Mike Walker's Ramblings about Industry Architecture
Japan Strategic Architecture Forum - Day 2
So I am a little late with this content... But I have a good excuse :) The post is a bit...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/14/2008
Updates to the Financial Services Component Library
Hello everyone! More news on the Financial Services Component Library front. I have developed...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/14/2008
Japan Strategic Architecture Forum - Day 1
Today was the first day of the of the Japan Strategic Architecture Forum (SAF). So far there have...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/09/2008
Japan Strategic Architecture Forum
Hello everybody! For those of you that read my blog and will just so happen to be in Japan for the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/31/2008
Presentation: Changing the Face of Banking Development
It's amazing how many e-mails I have received so far about sharing my presentation. So instead of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/19/2008
Financial Services Developer Conference 2008 - Recap
The 6th annual Financial Services Developer Conference was a hit this year. The attendees...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/15/2008
Partner talks about the business impact of OBA
Dataract CEO Craig van Zeyl discusses how SharePoint has impacted his company. Craig alludes to how...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/13/2008
Insurance Messaging Framework Available
Last year I mentioned we had an Insurance Messaging Framework that focused specifically on the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2008
Financial Services Component Library Downloads
You may of seen my post announcing the Financial Services OBA Component Library. If you did you were...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/03/2008
Windows Server 2008 Videos
Here are some great resources if you need to catchup on the latest release of Windows Server...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/29/2008
Application Portfolio Management
It's amazing the e-mails I received as a result of the Enterprise Architecture and Application...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/25/2008
Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map Version 2
The Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map is a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/23/2008
6th Annual Microsoft Financial Services Developer Conference
I will be presenting again at the Financial Services Developer Conference on March 12-13, 2008. If...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/22/2008
Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference-Available Videos
SOA and Business Process issues reach across the entire organization from developer service enabling...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/22/2008
Mapping Office Binary Formats to Open XML
The binary documentation (.doc, .xls, .ppt) is now live. In addition to this, the project to create...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/18/2008
Loan Origination Reference Architecture Version 2
I announced at the Office Developers Conference 2008 the release of the Loan Origination Reference...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/15/2008
Funny Videos from ODC 2008
These are really funny and are not necessarily just OBA centric. The first two are really funny!...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/15/2008
What you didn't know about Microsoft meetings
This is really funny especially for me as I am listening to that same song everyday on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/14/2008
Office Developers Conference 2008 Wrap-Up
What a great conference! Thanks to everyone that attended the conference and my sessions. I will be...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/14/2008
Financial Services OBA Component Library
At the Office Developers Conference this week I announced the release of the Financial Services OBA...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/14/2008
Partner's using the Financial Services OBA Component Library
Craig van Zeyl will be showing off how Dataract has implemented key components in the Financial...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/12/2008
Office Developer Conference - Kurt DelBene
Kurt DelBene, Corp. VP, Office Business Platform Group had the second keynote after Bill...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/11/2008
Office Developers Conference 2008
I am here at the developer conference and will provide some insights from some of the larger...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/11/2008
Hello Secure World
Microsoft just created a new security awareness site that has a James Bond or Mission Impossible...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/06/2008
OpenGroup Enterprise Architecture Conference - Day 3
Keynotes Unfortunately I missed a good portion of the first keynote and then had other business that...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/30/2008
OpenGroup Conference - Day 2
First, a big thanks to everyone that attended my session yesterday. It was a great crowd, even...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/29/2008
I will be presenting at the OpenGroup EA Conference
If you are at the conference I would love to see you at my session...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/25/2008
Ultimate Dev Weekend Contest - Calling all Insomniacs!
If you have a little too much time on and you are geek enough, there is a new contest for you....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/07/2008
Microsoft Lending Reference Architecture V-Lab Released
I am very excited to announce that we have finally released the Virtual Lab for The Microsoft...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/29/2007
Office Developer Conference Update
ODC 2008 is the premier event for Microsoft Office developers, bringing together architects,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/12/2007
OpenXML is getting Closer, and we should all be Excited about It!
With the latest changes to the specification it is bringing the standard close and closer to the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/12/2007
Don't Mess with the Chief
On my trip to Vegas last week I ran into Master Chief. I guess I said the wrong thing to him because...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/29/2007
Article: Integration of Enterprise Architecture and Application Portfolio Management
Published today is the new MSDN article that I have written for the Application Portfolio Management...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/29/2007
How NOT To Use PowerPoint
This is a bit off topic but I thought it was pretty funny. Since I do a my fair share of public...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/26/2007
Banking in Second Life
An interesting tidbit on the social networking side, Wells Fargo is ramping up its virtual world...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/16/2007
Vista SP1 First Impressions
To give you guys a sneak peek at the SP1 build. I just installed Vista SP1 with zero issues. The...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/13/2007
Is there too much talk about EA Process?
James McGovern writes an interesting post about how he feels that the Enterprise Architecture...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/12/2007
EA and Software Factories
James McGovern writes an interesting post worth taking a look at called Enterprise Architecture: Can...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2007
Why Enterprise Architecture is a Corporate Responsibility
I ran across a great post by Dave Linthicum called Why Enterprise Architecture is a Corporate...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2007
New Version of the Microsoft ESB Guidance Released
Check out the new version of the Microsoft ESB Guidance. The overview page...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/09/2007
Are you Ready to MIX it up?
Vegas here we come! Microsoft’s MIX conference is returning to the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2007
I'll be speaking at the Office Developer Conference
When: February 10-13, 2008 Where: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA Who: 2000 developers and...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/07/2007
Software+Services Blueprints
Michael Lehman walks us through the Software+Services Blueprints. These blueprints are a series of...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/06/2007
Day in the Life of an Enterprise Architect
Sorry for the delay on this, there has been a lot of e-mails asking where this was at and if it was...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/01/2007
Managed Services Engine (MSE) v6.2 Released
On Tuesday at the SOA & BP Conference (https://www.mssoaandbpconference.com/), we are announcing...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/01/2007
Review: Evaluating Enterprise Architecture Processes
From a recent post from Robert Mcllree he talks about the evaluation of EA. He breaks down the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/15/2007