Architects Rule!
Community blog for architects in the Belgium and Luxembourg region moderated by Bart Vande Ghinste, Enterprise Architect for Microsoft Belgium and Luxembourg.
UI extreme makeover = UI2
According to AMR Research, UI2 = user interface x user interaction The next iteration of user...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/30/2008
HYPER-V IS HERE!!
Server virtualization, also known as hardware virtualization, is a hot topic in the IT world because...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/26/2008
Architects of all shapes, colours and sizes: unite!!
At the International Association of Software Architects (IASA) conference in New York last month,...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/26/2008
When Open Source SOA meets Microsoft SOA
When was the last time you saw a fully open-source vendor sharing the conference keynote stage with...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/25/2008
Breaking the Mystique of Coaching in IT
Coaching is one of the fastest-growing consulting services of the 21st century. Much like the...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/24/2008
Inside Microsoft's $550 Million Mega Data Centers
The components inside are just as gargantuan as those on the outside. Seven massive battery rooms...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/23/2008
Making the difference – the 2008 CIO Agenda
Source – Gartner Group - Making the difference: The 2008 CIO Agenda
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/20/2008
Forrester: A Pragmatic Approach To Software Reuse
Development leaders have tried a variety of reuse strategies over the years, all aiming to stop...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/20/2008
24 Hours SQL Server
With so much news and information competing for attention, it's easy to miss great opportunities to...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/19/2008
CMMI - An Executive Summary
Kugler Maag Cie: CMMI - An Executive Summary More now than ever, companies are forced to deliver...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/19/2008
Gartner IT Infrastructure and Operations Maturity Model
Greater I&O process maturity is essential if I&O leaders are to improve IT services...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/12/2008
European Championship soccer 2008 streamed live with Silverlight
All 31 matches of the European Championship soccer 2008 are streamed live with Silverlight in the...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/12/2008
Enterprise Guide to the Strategic Mobile Knowledge Worker
True or false: All mobile workers require the same tools and work in the same manner to get their...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/10/2008
SOA Governance for Microsoft .NET Framework
SOA Software Announces SOA Governance for Microsoft .NET Framework Company certifies the .NET...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/10/2008
Announcing SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate
On Tuesday June 10th, Bob Muglia will keynote TechEd IT Pro and highlight the investments the...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/10/2008
The BallmerBot: Developers, Developers, Developers!
Funny and amazing video from Bill’s keynote today at TechEd 2008. You will all recognize the...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/05/2008
UML supported in Oslo SOA modeler
Microsoft will incorporate UML as part of its effort to create its Oslo unified modeling environment...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/04/2008
SaaS Penetrates the IT Department
Cutter Consortium: SaaS Penetrates the IT Department While software-as-a-service (SaaS) has gained...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/02/2008
What It Takes to Be a Great Enterprise Architect
Cutter Consortium: "What It Takes to Be a Great Enterprise Architect". To be a great architect, you...
Author: pdestoop Date: 06/02/2008
Harvard Business positioning SOA in Business Terms
Ever wondered about how to position SOA in business terms? Hereunder the intro of an Harvard...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/29/2008
The Resource-Oriented Architecture
O’Reilly: The Resource-Oriented Architecture Why come up with a new term, Resource-Oriented...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/27/2008
Architecture by public community discussions?
https://dev.twitter.com/2008/05/twittering-about-architecture.html Here at Twitter HQ, we're not...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/26/2008
Process-Views-Services – a Better Design Paradigm for Applications
Forrester: Process-Views-Services – a Better Design Paradigm for Applications It is time for a major...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/26/2008
WebDSL - a Case Study in Domain-Specific Language Engineering
Delft University of Technology: WebDSL - a Case Study in Domain-Specific Language Engineering The...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/26/2008
Models for Evaluating and Improving Architecture Competence
Software architecture competence is the ability of an individual or organization to acquire, use,...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/26/2008
Microsoft and interop? Microsoft Office 2007 will support ODF!
Microsoft Corp. is offering customers greater choice and more flexibility among document formats, as...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/23/2008
Bredemeyer: The Visual Architecting Process
The Visual Architecting Process™ (VAP) covers the techniques, including architecture modeling and...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/20/2008
.NET a first class participant on TIBCO backed infrastructures.
TIBCO Selects Silverlight for Rich Internet Application Development TUCON®, San Francisco, April 30,...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/19/2008
Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008 released
Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the latest addition to the p&p library...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/19/2008
Unskilled and unable to realize it...
How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments People tend...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/16/2008
Microsoft platform in Gartner's leader quadrant
On April 24th, Gartner released its Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers (EAS), 2Q08,...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/14/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta is available
MSDN subscribers now have access to Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 Beta. The following editions,...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/14/2008
HP acquired EDS
Newsflash: HP acquired EDS SAN FRANCISCO — The Hewlett-Packard Company, the personal computer and...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/13/2008
IT sabotage: identify common patterns
Want to avoid individuals from within the organization to sabotaging your infrastructure? Learn...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/13/2008
Social Computing Changes The Enterprise Collaboration Landscape
Forrester: Social Computing Changes The Enterprise Collaboration Landscape Organizations are using...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/13/2008
MS Belux Architect Forum April 15 2008
Mid last month, we organized the MS Belux Architect Forum, devoted to SOA and BPM (see further below...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/09/2008
S+S Sample App Litware HR - May 2008 Released
The latest version of LitwareHR (“Litware HR - May 2008 Release”) is now publicly available for...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/09/2008
Web 2.0 developers rank MSN/Live higher than Google, Yahoo and Facebook
A Computerworld article states that according to Evans survey Microsoft scored highest for its...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/09/2008
McKinsey: Enterprise Software Customer Survey 2008
Innovation in the software industry is on the upswing, with Software as a Service (SaaS) being a key...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/09/2008
Enterprise Mashup Tool (AKA Popfly for the Enterprise)
Version 2.0 of the OBA Composition Reference Toolkit was released to the web today, on schedule and...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/09/2008
Emerging Platform Wars in Enterprise SaaS
McKinsey Report: The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry continues to grow rapidly. Over the past...
Author: pdestoop Date: 05/05/2008
Directory Tiers, Instances and Roles
Enterprises require directory services as part of the information technology (IT) infrastructure...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/30/2008
Gartner Hype Cycle for High-Performance Workplace
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/29/2008
IT Architecture Capability Maturity Model
The IT Architecture CMM developed by the Department of Commerce (DoC) provides a framework that...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/25/2008
Introducing "Live Mesh" technology preview
There’s been a bunch of buzz about “the mesh” since Ray Ozzie alluded to it at last month’s MIX...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/24/2008
Architects: who are they, what are they doing and why?
The picture below illustrates the skill set that an architect needs to have: The picture below...
Author: pdestoop Date: 04/24/2008