I had a healthy debate this past Friday with a number of EA colleagues on Twitter about EA and if it is only for large companies. Keep in mind that I have never worked in a large IT shop. Most of my career I have worked in IT shops ranging from 50-300 people. Currently I am in a startup and there are 5 IT people. So obviously, I have a different perspective than the typical EA advocate. It all started when I sent out this tweet: Just... Read More
So much failure, so little architecture
We have all talked about the Death of SOA, the imminent failure of Cloud Computing, and countless other IT failures on blogs dedicated to failure. Today I came across a blog from Dave Linthicum discussing failures on Business Intelligence projects. Dave was offering his point of view on another blogger’s story about Business Intelligence project failures. The author of the original blog pointed out some reasons for the failures. ... Read More
Are you prepared to start a SOA initiative?
There is so much to consider when embarking on an enterprise SOA initiative. Many people focus solely on the technical aspects but don’t plan enough for the business and organizational aspects that need to be considered. Here is a presentation that I prepared for a client that discusses most of the major areas to focus on before investing heavily in SOA. Those that heed this advice will be in a much better position in the long... Read More
