Sign In
john devadoss' blog
opinions...
Translate This Page
Translate this page
Powered by
Microsoft® Translator
Options
Email Blog Author
RSS for posts
Atom
RSS for comments
OK
Search
Advanced search options...
Search In:
Everything
Blogs
Forums
People
Groups
Places
Pages
Date range:
All Time
Last Year
Last 6 Months
Last 3 Months
Last Month
Last Week
Last Two Days
Tags
No tags have been created or used yet.
Archive
Archives
May 2010
(2)
April 2010
(3)
March 2010
(2)
February 2010
(2)
December 2009
(12)
October 2009
(3)
September 2009
(2)
June 2009
(2)
July 2008
(1)
December 2007
(1)
November 2007
(2)
September 2007
(1)
August 2007
(10)
March 2007
(27)
January 2007
(1)
August 2006
(18)
July 2006
(2)
March 2006
(3)
February 2006
(4)
November 2005
(3)
October 2005
(4)
July 2005
(1)
March 2005
(2)
June 2004
(2)
April 2004
(1)
February 2004
(2)
March, 2007
MSDN Blogs
>
john devadoss' blog
>
March, 2007
Posts
Subscribe via RSS
Sort by:
Most Recent
|
Most Views
|
Most Comments
Excerpt View
|
Full Post View
john devadoss' blog
Balancing stability, feature velocity, performance and cost
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
1
Comments
Randy Shoup and Dan Pritchett discuss their architecture for eBay - a must-read.
john devadoss' blog
CASE and Enterprise Architecture
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
Jeff Tash has a write-up that is a must-read http://www.flashmapsystems.com/resources/articles/articles17.htm
john devadoss' blog
Does SOA have an ROI
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
1
Comments
Interesting article in Datamation - Randy Heffner seems to be agreeing with many of the things I said at the Microsoft SOA Conference last October. For instance he says "... you should not be selling SOA. You should be selling the solutions that you...
john devadoss' blog
IT project prioritization with Motion
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
1
Comments
Motion is a methodology for project prioritization and selection. Why Motion? "Yesterday's tools (business architecture process mapping) were not designed to respond to today's needs (dynamic change) or tomorrow's promise (rapid innovation). More...
john devadoss' blog
Whither Multi-tenancy
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
We have done a fait bit of work on the SaaS multi-tenancy problem in my team - Gianpaolo and Fred have spent more time thinking about this problem than almost anyone else that I know - we have published more architectural guidance than anyone else in...
john devadoss' blog
SaaS - the enterprise (as opposed to the provider) perspective
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
This is a very good description of the enterprise perspective, as we see it - from our Architecture Center on MSDN.
john devadoss' blog
Trends that could transform Enterprise IT - Part 3 - the Convergence of the Workplace and the Home
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
1
Comments
The applications and services the people use at the workplace or often different from those that they use today at home. There is friction between these two experiences – a s employees they often use applications and data in the workplace that they...
john devadoss' blog
Virtual platforms/Virtuous cycles
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
Harry wrote this up as a draft when he was in my team - it is a very interesting read - if you are at all interested in the Rich Internet Application space.
john devadoss' blog
SaaS - and the browser red-herring
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
There is an opinion - fairly wide-spread from what I can see and hear - that the SaaS delivery model implies that consumption is via a vanilla browser. This conflation of SaaS with the browser is incorrect. SaaS is a delivery model. You could...
john devadoss' blog
Trends that could transform Enterprise IT - Part 2 - 'Externalization of IT'
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
1
Comments
Enterprise IT has been for the most part working with a centrally managed, ‘vertically-integrated’ model. This model has tended towards building and managing custom infrastructure, services and applications to support the business. It is often based...
john devadoss' blog
Have you seen the new Architecture Journal Website?
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
We’ve taken the old website, revamped it and integrated it with the MSDN Architecture Center. The result is easier searching, cleaner navigation, and greater cross linking with other architecture articles and downloads – while still maintaining the unique...
john devadoss' blog
MSDN Architecture Center on Service-orientation
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
John Evdemon has been spending a tonne of time in this area - you should check out the ARC center
john devadoss' blog
The What, Why and How of Master Data Management
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
By Roger Wolter and Kirk Haselden, this is a must read.
john devadoss' blog
On Maturity Models
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
IMHO a basic issue with maturity models is that they assume you know the end state. M aturity models also tend to take on a life of their own – where the end-game becomes one of moving from stage x to stage y – instead of creating business benefit. ...
john devadoss' blog
Dealing with Data - yes, again
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
Roger Wolter in my team has a good post on the 'data challenge'. Underappreciated, mis-understood, short-thrifted, un-cool - but if you dont care about data then you will not be successful with building loosely coupled, service oriented applications...
john devadoss' blog
Trends that could transform Enterprise IT - Part 1 - 'bring your own PC'
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
The growing viability of so-called consumer-grade applications, catalyzed by the growing maturity of the end-user/consumer community, poses the possibility of what you call the ‘unmanaged PC’ model - i n the extreme case one could visualize IT enabling...
john devadoss' blog
What is Software as a Service
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
So, what is SaaS anyway? I find this question coming up on a regular basis these days - as always, Wikipedia has an excellent write-up - " Software as a service ( SaaS ) is a model of software delivery where the software company provides maintenance...
john devadoss' blog
Rich Internet Applications
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
I love this . I have been playing a lot with WPF/E lately - this is going to be big.
john devadoss' blog
Web 2.0 in the Enterprise - with the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
1
Comments
This is an excellent write-up re how the 2007 Microsoft Office System enables enterprises to adopt Web 2.0 concepts and models to create value for the business. Michael Platt and I were talking about this last week - Windows Sharepoint Services and...
john devadoss' blog
SaaS - and Guan xi
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
1
Comments
Fred Chong in my team has been spending time with our colleagues in China - helping drive our architecture work, with partners and customers, and helping shape the industry dialogue - if you are interested in SaaS in China this is a post worth reading...
john devadoss' blog
Composition
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
1
Comments
Composition is the dominant application model today- across light-weight mashups through to enterprise-class composites, and all the way in between. With this in mind the current edition of the Architecture Journal is focussed on this topic - I would...
john devadoss' blog
Microsoft Architecture Journal - feedback from our readers
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
The results from the recent reader survey for our Architecture Journal just came in - that we were very happy with the feedback would be an understatement :-) Here is a sampling of the feedbacl that we received - 1) Over 96% 'love it, it has very...
john devadoss' blog
Office Business Applications : Building Composite Applications Using the Microsoft Platform
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
1
Comments
We published our first book on the Office Business Applications model in December. You can also download the book here . Congratulations to Atanu Banerjee, Moin Moinuddin, Mike Walker and Javed Sikander who leads the Industry Strategy architecture...
john devadoss' blog
'Big-science'
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
0
Comments
I had mean to blog this a while back - Joe McKendrick talked about my comments during the SOA/BPM Conference. Yes, the fundamental problem with the big-bang mega approaches to SOA is that they almost always end up being out-of-sync with the needs of...
john devadoss' blog
Real-World Approach to SOA
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
jdevados
1
Comments
I get asked for our opinion on SOA a couple of times a week - the presspass that we did at our SOA/BPM Conference in October 2006 is a good reference, and one that I point folks to. PressPass: Why should a business person or an IT professional care...
Page 1 of 2 (27 items)
1
2