Monthly Archives: May 2008

Software-Plus-Service: Best or Worst of Both Worlds?

 Curt Hall | May 21, 2008  1 Response
May 212008
 
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I’ve been thinking about the software-plus-service model, where a vendor offers online (hosted) software components that integrate with the vendor’s software installed onsite at the end-user organization (i.e., the customer). Microsoft is pushing this approach in response to on-demand offerings from Google and other providers. More recently, SAP AG has jumped on the software-plus-service bandwagon as it has backed off its on-demand-only efforts. In some ways, this “hybrid” model makes sense. In other ways, it seems like it could be the worst of both worlds.In the case of SAP, the idea that some ERP components should remain onsite with the customer seems to make sense because of the security and reliability concerns I have with …

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My Killer Architecture Team

 Vince Kellen | May 19, 2008  No Responses
May 192008
 
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At the Cutter Summit this year, I attended Mike Rosen’s talk on “Ten Things an Architect Does” and thoroughly enjoyed the conversation about the job of an architect. But it got me thinking about the different things architects do and how many kinds of architects it would be nice to have. My Killer Architecture Team would have the following seasoned pros, all with 10+ years experience: A data architect who understands the nuances of all forms of data, including relational data, XML data and all things in between. Knowledge of data warehouse schemas is a must. A software architect. He or she should understand all things that code can do and how code should be …

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