2021.
Mia Urman, Oracle ACE Director, CEO of AuraPlayer
https://twitter.com/miaurman
Video
YouTube | Twitter
Here is an older conversation in December 2020 we had on YouTube: Oracle ACE Director Mia Urman on Moving Oracle Forms into the Next Generation | Sangam 20
https://youtu.be/YyOwLToptnM
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
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https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Inspiring Builders: Part 2: Jim Grisanzio and Chris Bensen talk with Dale Dougherty from Make Magazine about the global phenomenon of Makers -- people who build with their bare hands and who give back to the community. This story is as old as it gets. We all have an inherent desire to build and collaborate and share, right?
Engaging Communities of Makers - People who Build with their Bare Hands (Video)
Dale Dougherty, Founder of Make Magazine
https://twitter.com/dalepd
https://twitter.com/make
https://twitter.com/makerfaire
https://makezine.com/
https://makerfaire.com/
Chris Bensen, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/chrisbensen
YouTube: Chris Bensen: Inspiring Developers to Build Real Things
Building of Super Pi
Building the world’s largest Raspberry Pi cluster
The Seven Step Process to Creating an Amazing Demo
Starting a New Project — Pi Zero Custom Breadboard
Episode 1 - Custom Breadboard for Pi Zero
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Inspiring Builders: Part 1: Jim Grisanzio and Chris Bensen from Oracle Developer Relations talk about how they engage developers via demos and experiences online and at conferences. This in depth conversation is part one of a two part series on inspiring developers to build real things.
- Jim Grisanzio on Twitter @jimgris
- Chris Bensen on Twitter @chrisbensen
- YouTube: Chris Bensen: Inspiring Developers to Build Real Things
- Building of Super Pi
- Building the world’s largest Raspberry Pi cluster
- The Seven Step Process to Creating an Amazing Demo
- Starting a New Project — Pi Zero Custom Breadboard
- Episode 1 - Custom Breadboard for Pi Zero
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Hackmakers: Part 4: Jim Grisanzio talks with Amanda Bennett, Tamara Orth, and Alistair Hofert, about their experiences being mentors at the Hackmakers World Innovation Day Hackathon in April 2021. The conversation ranged from what tools and platforms were used, what projects were worked, who the participants were, and the overall passion everyone brought to the event. Oracle and other organizations sponsored the event in collaboration with UNESCO and UNEP. The areas of focus for the projects included health, education, and work -- all based on the larger list of United Nations world development goals.
- Amanda Bennett, Innovation Specialist, Qrius Alliance
- Alistair Hofert, Co-Founder, Synapse Squared
- Tamara Orth, President, QUT BANDS
- Jim Grisanzio, Sr. Community Manager, Oracle
- Hackmakers
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Hackmakers: Part 3: Jim Grisanzio talks with Steve Nouri about his experiences participating at the Hackmakers World Innovation Day Hackathon in April 2021. Steve is head of Data Science at ACS and also the Chair of Hackmakers. Steve loves participating in technical communities and hackathons and he talks about the value for developers in getting involved in these events.
Oracle and other organizations sponsored the event in collaboration with UNESCO and UNEP. The areas of focus for the projects included health, education, and work -- all based on the larger list of United Nations world development goals.
- Steve Nouri on LinkedIn
- Jim Grisanzio on LinkedIn
- Jim Grisanzio on Twitter
- Video on YouTube
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
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https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Jim Grisanzio talks with Rex Wang, VP for Developer Marketing, and Alok Sanghavi, Product Manager, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, about the latest news and new services offered in Oracle Cloud Free Tier. See http://oracle.com/free.
- Video on YouTube
- Rex Wang on Twitter @wrecks47
- Alok Sanghavi on Twitter @aloksanghavi78
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
https://twitter.com/jimgris
https://developer.oracle.com/team/
Hackmakers: Part 2: Jim Grisanzio talks with Jason Lowe about his experiences participating at the Hackmakers World Innovation Day Hackathon in April 2021. Jason spoke about the people, skills, and software technologies that Oracle contributed to the event and some of history and upcoming hackathons as well. Developers and non-developers alike came together to work on projects to help support the people in need around the world -- and in the process they learned valuable new skills they can use in their careers. The experience was a continuum of learning for everyone.
Oracle and other organizations sponsored the event in collaboration with UNESCO and UNEP. The areas of focus for the projects included health, education, and work -- all based on the larger list of United Nations world development goals.
Jason Lowe, Master Cloud Specialist Engineer, Oracle, @jlowe000
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
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Hackmakers: Part 1: Jim Grisanzio talks with Franco Ucci, Sr. Director for Oracle Cloud Platform Strategy for Australia and New Zealand. Franco outlines Oracle's involvement in the Hackmakers World Innovation Day Global Hackathon in April 2021, where thousands of developers came together to build solutions to help people. This is part one of a multipart series about this major developer event.
Franco Ucci opens the series of discussions with an explanation of the event and the focus of the projects -- which was health, education, and economic growth. All of these areas have experienced serious challenges due to the ongoing pandemic that started in 2020. Franco also outlined some of the important activities that led up to the event, such as meetings with UNESCO and other United Nations officials about human rights, displaced refugees, and bioethics.
Oracle and other organizations sponsored the event in collaboration with UNESCO and UNEP as developers worldwide participated in building solutions to solve human needs. The areas of focus for the projects included health, education, and work -- all based on the larger list of United Nations world development goals.
Franco Ucci, Sr. Director for Oracle Cloud Platform Strategy, @FrancoUcci
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Jim Grisanzio talks with Sandesh Rao about Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, the latest technologies from Oracle in the AIOps space, how Sandesh manages teams, how he deals with change, and how industry trends are changing everything.
- Sandesh Rao, Oracle VP, AIOps
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Jim Grisanzio talks with Jeff Smith about some interesting features that have been emerging in the Oracle Database recently, such as an integrated development environment in the console for rapidly building RESTful Web Services. And many other tools for developers, of course.
The two also talk about how much Jeff and his colleagues interact with the developer community, which is substantial. Jeff's been involved with database technology, developer communities, and enterprise customers for two decades now. He's has many fascinating stories to tell.
- Jeff Smith, Distinguished Product Manager, Oracle Database
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In this episode Jim Grisanzio talks with Dmitry Alexandrov about his session at Jfokus 2021. Dmitry is a well known speaker at Java conferences globally, and at this month's Jfokus he ran a live coding session on Project Helidon, which is a collection of Java libraries for writing microservices. Dmitry covered the performance improvements and new features in Helidon 2.1. See his session abstract here.
But Helidon is not just a Java engineering project for writing microservices. It's also an Open Source project. So developers can contribute globally via the community on GitHub. This is the real power of the technology -- the people sharing their experience and contributing to the project. And this is where Dmitry really gets emotional when he talks about Helidon. As a software developer, he loves the technology, but there's something special about his tone when he talks about the people he meets in the community.
Dmitry has been a Java Champion for several years now, and he recently jointed Oracle in Bulgaria. Get him on Twitter @bercut2000. Jim Grisanzio is a Sr. Community Manager in Oracle Developer Relations. Get him on Twitter @jimgris. Video from the interview is on YouTube.
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Javed Mohammed talks with Serial Entrepreneur Bob Quillin. Predicting the future isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.
In the absence of having a magical crystal ball, it requires amongst other things, experience, vision, creativity, good judgement, recognizing patterns beyond the obvious and a track record. When I think of making predictions, or forecasting the future, I am thinking of people who can determine inflection points. This is not an easy task, and there are some people like serial entrepreneurs who do it better than others. It doesn’t mean they get it right all the time or in all aspects of life, but they can do it well in a particular field.
