Linda Chong's Blog

Nick Malik: How to Develop a Governance Program (that doesn’t suck the life out of your organization)

Linda Chong — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:41:23 GMT

Enterprise Architecture has a role to play in both developing a vision of the future, and in providing governance and oversight to make sure that the organization can measure its progress towards that future. The governance part is tricky. Architectural...(read more)

SharePoint 2010 Resources

Linda Chong — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:25:51 GMT

The public beta of SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010 will be available in November. For more resources, take a look at: - SharePoint 2010 Website - to view SharePoint 2010 in action - SharePoint 2010 forum - for SharePoint 2010 questions - SharePoint 2010...(read more)

2 Architect Webcasts in November: Featuring Tim Heuer on Silverlight 3 and Joseph Hofstader on Windows Azure

Linda Chong — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:22:33 GMT

Each month through June 2010, Microsoft will bring you a 90-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on the latest trends/topics and how new technologies can align with your business needs. November 24, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST Title: An...(read more)

Good Read - David Chappell: SharePoint 2010 - An Introduction for ASP.NET Solution Architects

Linda Chong — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:19:07 GMT

What is an application platform? It’s a broad concept that can include a range of interconnected technologies. ASP.NET is a platform for creating Web applications, for example, while at the same time it belongs to the larger application platform provided...(read more)

Business Architecture: An Emerging Profession

Linda Chong — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:07:19 GMT

A good reading to share…. ***************************************************************************************** “Business Architects design, obtain approval, translate and administer the implementation and ongoing improvement of the transformational...(read more)

ARCast.TV - Matt Hessinger on How Business drives Architecture

Linda Chong — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:05:28 GMT

Enterprise Architects, Solutions Architects, Infrastructure Architects, and Business Analysts all work hand-in-hand to deliver value to the enterprise. In this interview, Joe Shirey talks to Matt Hessinger about the dynamics of each of these groups and...(read more)

ARCast.TV Special - Jim Wilt on Increasing Solution Adoption Success Using Architectural Skills

Linda Chong — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:18:17 GMT

The Architect Innovation Cafe presents Jim Wilt on Using Architectural Skills to Increase Solution Adoption Success - Products, Solution Frameworks, and Development Tools are too often touted by vendors and development teams as solutions to customer business...(read more)

ARCast.TV - How to Improve Testability with a Modular Architecture

Linda Chong — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:34:22 GMT

Mario Cardinal and Aaron Kowall discuss how to easily test in an autonomous way an application conceived with modular abstractions such as the "layer". Mario and Aaron discuss how to partition the concerns of the application into layers and...(read more)

Monthly Webcast series for Architects!

Linda Chong — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:32:33 GMT

Each month through June 2010, Microsoft will bring you a 90-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on the latest trends/topics and how new technologies can align with your business needs. October 27, 2009 at 11:00am – 12:30pm PST Title: An...(read more)

ARCast.TV - Re-architecting Applications for Internationalization

Linda Chong — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:48:12 GMT

Achim Ruopp , an internationalization specialist and a former program manager at Microsoft, discusses the typical process of and efforts involved in internationalizing existing applications in this interview with Zhiming Xue . If you are interested to...(read more)

Download a free copy of Windows Security Essentials to protect your home PC and laptop today!

Linda Chong — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:33:32 GMT

Microsoft Security Essentials is officially released in 8 languages and 19 countries around the world. You can download Microsoft Security Essentials now at http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ . About Microsoft...(read more)

ARCast.TV - Clemens Vasters on Architecture Implications of the Internet Service Bus

Linda Chong — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:51:44 GMT

Companies need infrastructure to integrate services for internal enterprise systems, services running at business partners, and systems accessible on the public Internet. And companies need be able to start small and scale rapidly. Joe Shirey talks to...(read more)

Microsoft Architecture Journal 21 is now available!

Linda Chong — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:55:22 GMT

You can now download or read online the latest Microsoft Architecture Journal 21 on Service Orientation Today and Tomorrow ! Happy reading!...(read more)

Forrester: Will Business Architecture Initiatives Put A Permanent End To Business-IT Alignment Problems?

Linda Chong — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:02:00 GMT

An interesting article below…. happy reading! =============================================== An early 2009 Forrester interview with the CIO of a retail firm produced a great quote: “Our business execs have two views of IT: a big budget blob or their...(read more)

Dryad and DryadLINQ for Data Intensive Research

Linda Chong — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:22:25 GMT

Dryad is a high-performance general-purpose distributed computing engine that is designed to simplify the task of implementing distributed applications on clusters of Windows-based computers. DryadLINQ allows developers to implement Dryad applications...(read more)