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I’m a master of complexity and this week’s been no exception! Here’s a brief account of my week … Monday & Tuesday To start off I held the first proper meeting of my new focus group, the Microsoft Partner Architect Advisory Council (MPAAC), which
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Angela Yochem is an executive architect with a leading multinational organisation and an IASA fellow. Her public role and passion for architecture is incredible but it is her clear business focused approach that really sets her apart from the rest. We
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Well, maybe they don’t actually ‘love’ the cloud but according to the research by MWD Advisors in partnership with the IASA it appears that they are cautiously optimistic which came as quite a surprise. Neil, Research Director from MWD talked to me recently
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Talking Architects is a UK channel 9 series that I’ve just launched to reach out to prominent people within the Industry to discuss the issues that architects face. If you think I should talk to you or to anyone you know especially in the UK then drop
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been out a while but here’s a great interview* between Dave Gristwood and Dave Chappell on the value of Azure in comparison with other cloud platforms like AWS, Google AppEngine and Force.com well worth the time to watch! * Ok, so when I say great video
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Many thanks to everyone who took part in the Architect Forum on the 25th, and I mean everyone – I haven’t witnessed such a vocal audience in some time – really great mind share all round. Here’s all the links to slides that were used and I hope to have
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Last night was the UK IASA AGM which proved to be a great success and I am delighted to welcome 4 new faces to the IASA leadership committee as a result. We also took time to review the IASA plans to launch certification which were also well received
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It is so often the case that integration is a secondary concern and along with identity, audit/logging and reporting it ends way below the fadistic significance of the UX in driving developer time (and cost). Not that I want to decry the importance of
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Short notice, but definitely worth coming too (places limited to 90). The architect forum on the 25th September at Cardinal Place, London will look at cloud from the architects perspective, looking at the opportunities and challenges that enterprises
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So loads of people looked at my last post on this subject but few actually decided to respond to the poll:(. So here’s v2 – to register your opinion is now only a click away …. go on:)!
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Following on from my " mind the architect gap " posting the other day we've put up a quick poll on the UK IASA portal to test opinion . Go and have a look and remember if you're a practising architect then have you joined IASA yet?
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A final thought before the weekend … I received the 2009 Standish CHAOS report from a colleague the other day that shows yet another jump in project failure rates. I often refer to Standish in my presentations so decided to look at the trends from 1994
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Finally after much angst the breakout sessions from AIC09 are now live here !
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Quick note before going on leave to make sure you are aware of the following cloud events in Newcastle on the 29th July. Both Simon Davies and I will be there but if that's not enough then there will be loads of other great talks on ... CloudSeminar How
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Great explanation of Windows Azure from Steve Marx … Video: What is Windows Azure?
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