Architecture + Strategy
Musings from David Chou - Architect, Microsoft
Using Events in Highly Distributed Architectures
I had the privilege of publishing another article, "Using Events in Highly Distributed...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 11/14/2008
The Underground @ PDC - PDC2008
Here are some evidence that geeks can party too (well, me not really, but definitely many of my...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 11/14/2008
TechDays08 Talk - Microsoft Cloud Services Architecture
Here are the slides for my talk at the TechDays08 event in Costa Mesa on Thursday, November 13,...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 11/14/2008
Architect Council - Cloud Computing and Impact on Architecture
Cloud computing is a disruptive force that has the potential to change everything, but how do we...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 11/11/2008
Event - TechDays 08 Orange County
If technology is the backbone of your business, you won’t want to miss out on the TechDays...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 10/16/2008
Complimentary Workshop: Adopting ALM with Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation Server
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) synchronizes business goals and IT investment priorities,...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 10/12/2008
Cloud Computing and User Authentication
When we look at authentication and authorization aspects of cloud computing, most discussions today...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 08/20/2008
Cloud Computing and Microsoft
Here's a popular topic. ;) A quick search in the blogsphere finds countless number of posts and...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 07/31/2008
Describing Cloud Computing
Cloud computing, the buzzword du jour and hottest cliche in IT at the moment, is a source for...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 07/25/2008
Event - Agile and SCRUM Essentials
Agile methods are a set of development processes intended to create software in a lighter, faster,...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 07/23/2008
LineRider with Silverlight 2 and Windows Live Services
Last week InXile Entertainment launched a new version of the Line Rider game, built using...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 07/11/2008
PDC2008 - A Futures Look at the Microsoft Platform
Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (October 27-30, 2008) is coming to the Los Angeles...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 07/11/2008
New tools enhance SQL Server security
In collaboration with SQL Server, IIS, and Hewlett Packard, the Microsoft Security Response Center...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 07/10/2008
Is Open Source Ready for Prime Time?
Well that's an obvious question. And you'd be surprised if you were expecting Microsoft to say no to...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 06/11/2008
Silverlight 2 Now Full Public Beta
Silverlight 2 Beta2 was released last week. This is the major milestone that supports a commercial...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 06/10/2008
SOA Change Management Strategies
By today's standards, it is pretty well-understood that governance is a critical success factor for...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 04/22/2008
Event - Adopting Visual Studio Team System 2008
Another one of those free events hosted by our teams and partner in southern California. May 5, 2008...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 04/22/2008
.NET and Multiple Inheritance
Occasionally I get questions on why does .NET not support multiple inheritance. It is actually a...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 04/17/2008
Microsoft Implementing Software Plus Services
Microsoft has been talking about "Software + Services" (S+S) as its vision of the future for a while...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 04/15/2008
Microsoft Platform Overview
I also had the privilege of speaking at the South Bay .NET User Group, at their April monthly...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 04/15/2008
Talking about Service Oriented Architecture
I had the privilege to speak at the April monthly meeting at the Los Angeles Java Users Group. The...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 04/15/2008
Engaging the Local Tech Community at Twiistup 3
I had the opportunity to participate in Twiistup 3, a local event that connects people from...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 01/30/2008
Talking about Software Plus Services
I had the privilege of speaking at the southern California IASA (International Association of...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 01/30/2008
2008 Microsoft Worldwide Launch Event: February 27 2008
You are one of the unsung heroes of technology. The work you do every day helps your company to be...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 12/22/2007
MIX08: March 5-7 2008 at Las Vegas
March 5 - 7, 2008 The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino Las Vegas, Nevada Now in its third year, MIX is...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 12/22/2007
The Microsoft Certified Architect Program
My colleague Joe Shirey just put together a series of eight posts that cover the process of the...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 12/06/2007
PDC08!
I’m excited to let you know that Microsoft will hold the next Professional Developers...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 12/06/2007
2007.12.04 MSDN PowerSeries Event in Irvine, CA
I had the opportunity to present at the MSDN PowerSeries event in Irvine, on Software + Services,...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 12/06/2007
Describing Web Platform Stack
Context In an earlier blog post I talked about "Web as a Platform" (in Web 2.0's context)...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 12/01/2007
Popfly as a Web Platform
Primer Microsoft Popfly (www.popfly.com), currently in beta since October 2007, is a web site and...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 11/26/2007
Web 2.0 - A Platform Perspective
Background & Primer "Web as a Platform" has been a much discussed topic since Tim...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 11/25/2007
MSDN "PowerSeries" Event on Software plus Services (S+S), Windows Live, and Office Application Platform
December 4, 2007 - Irvine, California The emerging technology macro-trend today is the convergence...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 11/13/2007
Thoughts from the WebbyConnect Summit
I had the opportunity to attend the WebbyConnect Summit on October 3-5 at Laguna Beach. It was a...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 10/18/2007
Southern California ArcCouncil Events - November 2007
The next set of SoCal Architect Councils is a “plain old technology briefing” covering...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 10/11/2007
Silverlight at Break.com
Break.com, a popular online video destination (August 2007 stats were approximately 500M video...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 10/04/2007
Microsoft releasing the source code for the .NET Framework libraries
ANNOUNCEMENT - 2007.10.03: Microsoft is releasing the source code for .NET Framework libraries under...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 10/04/2007
IT Architect Regional Conference 2007
Scheduled for October 15-16th, 2007, the ITARC 2007 conference is an event focused on the...
Author: David C. Chou Date: 09/23/2007