Mike Walker

Architecture Strategy Team

Keynote

IntroductionMike Walker is the managing architecture strategist for the Financial Services vertical at Microsoft. Walker is responsible for driving and evangelizing Microsoft’s worldwide industry and vertical strategy in the banking, insurance and securities segments. Specifically, Walker ensures that financial services institutions around the world realize the full extent of Microsoft’s vision and value proposition, by overseeing areas such as industry strategy, marketing, solution development, partner development, thought leadership, and executive relations.

Walker joined Microsoft in early 2006. His background is as a financial services strategist, specializing in business transformation around technology, but he combines this experience with a strong focus on strategic execution. Prior to joining Microsoft, Walker ‘s worked as an enterprise architect in banking, where he developed business strategies, conducted strategic infrastructure planning, and implemented technology projects. His experience includes bespoke and package implementation, enterprise process design and management, applications management and systems selection.

Turbulent Forces at Play

Many Forces at Play

Globalization

Regulation

Competition

Customer DemandTechnology

Market Changes

Processes Need Optimization

To Focused on Wiring

Co-Exist with Legacy

Throwing away assets is no longer an option

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Re-Writing Solutions

People Drive Business Performance

The Role of Software Facilitate Insights and Decisions

Support Teamwork

Execute Processes

Foster Compliance

Capture Intellectual Property

Interact with Customers

OBAs Bridge the Divide

What are Office Business Applications What is an OBA?

A new way to build business applications Composite Applications Leverage Office Clients and MOSS

Services Provide the gateway into LOB information

What OBAs are not A Product Simple Office Clients

Line-of-business

Applications

Microsoft Office

System

OBAs

New Breed of Application:Office business applications

Connect back office and people Early examples:

Microsoft-SAP DuetOracle Siebel clientMicrosoft Elixir…

Leverage Existing Assets

2007 OfficeServer

Idealized Process

CRM Process

Create Lead

QualifyLead

RetireLead

Create Opportunity

CreateQuote

CompleteSale

CloseSale

SaleClosed?

ERP Process

Create PO

“Real World” Process OUT OF BAND

CRM Process

Create Lead

QualifyLead

RetireLead

Create Opportunity

CreateQuote

CompleteSale

CloseSale

SaleClosed?

ERP Process

Create PO

Get specsfrom

customer

ValidateThe

specs with tech

sales

Estimate customdesign

Cost outsolution

Decide discount strategy

Assembleresponse

Approveresponse

Business intelligence

Collaboration Content management

Streamlined processes

PortalsSearch

Word processing

Business modeling

Presentations

Business data managementInformation

management

2007 Office System

Office SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft Office as the Client

“We thought people would use our portal, but now We thought people would use our portal, but now we realize they want to use SAP in their own we realize they want to use SAP in their own interface. People will prefer to retain their current interface. People will prefer to retain their current user experience. People love Office. You can user experience. People love Office. You can connect SAP [to Office] so they don't need to leave connect SAP [to Office] so they don't need to leave their comfort zone.“their comfort zone.“-- Shai Agassi, President, SAP Product & Technology Group-- Shai Agassi, President, SAP Product & Technology Group

“It is important to simplify and improve the user experience associated with enterprise applications interaction. Specifically, today most enterprise applications have Web-based user interfaces, but knowledge workers often find that these user interaction models are less intuitive to use and interfere with their daily work in Microsoft Office.““

Recommended Resources

MSDN OBA Architecture CenterMSDN OBA Architecture Centerhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/archithttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/architecture/aa699381.aspxecture/aa699381.aspx

Office Developer CenterOffice Developer Centerhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/default.aspx office/default.aspx

Financial Services Architecture CenterFinancial Services Architecture Centerhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/FinServArch http://msdn.microsoft.com/FinServArch

Mike Walker’s BlogMike Walker’s Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/MikeWalker http://blogs.msdn.com/MikeWalker

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