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Architecture Decisions Method - Getting the Most from Collaborative Decision Making
Ahhhh decisions… As enterprise architects either help other to make decisions or we have to every day. These decisions are often...
Mike J. Walker
Apr 2, 20154 min read
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Big Data's Big Impact on Enterprise IT-- The Open Group Panel Discussion
Today @Dana_Gardner posted on twitter The Open Group Panel discussion on Big Data's Big Impact on Enterprise IT. It worth a watch as it...
Mike J. Walker
Feb 17, 20131 min read
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Presentation: It’s Not about How Smart You Are…
The most common pitfall I see with my interaction with architects is that our communication is dominated by IT centric speak that is...
Mike J. Walker
Dec 11, 20122 min read
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Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013
Late last month Gartner published their annual Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2013. Based on the view that Gartner paints it...
Mike J. Walker
Nov 29, 20126 min read
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Enable Cloud Strategy and Planning with Predictable Methods, Models, and Tools
We previously looked at why cloud is so important (Challenge the Status Quo and Advance Business through Cloud Computing, ), approaches...
Mike J. Walker
Nov 25, 20127 min read
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IASA World Summit 2012 Conference
The event provides an opportunity for architect practitioners and business leaders to share the skills and best practices that drive...
Mike J. Walker
Nov 19, 20121 min read
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Technology Architecture Questions for Vendors
As time goes by architects are reviewing less custom / "home grown" solutions and looking at commercial off the shelf (COTS), platforms...
Mike J. Walker
Oct 24, 20127 min read
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ArchiMate 2.0 Highlights
I am really excited about the new release of ArchiMate. The reason I am so excited is that for the first time ArchiMate complements...
Mike J. Walker
Feb 4, 20123 min read
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ArchiMate 2.0 Certification Released
Along side the release of the ArchiMate 2.0 specification, a new certification for the ArchiMate has been released this week. The...
Mike J. Walker
Feb 4, 20122 min read
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The Open Group Releases ArchiMate 2.0
The Open Group released ArchiMate 2.0, the latest version of the organization’s open and independent modeling language for enterprise...
Mike J. Walker
Jan 31, 20121 min read
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Navigating through the Complexities of Architectures
A common challenge among architects and architecture organizations is the challenge of properly understanding the landscape of...
Mike J. Walker
Feb 24, 20114 min read
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MEGA annonces TOGAF and Business Architecture Offerings
Over the past few weeks MEGA an enterprise architecture (EA) tools provider, has recently announced  MEGA for the TOGAF framework and...
Mike J. Walker
Jul 31, 20101 min read
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Microsoft Steps Up Architecture Modeling
Sudhanshu Hate from Infosys posted a good overview article on the new architecture modeling capabilities in Visual Studio Team System -...
Mike J. Walker
Dec 1, 20093 min read
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New SharePoint 2010 Architecture Models
Microsoft just posted recently some updated architecture models on MSDN. Models Models are 34-by-44-inch posters that detail a specific...
Mike J. Walker
Nov 17, 20093 min read
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IASA Group releases Certified IT Architect Professional (CITA-P)
IASA has released another competing architecture certification to the industry. IASA has spent 7 years developing this program with...
Mike J. Walker
Nov 3, 20091 min read
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Architecture Journal – Service Orientation Today and Tomorrow
A good friend of mine Diego Dagum just published the latest Architecture Journal some time back. I am just now getting to reading it....
Mike J. Walker
Oct 12, 20092 min read
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Non-Technical Factors that Lead to Poor Architectures
It is easy for us architects to think that we control the architecture design in it's entirety. But the sad truth is that there are too...
Mike J. Walker
Oct 11, 20093 min read
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Architecture Journal 19: TechEd 2009 Special Edition
The latest Architecture Journal has just been released. In this edition I published an article on pragmatic approaches to building...
Mike J. Walker
Apr 16, 20091 min read
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Qualifying Architecture with Quality Attributes
One common problem I see in the IT industry is the qualification of IT decisions. I talk to architects from all around the world and hear...
Mike J. Walker
Apr 16, 20095 min read
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Death by Architecture
Rosen : Quickly create an architectural vision and strategy. It should take about two months to develop this high-level architecture. Use...
Mike J. Walker
Apr 8, 20093 min read
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