Neil M hosts this episode with Neil W-D (Jon is in San Diego at the Microsoft Management Summit). The format is a little different this week: the two of us ponder recent industry news, and Neil M's discussion with enterprise architect (and fellow blogger) James McGovern.

If you want to know what we think about Scott McNealy's resignation; context-based authentication; and how general ledger / chart-of-accounts influence IT architecture then listen in!

Feedback and questions are welcome, as always.

Length of this episode: 32'28".

Jon Collins hosts this MWD podcast episode, and guides a three-way discussion on his current research focus - IT service management.

You'll learn answers to two crucial questions: why doesn't it make sense to by an ITSM product? And what has ITIL got to do with Dr. Who?

Feedback and questions are welcome, as always.

This week's episode is with all three MWD analysts - Neil Ward-Dutton (your host), Neil Macehiter and Jon Collins. Welcome Jon!

In this episode, you'll hear why project portfolio management isn't sexy; why it's so important for IT industry analysts to keep working with real people doing real jobs; and when SOA will hurt the big packaged enterprise application vendors. Lastly, you'll hear Jon Collins invent a new term - Stick Oriented Architecture (that's at 27' 05", very near the end, but please don't skip past the rest!)

Don't miss it.

In this inaugural MWD podcast episode, company founders Neil Macehiter and Neil Ward-Dutton ask:

What does Microsoft have to do with polyester shirts, and why is this important in the context of its strategy and the idea of Web 2.0? How does the idea of user-centric identity relate to what the Liberty Alliance is doing? What *is* Infocard, exactly? Tune in for answers to all these questions and more!