With the release of the Microsoft MVC library, Kevin Jones thinks it’s time to look closely at the ASP.NET Model View Controller Architecture.

Could a slowdown in SOA adoption be down to bad communication, or is there a fundamental problem with concepts?

Harnessing the abilities of your team to produce innovative solutions is the key to successful large-scale products.

How do you manage the multiple services that are so much part of the SOA approach? Sing Li thinks he has found an easy-to-use framework for the job.

With the promise of a clear, uncluttered approach to IT structuring, does Business Process Management stand up to criticism?

Why is it so difficult to build web 2.0 applications? Mike James thinks that the problem is all about security.

Architects are leaders in their organizations and need to have the appropriate skills to make decisions and work with people to get work done in a timely manner. This means that an architect will need a set of “tools” in their toolkit to help get this done.

Using a managed approach to processes helps a team to achieve greater efficiency and meet the expectations of project plans.

Social computing is a rapidly growing area of interest today, driven by Web 2.0 facilities like blogs, wikis, mashups and the hugely popular social networks such as Myspace and Facebook. But away from the consumer focus, some companies are now starting to look at these technologies to see whether they can add value in a business scenario.

The advent of AJAX has radically modified the user’s perception of a Web application. This is forcing developers to apply newer and richer models to build modern Web applications. Dino Esposito takes a look at the architectural implications of what we are doing.

How to use architecture artifacts to communicate data about the specification, design, review or deployment of a project.

The benefits of Service Oriented Architecture are balanced by significant security risks, so it pays to focus on accessibility issues.

Well-implemented governance ensures that the decision-making process in an organisation benefits from strong communication links.

Installing and using the Sparx Add-In to add IDL capabilities to Enterprise Architect projects.

Robbie Gibbon explores a unique conceptual solution architecture to identity management.

The singleton is the simplest and easiest to understand design pattern, but Dave Wheeler thinks we need to give it the respect it deserves and use it with care.

Is SOA Governance a step up to improved control and more effective service management, or a confusing step sideways?

What is an IT Architect? What is the value of IT Architecture? These are questions I hear all of the time. So what is the answer?

What exactly is SOA? The technical team at JB International think it’s more than “Stupid Over-hyped Acronym”.

Do you ever consider the consequences of working with patterns? Dave Wheeler picks apart the Chain of Responsibility pattern to look at some of the disadvantages.

The first part of the article discussed five pitfalls that have beset many software architects over the years, and in this second instalment we’ll discuss five more.

A new event was added to the annual schedule in June 2007 when Bearpark’s Software Architect conference made its debut.

Top Ten Software Architecture Mistakes – Part 1

If you’re working in financial services IT, are you prepared for the Architecture revolution?

Patterns aren’t supposed to be cast in stone, and Dave Wheeler explains how to adjust your design to suit the task.

How integration technologies can help organisations bolster their business processes and increase value.

As a growing number of organizations outsource technology assets and operations, a new skill is becoming important for more than just legal departments and the CIO: vendor management.

Using the Decorator Pattern to create dynamically extensible applications.

Although it’s a much-used term, it’s difficult to define. Kevlin Henney asks the important question.