Dear Mike Vincent,

As the year gets underway, we are tremendously excited about the new year and the new decade for the architect profession. Here at IASA we are dedicated to delivering you twice the value and growing the profession exponentially in the eyes of employers. We are pleased to now offer certification for architects and have numerous individuals at the IFC and CITA-P levels. Check below to find out more about what 2010 has in store for you.

Join us at the Atlanta ITARC

Register Now 

IASA returns to Atlanta March 3-5 with the 2-Day Atlanta ITARC at the IBM Center.  The event will be packed with over 30 seminars presented by industry leaders such as Kerrie Holley, IBM Fellow; Scott Ambler, IASA Fellow, Practice Leader Agile Development with IBM Rational; Bill Cason , Troux Technologies; and George Paras & Tim Westbrock, Managing Directors, EAdirections. Event highlights include a tradeshow networking sessions and a panel discussion on 'Emerging Trends in IT Architecture.'

Reserve your spot today!

 
Don't forget to Save the Date for These Upcoming ITARC Conferences:

• Denver, CO- 6 May 2010
• New York City- 18-20 October 2010
• Minneapolis, MN- 4-5 November 2010

Call For Presentations

We are currently recruiting speakers for Denver, New York City, and Minneapolis.  If you would like to join us as a presenter at any or all of these conferences please download the Call for Presentation and return it with your proposed topic. Deadlines for submission are:
·         Denver - February 28, 2010
·         New York City - May 15, 2010
·         Minneapolis - June 15, 2010

The ATC is going Academic on you!

Give your expertise to the IT Architect Body of Knowledge.

For those of you that do not know what ATC stands for, it is the acronym for the Architecture Training Committee (ATC). The ATC is a group of volunteers from the IASA community that are driving creation of the IT Architect Body of Knowledge (ITABoK), defining the courses that cover the skills matrix, and making sure we create what you need as an architect. The ATC also is the group that is looking for help from you to make sure the expertise from the IASA community is collected, collated, and made available to all of us so we can find the holes in our skill sets and fill them.


Call to Action

I like to get to the call to action first, and then give as much detail as you are interested in. Please visit the IASA Architect Proficiency Matrix and review the capabilities. Find one or two that you feel you have significant expertise in. Write a 25 word (appx) definition for the capability and an opinion paper describing why this skill is important for architects and how it is applied in the day-to-day life of an architect. Submit the information to the ATC by sending to education@iasahome.org.  



Andy Ruth
Vice President of Education

IASA Exclusive Content

We are proud to announce the development of our latest member driven initiative. The IASA Editorial Board and Content Committee is made up of key volunteers from all over the world whose sole focus is to find and present essential content for the architect community. To register to provide content or serve as an editor on the board send email to content@iasahome.org

Check out some of the most recent additions below or click here.

Setting the Bar for IT Architects

Join IASA to help mold and support the IT architect profession

In order to create a profession, and community must be formed and a common body of knowledge collected. Currently if you ask 3 architects what an IT architect is, you'll get 7 answers. Imagine how hard it is for a hiring manager to find and IT architect and justify hiring them when there isn't a consistent description of what they are looking for or how the person will provide value back to the company.
 
In the early 1900s a person could become a doctor by saying they were a doctor. There wasn't a strong notion of what or how medical doctors learned their craft though some countries/regions had stronger ideas than others. Even today opinions vary around the world, but there is specific knowledge and core skills that every doctor around the world has. In the 1920s aviators went through a similar process, and more recently project managers went through it. It is now time for the IT architect profession to evolve.
 
The opportunity to create a profession is rare, and you have the unique opportunity to help mold what will be consumed by future generations. Whether you are part of a staff of architects under the CIO of an organization or an architectural consultant that works for other organizations on specific projects, there is a core knowledge and set of requisite skills. Help us define what that is and collect a rich set of tools that you can use to grow your skills as well as the skills of your junior staff.
 
Over the next year or two the Board of Education (BOE), ATC, and Content Committees will be collecting and creating content, courseware, and tools to mold and support the IT architect profession. Please be a part of it.  

Upcoming Free Webinar -

When and How to use Event-Driven Architectures
February 10, 2010
9am-10:30am CST

With the emergence and popularity of Service-Oriented Architecture, sometimes it is unclear when to use SOA and when to use a more advanced "SOA event-driven architecture." In this webcast, Nuno Godinho will cover the differences and trade-offs presented when applying these two approaches and show when to use each approach to maximize an application's quality attributes.


