Enterprises across all industries are in the midst of difficult, bet-the-company changes we call digital transformation. And yet, there remains broad confusion about the scope…
Governmental computer systems are among some of the most security sensitive, and for European governments with communications crossing many national borders, security requirements couldn’t be…
There are several reasons why MySQL is such a popular database management system – it’s open source, mature, easy to use, and as the ‘M’…
The role of the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) is the exec title du jour, surpassing the CIO as the go-to person for transformation of the…
Not too long ago, IT was little more than a cost center – do more with less, keep the lights on, and struggle for relevance…
Data lakes are among the hottest topics in the enterprise big data world today. While data warehouses have provided value for many years, they require…
There’s no question that my July 2014 Forbes article Is Enterprise Architecture Completely Broken? struck a nerve, especially among enterprise architects. While my answer was…
DevOps means many things to many people, but the topic of automation is never far from any DevOps discussion. And when discussions turn to DevOps…
Essential to Successful Ecommerce Back in the day, everybody expected synchronous behavior from business applications and web sites. Click a link and wait for a…
In today’s fast-paced world of dynamic digital applications, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software rarely makes the digital A-list. While ERP software handles many core financial…


