IoT is the new normal
We don’t want to have the privacy and security problems we have in the Internet today in the world of IoT.
Landmines on legs
What’s all the fuss about autonomous weapons? Isn’t it just a logical progression from the weapons-systems we already have? Perhaps it is – and that’s the problem… To illustrate this, first take one of these: In that form, it’s a…
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Microservices Architecture versus SOA
TechTarget has published another one of my “Ask the Expert” columns. In this one, I offer up my thoughts on the differences between a Microservices Architecture and a SOA. In a nutshell, I think the microservices trend has moved things in the right direction, a direction that many of the SOA pundits were espousing back […]
The importance of open-mindness in architecture.
Recently I was contacted by a CIO of a company in UAE who I know for many years. He asked me to review some system architecture, as they had some problems. It turned out to be a very standard architecture with a GUI layer for data entry and a message hub transporting the entry message … Continue reading The importance of open-mindness in architecture. →
IoT is the result of the Digital technology evolution
IoT is enabled by the progress of the Digital technology and it relies upon other digitally enabled technologies that can be controlled digitally as such.
Open Letter to TOG #1
Dear TOG, I hope this letter finds you well. As the shepherd of the ArchiMate standard, you are currently working on its next iteration. As I am not part of the ArchiMate Forum, I am going to send you a … Continue reading →
Auftragstaktik and fingerspitzengefühl
Two words: auftragstaktik and fingerspitzengefühl. To an English speaker, they might look kinda weird, but they’re key to getting an enterprise to work well… The terms originate from the German military, from around the early-19thC and mid-20thC respectively. They would translate approximately…
Application Portfolio Management: Towards Value-Driven Architecting
Many organizations with large legacy application landscapes can no longer postpone a major overhaul of their IT. But how do you avoid creating tomorrow’s legacy today all over again? And how do you spend your IT budget in the most sensible way? Next to appropriate design and development practices (e.g. enterprise architecture, agile and DevOps, as we addressed in our previous blog) you need to manage your application portfolio as a whole, to decide where it is most important to invest.
IoT security and regulation
IoT regulation must be specified at this stage… Someone, not some Thing, must be ultimately accountable.
The Open Group Baltimore 2015 Highlights
By Loren K. Baynes, Director, Global Marketing Communications, The Open Group The Open Group Baltimore 2015, Enabling Boundaryless Information Flow™, July 20-23, was held at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor. Over 300 attendees from 16 countries, including China, Japan, … Continue reading →