I walk into the meeting room noticing as I do, that as often is the case when I do an enterprise architecture assessment, I am the only one in a jacket. Oh, I don't care what anyone wears, but I note the team taking me in and weighing my motives, skills and capabilities, all of
Star Schemas for Integration
The physical design of data can be seen in the schema. In this case, you can see that the star schema has been used. The star schema is a common and simple schema style. The star schema consists of one or more fact tables which reference any number of dimension tables. The dimension tables provide
Understanding Identity and Trust in a Cognitive IoT World
As the juggernaut of IoT and Cognitive Computing continues it is becoming evident that we will need a much more robust Identity solution than the ones we currently have. A large part of this is due to the fact that systems are more and more interacting with each other and invoking actions on behalf of
BoK Countdown – Name Your Profession
In the spirit of allowing the profession to control it's own body of knowledge, we have opened up a survey on what YOU want the profession to be titled. It is open to the public so you don't have to be a member to answer. Keep in mind while you answer that the title you
Why Frameworks Aren’t a Body of Knowledge
The development of a body of knowledge (BoK) is no small effort. At Iasa, we have been working to perfect a body of knowledge based on member accomplishments and contributions for over 10 years. We have been through many versions, although in the end we decided to set the official version number of this release
Connecting Business Architecture to Solution Architecture
Many organizations treat solution architecture as a application development or project delivery role. The reality however is much more complex. In business architecture and enterprise architecture circles we discuss the strategy to execution goals of the architecture team. In reality the strategy or transformation which make this such a hard process is delivered through annual
Open Source is Enterprise Ready – “Moving from Time Telling to Clock Building”
by Bhagvan Kommadi Once purely academic, open source is now enterprise ready. We have begun to see many customers build enterprise-specific platforms by choosing open source components during the architectural design process. Such projects in telecom, banking, financial services and insurance have begun to demystify "the myth of reuse" by using open source components selectively. As
Meta Data Driven Architecture
Introduction Typical Enterprise re-architecture efforts targets moving from Legacy platform to new generation Platform and changing the functionality of how state managed in the system. The goal is to provide extensibility/flexibility/scalability/pluggability in the architecture so that the target system is suitable for customizations/maintenance. Figure 1 - Layered Architecture based on .Net Approach: The approach taken
From the Field: Escaping Appland
By Michael “Monty” Montgomery Abstract: Empower your teams to build for the future and finally escape Appland once and for all by taking cues from The Cloud Builders, as well as, seasoned systems experts. Applanders Based on my observations from the field, I regret to inform you that many, if not all, of your
Customers, Customers, Customers—Keep Them Coming Back
By Mike Vincent Personalization This morning I’m meeting with Bob Kelly, our marketing director, and David Campbell, a new software architect on our team, to review progress on a web improvement project for expanding accessory sales in our increasingly competitive market place. Adventure Works is the nation’s second largest bicycle internet and retail company. Bob