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Oracle Business Process Management Suite

2008-09-26T13:12:00.001-07:00

Oracle Business Process Management Suite (Oracle BPM Suite) is a software suite that integrates the modeling, implementation, execution and monitoring of end-to-end business processes to support continuous optimization of the entire business process lifecycle. Oracle released its BPM suite and is available for download now. The suite improves process efficiency and quality by raising

Oracle TopLink 11g Released

2008-09-25T11:43:00.001-07:00

Oracle released its next version of TopLink 11g(11.1.1.0.0) . This is the first release based on the open-source EclipseLink project. (EclipseLink is derived from a previous version of Oracle TopLink) Features of 11g are 1.Object-Relational Persistence TopLink 11g includes support for the native TopLink ORM API as well as the Java Persistence API (JPA) through EclipseLink a. Java Persistence

JSR311 : JAX-RS : Java API for RESTful Webservices

2008-09-25T11:13:00.001-07:00

This JSR provides an API for providing support for RESTful(Representational State Transfer) Web Services in the Java Platform. This JSR : Final Approval Ballot is done on 22-Sep-2008. You can find the details of this API here Not heard of REST ? read it here. Goals of this API are POJO-based : The API will provide a set of annotations and associated classes/interfaces that may be used with

Oracle BPEL PM 10.1.3.4

2008-09-24T20:55:00.001-07:00

New features in BPEL 10.1.3.4 includes 1.Improved visibility of Engine Threading Model Current: a. Dispatcher page is static b.Difficult to use when monitoring messages under load c.Needs to be manually refreshed d.Lack of messages details in a queue 10.1.3.4: a.Dynamic, updated in real-time b.Shows information about i.Running threads ii.New invocations that are queued

Oracle BPEL PM 10.1.3.4 : Bugs Fixed

2008-09-24T20:08:00.001-07:00

Oracle BPEL PM 10.1.3.4 patch fixed some critical bugs . Few of which are of interest to most of us includes 1.When the console is used to clear the wsdlCache, in a load-balanced Clicking clear WSDL cache from the console will now propagate the message to the other nodes in the BPEL cluster. Previously, clicking the button would only affect the single node. 2.NULL POINTER EXCEPTION was thrown

Webservices Versioning

2008-09-24T15:44:00.000-07:00

We do versioning on almost everyday while developing various components, be it java, PL/SQL or JSP's. There are well known standards for maintaining these versions. In the SOA world, we often use and develop web services and versioning of these webservices becomes extremely important.Oracle published an article on OTN with title "Webservices Versioning" written by Gabriel Bechara. You can read

BPEL Process Design : Best Practices

2008-09-24T15:41:00.000-07:00

Best Practices to be followed while designing BPEL processes.1.

RBI : Annual Credit Policy

2008-04-28T23:33:00.001-07:00

RBI has announced the annual credit policy. here are the quick highlights of the policy. 1. No change Repo rate 2. No change in Reverse Repo 2.CRR hike 25 bps more to come soon.

BPEL DBAdapter : Using Oracle Native Sequence

2008-04-28T21:11:00.001-07:00

Do you know , how to use DBAdapter to insert a record in the database ? Seem's very straight forward . isn't it ? Yes, in fact it is straight forward. Just configure the database, select the operation (insert,update, merge and delete ) and then map the input's. run the sample and there you go, there is a record in the database. Bang!!!!!!!. But , the real problem begin, when you have the table

Nifty Today : April 28,2008

2008-04-28T19:38:00.001-07:00

The market opened on a firm note extending last week's rally. It soon declined into the red, amid mixed Asian markets. The market traded between positive and negative zone in choppy mid-morning trade and declined sharply to hit intra-day low in the mid-afternoon trade. Sugar stocks rose on reports the government may go in for total decontrol in sugar in one go. S&P CNX Nifty closed at 5089.65

IPL Standings after 1st week

2008-04-25T16:26:00.001-07:00

Here are how, the teams are standing after end of first week of the inaugural IPL. Most hyped team "Deccan Chargers" failed very badly by loosing all the 3 matches played so far and least talked team with low profile of players of "Rajasthan Royals" emerged as surprise winner so far with 2 wins out of 3 played so far. The next set of matches for DC becomes extremely important to get into

US Markets Today : April 24th,2008

2008-04-24T20:14:00.001-07:00

Very good day for US markets on the back of cooling commodities prices, good earnings and strong dollar. DOW was up by 0.7% and NASDAQ by 1% in today's trade. Triggers 1. Very good earnings from Microsoft,Apple that topped the estimates. 2.Ford Motors earnings which posted a profit vs loss in the last quarter, which surprised the Markets. 3.New home sales for March fell to 16 year low 4.US

Nifty Today : April 24th,2008

2008-04-24T19:54:00.001-07:00

The market had opened firm on positive global cues. However, it pared gains later. The market which oscillated in narrow range for a better part of the day, dipped into the red in mid-afternoon trade. Trading was choppy ahead of the April 2008 derivatives expiry today. S&P CNX Nifty closed at 4999.85 down by 22.95 points. Top 3 gainers 1.HEROHONDA 2.INFOSYSTCH 3.TATAPOWER Top 3 Losers 1.ACC

Maruti Q4 numbers

2008-04-23T23:53:00.001-07:00

Maurti Q4 numbers are out and they seem to be inline with the market expectations. Here are the highlights.(Numbers are all in Crores of Rupees) 1. Q4 Standalone Net Sales at 4783.88 compared to 4429.76 in Q3 2. Q4 Standalone Net Profit at 297.68 compared to 448.56 in Q3 3. Depreciation at 311 compared to 71.8 4. Other Income at 286 compared to 206 5. Depreciation period is cut from 13

VIX - What is It and How to use It ?

