Notes on data, AI, IT
and security
No marketing fog. The way I think about real problems with founders and managers.
Docker changes the conversation about delivery: the repeatable environment matters more than the container
Containerization is first and foremost a delivery discipline, not a new way to package an application.
Business continuity for SaaS: when someone else's service becomes your operational backbone
SaaS speeds up business, but it does not remove the obligation to prepare for failures. How to think about dependencies on external services.
Containerization on the horizon: the market wants portable application delivery
Why environment drift has become a systemic problem and which approaches are beginning to address it.
API management: when integrations become a managed portfolio
Interfaces need versioning, documentation and owners - otherwise each new integration adds fragility instead of capability.
Trusting the cloud: questions you should ask your provider
Where your data actually lives, who can see it, and what you can actually verify - before these questions become urgent.
DevOps before DevOps: why release speed is becoming an infrastructure topic
Manual releases are already starting to lose to machine delivery discipline. Why deployment speed is not a startup privilege but a competitive factor.
An editorial note for 2013: what to watch so you are not discussing technology in a vacuum
How to connect AI, data, IT, security, and automation through the logic of the enterprise - and why that matters more than following each trend separately.
Which 2012 predictions already look naive, and which are dangerously underestimated
An honest look at where the market overestimates interfaces and underestimates processes. A meta-post on technology forecasting.
A forecast: as data warehouses move to the cloud, the integrator's entire project economics change
Less heavy implementation, more iteration on data and metrics. What this means for companies buying IT projects.
Planning for 2013: cloud, data, and security can no longer be discussed separately
Any digital project today is simultaneously about architecture, data, and security. Why keeping those conversations apart costs more.
Apple Maps failed because of data quality, not because of maps
The Apple Maps launch is the best public lesson available on data sources, quality contracts, and the cost of ignoring user feedback loops.
SSO and identity federation: consolidate your accounts, do not multiply them
The more systems a company runs, the more expensive the chaos in user accounts becomes. How centralising authentication reduces both operational costs and attack surface.