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Microsoft Motion Initiative

2009-10-08T05:09:00.000+01:00

Check out the following video which introduces Microsoft's new Motion initiative.

This is really cool as Microsoft plan on providing standard Microsoft tools (Office, SQL Server, Visio) to help Enterprise Architects and Strategy consultants create capability maps, business architecture, business case for new strategy & transformation programmes, etc for customers.

http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/scobleizer/Ric-Merrifield-Microsoft-gets-down-to-business-with-Motion-initiative/

Enjoy!

Salim

IDC Cloud Computing Summit

2009-09-24T13:16:00.000+01:00

Interested in Cloud Computing?

Checkout the IDC Cloud Computing Summit which takes place in London on Tuesday, 29 September, 2009.

The Summit will cover the current hottest topics in Cloud Computing, including:

How to ensure that you maintain security levels when moving to the cloud
What type of applications can be most readily moved to the cloud
What the benefits of moving your processes to the cloud might be

The Summit will include presentations from top IDC analysts as well as Google, Jupiter, BT and others and will take place at the Hilton Metropole, London.

If you would like further information, or to register (using the code “FinalPlaces” to bypass the payment screen) you can check out the website at: www.idc.com/uk/cloud09.

See you there!

Regards,
Salim

Managed Methods Teams Up With Intrago UK

2009-09-24T11:29:00.002+01:00

Managed Methods Teams Up With Intrago UK

— Managed Methods – Boulder, Colorado announces a partnership with Intrago to optimize the governance of SOA deployments. SOA deployments are becoming the ubiquitous architecture for application integration. More and more companies realize the advantages of building business processes using SOA fundamentals. This is a shift from the way applications are being built. In many cases the expertise for building these services are just not available in house. More often than not these projects are being outsourced to external consulting firms.

Utilising SUN JCAPS software to deliver your SOA and Business Integration needs

2009-09-22T12:46:00.000+01:00

Checkout this presentation: http://tinyurl.com/m3zh87

Vijaya is a highly respected Associate of Intrago UK. We are proud to be associated with his company, EAIESB.

Intrago UK have successfully launched the Customer Website for McLaren Automotive. Check it out here: www.mclarenautomotive.com.

The technology underlying this site is based on SUN JCAPS - an Open Source ESB product stack that underpins the SOA Core Framework delivered by Intrago UK and the fantastic efforts of our offshore development centre based in Hyderabad, India.

For more information about how Intrago UK may be able to help your organisation with its SOA and Business transformation initiatives, please email enquire@intrago.co.uk.

Alternatively, contact Salim Sheikh, Chief Strategy Officer directly
by email salim.sheikh@intrago.co.uk or by phone +44-7545-394-809.

Extending Service Boundaries to Infrastructure Resources

2009-09-22T12:25:00.000+01:00

Today is a very proud day :)

I've successfully published my first article in Microsoft's Architecture Journal! I'm working on several others that will soon follow in other respected journals and magazines.

The article, co-written with my trusted friend & fellow architect Nayan Ruparelia, is on the last page of the Journal 21 - "Service Orientation Today and Tomorrow". This is the September 2009 edition of The Architecture Journal.

If you'd like to read the complete article, please download a PDF copy from here: http://bit.ly/19AAQ3

If you have any problems, go direct to the following Microsoft website link:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/0/6/906F57FF-3C6F-4412-A802-0AB0E4B58C71/AJ21_EN.zip

Enjoy!

Regards,
Salim

Family Fridge

2009-09-19T14:17:00.000+01:00

Take a look at this - it rivals the O2 Joggler and is perfect for Families!

Regards,

Salim

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Lex Deák has sent you a message.

Date: 9/16/2009

Subject: Family Fridge on BBC 2 Tonight 9.30pm

Dear all,

I hope this finds you well. If you are in front of the telebox tonight, please tune in to watch a new version of Dragons' Den in which we feature for about 10 mins.