2008-04-23T21:06:00.001-07:00

source : Nse India VIX - Volatility Index , is a measure of market’s expectation of volatility over the near term Volatility Index is a measure, of the amount by which an underlying Index is expected to fluctuate, in the near term, (calculated as annualised volatility, denoted in percentage) based on the order book of the underlying index options. Volatility Index is a good indicator of the

US Markets today : April 23,2008

2008-04-23T20:39:00.001-07:00

For US Markets its a Mixed today with DOW at the early part of the day up by more than 100 points , and then cooled down to settle at just above 43 points from yesterday's close. NASDAQ also up by 1.19%(28.27) Triggers 1.Better than expected results from Boeing 2.Anticipated good news from Tech sector results which are due for tomorrow. 3.Apple reported growth in profit and sales which were

Nifty Today : April 23,2008

2008-04-23T20:20:00.001-07:00

The market opened on a firm note but soon slipped in the red on profit booking after six straight days of rally. Banking stocks saw selling pressure. It failed to sustain higher level after a strong rebound from lower level was witnessed in mid-afternoon trade. S&P CNX Nifty closed at 5022.80 down by 26.50 points. Top 3 Gainers in NIFTY 1.INFOSYSTCH 2.WIPRO 3.ACC Top 3 Losers in NIFTY 1.

IT and FY09 Guidance

2008-04-22T22:22:00.001-07:00

The results of Biggies in IT are out and Market reacted positively after Infosys announced its quarter numbers and lifted the whole Market with it. But then TCS come out with the numbers and exact opposite thing happened as it dragged IT index by more than 5% . Here is the quick comparison for you, which clearly states Infosys and Satyam as hot favorites for IT sector in the coming quarters

BlackBerry : DOT solution

2008-04-22T20:21:00.001-07:00

If you are the BlackBerry services user in India, then may be soon DOT will allow you to do what you been doing all these days in India. As per ET(Economic Times) Department of Telecom DOT, has proposed an interim solution where all data between BlackBerry users are stored on the servers of Tele companies like Bharti,Vodafone etc. BlackBerry's maker RIM sought more time to respond to the DOT's

US Markets today : April 22,2008

2008-04-22T19:30:00.001-07:00

Once again, US markets traded in the red with the fears of bad earnings reports and every day new high crude oil prices. DOW lost by 100 points(0.82%) and NASDAQ by 31 points(1.29%) in today's trade. Triggers 1. New high's of crude oil 2. Dollar slippage to new record low against EURO 3. Dollar fallen against YEN Impact on India With the negative cues which have come from US today, we

Nifty Today : 22 Apr 2008

2008-04-22T19:15:00.001-07:00

The Market opened on a subdued note tracking decline in Asian markets. IT stocks were battered after TCS' Q4 March 2008 results fell short of market expectations. The market breadth was strong. It moved between positive and negative zone in mid-morning trade and held firm in early afternoon trade on the back of recovery in some Asian markets. The market clinched small gains to extend its rally

US Markets today : April 21,2008

2008-04-21T20:11:00.001-07:00

Markets ended in negative territory following the trend of lows of first day of every week. Dow down by 0.2% where as NASDAQ up by 0.2% Triggers 1. Weaker than expected earnings from Bank of America 2. record high for oil and gas prices 3. record low for dollar against EURO. Impact on India Indian markets can test the levels of 5000 that established yesterday after many week's. With the

Bujjigaadu Mp3 Songs 320 Kbps Listen Online

2008-04-17T21:48:00.000-07:00

Starring : Prabhas, Trisha, Sanjana, Prakash RajMusic : Sandeep ChowtaDirector : Puri JagannadhProducer : K S Rama RaoListen to Bujjigadu Audio Songs at MusicMazaa.com

US Markets (DOW and NASDAQ) Today : April 16,2008

2008-04-16T18:26:00.001-07:00

Its a big day on Walstreet. Dow up by over a massive 250 points and NASDAQ by 64 points. The indexes gained by 2.5% from yesterday's close price. Triggers 1. Better than expected Quarterly numbers from Intel, JP Morgon Chase and Coca - Cola 2. IBM and eBay also reported higher quarterly sales and earnings , but after the close of the trading day. So already some positive triggers for tmrw. 3.

Nifty Today : April 16,2008

2008-04-16T08:49:00.001-07:00

source : Nse India The Market opened higher, extending yesterday’s rally on positive cues from the global markets. However, it pared gains in afternoon trade on profit booking even as European markets started on a positive note. The market remained range bound in mid-afternoon trade. S&P CNX Nifty closed at 4887.30 up by 7.65 points Top 3 gainers in the NIFTY 1. HCLTECH 2. INFOSYSTCH 3.