Mike Walker's Ramblings about Industry Architecture
Thank you Spain!
Thank you to the architects and developers at the Microsoft Office Business Applications event...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/09/2007
Anyone want a Bearcat Phone?
This would of been a must have if this technology debut when I was around. My hometown college...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/08/2007
Have troubles finding your way around Office 2007?
I've meet a great deal of people this week that has told me that they are frustrated with Office...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/07/2007
Office Live and MasterCard
Microsoft and MasterCard are working together to educate small business owners on their payments...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/07/2007
Presenting on OBA at PDC 2007
See you in October!
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2007
The Lending Message Bus Gets Along with all Standards
Recently I've been asked about if the Lending Message Bus (LMB) supports other standards other than...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2007
The Future of Mobile
We all expect the cellphone to get smaller while packing in an ever broadening array of functions....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/04/2007
London Calling
It's a slow blogging week that I have been here in England. I arrived in London a week early to meet...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/03/2007
IFX Board Update
It's been awhile since I've talked about IFX. I just got some news that I would like to share with...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/26/2007
My Presentation Done Completely in Post-It Notes
by wokka This year the Financial Services Developer Conference has the UX theme. So in spirit of UX,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/24/2007
Who needs Software for Time Management Anyways?
I ran across this and found it was very interesting. Sometimes the simplest approach is the most...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/24/2007
BizTalk vs. WF in the Enterprise
Recently an Enterprise Architect for a large bank in Canada asked me what I thought about using...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/24/2007
ATM Resources Compile
I've been meaning to write a compile on this for awhile. Moin, a colleague on my team asked me if...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/24/2007
Barclays to acquire ABN Amro
ABN Amro agreed Monday to be acquired by Barclays of Britain for 67 billion euros (nearly $91...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/24/2007
Unstructured Data, the Achilles Heel of SOA
You may be wondering why I saying that unstructured data is the Achilles Heel to SOA. Very simply...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/24/2007
Strategic Architecture Forum - Canada
Right now I am in a long line of cars waiting to pass through from Canada to the US. The sign said...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/19/2007
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Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/15/2007
My EA and OBA Sessions at TechEd 2007
I have two Chalk Talks on: Building next generation business applications for Financial Services...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/13/2007
Canada Here I Come!
Hello all, I wanted to let everyone know that I will presenting at the Regional Architecture Forum...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/13/2007
Building Enterprise OBAs for OR-LOS
Yesterday I just released the latest in a series of whitepapers for the OBA Reference Application...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/12/2007
ACORD Creates New Working Group for the Forthcoming XML Standards
The ACORD Standards Committee (ASC) has approved the formation of the ACORD Messaging Library...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/11/2007
OR-LOS and Commercial Lending
Colin Cole shows us how Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) has extended the OBA RAP for Loan...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/11/2007
Extending the OR-LOS Lending Framework
I get asked all the time, is this just for consumer mortgage? The answer is, no. The OR-LOS solution...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/11/2007
2007 Office System, The Next Business Platform
Did you miss the Financial Services Unwrapped Series IV webcast on Office Business Applications?...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/10/2007
The Microsoft Lending Message Bus
The lending message bus (LMB) provides messaging services for the lending processes. This made sense...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/10/2007
TD Bank Financial Group Rolls Out ATM's With IFX
I was happy to see that TD had adopted the IFX standard. It further solidifies the need for industry...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/09/2007
What to do with those big VPCs
I use VPCs all the time and just love how portable they are. However, sometimes your VPC files grow...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/09/2007
Vista and Mobile PC Webcasts
Watch Live and Recorded Webcasts Attend this new, public webcast series that provides an in-depth...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/07/2007
Using Windows Mobile with OR-LOS
In my discussions when I discuss the OBA RAP for Loan Origination Systems with folks at conferences...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/02/2007
And the winner for The Top IT Server Spender goes to...Financial Services
According to a recent Gartner analyst report by Kiyomi Yamada the Banking, Insurance and Capital...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/01/2007
Are you Ready for Financial Services Unwrapped IV?
Join me for a webcast that I will be hosting. I will discuss the future of business applications....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/31/2007
OBAs Deliver SOA to the People
The OBA RAP for Loan Origination Systems further solidifies Microsoft's thought leadership in both...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/30/2007
Mike Walker named as "People on the Move" in popular Financial Services Magazine
If you are a subscriber to Windows in Financial Services Magazine you will find an article...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/29/2007
What types of OBAs are there?
Yes, we break them up into levels of OBAs. Here are the varying levels of OBA-ness.
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/29/2007
What are OBAs?
When I first heard the term OBA the first thing that I thought of was the place far far away in the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/29/2007
Announcing the OBA Reference Application Pack for Loan Origination Systems (OR-LOS)
I am happy to announce that the Office Business Applications Reference Application Pack for Loan...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/27/2007
Why doesn't Microsoft Sell Windows Mobile?
I got this question e-mailed to me as a response my posts reviewing WM6 and using it as a GPS...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/26/2007
Microsoft, you are almost there!
I had the pleasure of meeting Marc Adler from CitiGroup in the Capital Markets division. He has some...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/25/2007
Video: Mike Walker on Financial Services and Microsoft
Video: Mike Walker Interviewed
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/23/2007
What Does the Teradata and Microsoft Partnership Mean to FSIs?
Sorry I am late on this news, it been a busy week! The Teradata and Microsoft partnership was...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/22/2007
What are you doing Google?
So I hoped on Google this morning and I have been getting weird 404 errors on my searches. What are...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/17/2007
Microsoft Is SOA-Ready for Wall Street
Microsoft is ready to take on the Wall Street service-oriented architecture scene with its latest...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/17/2007
Windows Mobile 6 Stability Issues
In my review of the Windows Mobile 6 technology I mentioned that I was running into stability...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/16/2007
A home loan from Wal-Mart?
Judge for yourself... :) Wal-Mart Stores, underscoring its continuing push into financial services,...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/15/2007