Access and Feeds

Yearly Archives: 2017

Software Architecture: Agility, Velocity and Modularity are the Catalysts that will Evolve Software Architecture

By Dick Weisinger

Technology evolves.  Processes evolve.  Thinking evolves. Software architecture is no different.  In a recent speech at the O’Reilly Software Architecture conference, Mark Richards described the ingredients that current architects need to design new foundations to enable competitive advantage. The answer isn’t necessarily…

Cloud Computing: Parsing the Differences of On-Premise Versus Private Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

A recent report from Evolve IP headlined that that in their survey of financial industry IT professionals found that they overwhelming thought that their data was far safer in the cloud than on-premises. Scott Kinka, Chief Technology Officer of Evolve…

Cloud Computing: Public Cloud Overtaking Private Clouds in Enterprises

By Dick Weisinger

The 2017 survey on Cloud Computing by RightScale found that cloud computing has become the norm across most enterprise.  95 percent of organizations are using at least one cloud and 85 percent are using more than one.  The average business…

Citizen Data Scientists: Vendors Introduce Automation and Self Service Tools to Fill Skills Gap

By Dick Weisinger

A lack of skilled talent in areas like big data and analytics means that increasingly people with different background sets are stepping up to take on applying data to business problems.  Gartner calls these people who aren’t formally trained in…

Internet of Things: Businesses Want Open Standards for Data and Connectivity

By Dick Weisinger

Open Standards are high on the list of what IT departments are looking for.  A survey by IDC found that 81 percent of businesses say that they consider standards for data and connectivity very important, and 63 percent say that…