SOA: Sometimes it IS about the technology – Both Nick’s post and Andrew McAfee’s original are worth a read and right on. I think the pearl of wisdom is for all of us to stop advocating one extreme or the other (“x is about technology” vs “x is not”) all the time and [...]

The Importance of Mentor - Joe Says: “I say if you want to do something with your life and are willing to make a life-changing and risky change in your life to pursue that goal, then stop being such a chicken and go for it.” Agreed. Great post Joe.

SOA and the ROI [...]

SSIS Team Development Experiences - Another example of database developers being left out in the cold when it comes to first-class development tools and practices. It’s getting better, but we’re not there yet… Adaptive Path UXWeek – Simon Guest is at UXWeek and will be blogging about the experience. I hope that the [...]

Microsoft: My way or the highway with SOA? Though Microsoft can certainly afford to do “SOA their way” and though such approaches have certainly worked in the past, I wonder if this one might actually hurt them is the long run. As Joe says, “What Microsoft appears to be doing… goes completely against what [...]

Enterprise Architecture, REST and SOA all sit down at a bar? - More on REST, SOA and EA and EA’s responsibility to be relevant to project teams.

Do Enterprise Architects ask Stupid Questions? - There are no stupid questions, only questions that self-righteous people think are stupid.

Build versus Buy versus Opensource – [...]