How Data Lakes Help Break Down Silos

How Data Lakes Help Break Down Silos

If there’s one problem every modern IT organization struggles with, it’s the problem of data silos. Take a typical sales department. If you were the vice president of the sales department in your organization, you’d want to make sure all your leads, customer...
The Application Security Gap

The Application Security Gap

If you work in an office environment, tell me if this sounds familiar. You’re issued a computer for your everyday tasks. And on your first day of employment, you’re also issued a corporate e-mail address and a login ID. Your e-mail address is the official address that...
Is Apple Gunning for the Enterprise?

Is Apple Gunning for the Enterprise?

Don’t blink. Did you blink? If you did, you might have missed it. Missed what, you ask? Apple, the embodiment of the high tech “rebel alliance” might have just become the new “empire”. In non-sci fi geek terminology, it appears that Apple is positioning itself to...
The IT Vacuum Problem

The IT Vacuum Problem

No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. – John Donne Thanks to Information Technology, I’ve built a successful professional software engineering career that pays well and keeps me eternally engaged. I’m...
The API Manifesto Success Story

The API Manifesto Success Story

In 2002, Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, issued a now-famous company-wide mandate to his entire IT organization… a sort of digital 10 commandments for the 21st century (okay, Bezos really only gave FIVE commandments, but hey! It’s the 21st century, things move faster now!)...
How To Repeal and Replace Legacy Code

How To Repeal and Replace Legacy Code

Every software developer on the planet, sooner or later, comes across legacy code. Legacy code is pretty much what it sounds like … it’s source code for an application that was probably first created long before the current software engineer inherits the application....
The Technical Executive Gap

The Technical Executive Gap

Maybe it’s self evident to most of us, but there’s a reason why top level Generals and Admirals in our various branches of the military, don’t get promoted from anywhere except within their own specific military branch. They start out either as the lowest ranking...