I was once a system programmer in a Unix world. Brilliant OS. The first version I got to know really well (and I mean, deep down really really well) was System V. Later on, I worked with (Open)VMS and also spent quite some time porting stuff to Linux (Redhat). I mean, communication protocols, compilers, etc. … [Read more…]
A common notion these days is that “data is the new gold”. My opinion on this is different. Data are just common natural resources. Not that scarce and therefore not worth that much. But when combined in a smart way, it can become gold. So, what is the new gold is algorithms. “Algorithms are the … [Read more…]
After digitizing current processes we started optimizing them. All purely focused on efficiency. Saving costs. Improving margins. Happier customers. Now is the time to start the real digital transformation. A revolution is needed. Many organizations are working on process optimization. They are looking at eliminating human interaction by means of digitization, integration and robotization. Organizations … [Read more…]
Thomas Erl wrote this wonderful book on the SOA’s 8 principles of service design quite a while back. Together with Hophe and Woolf’s Enterprise Integration Patterns that’s basically almost all you need to know by heart, when starting out as a rookie (integration) developer. No matter what software architecture used, the things learned from these … [Read more…]