In October of 2006, we announced the preview of the Microsoft ESB Guidance at Microsoft SOA Conference in Redmond. This consisted of the following which enabled Microsoft partners and customers to build large and small-scale ESB solutions: Sample code...

I just ran across Todd Bishop's blog where he links to the "Back to the Future" spoof. Microsoft executive Bob Muglia's appearance at the company's TechEd conference this week began with an elaborate video starring actor Christopher Lloyd in his role...

Watch Andrew Herbert , managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge , discuss the 20th century computer systems assumptions that are no longer true in the 21st century — things like the single processor systems and the single threaded programs, low...

A new Booz Allen study “Striving for growth: Best practices in retail banking sales and service channels ” has revealed that the majority of banks are failing to fully meet customer needs and maximise sales channel performance. The comprehensive study...

Nick Ogden , the founder of one of the first online payment systems has launched a new way for people to buy goods over the Internet or via their cell phones. The new service, called Voice Pay , uses biometric voice analysis to authenticate users. The...

Health plan RAP shows how to build architectures that unify people, process and technology through familiar Office 2007 user interfaces. It includes an architecture framework for Health Plan with an OBA based scenario, Windows Live platform for member...

Here is a sneak peek at our thoughts on ESB until the final release of the guidance on MSDN. The Microsoft ESB Guidance provides architectural guidance, patterns, practices, and a set of BizTalk Server and .NET components to simplify the development of...

Enterprise Architecture has become a common practice for large IT organizations. For the first time there is a methodology to encompass all of the various IT aspects and processes into a single practice. However, realizing the full potential of Enterprise...

I was recently asked to start blogging on CIO.com regarding Enterprise Architecture topics. Check out my first post, it should be familiar to the folks reading my blog for some time. I will be blogging more frequently towards the end of the month in CIO...

Download Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 This new version of the Windows Mobile Device Center contains key improvements and new features to support Windows Mobile 6 devices. The Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 is only supported on Windows Vista. Key...

Today Microsoft will release to the Web the final version of Virtual Server 2005 R2 service pack 1. Available at no charge, this service pack adds support for hardware-assisted virtualization and improved backup services and compatibility. A new feature...

This doesn't surprise me at all. What does is that it has taken state and federal legislation so long to adopt. It looks like Texas is considering this as well. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9020923&source...

When I ran across this article I immediately thought of my session at TechEd when I spoke the importance of Enterprise Architecture tooling. Being able to have visibility into your IT environments from not only a hardware or logical but from other perspective...

There is a bit of movement here at Microsoft in the Financial Services space. In the insurance industry we just released the Insurance Value Chain . Before that launch I was working on interoperability scenarios with the ACORD standard and what that looks...

I ran across this great compile on ZenHabits blog . Below is a snipit of what you will find there. The Books Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity , by David Allen Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life , by...

I did a fourth of my presentation in PowerPoint to set the stage with a common set of vocabulary since there are still no clear definitions on all the EA perspectives. So I gave my interpretation. We spent the rest of the session whiteboard what an EA...

The Financial Services San Francisco Architect Roundtable was held in San Francisco on the 30 th of May. This is the first of potentially many more vertical focused architecture events. If your an architect and you think that this may be valuable to your...

Popfly is the fun, easy way to build and share mashups, gadgets, Web pages, and applications. Currently this is invite only. So go on the Popfly website and request an invitation. Detailed Overview Web Cast of Popfly Screenshots

The following conversation is a conversation with Microsoft Financial Services Sr. Architect Colin Cole discussing Office Business Applications (OBA). This is a new type of blog post for me and a Drowning In Technical Debt first. ... http://drowningintechnicaldebt...

Check out Rob Barkers material from MIX 2007. There is some great stuff here. http://blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs/archive/2007/05/03/mix07-dev17-front-ending-the-web-with-microsoft-office.aspx