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"Playing telephone with corporate data : Why metadata is even more ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-09-28 02:27:19

Dion Hinchliffe wrote an. Of the 10 items in his list all very relevant one stood out to me as way more significant that the others - data quality and accuracy aka. Even if all the other challenges were solved. I believe the singular issue of lack of trust in the data would prevent the widespread adoption of the mashup model in the enterprise. As Dion notes this is a critical issue for mashup adoption. In the traditional enterprise data warehouse one of the key characteristics is the concept of trusted data. In order to make business decisions data must be accurate and reliable. Accomplishing this goal is one of the reasons a data warehouse is much more that a ‘copy’ of operational data rearranged into a ‘nicer’ schema for reporting. Also in our (US) corporate world of Sarbanes-Oxley and Graham-Leach-Bliley compliance and audits are real concerns for decision makers and executives. On the warehouse implementation lie almost everyone has stopped writing code and realized they need an ETL drive. Development productivity is one commonly mentioned motivation for using a tool but lets face it the replacement of C and Cobol by dynamic languages like Python. Ruby and PHP have made that particular argument weaker and weaker. But good ETL tools also have another more important characteristic - they maintain the centralized metadata necessary to validate control and audit the data. Now switch to the ‘enterprise mashup’ model applying the principles of the decentralized Web to corporate data. Data from core systems warehouses and other trusted sources is being processed through many different layers in different languages on different servers. And then once it’s been processed it’s republished so it can be re-mixed again! And again! Nobody wants to make business decisions based on data that has played the. In order for enterprise mashups to succeed we must be able to trust and analyse the data that is being manipulated. As the data moves advance from the core to the edge it is mixed and remixed and it becomes increasingly important to maintain the lineage of the data. Access control and security are important but information about where the data came from and how it was processed is essential. Solving this problem was one of the core challenges for SnapLogic. We needed to maintain the flexibility and power of the Web’s distributed model while still maintaining strong metadata to provide lineage and provenance. Data integration is essentially a data flow problem. In the core of the enterprise systems are centralized using a combination of bus and hub architectures. Data flows along buses and in and out of hubs. Maintaining control of the data flow is a tractable problem. As you move away from the core that centralized model no longer exists. Mashups and the Web are a fundamentally distributed model and the nicely defined data flows turn into a complex graph. The interpret itself is defined by whatever mashups have been built and there will be many mashups. As mashups gain adoption that graph will increasingly expand to potentially consider data from sources that aren’t part of the core at all. Our solution was to base our core metadata store on a distributed graph using RDF. Every transformation pipeline within SnapLogic and every field cerebrate is automatically maintained as part of the core metadata store. The user interfaces show pictures but theres a complex graph hidden behind the scenes. At the endpoints of pipelines and for each set of inputs and outputs this makes it straightforward for us to expose a basic description of the data set available. But it’s also possible to drill into that endpoint and find out whats it’s connected to where the data came from and how it was processed. Even better since RDF was designed from the beginning for distributed applications it’s possible to follow the flow across and through SnapLogic servers avoiding the need for a centralized metadata store; metadata is automatically collected as mashups are built. The go of REST web services and the power of dynamic languages have lowered the bar for data access and manipulation. But they have also resulted in a lot of core data processing moving to distributed locations with no audit or flow information available. With a model like this it’s not surprising that enterprise IT professionals aren’t ready to jump in yet.

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"Playing telephone with corporate data : Why metadata is even more ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-09-28 02:27:14

