Michel Schildmeijer - Oracle WebLogic Server 12c: First Look

Michel Schildmeijer , was born in the Netherlands, in the hot summer of 1966. He has lived his entire life in the capital, Amsterdam. After mid-school, he started studying pharmacy. After four years, he had to fulfill his military duty, at the Royal Dutch Air force, working in a pharmacy.

After this period, he got a job as a Quality Inspector at a Pharmacy Company, but after about two years, he switched his job for a position in a hospital's Pharmacy, where he worked for over 10 years.

In the meantime, he got married to Tamara and got two boys, Marciano and Robin. His personal life wasn't always that easy, because his wife got extremely ill for some period, so he had to take all responsibilities for managing his family. Fortunately, he got intensive support from his parents-in-law, who helped greatly in taking care of his kids.

During his Pharmacy job, around 1994, he got acquainted with the Medical Information System which was taking care of structuring patient medical history and information. This was a system running on HP UNIX, a MUMPS SQL database and text-based terminals. He started learning UNIX and MUMPS to give operational support. By then he became enthusiastic, so he switched jobs and started working for some IT companies. Around 2000, he started using Oracle on a big banking application for settlements and clearance. The system was running on Oracle 7 and AIX UNIX and BEA WebLogic and BEA Tuxedo. This was the first time he worked with WebLogic. From then on, he got more and more specialized in Middleware and Oracle. He worked on many projects. Around 2006, he started working on several projects for IBM, in the Oracle Middleware team, administering, configuring, and tweaking large Oracle Middleware systems with Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Portal, Oracle HTTP, and many more.

In 2008 he began working for Randstad Holding, and got more and more specialized in developing the middleware infrastructure around applications. He started an investigation about migrating the Oracle Application Server 10g and SOA Suite 10g to the 11g platform. Around that period, Oracle acquired BEA.

From working in Brussels for Belgacom, a big Telco company in Belgium, he started his current job, Oracle Fusion Middleware Architect, for AMIS, an IT Company specialized in Oracle and Java.

His focus was always at developing the infrastructure for many companies, advising them how to migrate or build a new middleware platform based on the latest 11g techniques. He also became an instructor, teaching all the basics of Oracle WebLogic.

The reason for him to write this book is to get familiar with the new features in WebLogic 12 c , and because he thinks it's a great product with a lot of new features, especially the new Java EE 6 features and Exalogic optimizations.

Michel is now working for Qualogy as a member of the Exalogic Squad Team.

Qualogy is an international organization delivering both standard and custom Oracle and Java solutions and services.

Qualogy uses first-rate applications and works with solid partners and highly-qualified consultants who are more than willing to offer their know-how to further improve your organization. This results in customized automation that ensures the business processes within your organization will run more efficiently and simpler than ever before.

Qualogy offers optimum support during the whole automation process: from advice, development, and testing to implementation and monitoring.

He specializes in Oracle, Java/JEE, Consultancy, Oracle eBusiness Suite, Exalogic, Web2.0, and QAFE.

I would like to thank some people who helped me in completing this book:

My wife Tamara, whose life is a difficult struggle sometimes

Janny and Steef, who took care of my kids

Marciano and Robin, my great kids

All the reviewers

And those who supported me in an unusual way

Michel Schildmeijer is an Oracle Fusion Middleware Architect at Qualogy.

Oracle Platinum Partner Qualogy has in-depth expertise in delivering Oracle-based technologies and services, including advanced technologies such as Oracle Fusion Applications, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud. Qualogy was founded in The Netherlands in 1998. Today the company is home to over 150 specialists in the field of Java and Oracle Development, Oracle E-Business Suite, Fusion Middleware, Oracle Exalogic, Database Administration, Business Intelligence, Agile Consultancy, SOA, Big Data, Cloud and Web development with Enterprise Application Platform QAFE (http://www.qafe.com). We provide tailor-made applications and a wealth of expertise for integrating, streamlining, and providing insight into complex business processes.

Qualogy is ISO 9001 certified, showing customers that processes have been documented in a system of quality, and that the company can quickly track, correct, and prevent possible errors.

Additionally, Qualogy is NEN 4400 certified, Certified Oracle Solution Partner, W3C member, Google Apps Authorized Reseller, and Top ICT Employer for a couple of years in a row.

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