Review of IDC report stateing that Utility computing should be for the SMB market
IDC: SMB next big utility computing market

A viewpoint from HP on what the architects role is.
HP Architecture Overview

A survey of XML standards: Part 1

This article in IBM's developerWorks gives a brief explanation and lots of links. Part one covers the "core standards". I'm hoping that Part 2 covers some of the business related standards.

This is another reference model for IT Service Management..
IT Service Management Institute.
Thanks to Joseph Christi for this.

Why are the latest sunrise and earliest sunset not on the shortest day pf the year? See the Analema site for an explanation.

This often comes up in outsourcing bids...

ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) is the most widely accepted approach to IT Service Management in the world. ITIL provides a cohesive set of best practice, drawn from the public and private sectors internationally. It is supported by a comprehensive qualification scheme, accredited training organisations, and implementation and assessment tools. The best-practice processes promoted in ITIL both support and are supported by the British Standards Institution’s Standard for IT Service Management (BS15000).

You can find out more Here.