Dion Hinchliffe wrote an. Of the 10 items in his list all very relevant one stood out to me as way more significant that the others - data quality and accuracy aka. Even if all the other challenges were solved. I believe the singular issue of lack of trust in the data would prevent the widespread adoption of the mashup model in the enterprise. As Dion notes this is a critical issue for mashup adoption. In the traditional enterprise data warehouse one of the key characteristics is the concept of trusted data. In order to make business decisions data must be accurate and reliable. Accomplishing this goal is one of the reasons a data warehouse is much more that a ‘copy’ of operational data rearranged into a ‘nicer’ schema for reporting. Also in our (US) corporate world of Sarbanes-Oxley and Graham-Leach-Bliley compliance and audits are real concerns for decision makers and executives. On the warehouse implementation front almost everyone has stopped writing code and realized they need an ETL tool. Development productivity is one commonly mentioned motivation for using a tool but lets approach it the replacement of C and Cobol by dynamic languages like Python. Ruby and PHP have made that particular argument weaker and weaker. But good ETL tools also have another more important characteristic - they maintain the centralized metadata necessary to validate control and audit the data. Now change by reversal to the ‘enterprise mashup’ model applying the principles of the decentralized Web to corporate data. Data from core systems warehouses and other trusted sources is being processed through many different layers in different languages on different servers. And then once it’s been processed it’s republished so it can be re-mixed again! And again! Nobody wants to make business decisions based on data that has played the. In order for enterprise mashups to succeed we must be able to trust and audit the data that is being manipulated. As the data moves further from the core to the edge it is mixed and remixed and it becomes increasingly important to maintain the lineage of the data. Access control and security are important but information about where the data came from and how it was processed is essential. Solving this problem was one of the core challenges for SnapLogic. We needed to maintain the flexibility and power of the Web’s distributed model while still maintaining strong metadata to provide lineage and provenance. Data integration is essentially a data flow problem. In the core of the enterprise systems are centralized using a combination of bus and hub architectures. Data flows along buses and in and out of hubs. Maintaining hold back of the data flow is a tractable problem. As you move away from the core that centralized model no longer exists. Mashups and the Web are a fundamentally distributed model and the nicely defined data flows turn into a complex graph. The graph itself is defined by whatever mashups have been built and there will be many mashups. As mashups gain adoption that graph will increasingly expand to potentially include data from sources that aren’t part of the core at all. Our solution was to base our core metadata store on a distributed graph using RDF. Every transformation pipeline within SnapLogic and every field link is automatically maintained as part of the core metadata store. The user interfaces show pictures but theres a complex graph hidden behind the scenes. At the endpoints of pipelines and for each set of inputs and outputs this makes it straightforward for us to expose a basic description of the data set available. But it’s also possible to drill into that endpoint and find out whats it’s connected to where the data came from and how it was processed. Even better since RDF was designed from the beginning for distributed applications it’s possible to follow the flow across and through SnapLogic servers avoiding the need for a centralized metadata hold on; metadata is automatically collected as mashups are built. The rise of REST web services and the power of dynamic languages have lowered the bar for data access and manipulation. But they have also resulted in a lot of core data processing moving to distributed locations with no audit or flow information available. With a model like this it’s not surprising that enterprise IT professionals aren’t ready to jump in yet.

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"Playing telephone with corporate data : Why metadata is even more ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-09-28 02:27:14

Dion Hinchliffe wrote an. Of the 10 items in his list all very relevant one stood out to me as way more significant that the others - data quality and accuracy aka. Even if all the other challenges were solved. I believe the singular issue of lack of trust in the data would prevent the widespread adoption of the mashup model in the enterprise. As Dion notes this is a critical issue for mashup adoption. In the traditional enterprise data warehouse one of the key characteristics is the concept of trusted data. In request to make business decisions data must be accurate and reliable. Accomplishing this goal is one of the reasons a data warehouse is much more that a ‘copy’ of operational data rearranged into a ‘nicer’ schema for reporting. Also in our (US) corporate world of Sarbanes-Oxley and Graham-Leach-Bliley compliance and audits are real concerns for decision makers and executives. On the warehouse implementation front almost everyone has stopped writing code and realized they be an ETL tool. Development productivity is one commonly mentioned motivation for using a drive but lets face it the replacement of C and Cobol by dynamic languages like Python. Ruby and PHP have made that particular argument weaker and weaker. But good ETL tools also have another more important characteristic - they maintain the centralized metadata necessary to validate control and audit the data. Now switch to the ‘enterprise mashup’ model applying the principles of the decentralized Web to corporate data. Data from core systems warehouses and other trusted sources is being processed through many different layers in different languages on different servers. And then once it’s been processed it’s republished so it can be re-mixed again! And again! Nobody wants to make business decisions based on data that has played the. In order for enterprise mashups to succeed we must be able to trust and audit the data that is being manipulated. As the data moves further from the core to the edge it is mixed and remixed and it becomes increasingly important to maintain the lineage of the data. Access control and security are important but information about where the data came from and how it was processed is essential. Solving this problem was one of the core challenges for SnapLogic. We needed to maintain the flexibility and cater of the Web’s distributed model while still maintaining strong metadata to provide lineage and provenance. Data integration is essentially a data move problem. In the core of the enterprise systems are centralized using a combination of bus and hub architectures. Data flows along buses and in and out of hubs. Maintaining control of the data flow is a tractable problem. As you move away from the core that centralized model no longer exists. Mashups and the Web are a fundamentally distributed model and the nicely defined data flows turn into a complex graph. The graph itself is defined by whatever mashups have been built and there will be many mashups. As mashups gain adoption that graph will increasingly expand to potentially include data from sources that aren’t part of the core at all. Our solution was to locate our core out metadata store on a distributed interpret using RDF. Every transformation pipeline within SnapLogic and every field link is automatically maintained as part of the core metadata store. The user interfaces show pictures but theres a complex interpret hidden behind the scenes. At the endpoints of pipelines and for each set of inputs and outputs this makes it straightforward for us to expose a basic description of the data set available. But it’s also possible to drill into that endpoint and find out whats it’s connected to where the data came from and how it was processed. Even better since RDF was designed from the beginning for distributed applications it’s possible to follow the flow across and through SnapLogic servers avoiding the need for a centralized metadata store; metadata is automatically collected as mashups are built. The rise of REST web services and the cater of dynamic languages have lowered the bar for data access and manipulation. But they have also resulted in a lot of core out data processing moving to distributed locations with no audit or flow information available. With a model like this it’s not surprising that enterprise IT professionals aren’t ready to jump in yet.