In that regard, Bob Quillin who is a serial entrepreneur graced this Podcast, and gave us a year in review of 2020 and his predictions for 2021. Here are the five plus one bonus inflection points as far tech and the cloud goes for 2021:
- 1The Agility Imperative Explodes
- Scale & Scalability
- Technical Debt - Bill Comes Due Now
- Lift and Shift Experiment Fails
- Modernization Gets Modern
- Bonus inflection point: Family, Life Balance, Health is #1
Bob Quillin, Chief Ecosystem Officer, vFunction
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Javed Mohammed from the Oracle Groundbreakers Developer Marketing Team speaks with three veterans helping to combat Covid.
Oracle’s COVID-19 therapeutic learning system is not just another APEX application but it is also an Oracle cloud story, and it’s a human-technology story. This application is used by patients to enter their health status as well as clinicians and physicians to track the efficacy of treatments for coronavirus. We go behind the scenes and hear the back story, from some of the developers, their roles and how it all got started and the road ahead.
Previous Podcasts have covered what low code platforms are and looked at the capabilities of such a platform, Oracle Application Express (APEX)
In this program a panel of three experts, share how a nationally visible program, Oracle’s COVID-19 Therapeutic Learning System was designed and built in record time. The panel features:
Joel R. Kallman, Senior Director, Software Development, Oracle America, Inc.
Scott Spendolini, Director, Software Development, Oracle America, Inc.
Shakeeb Rahman: Design Lead for Oracle APEX, Oracle America, Inc.
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Jim Grisanzio from the Oracle Developer Relations Team talks with Simerjeet Singh in this extensive conversation about how to deal with the massive change we are all experiencing in 2020. Simerjeet is a noted motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and performance coach in India, and he was the keynote speaker at last year's Oracle Groundbreakers Sangam 19 Conference in Hyderabad, which is the annual event from the All India Oracle User Group (AIOUG).
In December 2019 Simerjeet was the keynote speaker at the All India Oracle Users Group's annual conference, Sangam, in Hyderabad, India (photos). He spoke about thriving in a "VUCA World" -- Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous). See our interview here on YouTube right after his keynote. Our conversation in this podcast episode (video here) is a recent follow up to that initial meeting at Sangam 19. We talk about some of the challenges 2020 has brought into our lives and how developers and administrators can adapt and thrive when situations are totally out of control.
Managing massive change and thriving in the chaos of 2020
- https://www.oracle.com/news/connect/managing-massive-change-and-thriving-in-the-chaos-of-2020.html
- https://youtu.be/0Ttpfeucyak
Simerjeet on the Web
- https://twitter.com/SimerjeetSingh
- https://www.simerjeetsingh.com/
- https://www.youtube.com/user/CuttingEdgeINDIA
OGYatra 2020
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPIzp-E1msraCFAAY7aEVdRrhgCleboiN
OGYatra 2019
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfImoydiSstJGaogJFnda9oe3Tvnmc8K
Sangam 19
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfImoydiSsuUB94zfUNDluAnvwIEe_qI
All India Oracle Users Group
- https://www.aioug.org/
Interview with Simerjeet at Sangam 19 in Hyderabad in December 2019
- https://youtu.be/BnbBk8O9C5w
Jim Grisanzio on Building Communities
- https://youtu.be/gz7nMtWaUB0
Podcast Host: Jim Grisanzio, Oracle Developer Relations
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In this conversation Oracle Community Manager Javed Mohammed speaks with three AI-ML experts.
Autonomous technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are on the tip of every tongue in tech. But what is the difference between AI and ML? What are interesting use cases? What is “under the hood” of AI/ML and the algorithms that power ML models?
We have three Subject Matter Experts who share their insights into a fascinating and at times humorous conversation.
- Charlie Berger, Sr. Director of Product Management for Machine Learning, AI and Cognitive Analytics at Oracle.
- Heli Helskyaho, CEO Miracle Finland Oracle ACE Director, Groundbreaker Ambassador. Author. Doctoral student, University of Helsinki. Also known as HeliFromFinland.
- Katharine Jarmul, Head of Product at Cape Privacy, she is a Privacy activist, AI dissenter, machine learning engineer. Author and teacher for O'Reilly.
Listen to learn about what makes AI and ML solutions powerful as well as the challenges we face from them. Charlie, Heli and Katharine explain some of the fundamentals about this revolutionary technology but also share personal stories which make for a memorable Podcast.
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Jim Grisanzio talks with Oracle Sr. Product Manager Avi Miller on a variety of Open Source projects at the company, some history about Oracle's involvement in the Linux community, how people can contribute to FOSS projects generally -- and a bit of Legos development at the end.
- Avi Miller (Twitter)
- Jim Grisanzio (Twitter)
- Video on YouTube
- Blog 1
- Blog 2
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Community Manager Javed Mohammed takes the baton from Bob Rhubart for the Oracle Groundbreakers Podcast.
Community Manager Bob Rhubart, host of the Oracle Groundbreakers Podcast, is calling it a day, as he retires from Oracle. Bob is one of a kind and anyone who knows him can verify that. Smart, helpful, generous, friendly, are just a few of the many words that describe him.
In this interview Bob shares how he moved into tech, what inspires him, and share highlights from his career at Oracle. Just for the record, Bob started and grew the Oracle Groundbreakers Podcast into the number one rated Podcast from Oracle. We hope to continue his legacy.
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If you listened to our previous episode -- and of course you did! -- you heard a panel discussion of the ins and outs of low code development. In this episode we expand on that initial conversation to bring you a discussion that compares and contrasts low code with cloud native development.
Returning for this discussion is Joel Kallman, who heads the Oracle development team behind Oracle APEX. Joel is in Columbus, Ohio. Also returning is Oracle ACE Director and Groundbreaker Ambassador Martin Giffy D’Souza. Martin is Director of Innovation at Insum Solutions, and lives in Alberta, Canada. Joining the panel is Oracle ACE Director and Groundbreaker Ambassador Roel Hartman. Roel lives in the Netherlands, where he is Director & Senior APEX Developer at APEX Consulting. Also on the panel is Oracle ACE Director Niels de Bruijn. Niels is Business Unit Manager at MT AG in Cologne, Germany.
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The term “low code” has been around since it was coined by a Forrester Research analyst in 2014. The concept was originally intended to allow so-called “citizen developers” -- those whose business acumen exceeds their coding skill -- to develop applications. But in the ensuing years low code platforms such as Oracle Application Express (APEX) and Oracle Visual Builder have found fans among experienced professional developers. In this program a panel or expert developers explores the use of low code platforms and why they have captured the attention of coding pros.
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Groundbreaker Podcast associate producer Javed Mohammed [@JavedMohammed] first encountered Dr. Hulme in January 2020 at Oracle OpenWorld Middle East in Dubai, where Dr. Hulme, a featured speaker, delivered a session on “AI and the Future of Business” as part of the Transformational Technologies track. ”I was so impressed with his vision and his unconventional thinking,” Javed says. This program, which features Javed’s conversation with Dr. Hulme, grew out of their meeting in Dubai.
Community Managers Bob Rhubart and Javed Mohammed share the best of 25 years of Java.
May 23, 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the first appearance of the Java programming language, as designed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems. Despite the emergence of a number of competing languages over the years, Java, under Oracle’s stewardship since 2010, remains one of the most widely used languages in software development. It runs on 3 billion devices worldwide, and is used by more than 12 million developers.
In recognition of this milestone in Java’s evolution, we sought the insight of people who regularly work with Java. We wanted their perspectives on the significance of this anniversary, and on the intersection of Java and their lives, professional and otherwise. As you'll hear, for these people, Java is so much more than a technology.
