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Mike Walker

Jan 29, 20083 min read

Open Group Enterprise Architecture Conference 2008 - Day 2

First, a big thanks to everyone that attended my session yesterday. It was a great crowd, even though I was the last presentation of the...

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Mike Walker

Jan 28, 20083 min read

Open Group Enterprise Architecture Conference - Day 1

I thought I would share with you a few of my notes from the Open Group conference. I have also added some of my thoughts on the topics.I...

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Mike Walker

Jan 25, 20081 min read

I will be presenting at the Open Group EA Conference

If you are at the conference I would love to see you at my session (http://www.opengroup.org/sf2008/walker.html) on Monday at 5:00pm. A...

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I will be presenting at the Open Group Enterprise Architecture 2008 Conference

Mike Walker

Jan 25, 20081 min read

I will be presenting at the Open Group Enterprise Architecture 2008 Conference

If you are at the conference I would love to see you at my session (https://www.opengroup.org/sf2008/walker.html) on Monday at 5:00pm. A...

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Microsoft Lending Reference Architecture V-Lab Released

Mike Walker

Dec 28, 20072 min read

Microsoft Lending Reference Architecture V-Lab Released

I am very excited to announce that we have finally released the Virtual Lab for The Microsoft Lending Reference Architecture Version 1. I...

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Mike Walker

Dec 12, 20071 min read

Office Developer Conference Update

We have an incredible six keynotes by senior Microsoft executives. Of course, live code and demos will be the order of the day, and we...

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OpenXML is getting Closer, and we should all be Excited about It!

Mike Walker

Dec 12, 20071 min read

OpenXML is getting Closer, and we should all be Excited about It!

Brain Jones gives a full update on where we are with the standard on his recent post. I think that it is very important for us to...

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Mike Walker

Nov 29, 20071 min read

Don't Mess with the Chief

On my trip to Vegas last week I ran into Master Chief. I guess I said the wrong thing to him because he just snapped. Something about how...

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Article: Integration of Enterprise Architecture and Application Portfolio Management

Mike Walker

Nov 29, 20071 min read

Article: Integration of Enterprise Architecture and Application Portfolio Management

Published today is the new MSDN article that I have written for the Application Portfolio Management space. This primer will walk...

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Mike Walker

Nov 29, 20071 min read

On the road to Egypt next week

It's been a slow blogging week due to several big projects that I am launching here in the coming months. I look forward to sharing more...

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Is there too much talk about EA Process?

Mike Walker

Nov 12, 20071 min read

Is there too much talk about EA Process?

James McGovern writes an interesting post about how he feels that the Enterprise Architecture blogosphere is talking way too much about...

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Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Software Factories Approaches

Mike Walker

Nov 9, 20071 min read

Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Software Factories Approaches

James McGovern writes an interesting post worth taking a look at called Enterprise Architecture: Can you build software using the factory...

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Why Enterprise Architecture is a Corporate Responsibility

Mike Walker

Nov 9, 20074 min read

Why Enterprise Architecture is a Corporate Responsibility

I ran across a great post by Dave Linthicum called Why Enterprise Architecture is a Corporate Responsibility. He made some very good...

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New Version of the Microsoft Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Guidance Released

Mike Walker

Nov 8, 20071 min read

New Version of the Microsoft Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Guidance Released

Check out the new version of the Microsoft ESB Guidance. The overview page(https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb931189.aspx) will...

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I'll be speaking at the Office Developer Conference

Mike Walker

Nov 7, 20071 min read

I'll be speaking at the Office Developer Conference

When: February 10-13, 2008 Where: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA Who: 2000 developers and architects who build solutions on the...

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Day in the Life of an Enterprise Architect

Mike Walker

Nov 1, 20072 min read

Day in the Life of an Enterprise Architect

Sorry for the delay on this, there has been a lot of e-mails asking where this was at and if it was going to happen. The "Day in the Life...

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Mike Walker

Nov 1, 20071 min read

Managed Services Engine (MSE) v6.2 Released

On Tuesday at the SOA & BP Conference (http://www.mssoaandbpconference.com/), we are announcing the availability of the V6.2 CTP of the...

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Review: Evaluating Enterprise Architecture Processes

Mike Walker

Oct 15, 20072 min read

Review: Evaluating Enterprise Architecture Processes

From a recent post from Robert Mcllree he talks about the evaluation of EA. He breaks down the evaluation into a set of factors. When I...

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Mike Walker

Oct 11, 20071 min read

My Blog in Chinese

If your looking for my blog in Chinese, check out the Architect Circle. A big thanks to Qing Wang from Microsoft in China.

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Be Cautious about Application Portfolio Management (APM) Discovery Agents

Mike Walker

Oct 10, 20072 min read

Be Cautious about Application Portfolio Management (APM) Discovery Agents

I am still trying to determine the intentions of the article. It was not clear. However what was clear was the suggestion that in order...

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