October 2006 Archives

Lately, I've had a lot of conversations on talking about SOA with the business. Particularly on the best ways to build understanding and gain buy-in. No surprise, success is greater when IT adopts a business dialect and mindset. So, I'm... Read More..
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links for 2006-10-31

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InfoQ: SOA Programming Models Boris Lublinsky on WCF (Indigo), JBI (Java Business Integration) and SCA (Service Component Architecture) (tags: sca jbi soa wcf) The SOA Magazine "This case study describes the application and explains how SOA helped to meet... Read More..
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links for 2006-10-27

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Governance 2.0 Scott from CSS: "that mashups are often on the experimental end of the spectrum and that part of improved governance is going to have to be around learning to harvest enterprise-quality assets from the mashup incubators. Embrace... Read More..
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links for 2006-10-18

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Skills Gap Hurts Technology Boom in India - New York Times "In a country once regarded as a bottomless well of low-cost, ready-to-work, English-speaking engineers, a shortage looms."..."The skills gap reflects the narrow availability of high-quality college education in... Read More..
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links for 2006-10-13

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Kathy Sierra: Knocking the exuberance out of employees "If you knock out exuberance, you knock out curiosity, and curiosity is the single most important attribute in a world that requires continuous learning and unlearning just to keep up...we've also... Read More..
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links for 2006-10-12

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Wired: Rebuilding Microsoft The Wired Rebuilding Microsoft Article I posted on (Business-Driven Architect 9/28) is now publicly available (tags: microsoft ozzie leadership)... Read More..
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Today is the third day of the Office 2.0 Podcast Jam. So far, 8 podcasts are available. All touch on different aspects of, as Cote says, "*2.0" (Office, Enterprise, Web). Richard MacManus provided a great keynote on Office 2.0 as... Read More..
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Office 2.0 Podcast Jam Officially Starts Tomorrow (Monday 10/9) - Chat Open Now The Office 2.0 Podcast Jam starts on Monday. Listen now to Anne Zelenka's (Anne 2.0) welcome podcast. I've got a contribution, my first (and perhaps only)... Read More..
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Lately, every time I start a post on an interesting SOA paper, Joe gets there first!  Not so this time... During BEAWorld San Francisco, BEA released a practitioner written and reviewed SOA Practitioner's Guide: "To help develop a shared language... Read More..
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Brenda Michelson, Principal of Elemental Links, shares her view on architectural strategies, technology trends, business, and relevance.

Brenda Michelson

Brenda Michelson is the principal of Elemental Links an advisory & consulting practice focused on business-driven IT. Brenda spent 19 years in corporate IT, most recently as Chief Enterprise Architect for L.L. Bean. At L.L. Bean, Brenda was responsible for the articulation and execution of the enterprise architecture strategy (J2EE transformation, enterprise integration, SOA and EDA), strategic planning, portfolio management and talent development. Previous to L.L. Bean, over the span of 10 years, Brenda provided development services for Insurance, Banking, a Chip Manufacturer and a world leader in Aircraft Engine Design & Manufacturing. Email Brenda. Follow her on Twitter.

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