Already enjoying wide adoption, digital assistants are destined to become even more prevalent. As the use of digital assistants expands, so do the opportunities for developers with the necessary skills. In this program you’ll meet three people among the vanguard of those developing digital assistants. Oracle ACE Director Mia Urman, Founder and CEO of AuraPlayer, was deeply involved in the development of KBot, the chatbot developed to respond to questions from attendees at the 2019 ODTUG KScope event in Seattle. David Callaghan, Senior Developer at Hermes, a UK-based parcel delivery company, led the development team behind Holly, the AI entity that has revolutionized customer service at Hermes. Grant Ronald, Director of Product Management within Oracle's Digital Assistant development team, had an active role in Holly’s creation.
Listen to learn about what goes into the design and development of a chatbot, the challenges encountered along the way, and how to celebrate a chatbot's birthday.
On March 8, 2020 people around the world celebrated International Women’s Day, the theme of which was expressed in the hashtag #EachforEqual. In keeping with that cause the podcast we bring you today features a panel discussion on building a diverse team. The panel includes three IT executives who remain very hands-on in software development, and are directly involved in helping their respective organizations achieve their diversity goals.
The wide-ranging conversation covers strategies for those working to build diverse teams, as well as advice for job-seekers. The panel also reveals the extent to which diversity has dimensions beyond gender, ethnicity, culture, and religion.
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In this Oracle Groundbreakers Podcast Extra guest host Alexa Weber Morales interviews Oracle Database master product manager Maria Colgan about new product features that allow developers, data scientists, and non-traditional database users to help themselves.
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Popular culture abounds with examples of artificial intelligence gone awry. From HAL 9000’s emotionless apology to a distressed astronaut, to the various incarnations of the Terminator, to the Matrix series’ disturbing vision of humans as batteries, it’s easy to see why people may be a bit leery of the idea of thinking machines.This program brings together a group of software developers to discuss why they are simultaneously excited by and concerned about AI.
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Bob Quillin, Vice President of Oracle Cloud Developer Relations, joins guest host Javed Mohammed to explain his tech predictions for 2020, which cover the cloud, open source, Kubernetes, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and more.
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Kelsey Hightower is a developer advocate, an open source aficionado, and a widely recognized expert on Kubernetes. He is the creator of the open source tutorial Kubernetes The Hard Way, available on Github, and he is a co-author of Kubernetes: Up and Running: Dive Into the Future of Infrastructure, the second edition of which is now available from O’Reilly Media. In this program his conversation with Oracle's Karthik Gaekwad encompasses Kubernetes, Open Source, cloud computing, developer advocacy and a lot more. Listen!
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Oracle JET product team members John Brock and Geertjan Wielenga join Fishbowl Solutions senior principal cloud consultant John Sim and Ecovue Solutions technology director Pani Gummaraju to discuss Oracle JET -- what it is, how it's used in the real world, and what the future holds. Recorded live at Oracle Code One 2019 in San Francisco.
In this program Suhas Uliyar (Vice President of Mobile Strategy Product Management for Oracle) and Mark Johnson (Chief AI Scientist, Oracle Digital Assistant product team) discuss artificial intelligence, what’s new in the Oracle Digital Assistant platform, and why data is the new oil.
Community Manager Javed Mohammed catches up with the leaders of the Oracle Groundbreakers Latin America Tour.
A group of organizers and presenters from the 12-country Oracle Groundbreakers Latin America Tour 2019 recap the the event over delicious Pakistani food while in San Francisco for Oracle OpenWorld.
In a 5-month period beginning in late 2018, two Boeing 737 Max aircraft crashed in similar circumstances, killing 343 people. Investigators determined that in each case the crash was caused by problems with flight control software unique to that aircraft model. All 737 Max aircraft were subsequently grounded, where they remain, and the story remains in the news. This podcast, a rebroadcast of a show published on March 21, 2018, looks at the increasing complexity in software, and at what can be done to reduce that complexity and increase safety.
Can software save the world? In this program you’ll meet a group of people who believe the answer is a resounding yes, key members of a group of software developers and IT professionals behind For All a Beautiful Earth, a non-profit organization also known by the acronym FABE. The developers at FABE have produced a mobile app that allows you to set goals and manage activities for reducing your personal impact on the environment. Click play to learn more about FABE and its mission from key members of the team.
Oracle Groundbreakers Podcast #368 features a conversation with the winners of the 2019 Oracle Groundbreaker Awards. The discussion covers their career journeys, their thoughts on where software development is today, and on where it’s going tomorrow.
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It’s one of the immutable rules of Information Technology: everything changes all the time. Amid all that paradigm shifting and envelope pushing, does enterprise integration get a pass? Of course not! Conversations about Integration once involved terms like “service oriented architecture” and “enterprise service bus.” But times and the vocabulary have changed, and those conversations -- like the one you are about to hear -- now involve a new vocabulary: containers, serverless, REST, APIs. The people doing the talking in this program are experienced architects with plenty to say about changing views on enterprise integration.
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In August of 2018 we did a program entitled Developer Evolution: What’s Rocking Roles in IT. That program focused primarily on the forces that are reshaping the role of the software developer. In this program we shift the focus to the DBA -- the Database Administrator -- and the evolve-or-perish choices that face those in that role. Bringing their insight to the discussion is an international panel of experts who represent years of DBA experience, and some of the forces that are transforming that role.
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Are you familiar with Project Helidon? It’s an open source Java microservices framework introduced by Oracle in September of 2018. As Helidon project lead Dmitry Kornilov explains in his article Helidon Takes Flight, "It’s possible to build microservices using Java EE, but it’s better to have a framework designed from the ground up for building microservices." In this program we’ll dig into Project Helidon with a panel that consists of two people who are actively engaged in the project, and two community leaders who have used Helidon in development projects, and have also organized Helidon-focused Meet-Ups.
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Polyglot programming is certainly nothing new, but as the number of languages grows, and as language preferences among coders continue to evolve, what happens to decisions about which language to use in a particular project? In this program we'll explore the meaning and evolution of polyglot programming, examine the benefits and challenges of mixing and matching different languages, and then discuss the GraalVM project and its impact on polyglot programming.
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JavaScript has been around since 1995. But a lot has changed in nearly a quarter-century. No longer limited to the browser, JavaScript has become a full fledged programming language, finding increasing use in enterprise application development. In this program we will explore the evolution of JavaScript , discuss how it is used in modern development projects, and then take a close look at Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit, otherwise known as JET.
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American inventor Thomas Edison, once said, “Hell, there are no rules here. We're trying to accomplish something.” What we hope to accomplish with this episode of the Groundbreaker Podcast is an exploration of the idea that the evolution in today’s architectures makes it advantageous, perhaps even necessary, to challenge some long-established concepts that have achieved “golden rule” status as they apply to the use of databases.
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Representational State Transfer, known to its friends as REST, has been around for nearly two decades and has a substantial following. GraphQL, on the other hand, became publicly available in 2015, and only a few weeks ago moved under the control of the GraphQL Foundation, a project of the Linux Foundation. But despite its relative newcomer status, GraphQL has gained a substantial following of its own. Are you a RESTafarian? Or are you a GraphQL aficionado? Either way you'll want to listen to the latest Oracle Groundbreaker Podcast, as a panel of experts weighs the pros and cons of each technology.
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Karla Readshaw is director of development for Iridescent, a non-profit organization focused on bringing quality STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) to young people -- particularly girls -- around the globe. This program was recorded during Karla's presentation at the Women In Technology Breakfast held on October 22, 2018 as part of Oracle Code One.
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Recorded live on Tuesday October 23, 2018 at Oracle Code One in San Francisco, this very special program brings together Doug Cutting (Chief Architect, Cloudera), Charles Nutter (Co-Lead, JRuby), Graeme Rocher (Project Lead, Grails Open Source Project), and Guido van Rossum (Creator, Python Language) to share their insight and expertise on the trends and technologies that have had the greatest impact on IT and software development over the past year, and will continue to shape the future.
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Microservices are a hot topic. But that's exactly the wrong reason to dive into designing and implementing microservices. Before you do that, check out what this panel of experts has to say about what makes microservices a wise choice.
