Did you know that I offer online Oracle WebLogic Training courses ?

For many years now, the only real informative courses on the topic of Oracle University and IBM Education have come at considerable personal costs. Typically these courses cost several 1000’s of dollars each. This has now all changed.

Using my consulting knowledge and success as published author, I have have created digital online courses available for download for less then 5% of the normal cost of these courses. Below are some of the examples of the courses I will be offering at The Middleware Shop.



WebLogic 11g System Administration Essentials Course	IBM WebSphere Application Server 8 Network Deployment Essentials Course
Only $99.95 Click for more details	Only $99.95 Click for more details
The Gold package download includes the following modules: Detailed WebLogic Administration Guide WLS Installation Domain Creation(GUI) Domain Creation (Console Mode) Development Environment Setup Configuring Node Manager's Creating Boot Properties Configuring Clusters Application Set-up in Eclipse Deploying EAR files Configuring Data Sources Configuring JMS Distributed Destinations Configuring SSL Basic Authentication Configuring Flow Control Modifying Java Options Lab Exercises	The Gold package download includes the following modules: WebSphere Application Server Overview WAS Installation Cells& Profiles JEE Overview & Packaging Application Deployment JDBC & JNDI Configuration & Logs IHS & Plugin Installation Administrative Security Administration Tools & Support Tools Administrative Agent and Job Manager Administrative Scripting Clustering & High Availability Workload Management & Session Affinity JMS and MQ Messaging Maintenance & Backups SSL Part 1 SSL Part 2 Monitoring & Tuning Part 1 Monitoring & Tuning Part 2

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Who is Steve Robinson?
Steve Robinson has been working in IT for over 15 years and has provided solutions for many large-enterprise corporate companies across the world. Steve specialised in J2EE and WebLogic consulting and came from both an administration and development background. Before dedicating his efforts to JEE and Application Server, Steve was an accomplished developer and consultant for both IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft .NET Technologies.

My best qualities are communication written and oral and the ability to think on my feet. There is no such word as can’t. There is always a solution to a problem; communication is the key to success. Project management is about the ability to inform the appropriate stake-holders using communication feed-back loops.

Experience:

• Chief Technology Officer
• Software & Systems Architecture
• Oracle WebLogic Consultancy

Specialties:

Problem solving, technical proof of concept, middleware connectivity, project management, consultation, bespoke software development, communication and documentation, design and architecture and consistency in on-time and on-budget deliveries.

Steven Charles Robinson ... My Experience

Location: United Kingdom (Available for USA consulting)

COMMENTS:

Feedback from IBM Feb 2008: "Steven Robinson is a strong communicator, with a real drive to learn and understand, he has excellent problem solving skills, based on high quality WAS and Java on WAS ability. He's also exemplary at documenting as he goes and leaving useful scripting and assets for other people to reuse."

Feedback from Chubb Feb 2007: "Steve is a dedicated individual who takes pride in what he does, he always conducts himself in a professional manner. He is an excellent communicator, conducts professional intelligent meetings and deals well with suppliers and partners."

Skills: Management (Team, Project, Business, People), Middleware (IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic) Development (C, C++, C#.NET, VB.NET, ASP, Java, Lotus Notes, Scripting, Linux, HTML), Architecture (Information, Technical, Application, Project), Security (Internet, Application Development), Administration (Management, Systems, Hardware, Networks)



IBM WebSphere	WebSphere MQ (WMQ)
WebSphere Message Broker (WMB)	J2EE, JEE, Java, JavaScript
Oracle WebLogic	Lotus Notes / Domino, LotusScript
JACL, Jython	TCP/IP, Linux/Unix,Windows OS
HTML/DHTML, XML / XSL	BlackBerry, Android, iPhone development
ASP, C#.Net / VB.Net	MySQL Server, MS SQL Server, DB2, Oracle
C, C++,Objective C	ITIL, Project Management
Visual Basic, VBA	PHP , Apache, LAMP



