Posts by: Chris Bird

More on what event models can learn from database models

One of my earliest posts was entitled, "What can SOA learn from RDBMS?" In that posting I was arguing for "Event Triggers" that fire when "interesting" business objects change. Of course, "interesting" needs further definition and so for tha matter does "change". However…

More on what event models can learn from database models

One of my earliest posts was entitled, "What can SOA learn from RDBMS?" In that posting I was arguing for "Event Triggers" that fire when "interesting" business objects change. Of course, "interesting" needs further definition and so for tha matter does "change". However…

ROI Based Business Cases and Long Range Value

In a series of interesting twitter posts @taotwit(Nigel Green), @erikproper, @oscarberg, @jdevoo have been discussing modelling Value - other than monetary value. In VPEC-T (modeling based on Values, Policy, Events, Contents and Trust) the abstract concept of Value recognizes things other than…

ROI Based Business Cases and Long Range Value

In a series of interesting twitter posts @taotwit(Nigel Green), @erikproper, @oscarberg, @jdevoo have been discussing modelling Value - other than monetary value. In VPEC-T (modeling based on Values, Policy, Events, Contents and Trust) the abstract concept of Value recognizes things other than…

2011 The year of the event

Todd Biske, on his excellent Blog has offereed the imperative, "Let's make 2011 the year of the event" That is a truly wonderful cause. I am shamelessly taking the idea and adding some of my own thinking here. I urge you to read…

2011 The year of the event

Todd Biske, on his excellent Blog has offereed the imperative, "Let's make 2011 the year of the event" That is a truly wonderful cause. I am shamelessly taking the idea and adding some of my own thinking here. I urge you to read…

Time Part 2 – Januray 1, 2011

This post follows on from the introduction to thinking about time posted here. In the previous post, I introduced a few of the nuanaces of time. It isn't about the obvious things like format, timezone, precision, calendar, etc. Those are important and…

Time Part 2 – Januray 1, 2011

This post follows on from the introduction to thinking about time posted here.In the previous post, I introduced a few of the nuanaces of time. It isn't about the obvious things like format, timezone, precision, calendar, etc. Those are important and can…

Time Part One – Posted Dec 31 2010

I fear that this is going to be a difficult post. But I feel so passionately about time that I will give it a go. What uses of Time do we need to think about. In some ways it's pretty straightforward, there are instants…

Time Part One – Posted Dec 31 2010

I fear that this is going to be a difficult post. But I feel so passionately about time that I will give it a go. What uses of Time do we need to think about. In some ways it's pretty straightforward, there are instants…

What do you know and when did you know it?

In my Architect role at Sabre, I presented the following at theIATA Commercial conference in Istanbul. “The Joined UP Airline” ..... I am using two major themes today when discussing the notion of the joined up airline. The first harks back to…

What do you know and when did you know it?

In my Architect role at Sabre, I presented the following at theIATA Commercial conference in Istanbul.“The Joined UP Airline”.....I am using two major themes today when discussing the notion of the joined up airline. The first harks back to the Watergate Conspiracy…
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