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Community Managers Javed Mohammed and Bob Rhubart co-host this DevOps State of Play.
What is the current state of play in DevOps? What forces are having the greatest impact on the evolution and adoption of DevOps? Is NoOps a valid prospect for the future? Those questions notwithstanding, one thing is certain: while everybody is talking about DevOps, getting from talk to action is proving to be a substantial hurdle for many organizations. This panel of experts has plenty to say about how to clear that hurdle.
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The good news is that the US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts 24% growth in software developer jobs through 2026. That’s well above average. The outlook for database administrators certainly isn’t bleak, but with projected job growth of 11% to 2026, that’s less than half the growth projected for developers. Job growth for system administrators, at 6% through 2016, is considered average by the BLS. So while the news is positive all around, developers certainly have an advantage. But there is another story behind those numbers. Powerful forces are driving change in long-established IT roles. This podcast examines the trends and technologies behind this evolution, and looks at what roles may emerge in the future.
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Andy Bell, Sander Rensen, Phil Wilkins, and Luis Weir are the authors of Implementing Oracle API Platform Cloud Service, now available from Packt Publishing, and as you'll hear in this podcast, they bring considerable insight and expertise to this discussion of what's happening in API management. The conversation goes beyond the current state of API management to delve into architectural implications, API design, and how working in SOA may have left you with some bad habits.
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You’ve heard the term API monetization, but do you really understand what it means? More importantly, do you understand what API monetization means for developers? In this podcast you’ll learn why API monetization is about more than money, and why developers should care.
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Meet-ups, offer a fantastic alternative to big developer conferences. They’re easily accessible local events, generally lasting a couple of hours. Meet-ups offer a more human scale, are far less crowded than big conferences, with a far more casual, informal atmosphere that can be much more conducive to learning through Q&A and hands-on activities. In this program you’ll meet four people who have organized and continue to manage local developer meet-ups. You’ll hear first-hand what they learned about what works and what doesn’t in finding venues, developing content, and creating an atmosphere that keeps developers coming back for more.
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Chatbots. You’ve heard of them. You’ve read about them. You may even be involved in developing them. By a wide margin, one of the most popular Oracle Developer podcasts in the last several months was Chatbot Development, First Steps and Lessons Learned - Part 1 which was published back in September of 2017. So it’s safe to say that chatbots remain a hot topic. So you may be surprised to learn that the conversation you are about to hear doesn’t really focus on chatbots, at least, not directly. Instead, the panel discusses the AI work they're currently involved in, the AI challenges they face, and other issues relevant to developing AI solutions.
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There is little in our lives that does not rely on software. That has been the reality for quite some time, and it will be even more true as self-driving cars and similar technologies become an even greater part of our lives. But as our reliance on software grows, so does the potential for disaster as software becomes increasingly complex.
In September 2017 The Atlantic magazine featured “The Coming Software Apocalypse,” an article by James Somers, that offers a fascinating and sobering look at how rampant code complexity has caused massive failures in critical software systems, like the 2014 incident that left the entire state of Washington without 911 emergency call-in services until the problem was traced to software running on a server in Colorado.
One of the people interviewed in that Atlantic article was Chris Newcombe, an expert in dealing with software complexity. Chris, an architect on the Oracle Bare Metal infrastructure as a service team, is one of the panelists for the discussion you are about to hear. Chris is joined by Java Champion and microservices expert Chris Richardson, Java Champion Adam Bein, and Oracle ACE Director and Developer Champion Lucas Jellema. The conversation focuses on what developers can do to combat complexity.
DevOps is a hot topic, but is that heat driving adoption? Are organizations on the adoption path making headway in the cultural and technological changes necessary for DevOps success? A panel of DevOps experts discusses these and other issues in this freewheeling conversation.
The Panelists * Nicole Forsgen, Founder and CEO, DevOps Research and Assessment LLC, Beaverton, OR * Leonid Igolnik, Product Development Executive, Startup Mentor and Advisor, Sand Hill Angels, San Francisco Bay Area. * Alena Prokharchyk, Principal Software Engineer, Rancher Labs, Cupertino, CA * Baruch Sadogursky, Developer Advocate, JFrog, Cupertino, CA * Shay Shmeltzer, Director of Product Management, Oracle Cloud Development Tools, Redwood Shores, CA * Kelly Shortridge, Product Manager at SecurityScorecard, NYC
Coming Soon * Combating Complexity An article in the September 2017 edition of the Atlantic warned of The Coming Software Apocalypse. Oracle's Chris Newcombe was interviewed for that article. In this podcast Chris joins Chris Richardson, Adam Bien, and Lucas Jellema to discuss heading off catastophic software failures. * AI Beyond ChatbotsHow is Artificial Intelligence being applied to modern applications? What are the options and capabilities? What patterns are emerging in the application of AI? A panel of experts provides the answers to these and other questions.
IT professionals Natalie Delemar (Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young, President, Board of Directors, ODTUG), Heli Helskyaho (CEO at Miracle Finland), Michelle Malcher (Security Architect at Extreme Scale Solutions), and Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman (Technical Intelligence Manager for the Office of CTO at Delphix, President, Board Of Directors, Denver SQL Server User Group) join panel organizer and moderator Laura Ramsey to share insight on what motivated them in their IT careers, and how they lend their expertise and energy in driving momentum in the effort to draw more women into technology.
The Panelists
- Natalie Delamar, Senior Consultant with Ernst & Young, and a former president of ODTUG, the Oracle Developer Tools User Group
- Oracle ACE Director Heli Helskyaho, CEO with Miracle Finland, and an Ambassador for EMEA Oracle Usergroups Community
- Oracle ACE Director Michelle Malcher, Security Architect at Extreme Scale Solutions and a former president of the Independent Oracle Users Group
- Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman, President Of The Board Of Directors of the Denver SQL Server User Group, and Technical Intelligence Manager for the Office of CTO at Delphix
- Laura Ramsey, Manager, Database Technology and Developer Communities, Oracle America
The first Oracle Developer Podcast for 2018 brings together a panel of experts whose specialties cover a broad spectrum, including cloud computing, big data, security, open source, agile, domain driven design, Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture, Internet of Things, and more. The thread that connects these five people is that they are part of the small army of experts that will be presenting at the 2018 Jfokus Developers Conference. February 5-7, 2018 in Stockholm.
In this freewheeling discussion the panelists talk about the trends and technologies that have captured their interest, the work that consumes most of their time, and the issues that concern them as IT professionals. Then, to wrap things up, you'll get a quick preview of their respective sessions at Jfokus.
The Panelists * Jesse Anderson: Data Engineer, Creative Engineer and Managing Director of Big Data Institute. * Benjamin Cabé: IoT Program Manager and an Evangelist with the Eclipse Foundation. * Kevlin Henney: Consultant, programmer, speaker, trainer, writer and owner of Curbralan. * Siren Hofvander: Chief Security Officer with Min Doktor, a digital healthcare provider in Sweden. * Dan Bergh Johnsson: Agile aficionado, Domain Driven Design enthusiast, and code quality craftsman with Omegapoint.
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Blockchain originally gained attention thanks to its connection to Bitcoin. But blockchain has emerged from under the crypto-currency’s shadow to become a powerful trend in enterprise IT -- and something that should be on every developer's radar. For this program we’ve assembled a panel of Blockchain experts to discuss the technology's impact, examine some use cases, and offer suggestions for developers who want to learn more in order to take advantage of the opportunities blockchain represents.
This program was recorded on Thursday November, 9, 2017.
