Whether your organization's service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services being used by one customer, or 50 customers using one service, you need SOA governance; increased business agility depends on it. 

By planning for problems now, you can avoid them all together. Check out this white paper, Quick Start Guide for Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1, for an extensive look at how you can properly implement an Oracle service-oriented architecture (SOA) at your organization. 

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the IT challenges facing retailers, as consumers turn increasingly to web and mobile shopping channels. Oracle president Mark Hurd talks about how the supplier intends to simplify IT infrastructures. And new government CIO Andy Nelson discusses how he plans to transform Whitehall IT. Read the issue now. 

Gallup has deployed Oracle's OBIEE Plus suite, Oracle BI Publisher which along with several best practice implementation efforts has provided Gallup a new reporting and business analysis platform. Listen to this podcast to learn more. 

Read this white paper to get an overview of the Oracle Database family of products and learn how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with Oracle Database 11g Release 2. 

When it was determined the IT infrastructure on Carnival ships was consuming too much power and occupying too large a footprint, Carnival Cruise Lines engaged Dell Consulting Services to evaluate its options. Read this case study to learn more about Dell's robust solution. 

This paper describes the Oracle Optimized Solution for Oracle Secure Backup. The solution includes optimized architectures for deploying Oracle Secure Backup software to provide data protection for Oracle engineered systems, including Oracle Exadata, SPARC SuperCluster, and Oracle Optimized Solutions. 

Oracle’s Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers, Oracle® Solaris, Oracle Solaris Cluster, and educational and professional services from Oracle can help organizations maximize the availability of business-critical IT services. Continue reading to learn more. 

The Oracle disaster recovery solution provides business continuity by replicating both the Oracle database and the entire Oracle Fusion Middleware infrastructure to a standby site. It protects the latest business data and maintains service availability during site maintenance events as well as system failures. Read on the learn more. 

Read this white paper to get an overview of the Oracle Database family of products and learn how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with Oracle Database 11g Release 2. 

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g delivers a foundation for both business and IT innovation. This foundation empowers you to differentiate and succeed throughout dynamic and unpredictable market conditions, while maintaining efficiencies and controlling costs. Read this paper to learn more about this solution. 

In this new release of SOA Suite, Oracle continues to emphasize the development, management and monitoring of service-oriented architectures, while delivering the extreme performance & scalability required for mission-critical environments.