Category: Enterprise Architecture
A review or comment on a paper, concept, etc related to Enterprise Architecture.
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Virtualization, AAPL, and the Camel & the Blindmen
Virtualization: lots of unknowns, such as licensing. Is it just building mainframe-class computing power up through the combination of less powerful processor, but without the management framework to support it? Are we putting a loaded weapon in the hands of the naive? Computers don’t kill; poor operators do. Thompson suggests Apple shares are a buy.…
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SOA: Growing up?
In the article What Must EA Do To Sustain SOA, Forrester basically tells architects to get out of the trees and do your job, and let others do theirs. Architectures are like children: you spawn them, nurture them, watch them grow but at some point you just have to let them go out on their own.…
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Why Max
he on-again, off-again WiMax seems to be on, again. This has got to be the next big leap in connectivity, if not WiMax specifically, but widely available wireless. Me and my iPod look forward to that day. Sprint says WiMax on track for end of April | Technology | Internet | Reuters Sprint Nextel is…
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Berlin Wall, Legal Agreements, Alea iacta est
I spent most of this weekend upgrading my wife’s PC. She now has a work environment that has two screens; quite nice. I chose to do a full install of the operating system as well as reformat the drive. I didn’t want any remnants impacting the new installation. Some characteristics of the upgrade: The Terms…
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Citizen Kane
Many years ago, there was the door-to-door salesman. He would vend encyclopedias, vacuum cleaners, cosmetics, housewares, etc. There are no more door-to-door salesmen; they all use the telephone and work out of a massive call centre in India with their university-taught mid-western-American accent. Saves gas; good for the environment. In my job I receive many…