It’s under every need and behind every want Image from Wikimedia commons Good architecture sells — things, services and experiences. Selling to the world An enterprise is a box from which flows the fount of valuables it creates for its customers. Businesses spew out every object produced in the world: phones, planes, pyjamas, pizzas, pumps, penicillin, paper… They…
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A guide must go there before There are lots of books with complicated recipes to influence, convince, win or be a leader. But it all boils down to this — true friendship and preparation. I’ve seen this work so many times, so unfailingly, that I have thrown away all the recipes, methods and techniques I learnt over…
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The new world of ubiquitous computing Free image from Wikimedia Commons The IT clouds of the world are proliferating, growing, fragmenting, combining, integrating and swirling together into a mist that envelopes the planet. There are hundreds of Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google and Oracle clouds that are spreading across all continents — Giga-clouds.… Read the rest
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Let’s clean up this ecological pollution Image made by the author in Canva Pro By 2030 the ubiquitous mobile towers will be as anachronistic as candle-lit homes. They are ugly, expensive, take up precious space, consume increasingly dear power and fuel and pollute the environment for decades.… Read the rest
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For ironclad integrity Free image from Wikimedia Commons Inspired by the Hippocratic, I have formed the oath below for architects. I’ve sworn it. It is in the name of Imhotep, the father of architecture. I propose the Ankh and Sceptre symbol for the guild of architects, with the kind permission of Egypt.… Read the rest
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It’s all about value Free image from Unsplash.com Since prehistoric times humans have continuously developed tools to make life easier, produce more and enjoy leisure. The better the tool the more time or effort it saves. There is a vital connection between architecture and money.… Read the rest
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Free image from Wikimedia Commons Architecture puts things together to give us useful functions of the highest possible quality, at the lowest possible long-term cost. In its best form, it wants to do this proactively and in a controlled manner. So architecture abhors heroes becoming necessary and considers it a personal failure if it happens….… Read the rest
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It is not a golden hammer for IT integration. Free image from Unsplash.com An Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) product makes up for deficiencies in Services and the Clients. A mature Service Oriented Architecture minimises the need for it. Traditionally called an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), its most important features are listed below.… Read the rest
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How to create order from disorder faster. Free image from Unsplash.com At regular intervals, we architects need to clean up a messy situation. Systems proliferate like weeds. Integrations become a tangle of underground and aerial roots. Databases and file systems bloat up like fat potatoes.… Read the rest
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