Software Engineering in a Post-AI World
By Paul Preiss When I first began shaping the idea that would become Iasa, the very first person I spoke to was Grady Booch. At that time, the vision for a global architecture community was […]
Elevating Architecture
Navigating AI Frontier — Role of Quality Engineering in GenAI (Part Two)
By Shammy Narayanan In part one, we explored how the rise of GenAI has thrust Quality Engineering (QE) into an existential spotlight. Far from fading away, QE is evolving moving from executing test scripts to ensuring […]
Digital Twins, Data Centres, and the Shifting Geography of Value
By Lisa Woodall A decade or so ago, the shape of a successful organisation was physical. Headquarters in prime locations. Retail parks filled with customers. Meeting rooms booked weeks in advance. The property portfolio was […]
Understanding Problems Is Tougher Than Solving Them
By Blair S. Walker Physicist Albert Einstein famously posited that if he only had an hour to crack a daunting problem, he’d devote 55 minutes to understanding it and only five minutes to crafting a […]
Protecting the Crown Jewels: A Practical Playbook for Business Leaders
Protecting mission‑critical information requires disciplined asset classification, clear ownership and governance, targeted controls, and a security culture that makes protection part of business as usual. By Steve Durbin, Chief Executive, Information …
Large Language Models: Technology, Intelligence, and Thought
With the continuous maturity of deep learning technologies, the accumulation of big data resources, and the explosive growth of computational performance, the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gradually stepped into the “new frontier̶…
Everyone’s Right, and Everyone’s Wrong: The Viewpoint Problem in Architecture
By Paul Preiss There’s a point in almost every architecture meeting where everyone nods as if we all agree… and then proceeds to argue for an hour about completely different things. Someone shows a diagram. […]
TRIAL: Charting the Path from SCREAM to AARAM – A Simplified Guide for Effective Enterprise Architecture
By Rajeev Prashar (Editor’s Note: This article represents part four of an ongoing series. Part one, appeared on August 18, entitled “The Unavoidable ‘SCREAM’: Why Enterprise Architecture Must Transform for the Organization of Tomorrow“, introduced […..
The Collision of Stability and Innovation: Can IT Practices Bridge the Gap?
By Lisa Woodall For decades, established IT practices have given us order, reliability, and professionalisation. They stabilised operations, defined accountability, and allowed technology to scale. But the business world has not stood still. We’ve move…
Women in Architecture Spotlight – Nadzeya Stalbouskaya
By Holt Hackney Nadzeya Stalbouskaya is a Technology Architect at International Airlines Group (IAG Transform), where she designs clarity out of complexity across enterprise systems, governance, and digital transformation. Known for her advocacy on arc…
Cloud-Integrated Cyber–Physical Systems: Reliability, Performance and Power Consumption with Shared-Servers and Parallelized Services
With the rapid development of the digital economy, cloud computing services have been widely applied, and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) has become a key application adopted by individuals, governments, and enterprises. However, the emergence of vi…
Balancing Business and Architecture: Navigating Governance Challenges
By Stuart Dee Governance sits at the heart of every major technology decision, shaping the way organisations balance speed, cost, and strategic excellence. Architects are well-acquainted with the governance process, often finding themselves mediating b…