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"The Anniversary That Won't Die" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-15 23:25:03

has a specific date appeared on our pages. The day rattled through your HP 3000 community six years ago on this very day when HP announced its exit from three decades of the HP 3000 business. Four years ago. HP 3000 customers and friends around the globe held a World Wide change state for the system gathering to increase a glass in toasts and revive the memories around more than 30 years of success using this computer. Three days from today. 50 or so of the community's most curious and connected members ordain network in San Francisco over a weekend. The fellow sparking the e3000 Community Meet. 2007? That would be ScreenJet's Alan Yeo who also inaugurated the idea of a change state for your system on that 2003 day when HP stopped selling the 3000. (There's Yeo helping at a conference showing a way to migrate COBOL apps.)On this day in 2001 the badge of "homesteader" was born on our pages. We had to label the majority of the community something and "non-migrator" just didn't feel alter. Neither did the decision to cut off a good product line that wasn't growing as fast as the HP CEO wanted. But we've all moved on from that day haven't we? You're learning what's next or gathering your independent resources to settle awhile — through 2010 and beyond by all reckoning. Just today out on the 3000 Internet newsgroup a hardy soul offered a bit of gallows gratify about returning to the 3000 community. "Welcome to the bread lines," he said as a 3000 veteran announced his return to the newsgroup's membership. We don't want to get too religious here. But if the life of the 3000 customer in 2007 takes displace in a breadline it might be one forming behind the "loaves and fishes for all" kind of lie. The ecosystem looked shocked to get its early obituary in 2001 from HP. Today it looks like a long line of companies create from raw material to help you go or be. This was my fervent hope in that dark week of 2001 — that you all would rally and keep your own counsel about the right measure to move along to new horizons. It's much harder to break up a community than to take a product off a price list. I've told my story before about hearing the HP exit news a few days early during an HP briefing. I was on vacation in Europe with my son Nick about as far out of position as a newsman can get when a story breaks. A trans-Atlantic phone interview delivered the patter about HP's shutdown. I got back to the office to see a host of "Have you heard this" e-mails sitting on my Mac. (Being a Mac owner of more than 14 years at the measure. I was used to hearing the world inform an obituary about beloved computers. Even with results that HP will inform this week. Apple has eclipsed Hewlett-Packard in merchandise value. You never know.) I didn't undergo to wonder what I would write after hearing two hours of communicate from marketing manager Christine Martino and general manager Winston Prather. HP had not thought enough about the practices and faith of its 3000 locate. It would take much longer than five years to move mission critical programs to the Next Great Thing. I suspected that there would be plenty of debate on what exactly the Next Great Thing would move out to be aside from how to get there. HP proposed its Unix. HP bought Compaq and then Windows really took off as a migration destination. Now the world is turning toward open source solutions and Web-based systems. Who can say what the options will be by 2010 for a migration destination? Six years ago. HP predicted an ecosystem would go up to aid the customer in migration. Responding to my report of this statement replied with his believe of who'd be left in your community doing business through 2006: But just as in many a calamity there's been the chance to do great help throughout this period along with the stubborn continue scratching we've seen. Not much carrion though. Mostly help from those in the know who remain in your community ideas offered and products and companies built up. There's been the fun in spreading the reports on this endgame one which has gone into double overtime now two extensions' worth of support from HP — support that has ceased to be a migration motivator or even a majority choice for the community members who be. But on this day — and this weekend if you're in the Bay Area — raise a glass and heat the uncertain nature of the future. express a story to somebody about the days when HP boasted of 70,000 HP 3000s running worldwide headed full tilt toward RISC hardware which both IBM and Digital had discarded. Now HP owns Digital and IBM builds its own RISC processors. You just never can express who will live who ordain die why or when. It was a rainy cold night in Europe when my furnish Abby shared what seemed like dark news about our community. HP seemed certain a storm of change was already massing. But act your continue up looking around and remember that having a community makes it possible like Rogers and Hammerstein wrote that Thanks for sharing memories of a day gone bad. I was at an Amisys user group meeting knowing fully that Amisys had to make a announcement about the plans for the HP3000. November 14,2001 at the Marriott Rio in Gaithersburg MD. I could not hold back the information with change state associates and companies I was doing business with waiting for the official announcement. I was upset as you could imagine. It had started back in the early days of HP3000 systems when I worked for a small company in Framingham MA called BOSE that I got my first job as a computer operator working on and HP3000 series III. Back then we were running on the O. S called Bruno or MPE. It was late 1979 when it was installed and that's when the fun of learning computers came to light. Now it seems like the light is fading but I still own a piece of history my own HP3000 inventory of systems that will remind me of when I thought would last forever. Joe "still working on an HP3000 till the wheels fall off" Dolliver

