I was recently visiting a client and presenting a case study on the value of architecture. As I glanced across the room, I had noticed the “business guy” look at me inquisitively and said something similar to the following: “We do not need…
I was recently visiting a client and presenting a case study on the value of architecture. As I glanced across the room, I had noticed the “business guy” look at me inquisitively and said something similar to the following: “We do not need…
Architecture Considerations around Fabric Computing The fabric concept has been around since 1998, and computing fabrics using commodity hardware and software are now starting to come into fruition. The fabric system provides a set of interconnected nodes and links (structures) and operations (behaviors)…
Architecture Considerations around Fabric Computing The fabric concept has been around since 1998, and computing fabrics using commodity hardware and software are now starting to come into fruition. The fabric system provides a set of interconnected nodes and links (structures) and operations (behaviors)…
Fitness of complex adaptive systems (CAS) is an area of research that I have been studying over the last few years, specifically how these systems are structured and how they behave. One of the characteristics of a CAS is that the rules that define its…
Fitness of complex adaptive systems (CAS) is an area of research that I have been studying over the last few years, specifically how these systems are structured and how they behave. One of the characteristics of a CAS is that the rules that define its…
Over the years, we architects have been taught to design systems that maintain equilibrium. We designed for service levels, deployed security countermeasures, and built complicated solutions to meet 100% of our requirements. We strove for perfection. This mindset comes from the established manufacturing era of the last…
Over the years, we architects have been taught to design systems that maintain equilibrium. We designed for service levels, deployed security countermeasures, and built complicated solutions to meet 100% of our requirements. We strove for perfection. This mindset comes from the established manufacturing era of the last…
"There is nothing more horrible than to walk to fault line between new and old, seeing what the future holds, screaming about it in your art and writing, and finding only mute incomprehension or dismissal in your audience." - Joshua Cooper Ramos,…
"There is nothing more horrible than to walk to fault line between new and old, seeing what the future holds, screaming about it in your art and writing, and finding only mute incomprehension or dismissal in your audience." - Joshua Cooper Ramos,…
The Journey This initial posting is to set up the practice of Zen and the Art of Enterprise Architecture. I am often asked the question: "How did you become an Architect?" Although many in the IT industry have taken the George Costanza approach and just…
The Journey This initial posting is to set up the practice of Zen and the Art of Enterprise Architecture. I am often asked the question: "How did you become an Architect?" Although many in the IT industry have taken the George Costanza approach and just…