One of the interesting things about architecture to me has always been finding a happy medium between what a business can afford and what it really needs to get done. For a long time, I have been a big proponent of adding small chunks of architecture...

Did you know that Microsoft publishes a quarterly architecture publication ? It "The Architecture Journal" and you can register to receive a few copy here . You get in-depth coverage of subjects ranging from interoperability to SOA. And it's not just...

Seems like Microsoft's 1999 vision for software as a service finally came of age on Tuesday. Offering both installed software and online software gives Micosoft the ability to decide if and when to cut into the Windows and Office businesses with online...

I've been getting a lot of questions about Microsoft Visual Studio Team System lately. It's new, it's very big and many people are just trying to get their arms around the impact that it will have to their current SDLC. What does it do? What doesn't it...

HP is having a pretty compelling architecture event around IT Governance and Enterprise Architecture in Dana Point on 10/28/2005. They are looking for Architects and Senior executives from enterprises in Southern California to attend. The invtation...

With the release of the .NET Framework 2.0 only weeks away now we are starting to see some of the enterprise guidance appear in support of the products. An interesting one that was just brought to my attention is the Patterns and Practices Security Guidance...

When I attended Gartner's "Business Process Management" summit this March, I was struck by the immaturity of SOA. Most of the sessions and discussions were at the level of "what is SOA" and "how to get started with SOA". This is a concept that is 8+ years...

Microsoft recently published a paper on migrating from ASP.Net 1.x to ASP.Net 2.0 ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/migration/upgrade/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/migratefromaspnetto2.asp ). In addition, there is some great information...

The San Diego .NET User Group is hold their San Diego Fall 2005 Technical Summit on October 8, 2005 in Carlsbad. Take a look at the registration site for additional details on this event. Check out their site here: http://www.sandiegodotnet.com and the...

Microsoft is in the process of launching an Architect Certification Process. Information on the process is located here: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/architect/ Information requests at this e-mail: mcapinfo@microsoft.com Once the...

Bill Gates appears on Channel 9, a great look at where software and Microsoft are going from the Chief Software Architect. http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=111598 -Scott

I had a customer recently ask me for information regarding technologies that can be used to automatically update Winforms/SmartClient applications. For deploying Smart Client applications there are two technologies you should be concerned with:...

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