Nino Godinho is an Independent Consultant responsible for helping customers to identify, plan, manage and develop software products and solutions. The majority of these software products and solutions are mission critical and use the Microsoft. NET platform from ASP.NET, Silverlight, Windows Forms, WCF, WF, WPF and even Mobility. He's been a speaker at major development events for Microsoft Portugal such as MSDN, TechDays and DevDays, covering subjects like ASP.NET, Silverlight, Windows Live Platform, Visual Studio and Windows Azure Service Platform, .NET Framework, as well as in International events like TechDays Worldwide Online and TechEd EMEA. Nuno has also been a Metro Instructor in topics like Visual Studio 2010, Windows Azure, Silverlight. His main services are Mentoring, Consulting and Advanced Training in areas like Solutions Architecture (SaaS, S+S, etc.), Development Methodologies (Scrum, MSF Agile and CMMI, FDD,TDD) and of course .NET Framework related technologies. His customers include public institutes, private companies, financial companies, and Microsoft Portugal. He's also an MVP in ASP.NET with blogs on http://pontonetpt.com/blogs/nunogodinho (Portuguese and English), http://weblogs.asp.net/nunogodinho (English and only about Web Development) and http://www.msmvps.org/blogs/nunogodinho (English) and http://xamlpt.com/blogs/nunogodinho (Portuguese), and also an INETA Speaker, INETA Country Leader for Portugal as well as Certified Scrum Master, MCT and so on.

Register Now


View previous webinars on our Blog/News page..

Collaboration in the Enterprise - Speakers Wanted

We are building our next E-Summit March 11 for 8 speakers on collaboration topics.

Have you had experience building collaboration into your enterprise business processes? Do you regularly use tools to meet with teams across the globe? IASA is holding an E-Summit on this topic in Q1 and would like to hear from you.

Read More

Model Oriented Architect Knowledge Community

Research and Thought Leadership in MOA

Our MOA (model oriented architecture) knowledge community is working hard to provide news, events, content and research in putting the model first! Be sure to take part in the upcoming webinars focused on connecting concepts such as DSLs, MDA, Domain Driven Design and more. For more information or to volunteer as a participant check out www.iasahome.org/web/moa now.

Upcoming Training

Register Now for Foundation 101 and 102 courses near you

Foundation 101 Training

• Feb 15-18 Seattle WA - Register Now
• Mar 8-11 Atlanta GA - Register Now
• Mar 15-18 Twin Cities MN - Register Now
• Feb 22-25 New York NY - Register Now

Foundation 102 Training

• Feb 22-25 Seattle WA - Register Now
• Mar 15-18 Atlanta GA - Register Now
• Mar 22-25 Twin Cities MN - Register Now
• Mar 1-4 New York NY - Register Now

For additional dates and times, click here.

Would your company like schedule a custom training date/location? Contact us at education@iasahome.org for more information.

New Resource - SearchSOA.com

SearchSOA.com is the most relevant and extensive online community dedicated to service-oriented architecture (SOA). We offer unbiased news and an extensive research library to provide you with the tools you need. Whether you are looking to solve a specific SOA problem, or just trying to stay on top of recent industry developments, SearchSOA.com is your online portal for information.

Check It Out!

Getting Involved

Get recognized for your contribution to the profession and help us change things for architects. Or maybe you just feel passionate about a particular subject. IASA has the following opportunities to get involved.

Content Committee

Member Webcast Leaders and Speakers

The content committee is looking for two volunteers to become committee members managing the IASA member and open webcast program. This would be a few hours a week to help:

• Determine topics and find speakers for the topics
• Introduce and lead the webcasts (Thursdays at 9am CST)
• Ensure the continued growth and awareness of the program

Also the committee is looking for Q4/Q1 speakers on the following topics. If you would like to speak email content@iasahome.org.

• The new web portal - trends in 2010
• Virtualization in Small to Medium Business
• Architecture Frameworks - A Comparison
• The Architecture Document - How to Create a Winning Deliverable
• Stakeholder vs. Shareholder - How and When to Draw the Line

We also look forward to additional submissions. Feel free to recommend your own topic of interest. Contact content@iasahome.org

Certification Committee

Help Setup Your Chapter For Certification

The certification committee is setting up numerous chapters to offer professional and foundation certifications. Check out the certification site for working with your local chapter.

Sincerely,

Newsletter, IASA