The Panelists Listed alphabetically
Lonneke DikmansChief Product Officer, eProseed, Utrecht, NL
John KingTech Enablement Specialist/Speaker/Trainer/Course Developer, King Training Resources, Scottsdale, AZ
Robert van MölkenSenior Integration / Cloud Specialist, AMIS, Utrecht, NL
Arturo ViverosSOA/Cloud Architect, Sysco AS, Oslo, NO
Forget the hype! Which technologies made a genuine difference in the work of software developers over the past year? For this podcast we gathered five highly respected developers in a tiny hotel room in San Francisco, tossed in a couple of microphones, and let the conversation happen.
The panelists for this podcast are busy, working developers with stellar reputations:
(Listed alphabetically)
- Lonneke Dikmans, Chief Product Officer at eProseed. Utrecht, NL
- Lucas Jellema, Chief Technical Officer at AMIS Services. Rotterdam, NL
- Frank Munz, software architect and Cloud Evangelist at Munz and More. Munich, DE
- Pratik Patel, Chief Technical Officer at Triplingo and president of the Atlanta Java Users Group. Atlanta, US
- Chris Richardson, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Eventuate Incorporated. San Francisco, US
This wide-ranging conversation spans containers, microservices, PaaS, IoT, machine learning, and much, much more. Listen!
The previous podcast featured a discussion of chatbot development with a panel of developers who were part of a program that provided early access to the Oracle Intelligent Bots platform available within the Mobile Cloud Service. In this podcast we continue the discussion of chatbot development with an entirely new panel of developers who also had the opportunity to work with that same Intelligent Bots beta release.
- Oracle ACE Director Mia Urman is Chief Executive Officer of AuraPlayer Limited. She’s based in Brookline, Massachusetts.
- Peter Crew is Director at SDS Group, and Chief Technical Officer with MagiaCX Solutions, in Perth, Australia
- And Christoph Ruepprich is Infrastructure Senior Principal with Accenture Enkitec Group. He’s based in Dallas, TX
In this program Mia, Peter, and Christoph compare notes on the particular challenges that defined their chatbot development experiences, and discuss what they did to meet those challenges.
Chabot development comes with a unique set of requirements and considerations that may prove challenging to those making their first excursion into this new breed of services. This podcast features a panel of developers who have been there, done that, and are willing to talk about it.
Are Microservices and APIs Becoming SOA 2.0? Are monolithic applications an anti-pattern? Experts Chris Richardson, Luis Weir, Phil Wilkins, and Boris Scholl address these and other questions in this roundtable discussion.
Mark Heckler, Pratik Patel, Sean Phillips, Heather VanCura, and Johan Vos discuss how they got from their earliest coding experiments to stellar IT careers; Stephanie Xu shares a college student's perspective.
Maurice Naftalin discusses his Raspberry Pi-powered virtual doorman and what scares him about IoT devices; Sean Phillips explains how JavaFx will help astronauts navigate the far reaches of the solar system.
Microservices are hot, but is it the right approach for your project? A experts Chris Richardson, Adam Bien, Reza Rahman, and Karthik Gaekwad share insight on what goes into a successful microservices project in the real world.
The Cloud Integration conversation continues as Matt Wright and Arun Pareek share the technical details of the hackathon entry they built that combined 9 different PaaS cloud services into a mobile medical tracking solution.
The challenge: integrate 10 Oracle Cloud Services into a functioning demo in one hour, and do it in front of a live audience. Members of the team talk tech and tactics.
Beyond the buzz, what impact is IoT having in the real world? How is it changing enterprise IT? A panel of experts shares their experience and insight.
Software architects and developers who moonlight as authors discuss what goes into researching, writing, and publishing tech books, and talk about the tech titles that influence their work.
A conversation that started at OOW16 grew into a community group focused on exploring and mastering how modern software architecture - including micro services and APIs - can serve the evolving needs of today's enterprises. Group members discuss the issues and technologies in this podcast.
What dev tool is the best choice for extending Oracle E-Business Suite applications into the cloud or mobile? It depends. This panel discussion will help you sort it out.
What constitutes a real cloud solution? What does it take to build one? Recorded during Oracle OpenWorld 2016, this wide-ranging conversation features a panel of cloud experts drawn from the OTN community.
A panel of Oracle Middleware product managers discusses the current state of several middleware products in the lead-up to Oracle OpenWorld, and also highlights key OOW16 sessions, labs, and demos.
The OTN ArchBeat Podcast goes deep inside Oracle HQ for a conversation with Vikas Anand (Senior Director, Product Management, SOA Suite/Integration Cloud Service, Oracle) and Ram Menon (Product Manager, Oracle Integration Cloud Service).
What happens when you jam eight experts in Oracle ADF, MAF, Forms and other dev tools into a hotel room and toss in a live microphone? Listen and learn.
Is there a need for performance tuning in the cloud? How does it differ from performance tuning in a non-cloud architecture? Listen in a panel of experts discusses these and other questions.
Software engineering and civil engineering have little in common. But should software engineers be more like their civil counterparts? A panel of software development experts explores the issues.
Four panelists, representing Oracle user groups from around the globe, discuss how and why they got involved, and how their participation evolved from newbie member to user group leader.
The editor and authors of "Oracle Essbase Application Development: Hybrid Techniques and Practices" discuss the evolving Essbase app development landscape.
The authors of "Oracle SOA Suite 12c Administrator's Guide" (2015, Packt Publishing) discuss the role, the technology, and the challenges.
A panel of Oracle Data Integrator experts compares notes on what they consider the most important features in ODI 12.2.1.
The ODI panelists share their insight into the challenges of launching a Big Data project.
The panel discusses workarounds for ODI integration with Hyperion Financial Management.
The panelists compare notes on the types of ODI projects they're seeing from their clients.
The panelists share their thoughts on the confluence of cloud computing and Oracle Data Integrator.
How is the expansion of cloud computing driving the evolution of IT skills? What skills are hot?
A panel of six architects with extensive cloud computing experience discuss the skills and qualifications the define the emerging role of the cloud architect.
As cloud computing grows, the job market will split between cloud providers and cloud consumers. Where you land will depend on your specific skills.
The opinions of the panelists vary in this discussion of the most important move you can make to insure your success as a cloud architect.
What "soft skills" will cloud architects require? How will the commodification of the cloud affect the market for IT skills?
Many mission-critical applications built on Oracle Forms are badly in need of modernization. What are the options?
A panel of experts discusses use cases illustrating modernization strategies for Oracle Forms applications.
The panel discusses mobile and other factors driving the need for the modernization of Oracle Forms applications.
A discussion of the factors affecting decisions around the selection of a strategy for modernizing Oracle Forms applications.
The authors of "Design Principles for Process-driven Architectures Using Oracle BPM and SOA Suite 12c" discuss their book in the context of the current enterprise environment.
In the design of process-driven architectures, where are organizations getting it wrong? Where are they getting it right? A panel of experts compares notes.
The authors of "Design Principles for Process-driven Architectures Using Oracle BPM and SOA Suite 12c" talk about what they learned in writing the book.
APIs have been around forever. So why has API Management become so important? The authors of "Oracle API Management 12c Implementation" explain.
Don't confuse API management with service management. The authors of "Oracle API Management 12c Implementation" discuss the differences.
What API developers need to know in order to take advantage of the growing market for APIs.
The authors of "Oracle API Management 12c Implementation" talk about what they learned in writing the book.
Take a seat at the virtual table as a panel of experts talks about how organizations are meeting some of the biggest BPM challenges.
The expert panel panel shares insight into the Oracle BPM features they find the most useful, how those features are being use to deal with real-world BPM problems.
How does the new Oracle Process Cloud Service compare to Oracle BPM? The panelists talk it out.
What's the one thing you should know before starting your first Oracle BPM project? Advice you can use from a panel of experts.
What were the key takeaways from the Collab15 cloud track? A panel of people behind that track discuss the ideas they brought home.
What were the hot sessions in the Cloud track at Collab15? Participants in the track discuss their favorites.
