One of the largest challenges I have faced over the years is implementing distributed solutions in a secure way while keeping the companies IT operations centralised. I have often found that more than a little politics gets in the way. I recently worked in a PCIDSS environment and the overhead to operations was significant, passing [...]
I have worked in some large corporates and while people talk of methodologies I don’t often see them followed. Classic example is PRINCE2 on the project management side.
In the life of an Architect I see a lot of Frameworks but again not a lot of companies diligently following them. If anyone has any experiences of [...]
It would be nice if a single operating system would fit the needs of most data centres but it never does. Often politics and cost will influence selection but in some cases you get caught with little choice due to application dependencies.