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Simon is a hands-on software architect who works within Detica's Global Financial Markets group. Simon has been involved in projects ranging from desktop clients and web applications through to highly scalable distributed systems and service-oriented architectures (SOA). His specialist technology is Java and, as a hands-on technical authority, he's called upon to advise and shape solutions; defining, delivering and assuring that the chosen architecture is fit for purpose and meets the non-functional requirements. Simon has also written and co-written a number of books about Java EE web technologies, spoken at several conferences and founded Coding the Architecture, providing practical and pragmatic content for hands-on software architects.

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Mind the gap again
I did some technical consulting/due diligence on a large software development project recently where I'd been called in to look at how the project team was dealing with some of the non-functional requirements. I'm not sure exactly how large ...
Experience should guide, not constrain
One of the things that makes an architect is experience, and in many cases an architect has got where they are because of the expertise that they've built up in their chosen technology; be it Java, .NET or whatever. I'm still of the opinion ...
Following the specification
Back in the days when J2EE app servers were the best thing since sliced bread, I remember having lots of discussions with people about the J2EE specifications and I don't mind admitting that it was always my goal to build a truly spec ...

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[Coding the Architecture] I did some technical consulting/due diligence on a large software development project recently where I'd been called in to look at how the project team was dealing with some of the non-functional requirements. I'm not sure exactly how large ...

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1	Continuum Since the Maven team are having fun with Pebble to host their blogs, I thought that I'd have a play with Continuum, which is a continuous integration server in the same mould as CruiseControl et al. I bought an Intel Mac mini earlier in the year and, ...	16-Jun-2006 22:17:50
2	Java best practices At Evolution we hold regular special interest group meetings that are open to our staff and clients. Last night, I ran a session about Java best practices. It's an age old topic, yet somehow still remains to be timely. Here's an interesting quote from a ...	24-Aug-2005 22:49:18