Another great Architect Council. Thanks to everyone for attending. Dino Chiesa did a fantastic session on Service Orientation moving from the concepts, through to design, current standards and Web services. He also talked about Interop in some detail...

I've talked with many Architects in Ireland over the last year about professional advancement, certifications etc. Many of you may have seen this article on a recent announcement of the Microsoft Certified Architect Program (MCAP). (The Americans refer...

Last night, Clare won the Irish "Young IT person of the year" award. Congratulations, fully deserved for all the great work that Clare has done over the past 18 months with developer communities in Ireland.

As Clare already talked about. There is a large number of development jobs open in Microsoft Ireland at the moment. Many of them are in the new R&D area recently announced. So if you are thinking of a change, I can recommend Microsoft as an amazing...