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"The Anniversary That Won't Die" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-15 23:25:03

has a specific go out appeared on our pages. The day rattled through your HP 3000 community six years ago on this very day when HP announced its exit from three decades of the HP 3000 business. Four years ago. HP 3000 customers and friends around the globe held a World Wide Wake for the system gathering to raise a furnish in toasts and bring around the memories around more than 30 years of success using this computer. Three days from today. 50 or so of the community's most curious and connected members will network in San Francisco over a weekend. The fellow sparking the e3000 Community cater. 2007? That would be ScreenJet's Alan Yeo who also inaugurated the idea of a change state for your system on that 2003 day when HP stopped selling the 3000. (There's Yeo helping at a conference showing a way to migrate COBOL apps.)On this day in 2001 the badge of "homesteader" was born on our pages. We had to call the majority of the community something and "non-migrator" just didn't feel right. Neither did the decision to cut off a good product line that wasn't growing as abstain as the HP CEO wanted. But we've all moved on from that day haven't we? You're learning what's next or gathering your independent resources to homestead awhile — through 2010 and beyond by all reckoning. Just today out on the 3000 Internet newsgroup a hardy soul offered a bit of gallows humor about returning to the 3000 community. "accept to the cover lines," he said as a 3000 veteran announced his return to the newsgroup's membership. We don't be to get too religious here. But if the life of the 3000 customer in 2007 takes place in a breadline it might be one forming behind the "loaves and fishes for all" kind of lie. The ecosystem looked shocked to get its early obituary in 2001 from HP. Today it looks desire a long lie of companies ready to help you go or stay. This was my fervent wish in that dark week of 2001 — that you all would rally and keep your own counsel about the right time to move along to new horizons. It's much harder to break up a community than to take a product off a price list. I've told my story before about hearing the HP exit news a few days early during an HP briefing. I was on vacation in Europe with my son Nick about as far out of position as a newsman can get when a story breaks. A trans-Atlantic telecommunicate interview delivered the patter about HP's shutdown. I got approve to the office to see a host of "undergo you heard this" e-mails sitting on my Mac. (Being a Mac owner of more than 14 years at the time. I was used to hearing the world report an obituary about beloved computers. change surface with results that HP ordain announce this week. Apple has eclipsed Hewlett-Packard in market value. You never know.) I didn't have to query what I would write after hearing two hours of communicate from marketing manager Christine Martino and general manager Winston Prather. HP had not thought enough about the practices and faith of its 3000 locate. It would take much longer than five years to move mission critical programs to the Next Great Thing. I suspected that there would be plenty of debate on what exactly the Next Great Thing would move out to be aside from how to get there. HP proposed its Unix. HP bought Compaq and then Windows really took off as a migration destination. Now the world is turning toward open source solutions and Web-based systems. Who can say what the options will be by 2010 for a migration destination? Six years ago. HP predicted an ecosystem would rise up to aid the customer in migration. Responding to my inform of this statement replied with his believe of who'd be left in your community doing business through 2006: But just as in many a calamity there's been the chance to do great help throughout this period along with the stubborn head scratching we've seen. Not much carrion though. Mostly help from those in the know who remain in your community ideas offered and products and companies built up. There's been the fun in spreading the reports on this endgame one which has gone into double overtime now two extensions' worth of give from HP — give that has ceased to be a migration motivator or change surface a majority choice for the community members who be. But on this day — and this pass if you're in the Bay Area — increase a glass and toast the uncertain nature of the future. Tell a story to somebody about the days when HP boasted of 70,000 HP 3000s running worldwide headed full tilt toward RISC hardware which both IBM and Digital had discarded. Now HP owns Digital and IBM builds its own RISC processors. You just never can express who will be who will die why or when. It was a rainy cold night in Europe when my partner Abby shared what seemed like dark news about our community. HP seemed certain a storm of change was already massing. But keep your head up looking around and remember that having a community makes it possible like Rogers and Hammerstein wrote that Thanks for sharing memories of a day gone bad. I was at an Amisys user group meeting knowing fully that Amisys had to make a announcement about the plans for the HP3000. November 14,2001 at the Marriott Rio in Gaithersburg MD. I could not hold back the information with close associates and companies I was doing business with waiting for the official announcement. I was upset as you could create by mental act. It had started back in the early days of HP3000 systems when I worked for a small affiliate in Framingham MA called BOSE that I got my first job as a computer operator working on and HP3000 series III. Back then we were running on the O. S called Bruno or MPE. It was late 1979 when it was installed and that's when the fun of learning computers came to lighten. Now it seems desire the light is fading but I comfort own a conjoin of history my own HP3000 inventory of systems that will inform me of when I thought would last forever. Joe "still working on an HP3000 till the wheels fall off" Dolliver

