IBM’s Spin Off: A Window on Key Architectural Factors for the Coming Decade

It’s being called a ‘spin off.’ But this is not like a glacier calving. IBM is splitting in two. One part will continue to be ‘IBM’, focused on hybrid cloud and AI. The other part, called ‘NewCo’ for now, will focus on managing client-owned infrastructure. This is an incisive and courageous move by IBM. Understanding … Continue reading IBM’s Spin Off: A Window on Key Architectural Factors for the Coming Decade →

Five Key Technology Themes Which Will Shape the Coming Decade, Part 4: The Primacy of Decision Contexts

This is the fourth in a series of posts (first, next, previous) in which I am exploring five key technology themes which will shape our work in the coming decade: The Emergence of the Individual Narrative;The Increasing Perfection of Information;The Primacy of Decision Contexts;The Realization of Rapid Solution Development;The Right-Sizing of Information Tools. The Primacy of … Continue reading Five Key Technology Themes Which Will Shape the Coming Decade, Part 4: The Primacy of Decision Contexts →

Your Knowledge Strategy: And Magic Filled the Air

In my last post, 'You Don't Need a Data Strategy, You Need A Knowledge Strategy,' I painted a high level sketch of why we need knowledge strategies, and the key features they need to address. I skipped ahead pretty quickly, rambling on<the time is now to sing my song /Zep> to cover a breadth of … Continue reading Your Knowledge Strategy: And Magic Filled the Air →

You Don’t Need a Data Strategy, You Need a Knowledge Strategy

In my post "Throw Off Those 1960's Data Strategy Shackles" I suggested that the days of the Inmon/Kimball model strategy for analytics are past, sketched out a couple of notes on making events the atoms in our data strategies, and promised a longer answer to what our future states should look like. Continuing on that … Continue reading You Don’t Need a Data Strategy, You Need a Knowledge Strategy →

The Nature of Knowledge Work

I was writing a generational history of electronic data exchange yesterday, and in the description of the first generation explained why we call batch files 'batch' files. They are produced by batch jobs. Batch jobs are one of the three classic methods of production that antedated the computer age: job or 'one-off' production, batch production, … Continue reading The Nature of Knowledge Work →