March 2007 - Posts

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Solution Supply Chains

Jack Greenfield - He decided not do do a demo of Web Service Software Factory - We can do ourselves that at home - We would not get the vision that people at MS is getting - It also did not installed correctly on Jack's machine (LOL) Agenda: - Learning Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Enterprise Architect Group Final Meeting

The Role of An Architect - Check "Developing the Future" whitepaper. There is also a Microsoft response to it. - There is going to be a DTF version 2 - Why having focus groups like this in conferences? - The role of an architect could benefit from clarity Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, What Do Architects Do, Anyway?

Ron Jacobs, Microsoft, Architect Evangelist http:// arcast.net (or) www.arcast.tv for video http://ronjacobs.com - What is the role of the architect? - What is software architecture? - Do I want to become an architect? - Architecture as a profession - Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Identity Scale Federation

Steve Plank, Microsoft, splank@microsoft.com - Players: - Identity Provider - Relying Party - Subject - Specs: - WS-Policy - WS-MEX - WS-Security Policy - Ws-Security - Relying Parties can be web services or web sites but usually are web sites - Using Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Active or Passive Federation for the Enterprise

Steve Plank, Identity Architect, Microsoft - Federation Flow - Home-round discovery is the process of knowing of all the trust relations I have which one will be the one that applies to me - All the redirection is done using HTTP 302 - Check the WS-Federation Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Enterprise Architect Group Second Meeting

EN01 (II Part) - Architecture has not the same scope as systems engeneering - There are similarities with a physical arquitect - The deliverables make difference, at the end of the day that will be what distinguishes architects Architects flavors - Enterprise Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, SaaS As A Disruptive Technology

Matt Deacon, Microsoft UK, Steven Moxey, Manchester Business School (Nota: entrei a meio da sessão) - What are the key attributes of a traditional software product? Case study: SIEBEL (CRM) - Market share - In-house retention of data - Integration with Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Service Capsules - A Language and Patterns Perspective on Service Design and Implementation

Arvindra Sehmi, Microsoft EMEA DPE - This session is about emerging ideias and concepts - The term Service Capsule is not an official approved or endorsed by Microsoft - The term Service Capsule is used simply to distinguish from the term Service - This Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, SOA for Support and Maintenance

Steve Jones, Head of SOA, Capgemini - There *is* a SOA Reference Model: adopt the OASIS SOA Reference Model - Its independent - Its an OASIS Standard - Its applicable to business and IT services (...) - IT needs to change to be about Value, not Cost - Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Roadmap to Strategic SOA

David Sprott, CBDI - SOA is very old, this session will start with an assessment to help participants understand what is their current SOA adoption stage - CBDI Presentation, SOA consultants - Specialist firm provinding actionable guidance and support Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Clinics - The Future of Software Industry

Architect Insight Clinics - The Future of Software Industry, Andy James - Promote the debate, discussion of the future of software (6 groups): - Focus - Challenge - DtF (Developing the Future) V2 Themes - The theme for this room is: Skills and Education Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Where to place your SOA bets?

Sam Lowe, Capgemini, sam.lowe@capgemini.com - The SOA has to pay off, otherwise it will loose credibility - Why SOA bets? - Definitions of SOA differ and stakeholders are unclear - The roadmaps out there are unclear - An SOA initiative has to be a change Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Enterprise Architect Group First Meeting

- What architects have in common: incorrect job titles - Tables are: - Strategy - Infrastructure - Solutions - Enterprise - What are the generic attributes of an architect? - Where is the value of beeing an architect? - Enterprise architect engages with Read More...

Conference Architect Insight 2007, Introduction

150 delegates Intro by Matt Deacon, Chief Architect Advisor, Microsoft UK - OpenXML is an ECMA standard and MS wants it to be an ISO standard - Signatures will be submitted to the british council for approval Ed Gibson, Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft Read More...