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Cloud Architect Forum 25th September London
Short notice, but definitely worth coming too (places limited to 90). The architect forum on the...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 09/07/2009
Certifying IT Architects (second try)
So loads of people looked at my last post on this subject but few actually decided to respond to the...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 08/04/2009
Do architects need certifying?
Following on from my "mind the architect gap" posting the other day we've put up a quick poll on the...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 08/01/2009
Projects failures on the up …
A final thought before the weekend … I received the 2009 Standish CHAOS report from a colleague the...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 07/31/2009
Architect Insight Conference breakout videos now live!
Finally after much angst the breakout sessions from AIC09 are now live here!
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 07/28/2009
Upcoming North Eastern Cloud Events
Quick note before going on leave to make sure you are aware of the following cloud events in...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 07/17/2009
Windows Azure Stick Man
Great explanation of Windows Azure from Steve Marx … Video: What is Windows Azure?
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 07/16/2009
Mind the architect gap
I’m fortunate to know and work with a great many really influential architects both within my...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 07/16/2009
I’m GenX and proud of it!
You can imagine how I feel now! I’d always thought I was “Baby boomer” but according to Robin...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 07/15/2009
Bletchley Park Architect Council – Video fixes
Just a note to say that the videos in the previous posting have been fixed:)! Bletchley Park...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 07/08/2009
IE8 Web Accelerators - I just love the video:)!
Just had to share this …
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 07/07/2009
The Interoperability Files: Defining Interoperability and Integration Part 2
Ah Mr Nanni, I am indeed humbled and excited at reading your reply to my posting on Defining...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 07/06/2009
The Interoperability files: Defining Interoperability and Integration
Something that has confused and annoyed me over quite a few years are the words Interoperability and...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 07/03/2009
Umwelt!
Just found that the German for environment is Umwelt after getting a mail from MS Germany on the...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 06/29/2009
Implications of the Cloud
This March I met with 30 senior architects for two days to discuss cloud computing and what impact...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 06/29/2009
Sustainable Lifecycle and Innovation Management @ TechNet Virtual Conference
Just realised that I’m presenting at the TechNet Virtual Conference this Friday:)!! Boy was...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 06/15/2009
Architect Insight Slides now live!!!
Finally, after much delay I can confirm that the slide decks and keynote video are now available for...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 06/13/2009
Home: The amazing story of us – have you got the guts to watch?
The incredible story of humanity that you must watch. Pick your moment as this is not a 10 second...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 06/12/2009
Architect Insight Pictures
I'm still battling to get the video's of the event up on www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2009 - and they'll...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 06/11/2009
The Cloud, the architect, IT and the great disruption
Here's the deck I presented to Accenture technical consultants. Bit of fun and got a chance to give...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 06/07/2009
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Back from a week's leave and all ready to go when I get ... "Cannot start microsoft office outlook....
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 06/01/2009
Four reasons to go Green!
So by now we all pretty much know that we need to take significant action on climate change but the...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 04/20/2009
Announcing the 4th Microsoft Architect Insight Conference
After much effort by a great many people I'm delighted to say that we'll be holding the 4th annual...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 03/26/2009
Next UK IASA Meeting ...
A date for your diaries ... Netuitive: Taking Guesswork Out of IT Performance ManagementTuesday,...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 03/01/2009
What ISVs should know about hosting/building on cloud/PaaS
I had the pleasure of talking at an IBM hosted SIIA event yesterday and thought it worth sharing...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 02/19/2009
Anatomy of Software + Services
I was asked to talk to some people the other day about Software + Services and what it meant. For...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 12/09/2008
Direct Connect - kick out your gnarly ol'VPN!
I blogged some time ago about the "Shrinking Enterprise" and wouldn't it be neat if we could do away...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 12/09/2008
Sustainability from Datacentre to cloud
Here's a copy of the deck I presented at the Architect Forum in Bradford yesterday. Great event with...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 12/04/2008
Green, Azure and Oslo - implications for architects
Me and a couple of colleagues are talking at an great Architect event in Bradford next 3rd December...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 11/25/2008
Relationships, the xbox and birthdays
Over at Microsoft SAF this week in San Francisco and among many great conversations was one I had...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 11/20/2008
IASA UK Meeting: Mapping the Architecture of Applications
The UK IASA Chapter is pleased to announce the next UK meeting will be sponsored by SCL and Lattix:...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 10/02/2008
Sustainable IT: From datacentre to cloud
Just realised I'm speaking next week at the QCON in Finance Exchange on the 8th October:)!
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 10/02/2008
Windows on EC2
Great announcement yesterday from Amazon that from this autumn you'll be able to host Windows and...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 10/02/2008
Sustainability @ Microsoft
Deck I recently used at the HP Innovating for a sustainable future event last week.Full of fun...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 10/01/2008
More news on Oslo
If you can't wait for the PDC ( or aren't planning on going) then these should help ... Microsoft's...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 09/11/2008
Microsoft joins OMG
Probably old news to many but I am amazed it hasn't raised more of a buzz so far I for one am really...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 09/11/2008
SaaS as a Disruptive Technology?
At long last I've finally got the report I produced with Dr Steve Moxey of Manchester Business...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 08/16/2008
Social networks and saving the planet
I got the following link to Obama's campaign from a friend over the weekend and while I am not sure...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 06/23/2008
Growth in ‘green’ agenda
Thought it worth sharing the following data from a recent study I conducted with Freeform Dynamics....
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 05/12/2008
Architect Insight Slides now available ...
if you missed the event last week you can still get to see some of the content here! We filmed some...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 05/07/2008
Socitm have a new president
It was great to meet up with Richard Steel, CIO of Newham City Council at the Architect Insight...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 05/01/2008
The shrinking Enterprise
For the majority of my time I work away from the main Microsoft office and the one thing that really...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 03/06/2008
SQLServer in the Cloud?
** URLs fixed** Yesterday at MIX we announced SQL Server Data Services which is a set of data...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 03/06/2008
UK Services Revolution Architect Forum
We held a great forum in the UK last week on the future of software and services and finally I have...
Author: Matt Deacon Date: 02/27/2008