Marc Holmes, Thames Valley Park, & Mark Bloodworth, Microsoft, UKMark Bloodworth is an Architect Evangelist in the Development and Platform Evangelism Team at Microsoft. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mark was the Chief Solutions Architect at BBC Worldwide, where he led a team responsible for architecture and systems analysis. This role encompassed technical strategy, architecture and team management. Mark's background is in software development and design, specialising in web applications and integration. Most of his career has been focussed on using Microsoft technologies, especially .NET, with a little Java thrown in for good measure. Mark keeps a blog at remark.wordpress.com.
Marc Holmes is an Architect Evangelist at Thames Valley Park in the UK, where he specialises in architecture, design and proof of concept work with a variety of customers, partners and ISVs. Prior to Microsoft, Marc most recently led a significant development team as Head of Applications and Web at BBC Worldwide. Marc is the author of “Expert .Net Delivery with NAnt and CruiseControl.Net” (APress).
Software + ServicesSoftware plus services represents a new paradigm in the evolution of software architecture. In this session, Mark and Marc will discuss the challenges that the architect faces and look at some of the emerging technologies and architectural patterns that should be in every architect’s toolbox.
