Let's Talk Enterprise Architecture

So I have made it back to Redmond after a long journey and I wanted to write a recap of the event. In this post will will share some of...

Thank you to the architects and developers at the Microsoft Office Business Applications event today.  The interactions during the...

There is a bit of movement here at Microsoft in the Financial Services space. In the insurance industry we just released the Insurance...

The OBA RAP for Loan Origination Systems further solidifies Microsoft's thought leadership in both the SOA space but in Financial...

Yes, we break them up into levels of OBAs. Here are the varying levels of OBA-ness.

When I first heard the term OBA the first thing that I thought of was the place far far away in the StarWars galaxy or something... You...

If you are a subscriber to Windows in Financial Services Magazine you will find an article introducing me and my role here at Microsoft....

I am happy to announce that the Office Business Applications Reference Application Pack for Loan Origination Systems (OR-LOS)! See the...

Some folks on my team were talking about Media Center and I had to chime in. I love my digital media and my Media Center PC. I will be...

I've been getting a lot of e-mail on when the Composite / OBA Applications Book would be available for download or purchase. We have...

Recently I have attended many conferences (TechEd, Gartner and SAF) and a common thread keeps emerging. Enterprise Architecture (EA)....

This year’s Integration and Enterprise Architecture Summit was overall pretty good. You can see a fundamental shift from the “Ivory...

Enjoy!

The two sessions that I led on "Banking Transformation in a SaaS" and "Composite Application World" went very and had a ton of engagement...

SAF is Microsoft’s most strategic event for the architect audience and in the architecture space each year. Managed by my team the...

Mike Walker is the managing architecture strategist for the Financial Services vertical at Microsoft. Walker is responsible for driving...

The new site MSDN Banking Industry Center will provide prescriptive architecture guidance addressing current and emerging challenges the...

I had an interesting conversation with some folks in the standards community about this today. Many people thought that Web Services are...