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Netherlands Government Reference Architecture v.1.0
The Netherlands Government Reference Architecture (NORA) version 1.0 is Now available for download....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/28/2006
Happy Holidays
It has been a great holiday break here back home in Cincinnati. I hope all of you readers have a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/27/2006
Enterprise Architecture in Financial Services
Recently I have attended many conferences (TechEd, Gartner and SAF) and a common thread keeps...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/27/2006
I will be Presenting at NAPFA
The 2007 National Association of Personal Advisors (NAPFA) & Virtual Office News Technology...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/22/2006
Do you think that Usability (UX) is not important?
Photo by Thomas Hawk UseIt.com has a great post on quantifying Usability. Every enterprise architect...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/22/2006
Predictions from the Past
Since I'm on holiday you may notice that I have been blogging more about fun or off beat topics....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/22/2006
LinkedIn Worth $250 Million?
Another quick funding story: the business social network LinkedIn is reportedly set to close a $13...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/21/2006
Updated: Building Interoperable Insurance Systems with .NET 3.0 Technologies
The updated HTML version has been posted to the Financial Services Architecture...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/21/2006
Want more Zooomer?
Thomas Hawk is giving away free Pro accounts for a year if you are a blogger. Check it out:...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/21/2006
Person of the Year
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/20/2006
Need help posting from Office 2007 to Community Server?
This will apply to any Weblog Writer like the new Windows Writer, Word 2007 or MarsEdit. The hardest...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/20/2006
Seattle 2006 Storm Pictures
This was a tough one on Seattle. Worst one in a decade. It's a good thing I went back home when I...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/20/2006
Need Help Choosing the Right Version of Vista?
Paul Thurrott has put together an excellent comparison of the different...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/19/2006
Visa adds financial incentives to PCI program
Visa U.S.A. Inc. is adopting a carrot-and-stick approach to help drive merchant compliance with the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/17/2006
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Trial Version for Developers
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Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/17/2006
Gartner Enterprise Architecture 2006 Conference Wrap-Up
This year’s Integration and Enterprise Architecture Summit was overall pretty good. You can see a...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/10/2006
Building Interoperable Insurance Systems with .NET 3.0 Technologies
Building Interoperable Insurance Systems with .NET 3.0 Technologies (pdf) Through maturity of many...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/10/2006
SAF Pictures
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2006
BizTalk 2006 Resources
Here at the Gartner Enterprise Architecture Conference people want more information on BizTalk....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2006
Microsoft's New User Experence Site
I ran across this site last night. It is not technical in nature however it does show the community...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2006
Banking Integration Factory Press
The Banking Integration Factory (BIF) is gaining momentum in the press. Check out some of the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/08/2006
SAF External Press
Application Development https://www.adtmag.com/article.aspx?id=19707
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/05/2006
My Gartner EA Presentation
Here is a sneak peak at my presentation on Thursday! Topics Include: Business Challenges in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/05/2006
Gartner Application Integration First Day
The sessions today were pretty good. Still a lot of the same issues being talked about for the past...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/04/2006
Ballmer at Nasdaq Opening
Can you feel the excitement? steve_nasdaq.jpg
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/04/2006
Building Office Business Appplications Book
My team and I just wrote a book on Office Business Applications (OBA) that focuses on industries....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/04/2006
SAF Update: Banking in Transformation
The two sessions that I lead on Banking Transformation in a SaaS and Composite Application World...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/29/2006
Financial Services SAF Sessions
I will be hosting the following SAF Roundtables: Wednesday 11:15 - 12:30 - Banking in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/27/2006
What is the Microsoft Strategic Architect Forum (SAF)
SAF is Microsoft’s most strategic event for the architect audience and in the architecture space...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/27/2006
About
Mike J. Walker Architecture Strategist, Financial Services, Architecture Strategy TeamMicrosoft...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/25/2006
Photosynth is Live!
This is a sweet application I would highly recommend checking this out! For more information check...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/25/2006
No More Starbucks Coffee Runs!
A few months back we got a starbucks machine in our building. No more than 50 feet from my office....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/23/2006
Gartner Enterprise Architecture and Integration Submit Coming!
If your heading off to the Gartner EA show the second week of December in Orlando, FL stop by my...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/22/2006
Mortgage Accelerator Loans
This is an article that was sent to me from an author Don Taylor from the web site...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/21/2006
More Business Continuity Questions
I keep getting asked over and over from multiple sources about business continuity . This question...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/19/2006
Banking Integration Factory
The Banking Integration Factory combines various software factories and builds on them to provide...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/18/2006
Using the T-Mobile MDA as an internet connection
I just recently upgraded to Vista RTM last week and I was trying to figure out how to connect to my...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/16/2006
ACORD Updates
Today is the last day of the four day ACORD submit in sunny Ft. Lauderdale. On a personal note I am...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/15/2006
Screenshots of new Live Mail
Life Hacker has a great post on the new Live Mail Client. Check it out....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/11/2006
Aggreg8 MySpace for IT Pros
Microsoft released a new social network yesterday called Aggreg8, which aims to be MySpace for IT...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/11/2006
Vista RTM
It’s official – It’s time! Today I recieved the e-mail from Jim Allchin that we are announcing the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2006
What is the IFX Forum?
I get asked the question what is IFX and why is it important. I recently did an internal...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2006
Need Vista Drivers for your Toshiba?
I have a Tecra M5 laptop running Vista RTM. Windows update has been great at picking up most of the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/08/2006
IFX Steering Committee Meeting Update
Today is the first day of the four day IFX submit. Today was the day for the steering committee. We...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/06/2006
IFX Meeting in Boston
There will be another face-face meeting on November 5th. I was on the web services working group but...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/24/2006
Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP is ready!
Today we are making the English version available as a free download. Other languages will be...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/19/2006
Mobile Phone Security Threats?
Mobile technology is great. I personally have a T-Mobile MDA and absolutely love it. I check all my...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/18/2006
What in the world is Vishing?
Vishing, the latest in phishing attacks but over voice networks is getting some attention in the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/18/2006