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ANZ Architecture News The Future of the Architect - IASA Melbourne June Meeting, Thursday 26th June The next IASA Melbourne event is a workshop entitled: "Future of the IT Architect", with Kevin Francis: "Kevin will present an interactive discussion on the future of the Australian ICT Industry. He will offer his thoughts on the local ICT ind... more Australian Architecture Forum: T-4 days... There's only a few days to go before the Australian Architecture Forum 2008 kicks off this Friday in Melbourne, and then the following Monday in Sydney.  We've an action-packed agenda planned, with some of architecture's local and international... more IASA Melbourne Chapter - April Meeting Details Ralph Ronnquist, Melbourne IASA Chapter President has sent through the details for the next Melbourne Chapter meet-up.  Should be a good session, with Keith Frampton from the Marlo Group talking about the role of IT Architects: This is an early... more ReMIX event dates in Australia Announced Hot off the press from Finula - ReMIX Australia dates have been announced:Tuesday 20th May: Sydney, and Thursday 22nd May: MelbourneYes, you heard right - ReMIX is going to be held this year in BOTH Sydney and Melbourne.  More details to follow,... more ... and the best laid plans... Found out today that the dates for this year's Architecture Forum changed almost as soon as I had pressed the 'publish' button on the last post.  The date for Sydney stays the same (Monday 19th May), but the Melbourne event is now running on Fri... more Australian Architecture Forum 2008 - Dates After a very successful inaugural Australian Architecture Forum in June last year, this year's event promises to be even better.  So far, we've nailed down the dates, so mark them in your calendar: Monday May 19th in Sydney (at the Westin) and W... more

Local Architect Welcome to the Microsoft Australia MSDN Architecture Centre. My name is Nigel Watson and I work with the Microsoft Australia DPE team, focusing on Microsoft Platform Architecture. You find information about our team here   Team Blogs Nigel Watson Microsoft and Open Source: Two cats in a sack? Greg Willis Avanade Global Cloud Computing Survey Jorke Odolphi Web Platform Installer Released! David McGhee SOA, prioritise the the “SO”, rather than the “A”