Of Peanut Butter and Animated Pictures

Could you end a debate that has raged on for 25 years with five words? Steve Wilhite did. In 1987, while working for Compuserve (you do remember Compuserve, right?), Wilhite developed a graphics format that enables us to create short animations, i.e. m…

Of Peanut Butter and Animated Pictures

Could you end a debate that has raged on for 25 years with five words? Steve Wilhite did. In 1987, while working for Compuserve (you do remember Compuserve, right?), Wilhite developed a graphics format that enables us to create short animations, i.e. m…

Podcast: Securing Business Operations and Critical Infrastructure: Trusted Technology, Procurement Paradigms, Cyber Insurance

Following is the transcript of an Open Group discussion on ways to address supply chain risk in the information technology sector marketplace. Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes. Get the mobile app for iOS or Android. Sponsor: The … Continue reading

Services and disservices – 3: The echo-chamber

Services serve the needs of someone. Disservices purport to serve the needs of someone, but don’t. And therein lie a huge range of problems for enterprise-architects and many, many others… This is the third part of what should be a six-part series

The one business process that all architects need to know

While I consider it vital for all infrastructure and software architects to know the 15 basic business processes, that I will cover in this blog in the coming month, there is one business process more important than the rest. This process is the Hire 2 Retirement or HR process. It is important for two reasons. … Continue reading The one business process that all architects need to know

You choose: Internet of Everything or isolated intranets of things?

Many companies want to make us think that the IoE is the only way forward and that this create the boost of economy that we require. The main problem I can see is that most people dreaming of the IoE have not done their home work and are into solution country long time before implementing … Continue reading You choose: Internet of Everything or isolated intranets of things?

Services and disservices – 2: Education example

Services serve the needs of someone. Disservices purport to serve the needs of someone, but don’t – sometimes through incompetence or failure in operation, sometimes through incompetence in service-design, and sometimes even by intent. And therein lie a huge range of problems