Members of the IOUG Cloud Computing SIG and Collab15 Cloud track participants discuss how the conversation about cloud has evolved.
The cloud middle tier and private cloud were hot topics of conversation at Collab15. Members of the IOUG Cloud SIG discuss what's behind the interest.
The panel discusses how combining containers like Docker with continuous delivery pipelines provides the ability to deliver small, incremental changes into production.
Is Docker ready for prime time? An expert panel discusses the pros and cons, and the importance of the ecosystem around Docker containers.
Docker 4X5. Part one of this four-part discussion by five experts looks at Docker basics.
Roll up your sleeves: The panelists discuss their experience using Oracle's new API management tools in the real world.
The round table concludes with a discussion of service oriented architecture, SOA governance, and the roots of API Management.
The big picture: It's important to manage APIs, but don't lose sight of other assets in your portfolio.
API Management is nothing new... or is it? This panel of experts discusses what's percolating in API Management, and offers tips on making it all more... manageable.
Experts Eric Helmer, John Booth, and Rob Donahue provide a little background on Oracle EPM, and then share some of the reasons their clients give for embarking on an EPM upgrade.
EPM pros Eric Helmer, John Booth, and Rob Donahue discuss what's new and upcoming in the EPM space, and look at developing trends.
Panelists Eric Helmer, John Booth, and Rob Donahue conclude their discussion of what's new in the EPM space, and then close out the series with a look at the anatomy of an EPM upgrade project.
The panel discusses basic differences and similarities between microservices and service-oriented architecture.
The discussion of basic differences and similarities between microservices and SOA continues.
APEX? Forms? OBI? Excel? Four experts argue the relative merits of various solutions for customizing the Oracle EBS user experience.
Each member of the expert panel makes a final argument for their respective solutions for customizing the Oracle EBS user experience.
Each member of an expert panel lays out a scenario in which theirs is the ideal solution for customizing the Oracle EBS user experience is ideal.
The panel closes out the conversation with a look at the evolution of data integration tools.
A panel of business intelligence experts sits down for a wide-ranging and candid discussion of Oracle Data Integrator.
The conversation by this panel of business intelligence experts turns to Oracle 12c and enterprise performance management.
Five business intelligence experts discuss migration from Oracle Warehouse Builder to Oracle Data Integrator.
A panel of experts discusses the basics of ACM and how it relates to Business Process Management.
The expert panel discusses the forces that are driving the evolution in Adaptive Case Management.
What business domains are driving the adoption of Adaptive Case Management? What are some of the common missteps in that adoption?
Oracle ACE Directors Debra Lilley and Jonathan Lewis and Oracle ACE Kashif Manzoor preview two very special sessions being presented as part of Oracle User Group Forum at Oracle OpenWorld 2014.
The panel discusses how new thinking and new technologies were the catalyst for a new approach to business intelligence projects.
Shadow IT, "sandboxing," and how organizational changes are driving the evolution in information management architecture.
Members of the team of behind Kscope 2014 share insight on the conference and discuss dominant themes and hallway memes.
There is more to a great user conference than a shared interest in Oracle products. Kscope 2014 organizers discuss the nature and importance of community.
Kscope 2014 organizers and presenters share their thoughts on the event's hot sessions.
Is the Cloud hype cycle over? Real world experience suggests that the hype wasn't hype.
Cloud awareness and understanding has matured, but some questions and confusion remain among those coming late to the cloud party.
Organizers of the Cloud Computing Track at Collaborate 2014 discuss the evolving maturity of questions, conversations, and presentations about Cloud.
What can you do to future-proof efforts to bring mobility to the enterprise; resources for learning more about the role Oracle ADF Mobile can play in developing enterprise mobile applications.
Preparing the enterprise back end to support a mobile strategy has benefits beyond mobile; How mobile is reinvigorating the SOA world.
Bridging the gap between existing developer skills and the specific skills needed to develop successful enterprise mobile applications may not be as difficult as you think.
A panel of experts in mobile app development and Oracle ADF Mobile share their insight into meeting the challenges of developing mobile apps for the enterprise.
Many services are poorly architected, say these experts. Don't worry, they have a plan.
What effect does the ease of acquiring services in the cloud have on the existence of development silos? What role can SOA principles play?
What is the relationship between SOA and Cloud Computing? How is that relationship changing? Is the Cloud changing SOA?
There's big, and then there's BIG. Experts discuss the challenges of keeping up with coming data explosion.
Big data experts discuss how Oracle Database fits into a Big Data Architecture, and share insight on a persistent problem in technology adoption.
What distinguishes an architecture that is ready for Big Data from one that is not? What are some of the typical mistakes organizations make as they take their first steps toward big data?
Rolling with the changes: think big, start small, and learn fast in order to turn trends into professional evolution.
The past as a bridge to the future: the increasing importance of service orientation in cloud-based, highly mobile world.
Understanding the difference between technologies that disrupt and technologies that sustain innovation, and acting on that knowledge.
Cloud, mobile, IoT - what new challenges face SOA Governance in the rapid evolution of enterprise IT?
Can simplifying the technical aspects of SOA implementation provide a workaround to at least some aspects of organizational dysfunction?
Listen as experienced SOA consultants describe the steps they take to overcome the problems that can threaten SOA implementation.
A lack of time, experience, and expertise can force some organizations to cut corners when implementing SOA. Meet a group of experts who have an idea for making it easier to get to SOA, right out of the box.
EDI remains in wide use among old-guard companies, but newer companies are embracing ebXML and other alternatives. The expert panel looks at the future of SOA B2B integration.
A panel of experts describes the levels of automation possible with Oracle SOA B2B Integration.
The authors of "Oracle SOA B2B Integration: A Hands-on Tutorial" get down to the basics.
Do SOA stakeholders recognize the problems caused by poor communication among siloed service development teams? A panel of experts shares their insight.
Human nature and a lack of trust among stakeholders can thwart successful SOA. Can a marketplace approach and social tools improve the situation? A roundtable discussion.
SOA technology and tools are mature, says this panel of experts, but some organizations still lack the maturity to take advantage of industrialized SOA.
Mobile devices as gateways in M2M communication, emerging solutions to security challenges, and the bright future for the Internet of Things.
Meeting Internet of Things challenges: massive data streams, security and privacy issues, evolving standards and protocols.
Architects from Verizon Telematics and Sascar describe the nuts and bolts of their respective Internet of Things solutions in this roundtable discussion.
When is managing a Cloud ecosystem like playing Sim City? A panel of Oracle cloud computing experts responds to this and other audience questions. Recorded live at OTN Architect Day, Redwood Shores, CA, July 9, 2013.
What's the best migration path to Oracle 12c that will accommodate an eventual move to the cloud? A panel of Oracle cloud computing experts responds to this and other audience questions. Recorded live at OTN Architect Day, Redwood Shores, CA, July 9, 2013.
A panel of Oracle cloud computing experts responds to audience questions. Recorded live at OTN Architect Day, Redwood Shores, CA, July 9, 2013.
The panel looks at the forces shaping mobile app development and discusses how Java developers can take advantage.
The panel discusses the development gap and the need to adapt existing developer skills for evolving business requirements.
Two Java evangelists and two product managers sit down for a wide-ranging roundtable discussion.
Four ODI experts discuss the core skills for effective data integration and what they've done to keep their skills relevant.
A panel of data warehousing experts and community leaders discusses how data warehousing is changing -- and the forces driving that change.
A community panel of Oracle Data Integrator experts discusses ODI's flexibility as it relates to meeting the challenges of data warehousing.
Oracle Fusion Middleware A-Team architects discuss the resources they rely on and share to keep their skills sharp.
The panel of A-Team architects discussed the tech trends that are having the greatest impact in the real world.
Meet some of the people behind the new Oracle Fusion Middleware A-Team Chronicles blog, where you'll find technical tales from the trenches.
