Architects Rule!
Community blog for architects in the Belgium and Luxembourg region moderated by Bart Vande Ghinste, Enterprise Architect for Microsoft Belgium and Luxembourg.
The Forecast for Cloud Computing
After more than a decade of refining the Internet as a marketplace, the business world is grappling...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 03/04/2010
Announcing Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2
Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 is available for download. First publicized at PDC 2009, Windows...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 03/02/2010
Cloud Cover: Episode 2
Steve was in Japan this week filming a commercial, so David Aiken replaced him. Join Ryan and David...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 03/01/2010
ARCast.TV - Scalable Tax Solutions With CCH and Windows Azure
While it's income season for most of us here in the States, for CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business,...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 03/01/2010
RedMonk: Who’s Winning the Cloud Marketing Battle?
One of the cloud related questions we get with some frequency is: who’s winning the marketing...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 03/01/2010
Down To Business: The 10 Most Strategic IT Vendors
Interesting read. In interviews with countless CIOs over the past decade, InformationWeek's editors...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/25/2010
Microsoft Patterns & Practices Highlights and Roadmap
Below you can find a summary of Patterns & Practices highlights: What has been released? Claims...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/23/2010
ARCast.TV - Silverlight Powers State-of-the-Art Healthcare Claims Processing Tools
Ever wonder how the Healthcare Industry could harness the full power of Silverlight to create...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/23/2010
Cloud Cover: Episode 1
Welcome to the first episode of Cloud Cover! Join Ryan and Steve as they cover the Windows Azure...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/22/2010
New Web Application Toolkits!
What are Web Application Toolkits? Web Application Toolkits help ASP.NET web developers quickly...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/22/2010
10-4 Episode 41: Downloading and Installing the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate
In this episode of 10-4, Brian Keller takes us through downloading and installing the Visual Studio...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/19/2010
Windows Azure Service Management (WASM) Cmdlets
I am happy to announce the updated release of the Windows Azure Service Management (WASM) Cmdlets...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/18/2010
Leveraging Azure with Non-Microsoft Technologies featuring Josh Holmes
Microsoft and PHPBenelux are proud to announce a PHP on Azure event with no one less than Josh...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/18/2010
Gartner: Microsoft AppFabric: A Platform for the Cloud Era Is Under Construction
Gartner released a new report regarding Microsoft Azure. An extract: Microsoft's Windows Azure...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/16/2010
ARCast.TV - Using Architectural Skills to Increase Solution Adoption Success Rates
When solutions fail, is it too easy to blame a given platform than for those really responsible to...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/16/2010
The Radicati Group: On-Premises Email and Collaboration Market, 2009-2013
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the past 12 months, the corporate Email and Collaboration market has...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/15/2010
Everything you wanted to know about Windows Azure Billing but were afraid to ask
There have been a lot of questions regarding Windows Azure Platform billing and how it works....
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/15/2010
Windows Azure Storage Browser
A new release has been made to MyAzureStorage.com. With this website, you have a simple...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/15/2010
Scientists Offered Free Access to Azure Cloud
Microsoft is giving scientists and researchers supported by the National Science Foundation free...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/15/2010
Windows Azure Platform for Enterprises
Another interesting article regarding enterprises and cloud computing has been released by MSDN...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/09/2010
Designing Services for Windows Azure
An interesting article published by MSDN Magazine demonstrates how to build services using Windows...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/08/2010
How Do I: Run Java Applications in Windows Azure?
An interesting video explaining how to run Java based applications on Windows Azure, can be found at...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/05/2010
Windows Azure Commercially Available along with new SDK
As of today Windows Azure is commercially available in Europe and the United States. Coinciding with...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/02/2010
Beta Release of Windows Azure Drive
Accessing a drive on Windows Azure using standard NTFS API’s? It is possible:...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/02/2010
Architect Innovation Cafe Webcast-How To Architect Killer Apps with Windows 7
February 26, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: How to Architect a Killer App for Windows 7...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/01/2010
Architect Innovation Cafe Webcast-Visual Studio Tools For Architects
Each month through June 2010, we’ll bring you a 60-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/01/2010
The Top Five Changes For Application Development In 2010
Forrester has released a new article discussing the top 5 changes foreseen to happen this year....
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/01/2010
The Open Group: ArchiMate® 1.0 Specification
A new language has been developed and released by the Open Group consortium. The language called...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/01/2010
ARCast.TV - Enabling Architects with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
The latest ARCast episode has been published. In this talk, Cameron Skinner, Product Unit Manager...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 02/01/2010
Gartner Highlights Key Predictions for IT Organizations and Users in 2010 and Beyond
Gartner has issued on 13/01/10 a press release with its key predictions for 2010 and beyond. An...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 01/18/2010
A peek behind the scenes at Hotmail
Always wanted to know how hotmail is structured and how the architecture is looking. Here is your...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 01/17/2010
Harvard Business Review: The Disruptors of the Decade
An interesting read. Near the end of December, I created a survey with a single question:...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 01/15/2010
TechDays 2010 Preconference: BI with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Office System 2010
BI with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft Office System 2010 We will examine an end-to-end...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 01/14/2010
New Visual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework 4 Training Kit
This week, new Visual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework 4 Training Kit has been released. This is a...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 01/14/2010
ARCast.TV - Cloud Computing is for Small Companies Too
This one slipped under my radar… Cloud Computing is often presented as an esoteric technology that...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 01/12/2010
ARCast.TV - An Overview of MVC4WPF - Part 1 of 3
Brian H. Prince meets with Stephen Griffin and John Hannah about their new open source project...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 01/12/2010
A Structured Approach for Reviewing Architecture Documentation
Quality of an architecture is defined by the weakest link within the whole set of artifacts created...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 01/08/2010
Commercial Availability of Windows Azure Platform
Today marks an important step towards our goal of enabling you, our customers and partners, to build...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 01/06/2010
ARCast.TV - Real World Software + Services Architecture: The Winchester Ballistics Calculator
A new episode is available touching the S+S architecture model. You've no doubt heard by now a lot...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 01/06/2010
Windows Azure Platform Training Kit Refreshed
If you or your teams are interested in getting some more insight and hands-on with cloud services...
Author: lucvdv Date: 12/24/2009
ARCast.TV - Rocky Lhotka on Development Frameworks
A new episode is available featuring Rocky Lhotka on Development Frameworks. It is difficult to...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 12/13/2009
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio (November 2009 Update)
Just in case anyone missed this. A new set of tools for Windows Azure has been made available and...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 12/08/2009
ARCast.TV - Vishwas Lele, CTO of Applied Information Sciences, on Cloud Architecture Patterns
Want to know more about Microsoft Windows Azure and the Azure Services platform and how it relates...
Author: Bart Vande Ghinste Date: 12/07/2009
Architect Forum Online:
Architectures for your Next Generation Business Applications Last week 140 Architects took a deep...
Author: lucvdv Date: 10/09/2009
Architects come and architects go. Thanks Philippe!!!
It’s been quite on this blog over the summer, because there wasn’t that much news to tell, but also...
Author: lucvdv Date: 10/09/2009