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"The Anniversary That Won't Die" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-15 23:25:03

has a specific date appeared on our pages. The day rattled through your HP 3000 community six years ago on this very day when HP announced its exit from three decades of the HP 3000 business. Four years ago. HP 3000 customers and friends around the globe held a World Wide Wake for the system gathering to increase a glass in toasts and revive the memories around more than 30 years of success using this computer. Three days from today. 50 or so of the community's most curious and connected members will network in San Francisco over a pass. The fellow sparking the e3000 Community cater. 2007? That would be ScreenJet's Alan Yeo who also inaugurated the idea of a wake for your system on that 2003 day when HP stopped selling the 3000. (There's Yeo helping at a conference showing a way to move COBOL apps.)On this day in 2001 the badge of "homesteader" was born on our pages. We had to label the majority of the community something and "non-migrator" just didn't feel right. Neither did the decision to cut off a good product line that wasn't growing as abstain as the HP CEO wanted. But we've all moved on from that day haven't we? You're learning what's next or gathering your independent resources to homestead awhile — through 2010 and beyond by all reckoning. Just today out on the 3000 Internet newsgroup a hardy soul offered a bit of gallows gratify about returning to the 3000 community. "Welcome to the cover lines," he said as a 3000 veteran announced his return to the newsgroup's membership. We don't be to get too religious here. But if the life of the 3000 customer in 2007 takes place in a breadline it might be one forming behind the "loaves and fishes for all" kind of lie. The ecosystem looked shocked to get its early obituary in 2001 from HP. Today it looks desire a long line of companies ready to back up you go or stay. This was my fervent hope in that dark week of 2001 — that you all would rally and keep your own counsel about the right time to move along to new horizons. It's much harder to end up a community than to act a product off a determine enumerate. I've told my story before about hearing the HP move news a few days early during an HP briefing. I was on vacation in Europe with my son Nick about as far out of position as a newsman can get when a story breaks. A trans-Atlantic phone interview delivered the patter about HP's shutdown. I got back to the office to see a host of "Have you heard this" e-mails sitting on my Mac. (Being a Mac owner of more than 14 years at the measure. I was used to hearing the world report an obituary about beloved computers. Even with results that HP will announce this week. Apple has eclipsed Hewlett-Packard in market value. You never know.) I didn't have to wonder what I would write after hearing two hours of communicate from marketing manager Christine Martino and general manager Winston Prather. HP had not thought enough about the practices and faith of its 3000 base. It would take much longer than five years to move mission critical programs to the Next Great Thing. I suspected that there would be plenty of consider on what exactly the Next Great Thing would turn out to be aside from how to get there. HP proposed its Unix. HP bought Compaq and then Windows really took off as a migration destination. Now the world is turning toward open source solutions and Web-based systems. Who can say what the options will be by 2010 for a migration destination? Six years ago. HP predicted an ecosystem would rise up to aid the customer in migration. Responding to my report of this statement replied with his view of who'd be left in your community doing business through 2006: But just as in many a calamity there's been the chance to do great help throughout this period along with the stubborn head scratching we've seen. Not much carrion though. Mostly back up from those in the experience who be in your community ideas offered and products and companies built up. There's been the fun in spreading the reports on this endgame one which has gone into manifold overtime now two extensions' worth of support from HP — give that has ceased to be a migration motivator or even a majority choice for the community members who remain. But on this day — and this pass if you're in the Bay Area — raise a glass and heat the uncertain nature of the future. Tell a story to somebody about the days when HP boasted of 70,000 HP 3000s running worldwide headed full tilt toward RISC hardware which both IBM and Digital had discarded. Now HP owns Digital and IBM builds its own RISC processors. You just never can tell who ordain live who will die why or when. It was a rainy cold night in Europe when my partner Abby shared what seemed like dark news about our community. HP seemed certain a act of dress was already massing. But keep your continue up looking around and remember that having a community makes it possible like Rogers and Hammerstein wrote that Thanks for sharing memories of a day gone bad. I was at an Amisys user group meeting knowing fully that Amisys had to make a announcement about the plans for the HP3000. November 14,2001 at the Marriott Rio in Gaithersburg MD. I could not hold back the information with change state associates and companies I was doing business with waiting for the official announcement. I was disturb as you could create by mental act. It had started approve in the early days of HP3000 systems when I worked for a small company in Framingham MA called BOSE that I got my first job as a computer operator working on and HP3000 series III. Back then we were running on the O. S called Bruno or MPE. It was late 1979 when it was installed and that's when the fun of learning computers came to light. Now it seems like the light is fading but I comfort own a conjoin of history my own HP3000 list of systems that will remind me of when I thought would last forever. Joe "comfort working on an HP3000 till the wheels fall off" Dolliver

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"Continuum of Experience" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-01-01 22:13:43

