Aggregated enterprise architecture wisdom
Christopher Bird There’s been something upsetting me about the whole notion of Infrastructure as a Service. It has taken me a while to put my finger on it, but here goes. But first, an analogy with electricity usage and provisioning.When I flick on the light switch, I …
I have been trying to help operational IT groups understand how important rate of change of resource consumption is. Finally I cam up with an analogy that helps. In the airline industry, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing if an aircraft is on the ground….
I have been trying to help operational IT groups understand how important rate of change of resource consumption is. Finally I cam up with an analogy that helps. In the airline industry, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing if an aircraft is on the ground….
One way of thinking about an operational data store is to be a near real time repository of/for transactional data organized to support an essentially query workload against transactions within their operational life. This is particularly handy when yo…
One way of thinking about an operational data store is to be a near real time repository of/for transactional data organized to support an essentially query workload against transactions within their operational life. This is particularly handy when yo…
This post looks at a specific high level process drawn from the “eating out” industry. It’s origins are from that fine barbecue establishment in Dallas – the original Sonny Bryan’s. The time 1985. The conversation took place in the shack that was as cr…
This post looks at a specific high level process drawn from the “eating out” industry. It’s origins are from that fine barbecue establishment in Dallas – the original Sonny Bryan’s. The time 1985. The conversation took place in the shack that was as cr…
Withe big data, I sometimes feel like the character Davies in the masterful spy novel, “The Riddle of the Sands” by Erskine Childers. “We laughed uncomfortably, and Davies compassed a wonderful German phrase to the effect that ‘it might come in useful…
Withe big data, I sometimes feel like the character Davies in the masterful spy novel, “The Riddle of the Sands” by Erskine Childers. “We laughed uncomfortably, and Davies compassed a wonderful German phrase to the effect that ‘it might come in useful…
In the current election “season” in the USA there has been much ado about ensuring that only registered voters are allowed to vote. The Republican Party describes this as ensuring that any attempts at fraud are squelched. The Democratic Party describes…
In the current election “season” in the USA there has been much ado about ensuring that only registered voters are allowed to vote. The Republican Party describes this as ensuring that any attempts at fraud are squelched. The Democratic Party describes…
Sometimes I feel really split brained! On the one hand I am thinking about the importance of controlling data, data quality, data schema, etc. On the other hand, I realize I can’t! So the DBA in me would like the data to be all orderly and controlled -…