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Microsoft Architectural Resources

Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 2nd Feb, 2005

Jonathan, one of my colleagues at work sent out the following links to System Architectural
Guidance provided by Microsoft. There’s an MSDN Architecture Webcast here and
a link to order free Architecture Resources here.
The free stuff includes

Architect Journal: This quarterly journal is
written by architects for architects and explores a range of architectural themes
and concepts, providing a range of [...]

Gregor Hohpe .. SOA and Drunk Driving ..

Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 18th Jan, 2005

Interesting …
Happy New Year everybody! Over the holidays I tried to
sort out some of my thoughts on Web services, SOA, architectural styles, coupling
and all the other good stuff. I started to think about service-oriented architectures
as an architectural style and how it compares to prior styles, such as distributed
component architectures. Maybe it was the New [...]

The principles of SOA

Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 4th Jan, 2005

I came across an interesting article today, that defines what it calls “The principles of SOA” rather elegantly:

The business drives the services, and the services drive the technology.
Business agility is a fundamental business requirement.
A successful SOA is always in flux.

Read more about it here
I love the first one. I think I might [...]

An introduction to Web Services

Posted by: Owen on Saturday, 18th Sep, 2004

I came across this article this morning: An
Introduction to Web Services Architecture and it’s Specifications authored
by Luis Felipe Carbrera, Christopher
Kurt and Don Box. It makes great
reading for anyone working in the Web Services space
and is a great reference to point anyone wanting to know more about Web
Services at. Read it today!

Some EAI Reading

Posted by: Owen on Monday, 2nd Aug, 2004

I was doing some research this evening for an article about EAI I’m writing for the Malta Institute of Management Journal and decided to make a list of some interesting websites and articles on EAI I came across. Lots to read if you have the time:

Business Integration Journal
EAI Knowledge Base at IT Toolbox
[...]

Subscriptions in BizTalk2004 - The Essential Ins and Outs

Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 24th Jun, 2004

Charles Young has just published a
fascinating article on How
Subscription Works (in BizTalk 2004).
It sheds light on BizTalk internals,
how subscription matching is evaluated and is essential reading for anyone doing any BizTalk work.
I’m looking foward to Part 2

BizTalk 2004 Transactions

Posted by: Owen on Monday, 26th Apr, 2004

Came across a great article today by Charles
Young, whose blog I’ve definitely got to keep an eye on due to the interesting
material there. This article talks about Transactions in BizTalk
Server 2004 Orchestrations and it’s one of the best discussions I’ve seen so far.
Recommended.

Guidelines for Application Integration

Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 4th Jan, 2004

Found this on Mark Harrison’s Blog.
Guidelines for Application Integration examines in detail what application integration means and describes the capabilities needed to enable application integration. It discusses the major challenges involved and shows how you can adapt your application integration environment to meet those challenges. It also examines the Microsoft software products and services you [...]

Biztalk and Indigo

Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 5th Nov, 2003

Siatro just sent me a link to an entry on Scott Woodgate’s blog regarding Biztalk, Indigo and Yukon.
Bear in mind this is future stuff because “Indigo” is part of “Longhorn” and the “Indigo” adapter I demoed is a prototype. I also showed “Yukon” DTS nicely integrated with BizTalk Server through an adapter wizard. Check out [...]

PDC Materials for download

Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 4th Nov, 2003

PDC materials available for download here

70-300 was a doddle

Posted by: Owen on Sunday, 28th Sep, 2003

So yesterday, I went for another Microsoft Certification: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .Net Solution Architectures. Basically I got sent a voucher to do it free which expired at the end of September. Not that I really need it as my MCSD is still valid, but hey, why not. Turned out that after reading a [...]

So .. what is a service?

Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 25th Sep, 2003

Clemens has some excellent
thoughts on what Services mean in a Service Oriented World …
If you
are a developer and don’t live in the Netherlands (where SOA stands, well known, for
“Sexueel Overdraagbare Aandoeningen” = “Sexually transmitted diseases”), you may have
heard by now that SOA stands for “service oriented architectures”. In this article
I am thinking aloud about what [...]

TechEd 2003 Goodness

Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 3rd Sep, 2003

Found this on Peter Provost’s Blog.
I received my TechEd DVD a couple of weeks ago and have enjoyed listening to some
othe presentations I missed. This source seems to have all the presentations. Great
stuff!

In case you didn’t get a chance to go to TechEd this year, I just found that most
(all?) of the presentations are available [...]

XML-Driven Form Building

Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 2nd Sep, 2003

Came across an interesting collection of data about XML Markup Languages for User Interface Definition while surfing around. Actually, it’s probably good to know about Cover Pages which is a webstite run by OASIS ‘as a public resource to document and encourage the use of open standards that enhance the intelligibility, quality and longevity of [...]

Building Interoperable Web Services: WS-I Basic Profile 1.0

Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 13th Aug, 2003

Ahhh .. some interesting reading! Building Interoperable Web Services: WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 is the latest in patterns & practices released by Microsoft. Haven’t had chance to read it yet, but the summary states that it covers WS-I Basic Profile contents together with some discussion around implementation and options.
Grab it here