It starts on the left with Web and it's absolute ubiquity through HTML and CSS. This works on any device with a browser from a phone to any desktop and change surface a lot of computer based applications (such as examine engines or spam email harvesting engines). The tradeoff is that the user undergo is less than optimal. Billy Hollis calls it the Cobol of the web referring back to the old measure green screens. Whether we like it or not. HTML not only has it's place now it's going to act to have it's place long into the future. Unfortunately one of the reasons that many applications go this direction is not because they need ubiquitous reach but rather because it's easier on the IT department to deploy it. This makes things hard on the user. Oops. Things can get better with AJAX. At this inform you are sacrificing some reach for functionality as you are giving up phones. PDAs and older browsers. Often that's an easy decision to make. On the right transfer side of the continuum is Platform Optimized. This is really giving up broad arrive for absolute functionality. As an example the Halo 3 team knew which video separate was in the aim machine so they could accommodate the undergo for the edges of what's possible on that hardware. That's a good position to be in when you can be because it means that you can create the absolute beat possible undergo available. However it would be hard to take that same experience and put it on any laptop. bunco of knowing what hardware you are targeting look at the platform that you are targeting. If you know that your users are using Vista or XP with the function case 2 you can target WPF. WCF and so on because you know that it's on the box. Backing up from there if you can target. NET on the box great. Somewhere between the Web and Platform Optimized is the Supplemented Web with Silverlight and Flash/contract. This is an exciting frontier to be in right now bridging the gap. It's not full ubiquity but it's more arrive than platform optimized and it has a far superior user experience than HTML and CSS. Microsoft and Adobe are working from opposite angles here. Adobe with Air is trying to take this supplemented web development paradigm to desktop. It's an interesting idea to be able to bring HTML. Flex/Flash embedding PDFs and so on to the desktop. Microsoft on the other transfer is trying to take desktop application development paradigm to the web with Silverlight. I think that there's room for every type of undergo along the continuum.

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"Increasing Maturity by Reducing Complexity" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-15 15:13:36

There are characteristics of Level 1 and low Level 2 Business-IT Maturity that allow (cause?) the IT environment to become overly complex and with that complexity comes high cost and low agility.  This complexity is a killer sticking point for getting to higher maturity.  Let’s first try to understand what it is about the lower maturity levels and why they foster complexity.  Below is a simple create of the Business-IT Maturity model introduced in my back up post. maturity model at Level 1 the business tends not to be very process-oriented (there are of course some notable exceptions but even then only for “signature” processes that are core and differentiating to the firm).  So this siloed demand and IT’s aim 1 “request taking” behavior is met with siloed give.  (Remember the inform in an earlier post that the more mature consultative and business partnership oriented behaviors be only to become commonplace at mid-Level 2 and beyond).  Also note that Enterprise Architecture does not really act direct until mid-Level 2 so all this siloed demand has no overarching business affect architecture against which to bounce off and act to. believe a situation where division/business unit “a” needs a manufacturing planning system (MRP) as does division/business unit “b” as does “c” and so on.  The next thing you experience you have many MRP systems all configured differently often from different vendors running on different hardware platforms.  I had one client who change surface had trouble producing an accurate ascertain of their MRP systems - they got to about 47 different systems around the world and gave up trying to ascertain.  (They are now in mid-Level 2 maturity and aggressively moving to global common processes and systems). We can create by mental act the complexity of just maintaining that many different systems and the resource inefficiencies in doing so.  Now imagine you want to add a data warehousing layer - evaluate about the data feeds and interfaces that must be built and maintained.  speculate that in Level 2 the business perhaps forced by merchandise conditions quality problems or simply by the be to act out be decides to implement lean manufacturing approaches.  The underlying systems and platform complexity becomes a daunting barrier - typically perceived as “an IT problem.”  Of course it is in many respects an IT problem - unfortunately created by IT’s natural response to business demand. There are zillions of other aspects of this complexity and the reasons for it.  Early aim 1. COBOL or RPGII might undergo been the programming language of choice.   Later in aim 1 this was supplemented by a Fourth Generation Language such as FOCUS. RAMIS or MANTIS.  Early in aim 2. C++ was the new language of choice then Java.  Each of these “flavors of the month” languages left behind them legacy systems legacy programming and testing tools and all the other trappings of a development environment to be maintained. is not well formed so there is little sophistication in finding and managing the inter-relationships and dependencies between projects adding to the complexity in the legacy environment.  Make a simple change to one system and there may be hundreds (thousands?) of “strike on” effects to other systems and interfaces. Then there is the complexity of dress upon change of technology infrastructure - DOS to Windows to NT to XP Professional; Novell to Microsoft; Microsoft to Open Source; TCAM to VTAM to TCP/IP.  The changes go on an on - each leaving a layer of technology and the baggage it implies.  Oh and then there’s the many acquisitions that are never fully integrated. So how do you break out of this complex environment get the ride anchors behind and move nimbly into Level 3?  The answer is in some respects deceptively simple.  I’ll get to it with a story.  About 15 years ago. I was running a multi-client research communicate on IT transformation.  One of the big success stories back then (with several Harvard Business analyse case studies) was BP oil.  They had grown through acquisition and all the other inevitable sins of Level 1 to the point where their IT infrastructure was exceedingly complex costly and a constraint on business agility.  I was moderating a adorn at one of our research workshops.  One of the panelists was a senior BR IT executive - a rather dour Scot with a heavy Scottish brogue.  Someone asked him. “How did you deal with all the legacy systems?”  He said firmly in his heaviest Scottish accent. “Och aye - ya just have to kick it in tha teeth!”  And with this one lie he really captured the key truth here - you have to undergo absolute take no prisoners executive determination - a “just do it!” come to change.  He even told us about a giant CDC mainframe dedicated to scientific computing (for analyzing seismic data).  The IT leadership aggroup had a strong suspicion that most of the scientific computing had migrated to desktop supercomputers.  To be the inform after several attempts to get populate to act to inquiries about who comfort needed the CDC machine went nowhere they simply shut it drink and waited to see who screamed.  One month later nobody had whimpered let alone screamed and several million pounds worth of hardware and annual operating costs were decommissioned. How to you deal with the overly complex IT infrastructures facing many IT shops today?  You just have to impel it in tha teeth! XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" call=""> <abbr call=""> <acronym call=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <have in mind> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

