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Community blog for architects in the Belgium and Luxembourg region moderated by Bart Vande Ghinste, Enterprise Architect for Microsoft Belgium and Luxembourg.
CIO: Put Business Technology Maturity In 2010 Plan
CIOs: Put Business Technology Leadership Maturity In Your 2010 Strategic Plan Technology is business...
Author: pdestoop Date: 07/23/2009
A live, mission critical, Silverlight 3 RIA at launch
Continental Airlines Revolutionizes Their Call Center With Silverlight 3. This shows...
Author: pdestoop Date: 07/17/2009
Survey Finds BPM Projects Lack Architecture
Organizations embarking on business process management need to bring in IT architects earlier in the...
Author: pdestoop Date: 07/16/2009
Windows Azure Official Pricings
During the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2009 yesterday, we announced the business and...
Author: pdestoop Date: 07/15/2009
Hybrid architecture based on SOA and ROA
ARCast.TV - Implementing a Hybrid Architecture Based on SOA and ROA in the Enterprise In this...
Author: pdestoop Date: 07/07/2009
Study Paris to improve your IT architecture
The IT architecture of a typical company is an aging maze of applications, hardware, and...
Author: pdestoop Date: 07/03/2009
The architect profession according to Forrester
Forrester: Inquiry Spotlight: Developing Architects, Q2 2009 Abstract Whether you're an architect...
Author: pdestoop Date: 07/01/2009
Bing vs. Google: do the test
Ever since Bing’s launch, there’s been a lot of talk about which search engine is doing a better...
Author: pdestoop Date: 07/01/2009
7 July release of the new .NET Services CTP
On 7 July we will release the new .NET Services CTP. As part of this update, the workflow service...
Author: pdestoop Date: 07/01/2009
P&P : Acceptance Test Engineering Guide
Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the latest addition to the p&p...
Author: pdestoop Date: 07/01/2009
Windows Azure, A conversation with David Chappell
ARCast.TV - Windows Azure, A conversation with David Chappell What's the latest on Windows Azure and...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/30/2009
Forrester: Virtual Infrastructure Architect
Forrester: Virtual Infrastructure Architect - Job Profile And Description Job Title: Virtual...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/25/2009
TechDays videos are here
TechDays’09 video’s are available on-line. Visit www.techdays.be and watch the full sessions,...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/24/2009
Power Utilization of Native and Virtual Exchange
WhitePaper: Comparing the Power Utilization of Native and Virtual Exchange Environments. Is reducing...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/24/2009
4 New "How Do I" Video Series on Windows Azure
Solution How Do I… Description Leverage Concurrency in Windows Azure Table Storage? Windows...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/15/2009
Your chance to look into the future: 10 years away
Steven Elope, president of the Microsoft Business Division, talked last week about the future of...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/10/2009
Windows Mobile 6.5 SDK released
Microsoft released the Windows Mobile 6.5 software development kit (SDK) which is what developers...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/10/2009
BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.0 released to web
As we have pre-announced during several BizTalk sessions at TechEd North America last month, the...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/10/2009
Easily debug & compare your site in IE6, IE7 and IE8
Microsoft SuperPreview is a tool which was launched a few months ago at the MIX09 Developer...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/10/2009
Social Media: unlocking behavioral disorders
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Author: pdestoop Date: 06/09/2009
Craig Morris on Mobile Application Architectures
In this interview Craig Morris, senior solution architect and mobile application specialist at...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/08/2009
VTM goes Surface for election result visualization
In case you have watched the European and regional elections in Belgium on VTM you may have notice...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/08/2009
Become rich and famous NOW through Azure !!!
“new CloudApp()” is a developer challenge (Contest Site) that promotes the new opportunities and...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/04/2009
Microsoft "Oslo" - May 2009 CTP is here
Overview "Oslo" is the code name for Microsoft’s next generation modeling platform. This...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/03/2009
IIS SEO Toolkit Beta Now Available
Today, we are announcing the IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta – a free toolkit that...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/03/2009
Convergence of devices and the new generation…
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/02/2009
Securing Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure
Companies considering moving their IT operations to the cloud (SaaS or Platform as a Service) are...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/29/2009
Bing.com Helps People Make Better Decisions
Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Bing, a new Decision Engine and consumer brand, providing customers...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/29/2009
The Role of the Architect in Turbulent Times
Session from TechEd US 2009 With faltering economies and the resulting shifting of priorities,...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/25/2009
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4 Beta 1 shipped
We released Beta 1 of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET FX 4. If you are a MSDN subscriber, you can...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/25/2009
Architecting Interface to Improve Testability
ARCast.TV - David Makogon on Architecting Interface to Improve Testability In this interview, David...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/25/2009
Microsoft Online Services Adopts Telco Standards
Microsoft Online Services Adopts Telco Standards, recognized as a leading Global Service Provider...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/14/2009
New York Times Silverlight Kit
Last week, Microsoft and the New York Times released a New York Times Silverlight Kit...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/14/2009
Here is a series of new (developer) whitepapers on .Net Services
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5057e2b3-c8e5-4b26-a601-ff9621589ce3&Di...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/13/2009
Microsoft vision on Public and Private Cloud Computing
Super clear 10 min pitch on how Microsoft sees the evolution of the Enterprise Datacenter and the...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/11/2009
Clouds over the Ivory Tower
Interesting thoughts from Redmonk on adoption of Cloud computing in Enterprise space, looking...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/07/2009
Windows Azure Geo-Location Goes Live
With the Windows Azure CTP you can now specific location where you would like your app to run –...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/07/2009
Microsoft Boosts SOA with BizTalk Server 2009 Release
Microsoft released its BizTalk Server (BTS) 2009 enterprise application integration platform. The...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/29/2009
Brian Noyes on Selecting the Correct Client Technology
ARCast.TV - Brian Noyes on Selecting the Correct Client Technology The one thing architects don’t...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/28/2009
The Architect Journal Issue 19 is here!!
Issue 19 April 2009 Input for Better Outcomes The Architecture Journal 19 -...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/24/2009
Interoperability for Virtualisation Event: Novell, Microsoft, Erudict
Microsoft, Novell and Erudict invite you to the Interoperability for Virtualisation Seminar. Join us...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/24/2009
MS Belgium TechNet Event: How to Go From Data to Decisions
TechNet Event: Solutions for Business Intelligence and Performance Management How to Go From Data to...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/21/2009
Harvard Business: Why IT Solutions Are Never Simple
Without concerted effort, what was once neat and tidy becomes marred and messy. Just finding...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/15/2009
Invitation Microsoft Belux Architect Forum on Security & Identity
Feed-back last Architect Forum First some feed-back about the last Architect Forum about S+S which...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/02/2009
CIO.com: The Next Big ERP Innovator: Microsoft
Some key extracts from this CIO.com blog post: I have also noted with recurring frequency that,...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/01/2009