Mike Walker's Ramblings about Industry Architecture

  Here are some great resources if you need to catchup on the latest release of Windows Server 2008. I have already upgraded two of my servers and I am really impressed with the speed improvements. Thus far applications run much faster. I will be...

It's amazing the e-mails I received as a result of the Enterprise Architecture and Application Portfolio Management article and the many posts I have made in relation to APM. To all the responded, Thank You! The Enterprise Architecture space is littered...

The Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map is a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application that helps developers visualize the different programs, servers, services, and tools that will help them build solutions. It allows them to drill down...

I will be presenting again at the Financial Services Developer Conference on March 12-13, 2008 . If you are going to be present swing by my presentation or stop by to have a chat. The 2008 Microsoft Financial Services Developer Conference will focus on...

SOA and Business Process issues reach across the entire organization from developer service enabling existing investments to architects recommending IT standards to business analysts optimizing processes and business owners investing in their IT portfolios...

The binary documentation (.doc, .xls, .ppt) is now live. In addition to this, the project to create an open source translator (binary -> Open XML) has now been formed on sourceforge, and the development roadmap has been published. Read Brian Jones...

I announced at the Office Developers Conference 2008 the release of the Loan Origination Reference Architecture version 2. Like the previous version, this reference architecture shows architects and developers how to bridge OBA technologies with transactional...

These are really funny and are not necessarily just OBA centric. The first two are really funny!       Office Developer Conference 2008 SWAG Guy Video: ODC2008 Swag Guy   ODC2008 Architect Guy is a really funny video describing architects...

This is really funny especially for me as I am  listening to that same song everyday on conference calls. I never thought to "Bust a move" though... It would be pretty scary if I did, I would most likely look like Elaine from the popular...

What a great conference! Thanks to everyone that attended the conference and my sessions. I will be posting my deck very soon so all of you can see. Also, if you didn't get a chance to come to the Office Developers Conference to see Bill Gate's keynote...

At the Office Developers Conference this week I announced the release of the Financial Services OBA Component Library. The Financial Services OBA Component Library is a comprehensive set of OBA components that span across key areas in the Banking, Insurance...

Craig van Zeyl will be showing off how Dataract has implemented key components in the Financial Services OBA Component Library. He is specifically showing how his company has integrated the Broker Commissions functionality into their product e5 .  ...

Kurt DelBene ,  Corp. VP, Office Business Platform Group had the second keynote after Bill Gates. He talked about applying OBA to real world business applications. He also went much deeper on the announcements. Kurt talked about developer trends...

I am here at the developer conference and will provide some insights from some of the larger sessions such as keynotes. Keynote Highlights Bill Gates keynote was interesting. He mentioned his love for all things Office related. Three core components to...

Microsoft just created a new security awareness site that has a James Bond or Mission Impossible like flavor to it. The site is called www.HelloSecureWorld.com   it provides a security awareness and education in the developer community by surfacing...