Posts Tagged ‘Architecture’
The Future Of The IT Department
Recently I have been witness to rapid, often painful, change within my own internal IT division over the last few years and observed the on-going developments in the industry. It is clear that IT departments changed dramatically in a short amount of time and the pace is not relenting. This has led me to try [...]
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Tags: Agile, Architecture, IT Industry, linkedin, Management
Ray Ozzie’s Dawn of a New Day
I would recommend everyone interested in technology to read Ray Ozzie’s (Chief Software Architect of Microsoft) memo – "Dawn of a New Day". It’s a fascinating insight into the vision of a key player in the industry and a call to arms for Microsoft and it’s partners. What interests me the most about this vision [...]
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Tags: Architecture, Cloud Computing, IT Industry, linkedin, SOA
Private Clouds Gaining Momentum
Well its been an interesting few weeks for cloud computing, mostly in the "private cloud" space. Microsoft have announced their Windows Azure Appliance enabling you to buy a Windows Azure cloud solution in a box (well actually many boxes as it comprises of hundreds of servers) and also the OpenStack cloud offering continues to grow [...]
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Tags: Architecture, CIO, Cloud Computing, IT Industry, linkedin
Windows Azure : An Introduction
At last year’s PDC Microsoft released the details of its new venture into the next IT paradigm that is arguably set to change the way that applications are developed, hosted, managed and funded – Cloud Computing. It is easy to dismiss Cloud Computing is a fad or simply as a move back towards the mainframe [...]
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Tags: Architecture, Azure, Cloud Computing, linkedin
Earlier in the year I did a presentation on the pros and cons of Thin vs Thick Client architecture, purely from the perspective of recommending an approach for a new UI. This is a long running debate and one that can become very political as most people have a preference. Usually developers/architects prefer to either [...]
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Tags: Architecture, CIO, linkedin, Smart Client
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