I think this new edition breathes life into a slightly stale format.

Tune in and enjoy.

Best,
Lex

A Night For Gaza with Yvonne Ridley

2009-09-19T14:15:00.000+01:00

A Night For Gaza with Yvonne Ridley

27 September 2009
Time 5pm
Venue Porchester Hall, W2

A Night For Gaza' is an event taking place in London to raise awareness and funds for the continuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Join us for the London preview of Yvonne Ridley's* documentary 'Three Uncles Go To Gaza'.

The evening will also feature a 3 course Moroccan/Lebanese meal by Kenza restaurant and lounge, a selection of stalls, exclusive auction items and more.

A Night For Gaza:
Porchester Hall
Porchester Road
Bayswater
London W2 5HS
Sunday, 27th September 2009
Doors and stalls open at 5:00pm
Event starts at 6:00pm
Price: £50 per ticket

Tel Number: 07964 047 266
Email: nightforgaza@gmail.com
Web: http://www.nightforgaza.org

*Yvonne Ridley is a British journalist best known for her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam. Ridley, along with peace activists, recently visited war torn Gaza on a humanitarian aid mission and the film documents her experience and the current situation in Palestine.

NB Tickets not available at the door

Want to see the Poster?

http://gator.gtml2.com/mdukmedialz//Instances/mdukmedialz/images/d3f738c7-56b0-4b12-b4f6-bc0f12ebcc76/ANightforGazaposter.jpg

Architecture in Pictures

2009-09-19T14:12:00.000+01:00

See the entry for:

9/15/09 PICTURE IT: The Art of Drawing people In

http://www.ruthmalan.com/Journal/JournalCurrent.htm

Governance: The CIO's—and the Board's—Business

2009-09-19T14:05:00.000+01:00

Board members scrutinize IT spending these days, and who can blame them? IT accounts for a large portion of the corporate budget, making IT involvement in corporate governance even more critical.

Read Compuware's white paper to understand how your role as IT executive is changing and what strategies work best to ensure the business invests in the right IT initiatives.

GSA Outlines U.S. Government's Cloud Computing Requirements

2009-09-19T13:59:00.002+01:00

Hi -

FYI, a newly issued RFQ details what's expected from cloud computing vendors
in terms of security, SLAs, geographic location, and data ownership.
See:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/cloud-saas/showArticle.jh
tml?articleID=218900541&cid=nl_IW_daily_html

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Regards,

Chris
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Dr. Christopher J. Harding
Forum Director for SOA and Semantic Interoperability
THE OPEN GROUP
Thames Tower, 37-45 Station Road, Reading RG1 1LX, UK
Mailto:c.harding@opengroup.org Phone (mobile): +44 774 063 1520
http://www.opengroup.org

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*The Open Group Conference & Member Meeting Hong Kong*
Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, October 19-21, 2009
*www.opengroup.org/hongkong2009/*

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UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other
countries

Government Cloud Workshop

2009-09-19T13:57:00.003+01:00

Hi -

Here's further information on next week's US Government Cloud Workshop. It includes the draft agenda and a slide shows that how the talks fit together. Thanks, Bob!

9:00 - 10:00 Katie Lewin from the General Services Administration with
insight into the US Federal Cloud Computing Initiative
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/18031511/US-Federal-Cloud-Computing-Initiative-Overview-Presentation-GSA>
10:00 - 11:00 Peter Tseronis, Department of Energy Deputy CIO and
Chair, Federal CIO Cloud Computing Working Group <http://www.cio.gov/>
11:00 - 12:00 Dan Risacher (OSD-NII) on the US Department of Defense
cloud computing activities

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

1:00 - 1:45 Rob Vietmeyer of the Defense Information Systems Agency
<http://www.disa.mil/>
1:45 - 2:30 Emergency Response Speaker (TBD)
2:30 - 3:15 Peter Mell of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology <http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/index.html>
3:15 - 4:00 John Willis co-author of the Cloud Use Cases Group's,
Cloud Computing Use Cases White Paper
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/17929394/Cloud-Computing-Use-Cases-Whitepaper>
4:00 - 4:45 Craig Lee, Nils Puhlmann on the Cloud Standards
Coordination Group
<http://cloud-standards.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page>
4:45 - 5:00 Wrap-up discussion

