"The most common response would seem to be ‘I will know it when I see it’, which suggests business success is based on ‘getting lucky’. As you might expect business schools don’t agree with this and as A G Lafley, author of several works on the topic comments: 'Innovation is risky, but it’s not random. Innovators have a disciplined invention process.'" Capgemini CTO blogger Andy Mulholland.

IT-Eye's Eric Elzinga continues his series with a test of a scenario that is part of a customer's middleware architecture.

Oracle ACE Director Floyd Teter from NASA's JPL shares quick previews of his Collaborate 10 presentations, along with a list of some sessions he plans to attend.

Oracle ACE Director Mark Rittman of Rittman Mead shares insight on the recent Oracle Warehouse Builder release, along with a list of articles on the new features in Oracle Database 11gR2.