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Mike Walker

Feb 2, 20141 min read

Come see the Business Architecture Keynote from Mike Walker Keynote at the Open Group Conference

Business Architecture the Key to Enterprise Transformation Mike Walker, Enterprise Architect, Hewlett Packard Mark Dorfmueller, Associate...

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Your Invited to the Texas Association of Enterprise Architects January Meeting

Mike Walker

Jan 14, 20142 min read

Your Invited to the Texas Association of Enterprise Architects January Meeting

The Texas Association of Enterprise Architects (AEA) has launched! From the President of the Texas AEA Chapter, I am very excited to...

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Announcing The Texas Chapter of the Association of Enterprise Architects

Mike Walker

Jan 14, 20142 min read

Announcing The Texas Chapter of the Association of Enterprise Architects

I would like to be the first to announce the Texas Chapter of the Association of Enterprise Architects! Myself and the rest of the the...

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Mike Walker

Dec 1, 20131 min read

Microsoft Archived My Old Blog on MSDN!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/mikewalker/

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Named as Expert of the Enterprise Architecture World

Mike Walker

Nov 16, 20131 min read

Named as Expert of the Enterprise Architecture World

Thanks EA Voices for the shout out. It is always good to hear that what I'm doing is having an impact on the world....

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Webinar: 10 Sure-Fire Tips for Getting Stakeholder Buy-In to your Architecture Projects

Mike Walker

Nov 14, 20131 min read

Webinar: 10 Sure-Fire Tips for Getting Stakeholder Buy-In to your Architecture Projects

As you may have read on my blog or even when you hear me present, I talk about how crucial soft-skills are to Enterprise Architects. In...

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Speaking at The HP Cincinnati Customer Forum

Mike Walker

Nov 8, 20131 min read

Speaking at The HP Cincinnati Customer Forum

On Monday November 18th I will be giving the keynote presentation at the HP Customer Forum in Cincinnati. The theme of the event is the...

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Integrating TOGAF and The Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) Service Landscape Whitepaper

Mike Walker

Oct 30, 20131 min read

Integrating TOGAF and The Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) Service Landscape Whitepaper

Today The Open Group released the updated whitepaper, Integrating the TOGAF® Standard with the BIAN Service Landscape. This release might...

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Open Group Enterprise Architecture Conference London 2013 Highlights

Mike Walker

Oct 29, 20134 min read

Open Group Enterprise Architecture Conference London 2013 Highlights

Last week , The Open Group kicked off their signature Enterprise Architecture Conference in London. Like others in the recent past the...

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Five Take-Aways from Gartner Symposium 2013

Mike Walker

Oct 15, 20135 min read

Five Take-Aways from Gartner Symposium 2013

Last week was Gartner’s marquee event for its customers, Symposium ITxpo 2013. Gartner Symposium/ITxpo brings CIOs and senior IT...

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Gartner's 2013 Enterprise Architecture Tools Magic Quadrant (MQ)

Mike Walker

Oct 8, 20132 min read

Gartner's 2013 Enterprise Architecture Tools Magic Quadrant (MQ)

Like every year, Gartner has released yet another great resource for Enterprise Architects with their EA Tools Magic Quadrant. This is a...

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Book Review: Delivering Enterprise Architecture with TOGAF and ArchiMate

Mike Walker

Oct 2, 20132 min read

Book Review: Delivering Enterprise Architecture with TOGAF and ArchiMate

I wanted to share with all of you a great learning resource if you’re interested and understanding the Enterprise Architecture modeling...

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Mike Walker

Sep 30, 20139 min read

Defining Business Architecture

Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo conference (Orlando 2012) saw more than 2,000 people attend Gartner's presentation, "Business Architecture:...

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Come Join Me and Influence Enterprise Architecture Capabilities and Business Architecture

Mike Walker

Sep 21, 20132 min read

Come Join Me and Influence Enterprise Architecture Capabilities and Business Architecture

At the Open Group Conference in London I will be leading two very impactful work streams for the practice of Enterprise Architecture. The...

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Don’t Get Caught up in the Architecture Modeling Debate

Mike Walker

Sep 15, 20136 min read

Don’t Get Caught up in the Architecture Modeling Debate

Communicating your ideas and architecture work effectively can be really tough. When we do we using create compelling visuals or models...

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Mike Walker

Sep 8, 20132 min read

It’s Been A Busy Summer

Wow, it’s been 2 months since my last post. I can’t believe it’s been that long. Things have surely heated up this summer . Outside of...

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Australian and New Zealand Architects Surveyed on Business Architecture

Mike Walker

Jun 21, 20136 min read

Australian and New Zealand Architects Surveyed on Business Architecture

Business Architecture (BA) is a really hot topic these days. A few years back it was a topic that people either didn't talk about or...

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Mike Walker

Jun 20, 20134 min read

Mike Walker on Business Architecture, Part 2

In this is Part 2 article, “Walker on Business Architecture” in the Architecture and Governance Magazine , I continue to explore and...

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Reaching the Pinnacle: A New Enterprise Architecture Book by Sam Holcman

Mike Walker

Jun 20, 20133 min read

Reaching the Pinnacle: A New Enterprise Architecture Book by Sam Holcman

I wanted to share with all of you a new book called, “Reaching the Pinnacle: A Methodology of Business Understanding, Technology...

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Mike Walker

Jun 6, 20137 min read

Gartner EA Conference Summary in Top Influential Tweets

I usually don’t post recaps of events in their tweets but since I was unable to do full coverage of the event I have picked out what I...

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