Mike Walker's Ramblings about Industry Architecture

Are you wondering what EA is? Or maybe you would like to understand what the industry standard definition is... Well your out of luck in this post. :) All joking aside, it is sometimes helpful to see how others define this space. Obviously as an industry...

I haven't talked about these much but plan on it in the near future. I think there are some real good nuggets of guidance that can be learned from S+S Blueprints and Software Factories. Keep an eye out for some posts about how these relate to the architecture...

The International Association of Software Architects (IASA) 2nd IT Conference 2008 was the largest IT Architecture event in South East Asia with more than 30 Expert Speakers, 4 parallel different tracks and 40 architecture sessions and 590 attendees from...

I was forwarded this and had to share with all of you as this is absolutely hilarious.

Last week I read an article on Twitter's Developer Blog called Twittering about Architecture . It was an interesting read because it validates many of my thoughts on the application architecture process and how it applies to the Web 2.0 and S+S world...

It looks like the Burton group is joining the fold with the other industry analysts in regards to Enterprise Architecture guidance. The new EA coverage area site went live on May 18 as part of the launch of IT1 from Burton Group. The initial content is...

Enterprise Library is a collection of application blocks intended for use by developers who build complex, enterprise-level applications. Enterprise Library is used when building applications that are typically to be deployed widely and to interoperate...

I ran across this great post that takes a stab at contrasting the various architecture roles. I think Karthik Vijayakumar does a good job with the overview. See below:  EA - Enterprise Architecture EBA - Enterprise Business Architecture EITA - Enterprise...

If you thought you were heading for Funky Town, think again... :) This is an interesting illustration from Architecture and Governance Magazine of the Web 2.0 space based on the Tokyo rail system.   http://www.architectureandgovernance.com/articles...

I just ran across an article from the IASA organization that was released late last month called " IASA Announces SunTrust Bank as Founding Corporate Partner for Training Program ". With quote like the below it shows that enterprises are starting...

Today I received a press release that SOA Software had acquired LogicLibrary . LogicLibrary is an architecture repository tool with great integration into many IDE tools in the market (including Visual Studio http://www.logiclibrary.com/vsadd-in.asp)...

There is a new book out called Microsoft 2.0: How to Stay Relevant in the Post Gates-Era written by Mary Jo Foley . There has been some buzz about this book so I thought I would check it out and take a read. Plus, I heard that I was in the book in some...

If you are a SharePoint 2007 shop or thinking about becoming one check out this article on how a Microsoft Partner called Provoke built a custom metadata repository and surfaced it up through SharePoint. I see this method being a trend for enterprises...