Off to OpenWorld

It’s about 10pm here and I am getting ready for my trip tomorrow out to San Francisco for Oracle Open World. Like last year I plan on putting out a daily diary of events, though in addition I am going to take a page from Bex and give updating my twitter account a try.

I am really looking forward to meeting some of you out there. I just checked coreContentOnly.com and it appears Jason Stortz will be around. Should be fun to meet another UCM blogger.

Also like last year I will be traveling with fellow Ironworker Woody Carlisle.

See Woody at OpenWorld

What questions do you have as you head out?

Oracle has been extremely active this year, in general, and with regards to UCM. I have quite a few questions and while I hope to get quite a few answered, I also expect to walk away with even more as they seem to still be in quite a transition state still with BEA and more specifically AquaLogic.

1. Open WCM – Tell me ALL about it. Last year and actually throughout this year, we’ve seen a couple code examples of how it may work and what some future architectures may look like. I’d really love to get a look at it if they have anything more tangible available and potentially an update in the release date.

2. ALUI – We’re hearing a lot about the portal formerly known as PlumTree. Before Oracle even acquired BEA I would have argued that it was the hottest portal product on the market(though many argue against me). We’re seeing quite a bit of work tying ALUI with UCM and of course it appears that they will be bundled together now very soon.

3. Web Center – Last year I thought of this product mostly as a Portal Framework, now it appears to be much more. ALUI seems to have been worked in as a front end for it, which makes the whole thing gets a little gray for me. Oracle has a strategy here, I think I need to just understand it a little better. I am looking forward to Eric Marcoux’s sessions, which should help shed some light.

4. Where can I get a copy of Billy’s book? If it’s there, I am coming hope with one.

That’s it for the pre-trip prep. Check back tomorrow for an update on the conference kick off.