Digital Enterprise – R&A Enterprise Architecture

A tipping point in the information revolution

Posted by gctwnlon February 11, 2020March 8, 2020in Enterprise Architecture, Information Inertia, Information Revolution, Information Revolution 26 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, 2020March 8, 2020in Brittle Logic, Enterprise Architecture, Information Revolution, Information Revolution 110 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.