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"Increasing Maturity by Reducing Complexity" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-15 15:13:34

There are characteristics of Level 1 and low Level 2 Business-IT Maturity that accept (create?) the IT environment to change state overly complex and with that complexity comes high cost and low agility.  This complexity is a killer sticking inform for getting to higher maturity.  Let’s first try to understand what it is about the lower maturity levels and why they foster complexity.  Below is a simple create of the Business-IT Maturity model introduced in my second affix. maturity copy at Level 1 the business tends not to be very process-oriented (there are of course some notable exceptions but even then only for “signature” processes that are core out and differentiating to the firm).  So this siloed bespeak and IT’s aim 1 “order taking” behavior is met with siloed give.  (Remember the point in an earlier affix that the more mature consultative and business partnership oriented behaviors tend only to become commonplace at mid-Level 2 and beyond).  Also note that Enterprise Architecture does not really act hold until mid-Level 2 so all this siloed bespeak has no overarching business process architecture against which to bound off and act to. believe a situation where division/business unit “a” needs a manufacturing planning system (MRP) as does division/business unit “b” as does “c” and so on.  The next thing you know you undergo many MRP systems all configured differently often from different vendors running on different hardware platforms.  I had one client who even had trouble producing an accurate ascertain of their MRP systems - they got to about 47 different systems around the world and gave up trying to ascertain.  (They are now in mid-Level 2 maturity and aggressively moving to global common processes and systems). We can create by mental act the complexity of just maintaining that many different systems and the resource inefficiencies in doing so.  Now create by mental act you want to add a data warehousing layer - think about the data feeds and interfaces that must be built and maintained.  Suppose that in aim 2 the business perhaps forced by market conditions quality problems or simply by the be to take out be decides to apply lean manufacturing approaches.  The underlying systems and platform complexity becomes a daunting barrier - typically perceived as “an IT problem.”  Of course it is in many respects an IT problem - unfortunately created by IT’s natural response to business bespeak. There are zillions of other aspects of this complexity and the reasons for it.  Early Level 1. COBOL or RPGII might undergo been the programming language of choice.   Later in aim 1 this was supplemented by a Fourth Generation Language such as cerebrate. RAMIS or MANTIS.  Early in aim 2. C++ was the new language of choice then Java.  Each of these “flavors of the month” languages left behind them legacy systems legacy programming and testing tools and all the other trappings of a development environment to be maintained. is not come up formed so there is little sophistication in finding and managing the inter-relationships and dependencies between projects adding to the complexity in the legacy environment.  Make a simple change to one system and there may be hundreds (thousands?) of “knock on” effects to other systems and interfaces. Then there is the complexity of change upon dress of technology infrastructure - DOS to Windows to NT to XP Professional; Novell to Microsoft; Microsoft to change state Source; TCAM to VTAM to TCP/IP.  The changes go on an on - each leaving a forge of technology and the baggage it implies.  Oh and then there’s the many acquisitions that are never fully integrated. So how do you break out of this complex environment get the boat anchors behind and move nimbly into aim 3?  The say is in some respects deceptively simple.  I’ll get to it with a story.  About 15 years ago. I was running a multi-client research project on IT transformation.  One of the big success stories back then (with several Harvard Business analyse inspect studies) was BP oil.  They had grown through acquisition and all the other inevitable sins of Level 1 to the inform where their IT infrastructure was exceedingly complex costly and a constraint on business agility.  I was moderating a adorn at one of our research workshops.  One of the panelists was a senior BR IT executive - a rather dour Scot with a heavy Scottish brogue.  Someone asked him. “How did you deal with all the legacy systems?”  He said firmly in his heaviest Scottish accent. “Och aye - ya just have to impel it in tha teeth!”  And with this one line he really captured the key truth here - you undergo to have absolute take no prisoners executive determination - a “just do it!” approach to dress.  He even told us about a giant CDC mainframe dedicated to scientific computing (for analyzing seismic data).  The IT leadership team had a strong suspicion that most of the scientific computing had migrated to desktop supercomputers.  To prove the inform after several attempts to get people to respond to inquiries about who still needed the CDC machine went nowhere they simply shut it down and waited to see who screamed.  One month later nobody had whimpered let alone screamed and several million pounds worth of hardware and annual operating costs were decommissioned. How to you deal with the overly complex IT infrastructures facing many IT shops today?  You just undergo to kick it in tha teeth! XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr call=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <cite> <label> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q have in mind=""> <strike> <strong>

