Mike Walker's Ramblings about Industry Architecture

I ran across a great post by Dave Linthicum called Why Enterprise Architecture is a Corporate Responsibility . He made some very good points and would encourage you to take a look at what he has to say. I would like to expand on some of Dave's thoughts...

To give you guys a sneak peek at the SP1 build. I just installed Vista SP1 with zero issues. The upgrade process seamless and took approx. an hour. There was only one concern however. My box was waiting for about 20 minutes to shut down. Other than that...

Published today is the new MSDN article that I have written for the Application Portfolio Management space. This primer will walk architects through the synergies between Application Portfolio Management and Enterprise Architecture. The article is titled...

This is a bit off topic but I thought it was pretty funny. Since I do a my fair share of public speaking I thought I would share some comedic wisdom with you after this long holiday weekend.

Michael Lehman walks us through the Software+Services Blueprints. These blueprints are a series of source code and guidance packages designed to provide an architectural bridge between vision and implementation by making it easier to build S+S applications...

When: February 10-13, 2008 Where: San Jose Convention Center , San Jose, CA Who: 2000 developers and architects who build solutions on the Office platform (Office clients, servers, and services) Don't miss this unique opportunity, as Microsoft brings...

Vegas here we come! Microsoft’s MIX conference is returning to the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas on March 5 – 7, 2008 and you’re invited to join us. The Next Web Now MIX08 is an intimate opportunity for cutting-edge technical, creative and business strategists...

Check out the new version of the Microsoft ESB Guidance. The overview page ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb931189.aspx ) will provide you with all the necessary high-level information such as download links , architecture overviews, future...

James McGovern writes an interesting post worth taking a look at called Enterprise Architecture: Can you build software using the factory model? . In general I agree and I like the quote: "All models are false but some models are useful" - George...

James McGovern writes an interesting post about how he feels that the Enterprise Architecture blogosphere is talking way too much about EA processes and not enough about the EA practices. He makes some good points about this and I do agree in general...

It's been a slow blogging week due to several big projects that I am launching here in the coming months. I look forward to sharing more detail with you when the time is right. In the interim I will be in the Middle East presenting in the city of Cairo...

An interesting tidbit on the social networking side, Wells Fargo is ramping up its virtual world efforts with Stagecoach Island. They have launched their own virtual world on the popular Second Life . Though initially coming to life two years ago, it...

On my trip to Vegas last week I ran into Master Chief. I guess I said the wrong thing to him because he just snapped. Something about how I could kick his butt on X-Box live, well he had no sense of humor about that... :)

On Tuesday at the SOA & BP Conference ( http://www.mssoaandbpconference.com/ ), we are announcing the availability of the V6.2 CTP of the Managed Services Engine (MSE).  This release ( http://www.codeplex.com/servicesengine ) is the culmination...

Sorry for the delay on this, there has been a lot of e-mails asking where this was at and if it was going to happen. The " Day in the Life of an Enterprise Architect " article has been complete for some time now, however got bogged down in the...