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