In 2003 Nicholas Carr said "IT doesn't matter." In 2013 and beyond, what IT roles will matter? Staying relevant may mean stepping out of your comfort zone.
Automation and innovation had a huge impact on the manufacturing jobs of years gone by. Is something similar happening to some IT jobs?
DevOps and cloud computing are changing the IT industry -- and changing IT roles. A panel of experts discusses what's happening and how it might affect your job.
The panel of Oracle ADF Mobile experts looks at the most important considerations for architects and developers as we move into the future of mobile applications for the enterprise.
The panel of Oracle ADF Mobile experts discusses the challenges of designing and developing mobile apps for the enterprise.
A panel of Oracle ADF Mobile experts discusses the relative merits of the Web, Native, and Hybrid mobile architectures.
What is Industrial SOA? A panel of experts explains and discusses what it means for cloud computing, big data, and other trends.
A panel of SOA experts discusses business/IT alignment challenges and the differences in how SOA is used in Europe and the US.
Service oriented architecture is more important than ever, according to this panel of experts. Find out why.
Experts John Brunswick, Srini Sankaran, and John Sim discuss the role Oracle WebCenter can play in meeting customer experience challenges.
Experts John Brunswick, Srini Sankaran, and John Sim discuss the biggest IT challenges in transforming the customer experience, and what architects need to know to stay ahead of the customer experience curve.
A panel of Oracle WebCenter experts discusses the increasing importance of customer experience as a consideration in enterprise IT.
The panel of working architects discusses how the evolution of enterprise IT is profoundly reshaping the IT architecture profession.
The panel of working architects discusses the trends, technologies, and other aspects of enterprise IT that will lose steam in 2013.
Forget the hype! A panel of working architects share their insight into the trends and technologies that will have the greatest impact on their work in 2013.
Program members Debra Lilley, Alex Gorbachev, and Tim Hall discuss the personal and social aspects of being an Oracle ACE Director, and what the role requires.
Program members Debra Lilley, Alex Gorbachev, and Tim Hall talk about the professional value of Oracle ACE Director status.
Three members of the Oracle ACE program and the program manager talk about who becomes an ACE -- and why.
Rick Greenwald, Dom Lindars, and Mike Lehman shed light on the Oracle Database and Oracle Java Cloud Services, with details on how you can get a 30-day free trial.
Rick Greenwald, Dom Lindars, and Mike Lehman discuss the technologies underlying the Oracle Cloud.
Panelists Tim Hall, Peter Belknap, and Robert Wunderlich discuss DevOps-friendly technologies and the impact of DevOps on communication and governance.
Panelists Tim Hall, Peter Belknap, and Robert Wunderlich discuss DevOps and where it fits with cloud computing and other evolutionary changes in enteprise IT.
Panelists Tim Hall, Peter Belknap, and Robert Wunderlich discuss why DevOps matters and how it changes development methodologies and organizational structure.
The expert panel at OTN Architect Day in Los Angeles responds to an audience question about cloud security and auditing.
The panel of experts at OTN Architect Day in Los Angeles responds to a challenging question about cloud strategy with a discussion of enterprise-grade cloud services.
Recorded live at OTN Architect Day in Los Angeles, a panel of experts responds to an audience question about migrating mission-critical apps to the cloud.
Recorded live at OTN Architect Day in Los Angeles, a panel of experts responds to an audience question about what happens to traditional IT roles in a Cloud environment.
Writing on the Wall: Does the future need your code? The answer will define whether changes in enterprise IT represent threats or opportunities.
Re-tooling one's skill set to reflect changes in enterprise IT, including the knowledge to steer stakeholders around the hype to what's truly valuable.
Future-Proofing: As powerful forces reshape enterprise IT, will your IT and software development skills be enough?
Which stakeholders are driving the adoption of Big Data strategies in organizations, and why?
What new challenges does Big Data present for Architects? What do architects need to do to prepare themselves and their organizations?
What is Big Data, really, and why does it matter? A conversation with experts Jean-Pierre Dijks and Andrew Bond.
Bringing IT architecture out of the ivory tower to make governance a less intimidating, more collaborative process.
Balancing functional, technical, operational requirements to meet the challenge of defining appropriate governance "guardrails."
Experts Eric Stephens and Tim Hall discussion why it's important to revived the dormant conversation about IT governance.
Best selling SOA author Thomas Erl talks about the latest titles in his Prentice Hall Service Technology Series of books.
The role of the IT architect is one of the most misunderstood and maligned roles in IT, yet there is growing interest in training and certification to fill that role. Best selling SOA author Thomas Erl and Oracle Senior product managers Tim Hall and Demed L'Her discuss the dissing and the dichotomy.
Best selling SOA author Thomas Erl and Oracle senior product managers Tim Hall and Demed L'Her discuss the SOA, Cloud and Service Technology Symposium and the forces that are shaping the role of the IT architect.
A conversation with SOA, Cloud, and Service Technology Symposium founder Thomas Erl, along with event speakers Tim Hall (Sr. Dir. Product Management, Oracle Enterprise Repository and Oracle's AIA.) and Demed L'Her (Sr. Dir, Product Management, Oracle SOA Suite, Service Bus, WebLogic Integration, others).
Cloud architects Ron Batra (AT&T) and Dr. James Baty (Oracle) talk about architects need to up their game to thrive and succeed in a cloud-driven world.
A discussion of DevOps, cloud computing, and the increasing velocity of IT with cloud architects Ron Batra (AT&T) and Dr. James Baty (Oracle).
Cloud architects Ron Batra (AT&T) and Dr. James Baty (Oracle) discuss how cloud computing is driving the supply-chaining of IT and the democratization of the activity of architecture.
The expert panel offers advice on what architects need to know to take advantage of the cloud.
A panel of experts discusses why cloud computing is a paradigm shift -- and why it isn't.
Cows in the cloud? The panel of experts explains, and discusses importance of standards.
A panel of Oracle's top cloud experts offers an overview of the various flavors of cloud computing.
The community panel closes out the discussion with a conversation about some of the security concerns that can leave some organizations wary of cloud adoption.
Cloud computing may be a new take on not-so-new concepts, but getting it right still requires an architectural approach. The community panel weighs in.
What happens to architecture in the rush to deliver solutions? Community members share their opinions in this roundtable discussion.
Three members of the team behind Oracle University's upcoming IT Architecture Essentials Certification talk about what's behind the creation of the exam and what's ahead for those who take it.
Three members of the team behind Oracle University's upcoming IT Architecture Essentials Certification talk about what's behind the creation of the exam and what's ahead for those who take it.
Three members of the team behind Oracle University's upcoming IT Architecture Essentials Certification talk about what's behind the creation of the exam and what's ahead for those who take it.
The community panel closes out the discussion with a look at the interplay between developers and architects, and the evolving nature of both roles.
The community panel discusses the security, availability, and usability challenges in the evolution of the mobile enterprise, then turns its attention to the evolving role of the software developer.
In part one of three part series, this open discussion by a panel of community members focuses on Oracle ADF Mobile and the challenges of defining a mobile strategy for the enterprise.
"Fusion cuisine" takes on a new meaning in this conversation about software development, architecture, and the future with all five authors of the Oracle Service Bus 11g Cookbook.
"Fusion cuisine" takes on a new meaning in this conversation about software development, architecture, and the future with all five authors of the Oracle Service Bus 11g Cookbook.
Jeff West, Arun Gupta, Cary Milsap, and Brian Jimerson close out their debate on Java EE development methodologies.
Jeff West, Arun Gupta, Cary Milsap, and Brian Jimerson continue their debate on the pros and cons of various Java EE development methodologies.
In the final segment in this series, Bob Hensle and Scott Mattoon discuss why successful cloud migration may lead some organizations to become cloud providers.