Clients: IBM, Vodafone, Chubb Insurance, Philips Corporate, AXA, NZI, Royal & Sun Alliance, NZ Telecom, Price Water House Coopers, Lotus Development Corporation, Unilever, CGU, Norwich Union, Auckland Savings Bank (Bank Direct), St Regis Paper Company, Connectel Limited, Home Office, Ministry Of Justice. BSKYB. Ve Interactive Ltd, Milestone Group Plc, Appian Corp, Flight Register, Sucden Financial Limited, Dovetail Systems, Netage Solutions.

RECENT PROJECTS

2011 Consultancy (for my clients)

· WebLogic 10.3.x & JBoss 5.1.x product packaging, support and JEE debug/testing (US Client)
· JBoss 5.1.x / WebLogic 10.3.x & migration consulting (US Client)
· WebSphere 6.1-7.0 migration planning (US Client)
· WebSphere MQ development (UK Client)
· WebSphere MQ connectivity solutions (UK Client)
· WebSphere AIX training material development (US Client)
· WebSphere Java and JEE Troubleshooting - JMX, Mbeans, Transactions
· WebLogic 7, 8.1, 9.2, 10.x and WebSphere 5.1, 6.x, 6.1, 7, 8- Jython monitoring tools
· BlackBerry and Android Development - Sports and Coaching Management

EXPERIENCE

UK: November 2010 - Current Milestone Group Plc - Contract CTO

· Manage development teams and projects
· Product development strategy
· Mobile Workforce application provisioning and integration design/implementation


UK: Oct 2009– Oct 2010 Ve Interactive Ltd - Contract CTO

· Senior Architect for Systems Design and Architecture
· Oracle WebLogic 10/WebSphere 7/Linux/Apache/IIS/.NET 3.5
· Java 1.6 / apache CXF/Apache Axis 2/JavaScript
· Hosting/Facility design
· Web-site and web-systems architecture
· Management of Development and Admin teams
· Contract negotiations, H/W & S/W procurement
· Security/Backups

Technical Skills Practised

JEE, Java, JSP, RAD 7.0, Eclipse 3.x,Websphere 7.x,JMS, Jython,shell script, Linux RedHat/CentOS, Ant, Maven, Java 1.5/1.6, ZK Framework, Hibernate, Spring Security, Postfix,Dovecot, Apache 2, iphone and XCode.

..Lloyds TSB

Consultant for IBM WebSphere.

· Administration / configuration of WebSphere 5.1,6 6 and 6.1 server environments on AIX 5.3
· J2EE application debugging of Chordiant and bespoke business and ESB/SOA applications.
· UNIX shell, Ant, JACL/Jython scripting for configuration and deployment automation and Java middleware programming.
· WebSphere Message Broker installation, configuration. Flow debugging & System/Production testing. ESB design recommendation & documentation
· FileNet, WCC, MQ 6/7

Technical Skills Practised

JEE, JSP, RAD 7.0, AIX 5.3x, WebSphere 5.1,6 & 6.1, JACL, Jython, Oracle 9i, 10g, UCM Clear Case, Chordiant, Korn Shell, WebSphere MQ 6/7, WebSphere Message Broker 6.x Java tools development.

.. IBM (BSKYB)

Consultant for IBM WebSphere.

· Lead specialist for High Availability server build for a green field BSKYB project for a new 2008 product offering.
· Administration / configuration of WebSphere 6 server environments on Solaris 9.
· Administration / configuration of WMB and WMQ 6. Automation scripting.
· J2EE application debugging of Chordiant and various internal applications.
· UNIX shell, Ant, JACL, and Jython scripting for configuration and deployment.
· Application development using RAD 7.

Technical Skills Practised

J2EE, JSP, RAD 7.0, Solaris 9, WebSphere 6.x, Message Broker 6.x, JACL, Oracle 9i, Rational Clear Case, Chordiant, Korn Shell, Sun ONE Directory Server (LDAP)

.. Transputec Computers Plc

Consultant for IBM WebSphere.

