Archive for the ‘system architecture’ Category

Security vs Access

It’s interesting to see how the right sort of tension in the workplace can bring about better results in what a team is trying to achieve. I’m working on a long term project at the moment for the Isle of Man Government, which is tasked with putting a number of...

Inside Myspace

Here’s an excellent article called Inside Myspace by David F. Carr. It traces the steps MySpace had to go through as they grew from a small website to a social network with technology that needs to handle almost 40 billion page requests a month. The article talks about the architectural...

Pragmatic Architecture: Layering

Ted Neward has a brilliant article on MSDN entitled: Pragmatic Architecture: Layering. In it he reexamines the whole concept of splitting an application up into tiers, particularly looking at the why and more importantly when; as is WHEN is it applicable to take the hit of the additional rise in...

Conceptualizing the Enterprise Architecture Space

Interesting take on Enterprise Architecture by Suresh on SkyScrapr where he paints a picture of what he things the focus of Enterprise Architecture should look like: The diagram describes a lot, but there’s more details on his post. Check it out. Skyscrapr – Strategic Architecture : Conceptualizing the Enterprise Architecture...

Skyscrapr

Just came across Skyscrapr which looks like a Microsoft-funded initiative to pull all things architectural under one umbrella. The blurb on the site says: Skyscrapr is your window on the architectural perspective. Discover the different disciplines of system architecture, as well as perspectives on building successful systems. Check out our...

Should Government consolidate citizen identities across it’s systems?

Interesting approach on the subject of “One Consolidated View of the Citizen” by Richard Allen who outlines the arguments against having a common identifier against citizens in Government databases. The gist of his argument can be found in the last paragraph where he states: So, to summarise. One common identifier...

Event-Driven Architectures

Gregor Hohpe posts a great article based on the talk he gave at TechEd this year. His talk was about event-driven architectures, with a particular focus on Composability, the ability to build new things from existing pieces. This is a great concept, especially in the view of development and maintenance...

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