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Five Important Trends on the Enterprise Architect's Radar

It is no secret that the internet architectures are influencing enterprise architectures. This post attempts to summarise some of the recent trends in the...

4 replies - 4432 views - 11/02/09 by dnene in Articles

Top 10 Strategic Technologies

Researchers at Gartner recently posted a list of the top 10 strategic technologies for 2009.  These technologies will most likely have a significant impact on...

0 replies - 1980 views - 10/22/09 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

On SOLID Principles & Modularity

I stumbled across Uncle Bob’s SOLID principles of OOD quite a few years ago. They serve as the foundation of knowledge for designing object-oriented software.

1 replies - 4185 views - 02/26/09 by Kirk Knoernschild in Articles

2008: A Developer's Retrospective

 I have been making New Year's resolutions for a long, long time. I don’t even remember when I actually started making them either. Yes, it has been so...

3 replies - 6287 views - 12/16/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

Architectural Shelf Life

Architectures are often thought of having an useful life but that life is usually hard to predict. Most of the time it is determined by how much pain an...

0 replies - 1515 views - 09/02/08 by driveawedge in Articles

A Theory of Everything for Software Development

If there's one thing that all software development experts agree on, it's that the other experts are not always right. There are so many points of view in our...

0 replies - 1349 views - 08/21/08 by jurgenappelo in News

The Undercover Adventure (Part 5): Sliding sand consensus.

In my time here on the oil mine I have had a lot of time to think and observe and one thing is for certain, perspective on something makes a big difference in...

0 replies - 2140 views - 08/14/08 by AnneBotha in Articles