Jim O'Neil's Blog : architect

Architect, Your Career?

joneil — Thu, 28 May 2009 06:02:41 GMT

The Microsoft New England Research and Development Center (NERD) will play host to a unique event, The Architect Factory, on June 2nd. Co-sponsored by IASA New England, {Code Right}, O’Reilly, and Microsoft, this 1/2 day event will provide insight and guidance for senior developers who aspire to take their technical careers to the next logical step, that of an architect.

When	June 2, 2009 1 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. (followed by dinner)
Where	NERD 1 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA
Register	arcfactory.eventbrite.com

Notable area architects will cover three sessions in each of three tracks: Architecture in Action, Leadership, and Head in the Clouds.

The complete agenda is as follows:

1:00	Meet and Greet
1:30	Keynote: Becoming an Architect, Rob Daigneau
2:45	Break
3:30	The Dangers of Over-architecting Solutions, Bryan Tuttle	The IT Architect and Technology Leadership - where are we and what next?, David Leonard	How the Cloud Pattern is Changing Enterprise Architecture, Todd Bremner
4:15	Break
4:30	Establishing Developer Practices, Dennis Perlot	Working with Business Stakeholders, Ian Dicker	The Architect and the New Identity Paradigm, Curt Devlin
5:45	Break
6:00	Architecture of Collaboration Systems, SB Chatterjee	Using LAAAM to Make Good Architectural Decisions, Fast!, Jeromy Carriere	Application Patterns for the Cloud, Igor Moochnick
7:15	Evening Dinner Event

Enterprise Developer Conference at a Stream Near You

joneil — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:06:00 GMT

The Enterprise Developer and Solutions Conference being held in New York City tomorrow and Wednesday is sold out, but that doesn’t mean you’re left out. The session will be streamed live and also available afterward. The conference features sessions by leaders in the health care, financial, media and communications industries on using Microsoft technologies like Azure, Team System, and Sharepoint to provide enterprise-level, real world solutions.

Check out the session list and then tune in from your favorite chair!

IASA Meeting: Intuit QuickBase Deep-Dive

joneil — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:33:05 GMT

The next IASA New England meeting will be held next Thursday, April 23rd at the Intuit Offices in Waltham. The presentation will be by Jim Salem, founder and architect in the Platform as a Service group at Intuit.

Inside SaaS: Deep Dive into the Intuit QuickBase Architecture

Examine a rich software-as-a-service platform in detail. Used by over half of the Fortune 100, Intuit QuickBase solves critical business problems via its easy-to-use and easy-to-customize applications.

Jim Salem, QuickBase architect and co-founder will present its unique, highly scalable application engine which seamlessly integrates multiple web services including database, email, workflow, and reporting. We’ll discuss its patented active-active load balancing technology that has made it one of the most reliable, fast and proven SaaS technologies today.

Its Windows-based hosting technology has been extended as the basis for the Intuit Partner Platform, a service for RIA developers to deliver QuickBooks-integrated applications to small businesses. We’ll cover key design choices in data flow, network, and container design that have made QuickBase especially suited to hosting diverse applications for thousands of businesses.

Jim Salem

For the past 25 years, Jim Salem has been a pioneer in distributed computing and in the software/platform as a service space. He has extensive experience in all aspects of internet service delivery including scalable hosting infrastructure design, automated application provisioning, efficient resource management, and 24x7 operations.

In 1999, Salem co-founded Intuit’s QuickBase, where he has been responsible for architecting and delivering fast, reliable PaaS and SaaS services to hundreds of thousands of users. While at Intuit, he has held senior management positions in engineering and operations. Salem is currently the Platform-as-a-Service Group Architect.

Prior to Intuit, Salem served as Director of Web Hosting Engineering at GTE Internetworking (BBN Planet) where he supported thousands of servers in ten data centers. Earlier, he was a senior engineering manager at Thinking Machines, which developed a 65,536 processor parallel computing platform. Salem earned a B.S.E.E. degree from M.I.T. in 1984.

Date

Thursday, April 23rd, 5 pm - 8pm

Location

Intuit Offices (click-once directions)
100 5th Ave
7th Floor
Waltham, MA 02451

Agenda

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm   Networking
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm   Chapter Announcements
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm   Deep Dive into the Intuit QuickBase Architecture

IONA's Eric Newcomer Talks Interoperability

joneil — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:51:30 GMT

My Architect Evangelist colleague, Bob Familiar, has just announced details on the next meeting of New England's chapter of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA), the premier organization focused on best practices and education in the IT architect arena.

The next meeting features Eric Newcomer, the Chief Technology Officer of IONA, who will be discussing various issues that make interoperability 'hard' in today's complex technological landscape. Eric is an established author and expert in the areas of SOA, Web Services, and transaction processing and serves on the Eclipse and OSGi boards, so this is not something you'll want to miss!

When:	October 2nd. 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Where:	Microsoft Offices, MPR-C 201 Jones Road Waltham, MA 02451 (one-click directions)
Register:	http://iasanewengland.eventbrite.com

Latest ARCast... Featuring Chris Bowen

joneil — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:20:10 GMT

In the latest ARCast.TV episode, Bob Familiar interviews the authors - including the fabulous Chris Bowen - of the newly released Essential Windows Communication Foundation for .NET Framework 3.5 from Addison-Wesley.

ARCast.TV - Essential WCF

Help Architect Your Career

joneil — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:43:48 GMT

If you've ever wondered what a software architect really is, what they do, or how to become one, you'll want to tune in regularly to ARCast.TV on MSDN's Channel 9. The latest installment centers on the Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) program. Dr. Zhming Xue ("Z"), Architect Evangelist for the East Region, and George Cerbone, Microsoft MCA Program Manager, interview Biff Gaut, one of over 100 IT professionals worldwide who have achieved the certification. In this video, Bill discusses the interview process, trade-offs candidates have to make, and key tips to prepare for the interview day.

ARCast.TV - Biff Gaut discusses the Microsoft Certified Architect Program