Powerpoint 2007 Import into LibreOffice 3.5.2 on Ubuntu 11.0 Hello TextBox2 TextBox1 TextBox2 TextBox1 TextBox with Format Shape / Fill / Solid Fill Works 2 TextBoxs - Grouped with Format Shape / Fill / Solid Fill on each textbox Works 2 TextBoxs - Grouped with Format Shape / Fill / Solid Fill on group Fails – Group Solid Fill is not imported Regardless of whether you’re taking a bottom-up or top-down approach to SOA, there is a clear set of functionalities that you will need – and the Oracle SOA Suite provides all of these. Let’s start from the bottom here. You never start SOA from scratch – you want to reuse existing assets, be it legacy services, COTS, etc. or even interaction with your business partners. The first thing you need to do is to normalize these heterogeneous sources via adapters, or in the case of the external partners, a B2B gateway that provides all the security and framework required to extend your SOA beyond the boundaries of your enterprise. Once you have this normalization you need to enable data flows, in a reliable and flexible fashion. Among other things you want to virtualize all these data sources to ensure loose coupling and maximum flexibility as you move forward. Now that you have the necessary foundation you can start building new value, declaratively through orchestration of these assets. For example you could start building a brand new employee onboarding application that would leverage your existing PeopleSoft HR coupled with BMC Remedy and additional homegrown systems that used to be disconnected. And then you have a set of cross-functional requirements: You need to manage the assets developed along the way, and understand the relationships between these various components You need to secure these highly distributed applications You need of course to configure, manage and monitor these applications And then comes the visibility side of things: First, there is less and less value in looking at individual events or occurences. The true value and intelligence lies in the ability to correlate and make sense of the various patterns of occurences Second, you need the real-time and graphical tools to not only display but also react to conditions into the business data that transit through your applications Finally, what are the tools to design and build these? You really have 2 types of users here: business analysts and developers, both with their own skills and requirements.