· Provide consultation support for Various IBM clients
· Administration of both WebSphere and WebLogic server environments.
· Ad hoc scripting and JEE application debugging.
· UNIX shell, Ant, WSAdmin and WLDeploy scripting.
· Begin the implementation of ITIL practices within organisation.

Technical Skills Practised

JEE, Struts, JSP, RAD 7.0, Apache Tomcat 5.5, Redhat 7.2 – 9, RHEL 3.0, SUSE 10, AIX, WebSphere 6.0.2.5 - 6.1.0.3, WebLogic 7-8.1, JACL, Jython, SQL Server 2000, Oracle 9i

.. Chubb insurance

WebSphere / WebLogic Consultant

· Installation and architecture of 16 IBM WebSphere ND 6.0.2.15, 6.1.0.3 servers with appropriate clustering and MQ readiness.
· Administration of both WebSphere and WebLogic server environments.
· Introduction of RAD 6.0 and consultation with developers in moving applications from Weblogic into WebSphere. Providing insights on ANT, JBuilder to Eclipse conversion. JEE standards.
· Designed migration project for moving approx 20 Weblogic servers onto new hardware and move of SOA and corporate applications to WebSphere.
· Management of third party (Infosys, India) to deliver JEE application launched into WebSphere.
· Hired and trained senior WAS / WL Administrator to take over the role.
· Implement change control management for WAS environments, aligning to ITIL and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Technical Skills Practised

JEE, Struts, JSP, RAD 6.0, Windows 2000/2003, Apache Tomcat 5.5, Redhat 9, AIX, WebSphere 6.0.2.5 - 6.1.0.3, WebLogic 7-8.1, Perl, JACL, Jython, SQL Server 2000, Oracle 9i, Vista, Windows 2003, VMWare ESX. ITIL 2.0.

.. Many years of consulting

Did you know that I offer online Oracle WebLogic Training courses ?

For many years now, the only real informative courses on the topic of Oracle University and IBM Education have come at considerable personal costs. Typically these courses cost several 1000’s of dollars each. This has now all changed.

Using my consulting knowledge and success as published author, I have have created digital online courses available for download for less then 5% of the normal cost of these courses. Below are some of the examples of the courses I will be offering at The Middleware Shop.



WebLogic 11g System Administration Essentials Course	IBM WebSphere Application Server 8 Network Deployment Essentials Course
Only $99.95 Click for more details	Only $99.95 Click for more details
The Gold package download includes the following modules: Detailed WebLogic Administration Guide WLS Installation Domain Creation(GUI) Domain Creation (Console Mode) Development Environment Setup Configuring Node Manager's Creating Boot Properties Configuring Clusters Application Set-up in Eclipse Deploying EAR files Configuring Data Sources Configuring JMS Distributed Destinations Configuring SSL Basic Authentication Configuring Flow Control Modifying Java Options Lab Exercises	The Gold package download includes the following modules: WebSphere Application Server Overview WAS Installation Cells& Profiles JEE Overview & Packaging Application Deployment JDBC & JNDI Configuration & Logs IHS & Plugin Installation Administrative Security Administration Tools & Support Tools Administrative Agent and Job Manager Administrative Scripting Clustering & High Availability Workload Management & Session Affinity JMS and MQ Messaging Maintenance & Backups SSL Part 1 SSL Part 2 Monitoring & Tuning Part 1 Monitoring & Tuning Part 2

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Steven Robinson has been working in IT for over 15 years and has provided solutions for many large-enterprise corporate companies across the world. Steven specialises in J2EE and WebSphere consulting and comes from both an administration and development background.

Before dedicating his efforts to Java EE based platforms, Steve was an accomplished developer and consultant for both IBM Lotus Notes and Microsoft .NET Technologies.

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