Category Archives: Software Architecture

Modern Enterprise Applications – A Mobile Web Strategy

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

In my last post, Modern Enterprise Applications, I started to look at what it takes to build a modern enterprise application.  Technological advances have added complexities to building enterprise application.  The expectations of enterprise users has changed. They expect to … Continue reading →

Posted in HTML5, Modern Application, Silverlight, Software Architecture, User Experience, Windows 8, WP8 | 4 Comments

Modern Enterprise Applications

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

Each day technology advances, along the way the definition of an enterprise application has changed.  In the olden days enterprise applications would be installed on a users machine with possibly some backend services for aggregating data. These applications had to … Continue reading →

Posted in Modern Application, Software Architecture, User Experience, UX | 1 Comment

To Metro and Back Again: A Developer’s Tale (Part 2)

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

In my last post, I started a journey to see if I can share data between a WPF application and a Windows 8 Metro application.  We left off with the data in the Metro application.  According to the map the … Continue reading →

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To Metro and Back Again: A Developer’s Tale (Part 1)

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

Update: Part 2 Hot off the press As most of you know Microsoft is about to release a new operating system.  If you have not heard then you should crawl out from under the rock and embrace the future of … Continue reading →

Posted in Enterprise Application Block, Metro, Software Architecture, Windows 8, WPF | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Windows 8 in the Enterprise

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

Microsoft recently released the Release Preview of Windows 8 on their way to a final release later in the year. This new reimagining of Windows is the most radical change to Windows in a long time. There has been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Software Architecture, Windows 8 | 8 Comments

Windows 8 is Coming….Should I Care?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

Recently I have been using the Developer Preview of Windows 8.  Back in September Microsoft announced how developers can build the next generation Windows applications. So Microsoft is trying to revamp its tablet industry while moving their operating system forward. … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, C#, HTML5, Metro, Software Architecture, Windows 8, WP7 | 1 Comment

Everything Goes in Cycles

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

Recently a colleague of mine at BlueMetal Architects presented to the following trend image: State of The Environment I find it funny how these things go in cycles.  It is like the cycle of Client/Server –> Desktop –> Distributed.  If … Continue reading →

Posted in HTML5, Software Architecture, Windows 8, WP7 | 1 Comment