April 2008 - Posts

Directory Tiers, Instances and Roles
Enterprises require directory services as part of the information technology (IT) infrastructure that supports naming, locating, discovering, describing, authenticating, and managing identities and resources within an enterprise network or IT environment. Read More...
Posted 30 April 08 10:07 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Gartner Hype Cycle for High-Performance Workplace
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Posted 29 April 08 07:43 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
IT Architecture Capability Maturity Model
The IT Architecture CMM developed by the Department of Commerce (DoC) provides a framework that represents the key components of a productive IT Architecture process. The CMM delineates an evolutionary way to improve the overall process that starts out Read More...
Posted 25 April 08 07:50 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Introducing "Live Mesh" technology preview
There’s been a bunch of buzz about “the mesh” since Ray Ozzie alluded to it at last month’s MIX Conference. As Ray said there, we’ve been exploring the concept of “the mesh” for a couple of years now. We started by asking ourselves a series of questions Read More...
Posted 24 April 08 04:00 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Architects: who are they, what are they doing and why?
The picture below illustrates the skill set that an architect needs to have: The picture below depicts the different flavors of architects: And below another attempt of illustrating the different flavors: Where do all these nice architect pictures come Read More...
Posted 24 April 08 03:47 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
BizTalk Server 2006 R3
Once SQL Server 2008 becomes generally available, we will follow with an updated version of BizTalk Server designed for the latest versions of Windows Server, the .NET Framework, Visual Studio, and SQL Server. This will mean that BizTalk Server customers Read More...
Posted 23 April 08 09:03 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
.NET 3.5 based enterprise application architecture blueprint
Take a look at this forum thread (and feel free to participate!) Read More...
Posted 23 April 08 07:26 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Model driven testing in Product Family Context
The software development community pursues the development of software systems with a higher degree of reuse, reduction of costs, and shorter time to market. One of the successful mechanisms followed to achieve these goals is based on sharing the development Read More...
Posted 22 April 08 08:05 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Reference Architecture Principles
Burton Group - Reference Architecture Principles Principles are statements of an enterprise's values and policies, and how they translate to IT architecture. They provide the primary linkage between business, organizational (e.g., human capital), and Read More...
Posted 22 April 08 08:02 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Belux ISV's: here is an event you don't want to miss!
Read all about it at : http://blogs.msdn.com/johanroosen/archive/2008/04/03/innovation-discovery-day-8th-may.aspx Read More...
Posted 18 April 08 05:53 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
WorldWide Telescope
The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a rich visualization environment that functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space telescopes in the world for a seamless, guided exploration of the universe. WorldWide Telescope, Read More...
Posted 14 April 08 08:19 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Comparing Megavendors IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP in SaaS
Shift in application architecture over the years A critical shift in the concept of an "application" is well under way. Once end users stopped creating their own monolithic applications, applications became vendor-constructed monoliths — mass-market-focused Read More...
Posted 14 April 08 08:08 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
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SOA/BPM: death of applications and AD as we know them
Application Development (AD) is approaching two dramatic changes: the death of applications as we know them and the death of application development projects as we've known them. Death of applications as we know them As service orientation becomes more Read More...
Posted 11 April 08 08:29 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
CIO's, what is it they spend their time on?
As senior architects often interface with CIOs, understanding how CIOs spend their time is indicative of what they care about. Here is trident picture of CIO roles and % of time they spend on each role based on the research from CISR at MIT. Read More...
Posted 10 April 08 04:21 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Microsoft end-to-end trust security system
Forefront codename “Stirling” is an integrated security system that delivers comprehensive, coordinated protection across endpoints, messaging and collaboration servers, and the network edge that is easier to manage and control. At release, “Stirling” Read More...
Posted 09 April 08 10:04 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Applying agile practices in still-waterfall processes
An interesting article you’ll probably feel immediately identified with as it talks about the difficulties in promoting Agile processes inside long-life organizations (ancient financial institutions or other companies with a culture already hardened along Read More...
Posted 08 April 08 08:42 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Justifying Emerging Technologies to Business Leaders
Gartner ITxpo 2008 presentation: Justifying Emerging Technologies to Business Leaders Supporting emerging technologies can have a profound effect on how enterprises support their IT infrastructure, how people work and on our business models. However, Read More...
Posted 08 April 08 08:40 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
How Effective and Known Are Process Frameworks?
In January, 2008, Dr. Dobb's ran a survey which explored the adoption rate and effectiveness of various process frameworks, in particular COBIT, CMMI, ITIL, PMI PMBoK, Prince2, TOGAF, and Zachman Framework. The survey ran for a week and it was promoted Read More...
Posted 08 April 08 08:26 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Why is offshore outsourcing so different?
Gartner ITxpo 2008 presentation: How to Handle Global Delivery 10 Things to do for Offshore Outsourcing Success: 1. Establish a sourcing strategy before determining the choice of country and vendor. 2. Decide upon the type of deal that you want. 3. Establish Read More...
Posted 07 April 08 10:44 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Why Enterprise Architecture is a Corporate Responsibility...
David Linthicum just posted a timely article called Why Enterprise Architecture is a Corporate Responsibility. In the article he talks about compliance, the need to adapt to business change rapidly, and the need to keep up with competitors who are becoming Read More...
Posted 07 April 08 10:40 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Unity Application Block Released!
Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the latest addition to the p&p library of software architecture guidance: Unity Application Block April 2008 Release (1.0) Resources · MSDN site: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc468366.aspx Read More...
Posted 07 April 08 09:48 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   

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