Wayne Horkan's weblog: eclectic

Date:Wednesday Mar 18, 2009

Yesterday's Enterprise Architecture Case Studies Presentation • I'm putting it down to Saint Patrick because yesterdays "Case Studies of Enterprise Architecture" presentation went down even better than Monday's Futurology lecture ; something I really thought could not happen! • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 23:38 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Tuesday Mar 17, 2009

Last nights Futurology presentation... • Last nights presentation went well, which is always a relief, especially as my sat-nav had sent me 'round the Wrekin'; we had good attendance and it was great to see so many people I know come along too. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 13:07 GMT

Category: Tech

Cloud Computing interest growing; on the ground and from research • We already have a number of customers in the UK building out private clouds (and even more building public clouds), but who'll be the first to go public with a successful implementation? • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 11:20 GMT

Category: Work

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! • There it is in the title, have a great Saint Patrick's Day! • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 09:48 GMT

Category: Home

Date:Saturday Mar 14, 2009

Presenting 'Enterprise Architecture Case Studies' in Manchester on Tuesday the 17th of March, 2009 • This coming Tuesday evening I'm going to be delivering my "Case Studies of Enterprise Architecture" presentation in Manchester, at a meeting hosted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Manchester Network and jointly with the BCS Manchester branch . • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 19:41 GMT

Category: Tech

Presenting on 'Futurology' in Derby on Monday the 16th of March, 2009 • I'm going to be talking about Futurology in a presentation hosted by the Nottingham and Derby Branch of the British Computer Society (BCS) on Monday evening. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 00:31 GMT

Category: Tech

Date:Thursday Mar 12, 2009

Response to the Capgemini CTO Blog article on the release of TOGAF 9 • About five weeks ago, on the 3rd of February (2008), I celebrated the launch of the Open Group's TOGAF version 9, with a short review of the new Enterprise Architecture (EA) Framework standard. • ..... View Comments 1 Trackback

Posted by: Wayne Horkan
Date / Time: / 14:37 GMT

Category: Tech

Response to Jonathan's "Sun's Network Innovations (3 of 4)" article • I posted the following comment in response to Jonathan Schwartz's latest blog post and vlog " Sun's Network Innovations (3 of 4) ", however Jonathan and his blog pixies can't be up and reviewing this yet because it's awaiting moderation (and too right too, it's the dead of night in California, and. • ..... View Comments 1 Trackback

Posted by: Wayne Horkan
Date / Time: / 13:05 GMT

Category: Tech

So much to blog... • ...so little time. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 12:37 GMT

Category: Blog

Date:Saturday Mar 07, 2009

links for 2009-03-07 • UK boffin: Social networking causes cancer, heart attacks, lupus, dementia...• The Register • There's mounting evidence that Facebooking, Twittering, and other "social networking" activities can kill you (or at least impact your health adversely). • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 20:32 GMT

Category: Link

Date:Friday Mar 06, 2009

links for 2009-03-06 • Ebay dumps 'anti-Semitic' yellow stars - ITExaminer.com - Ebay surrenders to French extremist; it seems that Ebay is so terrified of being branded anti-Semitic it has forgotten that there will always be someone who thinks something daft, and that that is no reason to do. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 20:14 GMT

Category: Link

Date:Thursday Mar 05, 2009

links for 2009-03-05 • Who's responsible for all the concrete carbuncles?~ | Magazine | BBC NEWS | Le Corbusier is thought of by many in the world of architecture as the leading mind of the 20th Century, whose work preceded and defined the wholesale use of concrete in architecture, but as a new. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 20:42 GMT

Category: Link

Date:Wednesday Mar 04, 2009

links for 2009-03-04 • How the Feds shook hands with an internet paedophile • The Register • The FBI "do a deal" with a convicted paedophile for his help in bringing down his botnet contacts; but have the FBI gone too far by dealing with the 'enemy'? • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 20:57 GMT

Category: Link

Date:Tuesday Mar 03, 2009

links for 2009-03-03 • The science of selling out | Magazine | BBC NEWS | "Is it heartbreaking for Iggy Pop to sell insurance?", perhaps, but just as heartbreaking to see John Lydon sell butter. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 21:53 GMT

Category: Link

Date:Monday Mar 02, 2009

links for 2009-03-02 • 'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy | Science & Environment | BBC NEWS | "What we have shown is that the English navy and its gun founders were almost 50 years ahead of their time technologically" concludes Marine archaeologist Mensun Bound of Oxford. • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 20:54 GMT

Category: Link

Date:Sunday Mar 01, 2009

links for 2009-03-01 • Two sexes 'sin in different ways' | Europe | World | BBC NEWS | Women are prouder than men, but men are more lustful, according to a Vatican report which states that the two sexes sin differently. • ..... View Comments