links for 2010-02-12

Oracle ACE Edwin Biemond shows you how to use the Identity web service in Oracle SOA Suite 11g to to add users and groups with their managers (build a hierarchy ) without the need for an expensive Directory server.

(tags: oracle soa otn webservices soasuite)

"The line between software development and software architecture is a tricky one. Some people will tell you that it doesn't exist and that architecture is simply an extension of the design process undertaken by developers. Others will make out it's a massive gaping chasm that can only be crossed by lofty developers who believe you must always abstract your abstractions and not get bogged down by those pesky implementation details. As always, there's a pragmatic balance somewhere in the middle, but it does raise the interesting question of how you move from one to the other." — Simon Brown

(tags: architecture architect software architects career developer softwarearchitecture development design)