Bob Hensle and Scott Mattoon, the authors of two new Oracle white papers on Cloud Computing, discuss resources and strategies for making smart early cloud decisions.
The panel responds to audience questions about Oracle VM, and about the Exabus I/O subsystem in the Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud.
The panelists respond to audience questions with an extended dialog about data modeling and standards.
The panelists respond to an audience questions about disruptive trends beyond cloud computing and about the importance of data strategy.
A conversation about Oracle WebLogic 12c's role in the evolution of Oracle Fusion Middleware, plus a quick overview of product information resources.
A discussion of the relationship between Oracle Weblogic 12c and Oracle Virtual Assembly Builder.
A conversation with the Oracle Weblogic Server product management team about community involvement in WebLogic's evolution.
Oracle ACE Directors Lonneke Dikmans and Ronald van Luttikhuizen discuss the architect community in the Netherlands, and preview some of the exclusive OTN content they are working on.
Oracle ACE Directors Lonneke Dikmans and Ronald van Luttikhuizen discuss the importance of setting realistic SOA expectations, and talk about what architects in the US and Europe can learn from each other.
Oracle ACE Directors Lonneke Dikmans and Ronald van Luttikhuizen, managing partners at Vennster, discuss their upcoming book on "SOA Made Simple."
"Oracle Information Integration, Migration, and Consolidation" author Jason Williamson, co-author Tom Laszeski, and book contributor Marc Hebert talk about upcoming projects and about what they've learned in writing this book.
A conversation about the most daunting Information Integration challenges with "Oracle Information Integration, Migration, and Consolidation" author Jason Williamson, co-author Tom Laszeski, and book contributor Marc Hebert.
"Oracle Information Integration, Migration, and Consolidation" author Jason Williamson, co-author Tom Laszeski, and book contributor Marc Hebert discuss how their field experience shaped the book's content.
"Migrating to the Cloud" authors Tom Laszewski and Prakash Nauduri talk about what they learned in writing their book, and about the most important books on their IT bookshelves.
"Migrating to the Cloud" authors Tom Laszewski and Prakash Nauduri discuss why the Cloud matters.
A conversation with Tom Laszewski and Prakash Nauduri talk about their latest book, "Migrating to the Cloud."
The panel wraps up the discussion with a look at the relationship between reference architectures, reuse, and standards.
Is there a problem with reference architectures? Or is the problem in how people use them? The panel discussion continues.
Are reference architectures blueprints to be followed to the letter, or adaptable guidelines? A community panel discussion.
Pete Farkas, Deepak Arora, and Derek Sharpe describe the interaction between Oracle Fusion Middleware A-Team and product teams, and the hazards of field assignments.
Pete Farkas, Deepak Arora, and Derek Sharpe discuss the most common problems Oracle Fusion Middleware A-Team members encounter in the field.
Pete Farkas, Deepak Arora, and Derek Sharpe talk about the mission and focus of Oracle's Fusion Middleware A-Team.
Dr. Helen Sun of Oracle, and Dr. Karine Ishkhanova with TFA Wise Applications, Inc., discuss the role of gender in IT and offer career advice to women interested in IT architect careers.
Two architects, Dr. Helen Sun of Oracle, and Dr. Karine Ishkhanova with TFA Wise Applications, Inc., describe their career paths and what drew them to the their respective roles.
Erl and Manes discuss upcoming books in the Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series and about their takeaways from the SOA and Cloud Symposium in Brazil.
Erl and Manes discuss how to deal with SOA footdraggers and the impact of cloud computing on SOA.
SOA gurus Erl and Manes talk about their latest book, "SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services on Premise and in the Cloud."
IASA CEO Paul Preiss discusses the future of IT architecture and the roles education and certification will play in defining the profession.
Paul Preiss discusses the origins, background, and mission of IASA, the global organization dedicated to promoting the profession of IT architecture.
The panel responds to an audience question about how cloud computing changes performance testing paradigms.
The panel discusses public versus private cloud as the best strategy for small or start-up businesses.
The panelists respond to an audience question about what happens when data in the Cloud crosses international borders.
Panelists respond to audience questions in this live recording from Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Toronto, April 2011.
What's the connection between a well-managed inventory of SOA assets, project delivery, and high-level architecture? Experts Cathy Lippert, Mark Dutra, and Bruce Bailey explain.
Wikis and spreadsheets are great tools - but not for SOA governance. Experts Cathy Lippert, Mark Dutra, and Bruce Bailey talk about the importance of maintaining and carefully managing an inventory of SOA assets.
Even for organizations that are banking on SOA, SOA governance remains a largely informal process. Bad idea, say experts Cathy Lippert, Mark Dutra, and Bruce Bailey.
Panelists Ron Batra, Bex Huff, Randy Stafford, and Eric Stephens share their hot-button issues regarding certain practices among software architects.
Architects Ron Batra, Bex Huff, Randy Stafford, and Eric Stephens discuss the career path from developer to software architect and talk about whether a great developer necessarily makes a great architect.
Should the title "Software Architect" be reserved for those with some sort of certification? Architects Ron Batra, Bex Huff, Randy Stafford, and Eric Stephens talk it out.
Oracle ACE Directors Ron Batra and Bex Huff, Oracle A-team member Randy Stafford, and Oracle Enterprise Architect Eric Stephens discuss what separates developers and an architects.
Oracle Enterprise 2.0 VP Andy MacMillan discusses measuring the ROI of enterprise social computing.
Oracle Enterprise 2.0 VP Andy MacMillan talks about how E20 impacts enterprise architecture and the mission of enterprise architects.
Is the enterprise ready for a social revolution? A conversation with Oracle Enterprise 2.0 VP Andy Macmillan.
ArchBeat interviews Dr. Frank Munz, the author of "Middleware and Cloud Computing: Oracle Fusion Middleware on Amazon Web Services and Rackspace Cloud."
ArchBeat interviews Dr. Frank Munz, the author of "Middleware and Cloud Computing: Oracle Fusion Middleware on Amazon Web Services and Rackspace Cloud."
Oracle ACE Director Debra Lilley of Fujitsu talks about closing the gap between IT and business, and about how business users should be able to use applications without having to think about the underlying technology.
Oracle ACE Director Debra Lilley of Fujitsu talks about Fusion Applications and their implications for Enterprise Architecture, and the importance of user experience.
Oracle ACE Director Debra Lilley of Fujitsu talks about her role as the Director and Deputy Chairperson of the UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) and about the UKOUG development group's involvement in Oracle Fusion Applications.
Oracle Grid Engine Product manager Daniel Templeton and Oracle ACE Director Ron Batra, Cloud Computing Product Manager for AT&T, discuss what "private cloud" really means, how it just might revolutionize internal IT, and how the hype around the Cloud has helped Grid computing.
Oracle enterprise architecture director Bob Hensle discusses how SOA and other issues are addressed in the various documents in the IT Strategies from Oracle library.
Bob Hensle, a director with Oracle enterprise architecture team, talks about the reference architectures and best practices available in the IT Strategies from Oracle document library.
William Ulrich and Neal McWhorter, authors of Business Architecture: The Art and Practice of Business Transformation, discuss how IT architects and business architects can work together to get the ship back on course and keep it there.
William Ulrich and Neal McWhorter, authors of Business Architecture: The Art and Practice of Business Transformation, discuss why the IT and business sides of many organizations can't play nice.
William Ulrich and Neal McWhorter, authors of Business Architecture: The Art and Practice of Business Transformation, discuss why billions of IT investment dollars are wasted, and how to stop the bleeding.
William Ulrich and Neal McWhorter, authors of Business Architecture: The Art and Practice of Business Transformation, cover the basics and discuss the role of business architecture in a changing market landscape.
Authors Archie Reed and Stephen G. Bennett discuss their book, "Silver Clouds and Dark Linings: A Concise Guide to Cloud Computing."