Unfortunately I didn't get to talk about the connected systems forum earlier, but I think it was the best we've done yet. The speakers and topics covered were of a truly excellent quality! Both Mehran Nikoo and Dave Oliver give good overviews of the...

It’s been a busy week for me, starting with the Enterprise Architect Conference in London, closely followed by the first UK IASA meeting on Wednesday and concluding with the Microsoft Architect Forum on Thursday. I’ve met a load of great people and been...

Check out these video podcasts from TechEd 2005 - they've been running around recording interviews with speakers, attendees, expo hall, and capturing as many demos as possible - a complete list of videos (including a TechEd 2005 Jackass video) can be...

The PAG team have just dropped the latest preview release of their WS-I BSP 1.0 compliant Sample Application developed on .NET 1.1 with WSE 2.0 that demonstrates interoperability of secure web services. Landing Page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library...

**Updated: URL Typo** After much fun and frolics I can finally announce that we have finally launched the UK Chapter of the IASA (International Association of Software Architects) - an independent non-profit organisation dedicated to the advancement...

The official launch date is July, but I guess it's ok to mention it quietly here [;)]. The new Microsoft Architect Resource centre is now up and running www.microsoft.com/architecture . It promises to pull together all that invaluable architect information...