Information Revolution – Page 2 – R&A IT Strategy & Architecture

IT is us

Posted by gctwnlon February 28, 2020July 14, 2021in Extended Humans, Information Revolution, Information Revolution 310 Comments

The amount of IT we have brought in the world is turning the human species into something 'extended'. IT has behaviour and as such is an amplifier of our intentions. IT is us, it is inseparable from us. What culture does your organisation's IT embody?

A tipping point in the information revolution

Posted by gctwnlon February 11, 2020January 22, 2023in Enterprise Architecture, Information Inertia, Information Revolution, Information Revolution 221 Comments

Because of the sheer volume of IT in the world, the behaviour of IT itself is becoming more and more an 'independent' factor, and we humans are adapting to it. Digital enterprise, digital transformation, Agile and DevOps are all illustrations of this tipping pont in the information revolution.

Blame the mathematicians!

Posted by gctwnlon January 26, 2020July 14, 2021in Brittle Logic, Enterprise Architecture, Information Revolution, Information Revolution 118 Comments

Long ago, when computing started the ones starting it were mathematicians. This was logical as the machines were machines executing logic, the mathematician's bread and butter. This has led to a few side-effects that make it harder to manage IT well.

Something is (still) rotten in the kingdom of artificial intelligence

Posted by gctwnlon April 4, 2018October 1, 2022in AI, AI 1, Background Knowledge, Best Of 7, Information Revolution22 Comments

Nobody can deny that artificial intelligence (or machine learning, deep learning, or cognitive computing) is booming these days. And — as before, as this is in fact the second (or third, depending on how you count) round for AI —…