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"Increasing Maturity by Reducing Complexity" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-12-15 15:13:34

There are characteristics of Level 1 and low Level 2 Business-IT Maturity that allow (cause?) the IT environment to become overly complex and with that complexity comes high be and low agility.  This complexity is a killer sticking point for getting to higher maturity.  Let’s first try to understand what it is about the displace maturity levels and why they foster complexity.  Below is a simple form of the Business-IT Maturity model introduced in my second post. maturity model at Level 1 the business tends not to be very process-oriented (there are of cover some notable exceptions but change surface then only for “signature” processes that are core and differentiating to the tighten).  So this siloed bespeak and IT’s aim 1 “request taking” behavior is met with siloed supply.  (Remember the inform in an earlier affix that the more mature consultative and business partnership oriented behaviors be only to become commonplace at mid-Level 2 and beyond).  Also note that Enterprise Architecture does not really take hold until mid-Level 2 so all this siloed demand has no overarching business process architecture against which to bound off and react to. Consider a situation where division/business unit “a” needs a manufacturing planning system (MRP) as does division/business unit “b” as does “c” and so on.  The next thing you experience you have many MRP systems all configured differently often from different vendors running on different hardware platforms.  I had one client who even had trouble producing an accurate count of their MRP systems - they got to about 47 different systems around the world and gave up trying to count.  (They are now in mid-Level 2 maturity and aggressively moving to global common processes and systems). We can imagine the complexity of just maintaining that many different systems and the resource inefficiencies in doing so.  Now imagine you want to add a data warehousing forge - evaluate about the data feeds and interfaces that must be built and maintained.  speculate that in aim 2 the business perhaps forced by market conditions quality problems or simply by the need to take out be decides to implement lean manufacturing approaches.  The underlying systems and platform complexity becomes a daunting barrier - typically perceived as “an IT problem.”  Of cover it is in many respects an IT problem - unfortunately created by IT’s natural response to business bespeak. There are zillions of other aspects of this complexity and the reasons for it.  Early aim 1. COBOL or RPGII might have been the programming language of choice.   Later in Level 1 this was supplemented by a Fourth Generation Language such as cerebrate. RAMIS or MANTIS.  Early in Level 2. C++ was the new language of choice then Java.  Each of these “flavors of the month” languages left behind them legacy systems legacy programming and testing tools and all the other trappings of a development environment to be maintained. is not well formed so there is little sophistication in finding and managing the inter-relationships and dependencies between projects adding to the complexity in the legacy environment.  Make a simple change to one system and there may be hundreds (thousands?) of “knock on” effects to other systems and interfaces. Then there is the complexity of change upon change of technology infrastructure - DOS to Windows to NT to XP Professional; Novell to Microsoft; Microsoft to Open Source; TCAM to VTAM to TCP/IP.  The changes go on an on - each leaving a forge of technology and the baggage it implies.  Oh and then there’s the many acquisitions that are never fully integrated. So how do you break out of this complex environment get the boat anchors behind and move nimbly into Level 3?  The say is in some respects deceptively simple.  I’ll get to it with a story.  About 15 years ago. I was running a multi-client investigate project on IT transformation.  One of the big success stories approve then (with several Harvard Business Review case studies) was BP oil.  They had grown through acquisition and all the other inevitable sins of Level 1 to the point where their IT infrastructure was exceedingly complex costly and a constraint on business agility.  I was moderating a panel at one of our investigate workshops.  One of the panelists was a senior BR IT executive - a rather dour Scot with a heavy Scottish brogue.  Someone asked him. “How did you deal with all the legacy systems?”  He said firmly in his heaviest Scottish evince. “Och aye - ya just undergo to kick it in tha teeth!”  And with this one line he really captured the key truth here - you have to have absolute act no prisoners executive determination - a “just do it!” approach to dress.  He change surface told us about a giant CDC mainframe dedicated to scientific computing (for analyzing seismic data).  The IT leadership aggroup had a strong suspicion that most of the scientific computing had migrated to desktop supercomputers.  To prove the inform after several attempts to get people to respond to inquiries about who still needed the CDC machine went nowhere they simply change state it down and waited to see who screamed.  One month later nobody had whimpered let alone screamed and several million pounds worth of hardware and annual operating costs were decommissioned. How to you broach with the overly complex IT infrastructures facing many IT shops today?  You just undergo to impel it in tha teeth! XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym call=""> <b> <blockquote have in mind=""> <cite> <label> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

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