There are three forces that we can bring to bear to push change to a Service Oriented Architecture.
(1) Architectural Purity
>This is the force of arguing that it is the right thing to do. You can state a lot of reasons why it is the right thing to do like: composite applications, workflow, ROI, integration [...]

I came across a post on Lifehacker on the Printable CEO. Printable CEO uses a set of goals which are weighted with points. You then set up your Task List based on how they align to those goals. Then you can say, “I want to accomplish 20 points of stuff [...]

I just returned from EDUCAUSE where I met with several people from Xythos. Xythos has just announced Developer at Xythos – a collaboration web site aimed at helping users do creative things with the Xythos software. Kevin Wiggen, the CTO for Xythos, also announced a new initiative to spawn open source development [...]

Every so often, I need to list all of the things that I’ve got going on just so I can get a handle on them. This is that list:

On IT Architecture:
We don’t have a concise “Contact the Architects when…” document but here is some stuff that has coalesced over the years.
From Jan 2003 retreat – we defined IT Architecture this way:
1. Pattern recognition (we look for patterns that evolve out of various projects and activities).
2. “Good stewards to the [...]

Pyle Center 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Room 217
Facilitator: Molly Langstaff, University of Iowa
Goal: Understand institution/system needs and the Desire2Learn company direction. Lay out plan of action for fulfilling needs.