Data & AI

Introduction In the January 2015 BIS BCBS239 Adoption progress report it was stated that “compliance with Principle 2 (data architecture/IT infrastructure) was rated lowest.” BCBS 239 is the first time that the Enterprise IT Architecture profession has been subject to regulatory scrutiny like its construction and transportation industry forbears. This has become necessary because Distributed […]

There’s a growing interest in Microservices and Martin Fowler describes how microservice architecture is a particular way of “designing software applications as suites of independently deployable services.” The promise of microservices is it allows you to continuously increase the capabilities of your public site, or internal systems, by rolling out small, defined bits of functionality […]

NBC strikes again with the launch of its IOS and Android apps for the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary.

We all have an Uncle Mort – that pragmatic, no bull, calls-it-like-he-sees-it type of guy. Today, I’m going to divulge a secret about how to figure out if you need a document database or not. I’ll start with some technical background, and then we will have a sit down with Uncle Mort! Let’s just review a […]