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EVENT OVERVIEW

Adverse times are also best times for innovation! Choosing the right battles to fight, and reinventing ourselves with less resources are par for the course today.  However, not all innovation needs to be revolutionary or transformative. In fact, in the current economic crisis, opportunities for innovation can be found in aspects of our core competencies, and implemented as incremental and iterative changes.

For this series of Architect Council live webcasts on August 24 and 25, 2009, we will discuss two of the many ways architects can innovate by recognizing the impact to architects, and learning how to effectively leverage cloud computing beyond just another place to host existing assets.

SESSION DETAILS

DAY 1 - August 24, 2009 at Noon PST
Role of the Architect in Turbulent Times (View Recording | Download Slides)
Miha Kralj
With faltering economies and the resulting shift of priorities - architects must be ready for change in their role. Innovative new technologies such as Cloud Based Computing, Software as a Service and Virtualization open up new and exciting opportunities for architects to show value in their organizations.   In this session we will discuss how the role of the architect has changed, introduce new architectural patterns, and show how to "do more with less".


The role of the Architect in turbulent times -

DAY 2 - August 25, 2009 at Noon PST
A Closer Look at an Internet Service Bus (View Recording)
Clemens Vasters
Look under the hood of the Microsoft .NET Services service bus - the protocols we use- and how to use the services from non-Microsoft platforms and languages.  Learn which part of the messages and requests the Building Block service inspects, which parts are not inspected, and how you can verify this.  Also, learn how to work through NAT and Firewall limitations.   Lastly, hear about architecture on the Data Center side that enables "Internet scale”.

WEBCAST AGENDA

  • 11:45 AM (PST) - Open for Dial-in
  • 12:00 PM (PST) - Day's Content
  • 01:15 PM (PST) - Q&A
  • 01:30 PM (PST) - Raffle and Close

SESSION RECORDINGS

To view the recordings, please click on the link below for each day:

SPEAKER BIOS

Miha Kralj – Architect, Microsoft
As a senior architect on the Microsoft Platform Architecture Team, Miha Kralj is responsible for leading architectural communities, helping the architectural profession to mature and grow, and coordinating activities within professional architectural organizations and bodies. Miha is a Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA), Project Management Professional (PMP), and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). He was also a founding member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) chapters in Slovenia and Yugoslavia

Clemens Vasters – Principal Technical Lead .NET Services, Microsoft
Clemens Vasters is a Principal Technical Lead in the .NET Services team, working in an architect role on the 'Service Bus' feature area and acting – more behind the scenes – as the architect for the Billing feature area and as the architect/lead developer for the internal Provisioning infrastructure of .NET Services. Before joining Microsoft some 3 years ago, Clemens spoke at many conferences, taught technology, and helped companies with software architecture in over 35 countries.

For information on other events part of the Architect Innovation Cafe series, please visit http://blogs.msdn.com/sac/pages/architect-cafe.aspx