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For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Richard-Veryard Is your organisation intelligent? What makes an organisation smart? What makes them dumb? We all know that what intelligent people are like and it's not necessarily linked to IQ! It's more about their ability to deal with complexity and being able to learn from their mistakes - if they don't we might call them stupid! The same can apply to organisations.For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 1264 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Richard-Veryard Mon, 17 May 2010 10:48:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Richard-Veryard Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Richard-Veryard/RSS Architects Architecture Business Intelligence en-GB Matt Deacon Organizational Intelligence Richard Veryard Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam
For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides including Steve's videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Steve-Cook Steve Cook, Principal Architect in the Microsoft Visual Studio Team tells me all about Microsoft's involvement in the Object Management Group and his desire to get UML right this time around!For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides including Steve's videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 1053 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Steve-Cook Mon, 17 May 2010 10:47:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Steve-Cook Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Steve-Cook/RSS Architects Architecture en-GB Matt Deacon modeling OMG Steve Cook Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam UML UML models Visual Studio
Besides this, he's got great hair and a fantastic beard that makes me think I'm talking to a professor out of some Heath Robinson picture!

Andy presented at AIC on the need for arhitects to stand up and be counted and I got time with himto explore this and other stuff a little further.

For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Andy-Hopkirk Andy Hopkirk is a legend in government circles for his unstinting leadership in driving interoperability initiatives like the e-Government Integration Framework (e-GIF)through his work at the National Computing Centre (NCC) here in the UK!Besides this, he's got great hair and a fantastic beard that makes me think I'm talking to a professor out of some Heath Robinson picture!Andy presented at AIC on the need for arhitects to stand up and be counted and I got time with himto explore this and other stuff a little further.For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 1551 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Andy-Hopkirk Fri, 14 May 2010 08:11:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Andy-Hopkirk Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Andy-Hopkirk/RSS Andy Hopkirk Architects Architecture en-GB Matt Deacon NCC Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam
With the growing interest in "cloud computing", the subject of Identity is moving into the limelight. Kim Cameron is a legend in the identity architecture and engineering space. He is currently the chief architect for Microsoft's identity platform and a key contributor to the field at large.

For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Kim-Cameron "The Internet was born without an identity". -Kim Cameron.With the growing interest in "cloud computing", the subject of Identity is moving into the limelight. Kim Cameron is a legend in the identity architecture and engineering space. He is currently the chief architect for Microsoft's identity platform and a key contributor to the field at large.For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 1209 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Kim-Cameron Fri, 14 May 2010 08:03:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Kim-Cameron Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Kim-Cameron/RSS Architects Architecture Cloud en-GB Identity Kim Cameron Matt Deacon Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam
So what does he make of all this cloud stuff? Does 'cloud now trump SOA? I got the chance to ask david this and other stuff backstage at Architect Insight.

For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-David-Sprott 10 years of .NET and 10 years of .NET Web Services! Well, perhaps this was not mark the starting point of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) but the last decade has seen an unpresidented period where SOA has reigned supreme at top of the hype cycle! David Sprott, CEO, CBDI-Forum has dedicated his time to providing SOA guidance to Industry. So what does he make of all this cloud stuff? Does 'cloud now trump SOA? I got the chance to ask david this and other stuff backstage at Architect Insight.For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 746 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-David-Sprott Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:55:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-David-Sprott Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-David-Sprott/RSS Architects Architecture CBDI Forum Cloud David Sprott en-GB Enterprise Architecture Matt Deacon multi-sourcing Service Oriented Architecture Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam Enterprise
I got chance to talk to the great Ivar Jacobson backstage at Architect Insight about his work in software engineering from his pioneering work with RUP, to ESSUP and more recently with SEMAT (Software Engineering Methodology and Theory).

