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Mike J. Walker is internationally known as an expert in enterprise architecture. Walker’s insights are sought-after at major events...
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Mike Walker
May 18, 20091 min read
Role and perception of Enterprise Architects needs to align better with business goals
Dana Gardner shares a panel discussion, at The Open Group’s 22nd annual Enterprise Architecture Practitioner’s Conference in London...
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Mike Walker
May 17, 20091 min read
CEO's Embracing YouTube
I ran across an interesting article in the New York Times entitled, "The C.E.O., Now Appearing on YouTube". It is really refreshing to...
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Mike Walker
May 17, 20091 min read
CFOs & Enterprise Architects
A great clip from Gartner analyst Brian Burke. He identifies the key concerns for CFO's and the role of Enterprise Architects. Tags:...
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Mike Walker
May 17, 20091 min read
Seven Out of 10 Workers Surveyed Say Recession Has Had Some Positive Career Impact
I found a very interesting article on ResumeBear.com regarding how the recession has impacted workers. Although the downturn has proven...
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Mike Walker
May 17, 20092 min read
More on Certification
I ran across an interesting post from Tom Graves on his feedback on TOGAF. Specifically he talks about certification in his post entitled...
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Mike Walker
Apr 30, 20091 min read
Windows 7 Release Candidate
Early in the new year, we announced the release of Windows 7 Beta and encouraged you to take part in testing this product. The response...
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Mike Walker
Apr 24, 20091 min read
Work from home, save the world…
Great article from the McKinsey Quarterly on IT’s carbon footprint. As you will read, it’s not just in consolidation of server...
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Mike Walker
Apr 23, 20091 min read
IT Architecture is not Enterprise Architecture
Excellent write-up from Serge Thorn on how IT Architecture (Solution Architecture) is not Enterprise Architecture. One of the key areas I...
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Mike Walker
Apr 22, 20092 min read
ArchiMate 1.0 from Open Group, first global language for modeling
It’s official, ArchiMate version 1.0 under the control of the Open Group will be released at the London event in a week. It looks like...
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Mike Walker
Apr 22, 20091 min read
New IASA articles from Board Members
Reuse and Extensibility Through Frameworks, Phanish Chandra, Member IASA Editorial Board One of the goals of software development for...
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Mike Walker
Apr 21, 20091 min read
Enterprise Architecture Guidelines Coming to California
In an article on Government Technology, the state of California announced that they will be conducting enterprise architecture. The...
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Mike Walker
Apr 16, 20091 min read
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...
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Mike Walker
Apr 16, 20095 min read
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...
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Mike Walker
Apr 15, 20091 min read
Infosys provides more insights into their survey around EA Tools
In the post from Mohan Babu entitled EA - Enterprise Architecture or Extreme Aggravation: Observations and musings on Enterprise...
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Mike Walker
Apr 14, 20091 min read
The Enterprise Architecture Books Being Read By Enterprise Architects
Technorati Tags: Enterprise Architecture
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Mike Walker
Apr 14, 20091 min read
What EA Framework Do You Use?
Serge Thorn posted a poll on LinkedIn for companies to chime in on what EA frameworks they use. For those of you that use one of the...
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Mike Walker
Apr 13, 20091 min read
Gartner EA Tool Analysis Reports
To be fair, here is the Gartner piece on Enterprise Architecture Tools for 2009, EA Magic Quadrant and Cool Vendors in Enterprise...
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Mike Walker
Apr 13, 20091 min read
Interview w/ Intel’s Security Architect on Data Centers
Interesting webcast from the security architect from Intel. While security isn’t talked about in depth, there are some nuggets that are...
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Mike Walker
Apr 13, 20091 min read
Forrester 2009 EA Tools Survey
Henry Peyret compiled a great analysis on Enterprise Architecture Tool Trends for 2009. After surveying a number of enterprise...
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