May 2008 - Posts

Data Mining and Business Intelligence for Enterprises
If you are interested in the topic of Data Mining and Business Intelligence the sessions below will be of great value to you. · Rafal Lukawiecki; Strategic Consultant, Project Botticelli Ltd, is consistently one of the top rated speakers at Microsoft Read More...
Posted 29 May 08 10:08 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
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Harvard Business positioning SOA in Business Terms
Ever wondered about how to position SOA in business terms? Hereunder the intro of an Harvard Business Review article about this: "If your company embraced the reengineering revolution and is now hitting a wall, look beyond business processes to the new Read More...
Posted 29 May 08 10:05 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
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The Resource-Oriented Architecture
O’Reilly: The Resource-Oriented Architecture Why come up with a new term, Resource-Oriented Architecture? Why not just say REST? Well, I do say REST, on the cover of this book, and I hold that everything in the Resource-Oriented Architecture is also RESTful. Read More...
Posted 27 May 08 08:23 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
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Architecture by public community discussions?
http://dev.twitter.com/2008/05/twittering-about-architecture.html Here at Twitter HQ, we're not blind to the flurry of discussion over the past weeks about our architecture. For many of our technically-minded users, Twitter downtime is an opportunity Read More...
Posted 26 May 08 02:15 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
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Process-Views-Services – a Better Design Paradigm for Applications
Forrester: Process-Views-Services – a Better Design Paradigm for Applications It is time for a major shift in the top-level design model for applications. Model-view-controller (MVC) has been the dominant framework for tying together the user interface Read More...
Posted 26 May 08 08:05 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
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WebDSL - a Case Study in Domain-Specific Language Engineering
Delft University of Technology: WebDSL - a Case Study in Domain-Specific Language Engineering The goal of domain-specific languages (DSLs) is to increase the productivity of software engineers by abstracting from low-level boilerplate code. Introduction Read More...
Posted 26 May 08 08:02 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
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Models for Evaluating and Improving Architecture Competence
Software architecture competence is the ability of an individual or organization to acquire, use, and sustain the skills and knowledge necessary to carry out software architecture-centric practices. Previous work in architecture has concentrated on its Read More...
Posted 26 May 08 08:01 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
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Microsoft and interop? Microsoft Office 2007 will support ODF!
Microsoft Corp. is offering customers greater choice and more flexibility among document formats, as well as creating additional opportunities for developer and competitors, by expanding the range of document formats supported in its flagship Office productivity Read More...
Posted 23 May 08 03:41 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
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Bredemeyer: The Visual Architecting Process
The Visual Architecting Process™ (VAP) covers the techniques, including architecture modeling and architecture trade-off analysis, used in creating a technically sound architecture. It covers architectural requirements and prioritization to create the Read More...
Posted 20 May 08 08:05 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
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.NET a first class participant on TIBCO backed infrastructures.
TIBCO Selects Silverlight for Rich Internet Application Development TUCON®, San Francisco, April 30, 2008 – TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced that the company is working closely with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to make it easier for customers Read More...
Posted 19 May 08 06:50 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
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Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008 released
Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the latest addition to the p&p library of software architecture guidance: Enterprise Library 4.0. This release of Enterprise Library includes the following: – Integration with the Unity Application Read More...
Posted 19 May 08 08:17 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Unskilled and unable to realize it...
How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, Read More...
Posted 16 May 08 07:50 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Enterprise Architecture In A Flat World
Fifteen years ago — and in many cases, significantly less than that — IT organizations struggled to create effective local EA initiatives. Today, EA groups still do not live in a perfect world with fine-tuned organizational structures, impeccable processes, Read More...
Posted 15 May 08 05:20 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
Microsoft platform in Gartner's leader quadrant
On April 24th, Gartner released its Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers (EAS), 2Q08, which is authored by analysts Yefim Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Kimihiko Iijima, and Raffaella Favata. Gartner defines an application server as “system software Read More...
Posted 14 May 08 09:52 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta is available
MSDN subscribers now have access to Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. The following editions, in English and Japanese, are available: Edition Language Download Location Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition with Service Pack 1 Beta (X86) English, Japanese Read More...
Posted 14 May 08 07:34 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
HP acquired EDS
Newsflash: HP acquired EDS SAN FRANCISCO — The Hewlett-Packard Company, the personal computer and printer maker, said Tuesday that it would acquire the Electronic Data Systems Corporation, the operator of corporate computer systems, for $13.9 billion. Read More...
Posted 13 May 08 05:06 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
IT sabotage: identify common patterns
Want to avoid individuals from within the organization to sabotaging your infrastructure? Learn about identifying patterns up-front! A study conducted by the U.S. Secret Service and the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute CERT Program Read More...
Posted 13 May 08 09:12 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Social Computing Changes The Enterprise Collaboration Landscape
Forrester: Social Computing Changes The Enterprise Collaboration Landscape Organizations are using wikis for use cases across a broad but interrelated set of capabilities. The overall defining characteristics involve providing a single place for knowledge Read More...
Posted 13 May 08 08:12 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
MS Belux Architect Forum April 15 2008
Mid last month, we organized the MS Belux Architect Forum, devoted to SOA and BPM (see further below in this blog for the invite with agenda and speakers). 135 architects from customers and partners attended this event, which proves that the MS Architect Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 08:50 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
S+S Sample App Litware HR - May 2008 Released
The latest version of LitwareHR (“Litware HR - May 2008 Release”) is now publicly available for download here . This is essentially the version demonstrated during last MIX (session here ). This new enhanced release includes the following new features: Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 08:42 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Web 2.0 developers rank MSN/Live higher than Google, Yahoo and Facebook
A Computerworld article states that according to Evans survey Microsoft scored highest for its tools, SDKs and Web services programs "May 5, 2008 (Computerworld) Web 2.0 software developers ranked Microsoft 's MSN/Live Windows developer program higher Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 07:59 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
McKinsey: Enterprise Software Customer Survey 2008
Innovation in the software industry is on the upswing, with Software as a Service (SaaS) being a key driver. The SaaS model is becoming mainstream and this has led to the rise of a new generation of SaaS platforms (also referred to in the industry as Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 07:36 by pdestoop | 0 Comments   
Enterprise Mashup Tool (AKA Popfly for the Enterprise)
Version 2.0 of the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit was released to the web today, on schedule and with all the great new features promised for the release. Version 1.0 of the toolkit was released at the Office Developer’s Conference in February 2008. Read More...
Posted 09 May 08 07:21 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   
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Emerging Platform Wars in Enterprise SaaS
McKinsey Report: The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry continues to grow rapidly. Over the past three years, revenues of the top 20 SaaS companies grew at close to 50 percent and 2007 saw several new IPOs in the space. The industry has also matured Read More...
Posted 05 May 08 07:54 by pdestoop | 1 Comments   

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