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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...

Mike J. Walker
Jan 25, 20081 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Jan 25, 20081 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Dec 28, 20072 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Dec 12, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Dec 12, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Nov 29, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Nov 29, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Nov 29, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Nov 12, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Nov 9, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Nov 9, 20074 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Nov 8, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Nov 7, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Nov 1, 20072 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Nov 1, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Oct 15, 20072 min read
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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.

Mike J. Walker
Oct 11, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Oct 10, 20072 min read
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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!...

Mike J. Walker
Oct 10, 20071 min read
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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...

Mike J. Walker
Oct 4, 20073 min read
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