What’s New Is Really What’s Old
I’m working on a project with a fairly young engineer (let’s just say I have 12 years on him). He’s…
SOA is Dead, Long Live Distributed Computing
Given, the industry is incapable of delivering a consistent definition for SOA. Given, practitioners diverge greatly in their skills and…
The Most Important Lesson I’ve Learned About the Information Technology Industry
It’s taken more than 10 years, but I finally got it through my thick skull: A design is only as…
The Architect’s Dilemma
I’ve worked for Fortune 500 companies engaged simultaneously in 50+ of IT projects as well as small companies with one…
When Agility is Absent, The Customer Suffers
Perhaps its the volume of business I do with Blockbuster, but once again I noticed that their aging retail system…
SOA Is Not an IT Concern
I just returned from the BrainStorm Group show in NY. This show has 5 simultaneous tracks with the leading track…
Weighing In On Being A Good Enterprise Architect
So in James [url=http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/leadership/archives/003453.asp new=true]McGovern's Blog Entry[/url] 3/19/2005, James provides his wisdom on being a good Enterprise Architect. This drove…