For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Ivar-Jacobson "Everyone of us knows how to develop software, but as an industry we don't know it!" or so Ivar Jacobson argues. Software engineering is severly hampered today by immature practices. I got chance to talk to the great Ivar Jacobson backstage at Architect Insight about his work in software engineering from his pioneering work with RUP, to ESSUP and more recently with SEMAT (Software Engineering Methodology and Theory).For more info on Architect Insight 2010, including presentation slides and videos go to www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010 1420 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Ivar-Jacobson Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:44:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Ivar-Jacobson Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Ivar-Jacobson/RSS Architects Architecture en-GB ESSUP Ivar Jacobson Matt Deacon multi-sourcing RUP SDLC SEMAT Software Engineering Research Software Engineering Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam
For more on info on the Architect Insight Conference including presentation slides and videos click here www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Dave-Coplin Governement Clouds; empowering the citizen or just about cutting costs? Dave Coplin, National Technology Officer, Microsoft UK is at the centre of this debate in the UK and argues that for from just being cost saving, open data in governemtn and the cloud is far more about empowerment and driving innovation to deliver governement as a service to its citizens. I caught up with Dave backstage at Architect Insight and asked him about this and other issues that cloud presents in the public sector.For more on info on the Architect Insight Conference including presentation slides and videos click here www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010. 1102 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Dave-Coplin Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:33:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Dave-Coplin Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Dave-Coplin/RSS Architects Architecture Dave Coplin en-GB Matt Deacon Open Data Public Sector Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam UK Government
Ans: An Orange!

I got to talk backstage at Architect Insight the other month with Iain Mortimer, Chief Architect, Bank of America Merrill Lynch about next generation enterprises and oranges!

For more on info on the Architect Insight Conference click here www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Iain-Mortimer What's happening to the enterprise? What's the next generation enterprise going to look like?Ans: An Orange!I got to talk backstage at Architect Insight the other month with Iain Mortimer, Chief Architect, Bank of America Merrill Lynch about next generation enterprises and oranges! For more on info on the Architect Insight Conference click here www.microsoft.com/uk/aic2010. 1237 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Iain-Mortimer Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:56:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Iain-Mortimer Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Iain-Mortimer/RSS Architects Architecture Cloud en-GB Enterprise Architecture Iain Mortimer Matt Deacon multi-sourcing Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam Enterprise The IT Complexity Crisis", the worldwide annual cost of IT failure is over $6 trillion a year and what’s worse is it is on the increase. The culprit, Roger believes, is complexity, which itself is directly related to function; increase function increases complexity. If we can manage complexity then we can increase IT success – “All we need is a process for making systems simple”. ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Roger-Sessions According to Roger Sessions in his recent white paper "The IT Complexity Crisis", the worldwide annual cost of IT failure is over $6 trillion a year and what’s worse is it is on the increase. The culprit, Roger believes, is complexity, which itself is directly related to function; increase function increases complexity. If we can manage complexity then we can increase IT success – “All we need is a process for making systems simple”. 1186 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Roger-Sessions Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:04:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Roger-Sessions Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Roger-Sessions/RSS Architects Architecture en-GB Enterprise Architecture IT failure Matt Deacon Roger Sessions Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam Enterprise ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Angela-Yochem "Architects need to be partners of the business" is what Angela Yochem, an Executive IT Architect with a large multinational organisation, believes is key in delivering value to the enterprise. 1196 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Angela-Yochem Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:31:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Angela-Yochem Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Angela-Yochem/RSS Angela Yochem Architects Architecture en-GB IASA Matt Deacon Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam MWD Advisors about the value of IASA, of architects and what they all think of cloud computing!
]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Neil-Ward-Dutton Matt Deacon, host of Talking Architects talks to Neil Ward-Dutton from the Industry Analyst firm MWD Advisors about the value of IASA, of architects and what they all think of cloud computing! 1279 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Neil-Ward-Dutton Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:41:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Neil-Ward-Dutton Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 0 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-Neil-Ward-Dutton/RSS Architects Architecture Cloud Architecture en-GB IASA Matt Deacon Neil Ward-Dutton Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam Len Bass, co-author of Software Architecture in Practice and longstanding member of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), thinks he has an answer.

But how does this fit in an agile world? ]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Len-Bass Quality Attributes (Non-functional requirements) as first class citizens of a project? Too far fetched? Len Bass, co-author of Software Architecture in Practice and longstanding member of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), thinks he has an answer. But how does this fit in an agile world? 1215 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Len-Bass Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:54:00 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Len-Bass Matt Deacon Matt Deacon 1 http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/mattdeacon/Talking-Architects-with-Len-Bass/RSS Architects Architecture en-GB Enterprise Architecture IT failure Len Bass Matt Deacon Talking Architects UKArchTeam UKDevTeam Enterprise