What happens when you get bunch of architects together and just let them talk? The latest ArchBeat Podcast features just such a conversation.

The four participants in this conversation responded to a general invitation to my list of some three dozen Usual Suspects to join me on Skype for what I call a virtual meet-up. That conversation took place on March 20, 2012.

The Participants

• Basheer Khan: Oracle ACE Director; Founder, President & CEO at Innowave Technology
  
• Lucas Jellema: Oracle ACE Director; CTO of AMIS Services
  
• Eric Stephens: a director of Enterprise Architecture at Oracle
  
• Derek Sharpe: director of Oracle’s Fusion Middleware Architecture Team
  

The Conversation

• Listen to Part 1: Meeting the Mobile Challenge
  The conversation focuses on Oracle ADF Mobile and the challenges of defining a mobile strategy for the enterprise.
• Listen to Part 2: Mobile Security, Availability, and Usability (April 4)
  The conversation turns to the security, availability, and usability challenges in the evolution of the mobile enterprise.
• Listen to Part 3 Evolving Software Development Roles (April 11)
  The panel closes out the discussion with a look at the interplay between developers and architects, and the evolving nature of both roles.