I will be publishing a series of articles on http://architects.dzone.com/ . The current plan is to: 1.  Do a reprint of the Software Factories article on Architects, .NET Zones (maybe SOA zone if applicable) ... . 2.  Select a chapter (or two) from the Software Factories book . 3. Q&A email interview of about 8 a questions which will go alongside the chapter excerpt. 4.  Series of articles around two to three specific focus areas.

My first entry on my MSDN blog :-). Exactly two weeks ago I started a new and exciting position as a ISV Architect Evangelist at Microsoft. After 11 years at Siemens it is a great experience to join a dynamic team of great individuals to help Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to realize their full potential using the latest Microsoft technologies. What I realized in the first two weeks on the job is that the pace in this group seems to be faster and the environment seems to be more dynamic than