Simple IT solutions can grow towards unmanageable systems. In the end even a small change involves business analysts, IT engineers and often a lot of managers to figure out if and how a change can be implemented with minimal risks and business impact. Calling buzzwords like devops, scrum, agile and lean do not bring a solution closer.
Continue reading “Why Simplify IT?”FOSS Machine Learning News week 9-2020
Welcome to our biweekly selection of Free and Open machine learning news. Created using our own opinionated selection and summary algorithm. FOSS machine learning is crucial for everyone. Machine Learning is a complex technology. So keep it simple.
Continue reading “FOSS Machine Learning News week 9-2020”Good Software
Simple solutions require very good software. But good software is very challenging. Hard to create and often expensive and complex. But there is good news: For almost every business IT problem good open (FOSS) software exist.
Continue reading “Good Software”The end of a decade: Breathtaking Open IT innovations
Soon 2019 is over and a new decade with new IT innovations will start again. For simple effective problem solving learning from the past is crucial. What worked well and why? What great promising IT technology did not meet the expectations promised?
Continue reading “The end of a decade: Breathtaking Open IT innovations”Rise and fall of SOLID programming principles
I am a fan of continuous learning. So if possible I go to meetups, conferences, seminars and open space meetings to listen and learn of peers in the digital space. So I went on an evening in September 2019 towards a talk regarding SOLID programming principles. From the very well organized meetup this evening by the company Working Spirit I left with some hard questions and some observations.
Continue reading “Rise and fall of SOLID programming principles”Maintaining vs Replacing Legacy Systems
Within the IT industry we all know the danger word: Legacy systems. When this buzz words falls you are doomed.
Continue reading “Maintaining vs Replacing Legacy Systems”The holy grail for solving IT problems?
Within the field of business IT problems it is hard to resit the temptation to use a tool that promise to solve all your complex IT problems.
Despite the progress and technology innovation in the last 25 years some IT related problems are still very hard to solve.
Continue reading “The holy grail for solving IT problems?”The power of using Causal Loop Diagrams
Using Causal Loop Diagrams is a great way to research and (re)design complex systems. Causal Loop Diagrams (CLD), is a tool developed from system dynamics to develop a better understanding of complex systems. Continue reading “The power of using Causal Loop Diagrams”
The Power To Serve
All people within the IT Industry should known where the slogan “The Power To Serve” is exposed every day to millions of people. But maybe too much wishful thinking from me. But without “The Power To Serve” the IT industry today will look totally different. Companies like Apple, Juniper, Cisco and even WatsApp would not exist in their current form. Continue reading “The Power To Serve”
The day after the GDPR: End of an Era?
Maybe you have noticed it. Privacy is an issue. A bit strange since there is only 1 day left until the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become fully enforceable throughout the European Union. So before end of May 2018 all organizations that process data of EU citizens must comply with this General Data Protection Regulation. So will the enormous amounts of privacy breaches be over? Will all privacy and freedom fighters celebrate 25 May 2018 as the beginning of an new Era? Continue reading “The day after the GDPR: End of an Era?”