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Mike Walker
Mar 26, 20097 min read
Microsoft Enterprise Architecture Framework?
Your puzzled by the title aren't you? In a recent e-mail discussion the question came up regarding enterprise architecture frameworks....
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Mike Walker
Mar 11, 20091 min read
Microsoft Green Computing Commitment
There has been some really great announcements coming from Microsoft in terms of Green IT and Sustainability here in recent months. One...
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Mike Walker
Mar 11, 20096 min read
Mapping Current State Architectures across the Enterprise
All the time I get the questions about how to do current state architecture or “as-is” architecture at executive briefings (EBC), at...
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Mike Walker
Mar 2, 20093 min read
The Nemesis of Software Architecture
I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine that resulted in some disagreements on root issues architects face. The topic of...
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Mike Walker
Jan 29, 20093 min read
Taking the Data Center to Sea
A interesting post from Michael Bullock talks about Google’s new patient approach to put data centers on ships. This was also covered in...
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Mike Walker
Jan 20, 20091 min read
Microsoft's Generation 4 Data Center Vision - the Architects' Perspective
I ran across an interesting post and interview on the MS Data Center Blog on the infrastructure architecture aspects of the new Microsoft...
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Mike Walker
Jan 20, 20091 min read
Presentations Uploaded
As followers of my blog know, I do many speaking engagements. Often times I get requests for those decks from the conference or event....
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Mike Walker
Jan 6, 20093 min read
Is Product Architecture the same as Solution Architecture? NO!
I had an interesting e-mail thread with some folks here at Microsoft talking about delivering content for architects and thought I would...
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Mike Walker
Oct 27, 20082 min read
Microsoft Azure Services Platform
Another announcement at PDC today from Ray Ozzie was the Azure Services Platform. This is an Internet-scale cloud services platform...
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Mike Walker
Oct 15, 20081 min read
IEEE on Software Architecture Podcast
You can find all the information about this regular podcast here: http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/onarchitecture...
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Mike Walker
Oct 13, 20081 min read
Architecture Journal 17 - Distributed Computing
Hot off the press the new Architecture Journal 17. The theme of this journal issue is Distributed Computing. You may be asking yourself,...
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Mike Walker
Oct 2, 20081 min read
Microsoft will soon release 'Windows Cloud' OS
This is going to be a relatively short post. Mostly just link love to Computer World. It's a high level article but defiantly worth the...
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Mike Walker
Sep 29, 20084 min read
Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit 2008 - Day 2
I did observe that there was quite the drop-off between day 1 and day 2 for some reason. I am not sure if it was due to work pressures by...
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Mike Walker
Sep 17, 20081 min read
Microsoft Patterns and Practices Application Architecture Guide
I ran across an interesting post on J.D. Meier's Blog that describes the Patterns & Practices project called the Application Architecture...
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Mike Walker
Sep 13, 20083 min read
What is an Architecture Style?
Recently, I have had discussions with folks at Microsoft about Architecture Styles. This term has been used in the IT industry for a very...
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Mike Walker
Aug 27, 20081 min read
Architecture On-Demand Web Cast Series
The Microsoft Consulting Services Infrastructure Architects have setup a new blog that walks through and announces upcoming web casts...
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Mike Walker
Jul 14, 20082 min read
Seven Cloud-Computing Security Risks
In a recent article on Network World they highlight security issues with the cloud. Jon Brodkin extracts his thoughts from a Gartner...
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Mike Walker
Jul 9, 20081 min read
Loan Origination Reference Architecture v.2.0 Source
Many have asked for source code to the Loan Origination Reference Architecture and now it's on CodePlex. Source Code...
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Mike Walker
Jul 7, 20084 min read
Challenges moving to the Cloud
I really enjoyed reading the "10 Reasons Enterprises Aren’t Ready to Trust the Cloud " post from Stacey Higginbotham. She highlights some...
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Mike Walker
Jul 2, 20081 min read
Microsoft Architect Insight Conference 2008 Presentations
If you haven't heard or been to the Microsoft Architect Insight Conference your missing out. This is a great conference for architects....
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