Bits and Pieces

Thanks all who attended the Open Door events and attended my presentation. I hope the discussion was fruitful. You can download the presentations from the below link Economics of Cloud Computing Microsoft Cloud Platform http://cid-9e034ec670871f31.skydrive...

I’ve was lucky to take part on a workshop last week with one of the most respected IT organizations in the Middleeast. Our colleagues from the organization gave us a very good feedback on their requirements for a Private Cloud Toolkit, which will help...

Any of us who has gone through TOGAF material has read the ADM Phase B which is Business Architecture. In the TOGAF documentation this phase is described as "Business Architecture describes the development of a Business Architecture to support an agreed...

Comment: ERP MA runs under 32 Bit, if you're installing FIM on a 64 Bit machine, don't forget to run the MA under a 32 Bit Process, this is the last combo box on the first configuration screen of your MA. The first step for configuring SAP MA on FIM...

After attending the Zachman Framework Training last month, I realized that my fundmental way of thinking around architecture was flawed. To most of us, Architecture is thought of another layer on top of systems building process. The senior guy who can...

For some time I've been following this Cloudmania and the latest buzzword invented is Private Clouds. So what is a private cloud and how is it different from our conventional datacenter. We even have kits and products and vendors that claim they can deliver...

The moment you start going through the 43 page OBA SAP SAK 2.0 installation document you will realize that once you come to the end which is installing the ADF components for Sharepoint Server 2007 BDC web parts, it doesn’t work. When you try to put a...

We recently started a project under the link http://arslie8ws.codeplex.com for Silverlight 2.0 based Arabic Internet Explorer 8 Web Slices. These slices could be downloaded and modified to fit the needs of Arabic websites. The initial set of web slices...

Add a Web Slice and you won't have to go back to the same website again and again for updates on news, stock quotes, online auctions, weather, or even sports scores—now those updates will come to you. The new Web Slice feature provides up-to-the-minute...

Building an accelerator is a simple task. Number one site that comes to mind in Saudi Arabia is obviously the Tadawul, which is the Saudi Stock Market and I decided to build an accelerator that searches the stock information in this site. The only challenge...

Internet Explorer 8 comes with a number of features that could help you with increasing the expected benefits from your website. Before starting the important things to keep mind is; All IE8 features I will introduce are “technology independent”, you...

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So what does this mean? I believe this is closely related with the definition of IT Architecture and how we architects are performing this art. When building a solution why do we need complex patterns? Why are those block diagrams so complex and big?...

It was a hard period. Running here to there delivering projects. However I do have experience accumulated and as the name implies bit and pieces that you have to dig in for days and you can't make the think work without them. Good news is I've changed...

I'm working for Microsoft Services on the field as an Architect. I'm the "Do It" sort of person rather than "Tell It". Writing is always an overhead for me. When I think about the amount of code I can develop or the systems I can build within that same...