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Mike Walker

Oct 9, 20071 min read

Naked Conversations

Got your attention, didn't I? Sorry to possibly disappoint but this isn't a post about new styles of communication with your co-workers!...

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A Primer on Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Application Portfolio Management (APM)

Mike Walker

Oct 4, 20073 min read

A Primer on Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Application Portfolio Management (APM)

With an Application Portfolio Management (APM) practice it allows EA's to gain visibility into the applications impacts that reside in...

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Mike Walker

Sep 25, 20073 min read

Do your Vendors have Enterprise Architecture Efforts?

The short answer is... Yes. But why do they? Aren't they just supplying shrink wrapped applications. Why should they care about EA? Over...

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Mike Walker

Sep 23, 20071 min read

Presenting at Three Architecture Forums in Canada

If you are planning on attending the Federal Government Architect Forum, British Columbia Architect Forum or the Financial Services...

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Mike Walker

Sep 20, 20071 min read

Gartner predicts that by 2012 40% of today's enterprise architecture programs will be stopped

Without seeing the actual content from Gartner it is hard to agree or not agree with the prediction. I would say that by 2012 EA...

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Mike Walker

Sep 19, 20071 min read

Enterprise Architecture is the next Hot Job

According to CIO magazine the Enterprise Architect is the next "hot job". The article in the Sept. 2007 issue walks you though why you...

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Mike Walker

Sep 13, 20072 min read

Enterprise Architecture Analogy

I was talking to a colleague two nights ago and he asked me how I describe Enterprise Architecture. Immediately I have memories rushing...

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I've Launched the Microsoft Capital Markets Architecture Center!

Mike Walker

Sep 10, 20071 min read

I've Launched the Microsoft Capital Markets Architecture Center!

We launched the Capital Markets Architecture Centerlast week with loads of great articles. Stevan Vidich was critical to the success of...

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Mike Walker

Sep 3, 20071 min read

The Enterprise Mind? An in depth look at EA Tooling

This is a great starter article for folks wanting to evaluate EA tooling. I have blogged and spoke about this at conferences in the past...

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Obtaining Enterprise Architecture Metrics - Part 2

Mike Walker

Sep 2, 20077 min read

Obtaining Enterprise Architecture Metrics - Part 2

In my last post I talked about "keeping EA metrics on the trail" and what you need to think about when gathering the right metrics. By...

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Is EA becoming a Trusted Business Partner?

Mike Walker

Sep 1, 20071 min read

Is EA becoming a Trusted Business Partner?

I read a recent survey from InfoSys where they surveyed a number of EA organizations. I was surprised by the outcomes. Check out the...

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Obtaining Enterprise Architecture Metrics - Part 1

Mike Walker

Aug 29, 20073 min read

Obtaining Enterprise Architecture Metrics - Part 1

For most EA organizations there is a huge struggle to justify their existence. There is quite a bit of criticism on the practice from...

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Is Enterprise Architecture (EA) Coming of Age?

Mike Walker

Aug 28, 20071 min read

Is Enterprise Architecture (EA) Coming of Age?

I was just talking about this today on a thread internally here at MS where we were talking about EA challenges. One person commented...

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What is the Role of EA in a Dominated SaaS World?

Mike Walker

Aug 28, 20074 min read

What is the Role of EA in a Dominated SaaS World?

A colleague of mine Gianpaolo asked me about what is the role of EA in a heavily SaaS oriented enterprise. The hypothetical case would be...

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Controlling Complexity in Enterprise Architectures

Mike Walker

Aug 27, 20071 min read

Controlling Complexity in Enterprise Architectures

Yesterday I had a conference call with Roger Sessions at ObjectWatch, Inc. to fill us in on the new methodology he created called Simple...

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Architecture Modeling - IEEE 1471 has been adopted by ISO

Mike Walker

Aug 26, 20071 min read

Architecture Modeling - IEEE 1471 has been adopted by ISO

ISO has published ISO/IEC 42010:2007, Systems and software engineering — Recommended practice for architectural description of...

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Presenting Next Generation Business Apps: Composite Architectures at the Microsoft SOA Conference

Mike Walker

Aug 26, 20071 min read

Presenting Next Generation Business Apps: Composite Architectures at the Microsoft SOA Conference

I will be presenting at this years Microsoft SOA and Business Process Management conference. The conference is held on the Microsoft...

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Justifying the need for Composite Applications

Mike Walker

Aug 25, 20077 min read

Justifying the need for Composite Applications

I recently saw a post from Brandon Satrom as he was asking for feedback on his interpretation of composite applications and the value...

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Announcing the Microsoft Business Data Catalog Definition Editor

Mike Walker

Aug 20, 20072 min read

Announcing the Microsoft Business Data Catalog Definition Editor

I am happy to say we have finally released the Business Data Catalog Editor. Currently, writing an application definition to connect the...

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Mike Walker

Aug 19, 20072 min read

New Financial Services OBA

My visit to Australia had many surprises. One was a new OBA that was developed by one of our partners Dataract. This is truly a "Diamond...

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