Cloud Workgroup - Kickoff Meeting

2009-09-19T13:57:00.001+01:00

Dear Open Group Member,

Our new Cloud Work Group held its initial meeting yesterday, in a very
successful teleconference. Thanks to all of you who attended! Here's a
summary of what happened.

If you have colleagues who are interested in Cloud Computing, but are
not involved in Open Group activities, please share it with them.

This was the first Cloud Work Group teleconference. Its purpose was to
get the work group going and make plans for setting up its charter,
electing its officers, and starting its work program.

The teleconference was very well attended, with over 50 participants,
clearly demonstrating the will and enthusiasm of Open Group members to
work on Cloud Computing.

Because so many people were present, it was impossible for all of them
to introduce themselves individually and explain their objectives for
the Work Group. Nevertheless, over 20 people put forward high-level
statements of objectives. These were captured, and will be the starting
point for the development of The Open Group's Cloud Computing work program.

The process for establishing the Work Group, outreach, and initial work
items were all discussed. Draft conclusions on these topics are recorded
in these minutes as "Resolutions", but it should be recognized that they
are subject to further discussion, because many people did not have an
opportunity to state their views during the meeting. Further discussion
will be by e-mail on the cloud-wg list. Meanwhile, the conclusions will
be provisionally adopted as a basis for action.

The teleconference provided an excellent starting point, and generated
great initial momentum. We must now look to maintain that momentum in
building the Cloud Computing Work Group and executing its work program.

The full minutes are at
https://www.opengroup.org/cloudcomputing/protected/doc.tpl?dcat=19&gdid=20435
You need to be a member of the cloud-wg list to access this page. If you
are not on this list but would like access, please send e-mail to
cloud-admin@opengroup.org asking to be added.

Further announcements about the Cloud Work Group will be sent to the
cloud-wg list rather than to all members. If you want to be part of our
work on Cloud, now is the time to to join the Group!

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Regards,

Chris
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Dr. Christopher J. Harding
Forum Director for SOA and Semantic Interoperability
THE OPEN GROUP
Thames Tower, 37-45 Station Road, Reading RG1 1LX, UK
Mailto:c.harding@opengroup.org Phone (mobile): +44 774 063 1520

http://www.opengroup.org <http://www.opengroup.org/>

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*The Open Group Conference & Member Meeting Hong Kong*
Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, October 19-21, 2009
*www.opengroup.org/hongkong2009/*

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TOGAF is a trademark of The Open Group
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other
countries

NCOIC Cloud Workshop

2009-09-19T13:55:00.001+01:00

Hi Salim,

Bob Marcus asked me to share this with you, which I'm very happy to do.

The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium <https://www.ncoic.org/home> (NCOIC) is holding a Cloud Workshop on September 21 in Fairfax, Va. The invited speakers include several US Government Cloud leaders. More information about the agenda and open registration is available at this link. http://kevinljackson.blogspot.com/2009/09/ncoic-holding-full-day-cloud-computing.html

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Regards,

Chris
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Dr. Christopher J. Harding
Forum Director for SOA and Semantic Interoperability
THE OPEN GROUP
Thames Tower, 37-45 Station Road, Reading RG1 1LX, UK
Mailto:c.harding@opengroup.org Phone (mobile): +44 774 063 1520
http://www.opengroup.org

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*The Open Group Conference & Member Meeting Hong Kong*
Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, October 19-21, 2009
*www.opengroup.org/hongkong2009/*

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TOGAF is a trademark of The Open Group
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other
countries

Cloud computing

2009-06-16T06:16:00.000+01:00

Thoughts about Cloud computing